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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Shit Talk / Decibel / Teh Internets When Will the Stranger Finally Acknowledge Dubstep?!?1!

Posted by Eric Grandy on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:32 PM

From the comments on this week's Decibel Festival-previewing Data Breaker:

You suck. Your article sucks. Why do I have to be informed that N-Type, the biggest dub step dj in the world, is playing the festival by locals but it's mentioned no where in your recommendations to see him? This years Decibel Festival is focused primarily on Dubstep. Dubstep is the "soup de' jour" in Seattle and I don't think your article reflected that relevant fact at all. You're totally out of touch and your writing about OUR scene is garbage. I hope you get canned soon. You need to move on. Take a moment to reflect on what I've said. It's the truth.
Posted by RA KHAN on September 23, 2009 at 2:22 PM · Report

You didn't even mention CASPA! Can somebody wake up and realize that this guy does not keep in touch with this scene?!
Posted by RA KHAN on September 23, 2009 at 2:26 PM · Report

From this week's Decibel Festival-previewing lead, (ahem) Dubstepping into the Spotlight, also written by Dave Segal:

A striking change to this year's bill is the preponderance of dubstep and other bass-centric producers and DJs. Although Decibel director Sean Horton contends that Decibel has been high on low-end-intensive electronic music since its 2004 inception, it appears that this year marks an increase in attention paid to musicians and DJs prowling around the sound spectrum's lowest realms.
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Decibel 2009 is undeniably stacked with more dubstep artists (Benga, Martyn, Mala, N-Type, Boxcutter, Caspa, Pinch, etc.) and dub-inflected techno producers (Echospace, Voodeux, the Sight Below, etc.) than were previous years' lineups. In addition, outright dub specialist Mad Professor, dub-informed pan-globalist DJ /rupture, and dub/dancehall vocalist DJ Collage will perform (the latter with Monkeytek). To that end, Decibel is hosting two "dB in duB" showcases and a "dB in duB Afterhours: Dub Mutants." And in a real coup, Horton is bringing in BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs, who's become perhaps the world's foremost tastemaker and disseminator of dubstep and its myriad mutations. She'll be anchoring the "Bass Lovers Unite" showcase with Megasoid, Daedelus, Nosaj Thing, and others.

Can somebody wake up, indeed.

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Ugh. That militant attitude that has migrated from the DnB scene to form a large part of the dubstep audience is really unfortunate.

Posted by boyd main on September 24, 2009 at 3:12 PM

Next up-itself genre in 3, 2, 1...

Posted by runehog on September 24, 2009 at 5:57 PM

boy Grandy you're one to talk about not covering genres.

Stick with your pussy Pitchfork art music

Posted by not a line out fan on September 24, 2009 at 7:58 PM

I normally would poot on the stranger electronic music coverage, but in an issue that big-ups "joy orbison" and a lengthy bit on mary anne hobbs... it's just not so. Dubstep is definitely getting more than enough inches this go around.

I would say i'd might highlight some of the lesser-knowns, however i'd rather just support them up front n' losing it. Not in the comments section of the slog.

-j

Posted by a kid on September 24, 2009 at 10:38 PM

After Photosynthesis I am so sick of dubstep. At one point we heard the same dubstep track on three different stages at the same time.
I'd like something a bit more danceable than a W00BW00BW00BW00B W000000000B W00BW00BW00BW00B. with some undanceable twiddling in the high end. The worst of dub, glitch, and idm. MAKE IT STOP.

NaFun wants trance dancing. Not bouncing your arm up and down and acting like that W00BW00B is somehow THE SICKEST THING EVER OMG SICK! It's not. Stop it.

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