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Originally Posted by Machine
Yeah I probably am still very close minded to a lot of it seeing as I haven't given it too much of a chance. If you want to you can rec me some stuff that I'll try out.
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I'm not much of a dubstep guy myself but I'm really into drum & bass and the two worlds cross over a bit sometimes so I've inadvertently come across some artists that absolutely blew my mind. Electronic music is a really easy genre to hate because I think more than other genre it's absolutely plagued by its surface material. Most people immediately think of the club scene when they hear the words "electronic music" and the popular club scene is just a mess, very unappealing to most people, especially to people looking for genuine honest creativity. And that really sucks because some of the most incredible musical innovations on Earth are happening behind the scenes in electronic music, some seriously innovative ****, mind boggling ****. I'd go as far as saying electronic music is the most aggressively creative world in music today, it's just so heavily buried under a mountain of glow sticks and shot glasses.
First, please don't continue unless you've got some good headphones (even if it is only YouTube).
For anyone interested in giving perhaps the most hated genre in music a 2nd chance:
Misanthrop is a drum & bass producer most days, but his occasional experiments in dubstep are beautiful and intricate. If you're not familiar with complex bass textures in electronic music this track might take you off guard and show you some sounds you've never heard in your life, please listen with equipment capable of handling sub bass frequencies. This is actually one of my favorite songs of all time:
Broken Note among many other artists on the Ad Noiseam label have produced some extremely tasteful takes on dubstep. The key thing to keep in mind is that most electronic music genres are literally only walled in by rhythmic structures and tempo ranges, sound choice is always completely up to the artist, and with the freedom that digital production grants an artist incredible textures can be built:
Hecq's album
Avenger is quite accessible while still demonstrating some pretty interesting production techniques. Ironically Hecq is not primarily a dubstep producer, this album was allegedly his attempt at seeing what could be done within the genre's walls, and the result was quite impressive: