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Could get some stick for this but I really like Pendulum including their newer stuff. I think that they created a fairly unique sound (please correct me if I'm wrong) and as long as they sound different to whatever is out there, then I'll continue to like them. I only really dip my toes into D&B with High Contrast, Sub Focus etc. so I'm not the most qualified person in that respect
I know that they've gone away from their roots so I can see why many D&B heads would turn against them, much like Tiesto and his new stuff. Then again, I don't really see them as a D&B act right now anyway (maybe it's the rock vibe) but more of a normal group with their own sound. I also saw them live earlier in the year and only one word can describe it...epic! I enjoyed them more than The Prodigy and I never thought I would say that |
not a fan of pendulum. pendulum is to d'n'b what chase & status are to dubstep (even though they made some d'n'b as well)
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I also like pendulum quite a bit, especially songs like tarantula, hold your colour, and pendulum's remix of voodoo people. I think that regardless of whether you like pendulum's move towards the mainstream, their popularity will introduce people to dnb and help the genre grow. I know I had never really listened to dnb before pendulum and now im looking up more dnb artists and songs.
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I can respect it as a gateway, but if the producers go that route because they're following a subgenre's success story into the mainstream, then there won't be anything real left for people to discover after using that gateway. It's potentially a gateway to nowhere, and the city left in the background is maintained by fewer and fewer citizens until there's nothing left at all. |
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The genre has evolved into 'Liquid Drum N Bass' which is a catch all for commercial beats that incorporate Dance music. Despite the efforts of a few artists, DnB is yet another casualty of an ever evolving scene that hasn't produced enough lasting albums to sustain it, although Roni Size is still eminently listenable. The scene could be compared to Dubstep, which unfortunately has burned itself out already. Part of the problem is an international audience not Au Fait with the 'Dub' element. LTJ Bukem is still an artist that should be heard outside of the confines of genre labels with his signature 'Kick Bass Drum' a very influential part of underground Dance music. LTJ Bukem's Logical Progession series of albums are still staples of Dance music in my eyes: |
Never really liked their older stuff, I'm not a jump up fan at all, and their new stuff is god awful. I'm more into my liquid tbh, and I'll always love jungle. LTJ bukem is great, and I'm a big fan of alot of Hospital stuff, medschool have been on roll lately, sick music was a great comp, not listened to future sound of russia yet.
And you've just gotta love danny byrd. The VIP mix of shockout is great too. |
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About Pendulum...all I can do is echo everyone else with, "I really liked Hold Your Colour, but not so much In Silica." I do remember though, listening to Grooveriders radio show when In Silica came out. He was talking about all the DnB purists telling him how much they hated pendulum, and the way they were commercializing DnB. I can't remember it word for word or anything, but he sounded pretty upset about it and went something like, "Pendulum has created some of the biggest dnb tunes to come out recently, and have introduced so many people to the scene...Pendulum can do whatever they want...so you people can shut UP...just shuuuuut UP." It sounded better the way he said it, but that was the jist of it. He made some really good points in his little rant. On the other hand, what Freebase Dali said a couple posts up is very true as well, so /shrug Just thought it was sorta interesting that one of the biggest figures in DnB would take that side of the argument. |
Pendulum = Seksi drum and bass. I've seen them live twice, they made me want to make love to the speakers. 'Nuff said. In Silico may be mainstream but it's still appealing to me, as I'm not fussed that they became bigger. It means they come to see us more!
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Not Pendulum in specific, as I was into drum & bass long before Pendulum arrived on the scene, but the general tendency for a genre to be right in its prime when you fall in love with it, then see it eventually fall to bits. I guess the most painful thing about it is that eventually, no one will make the kind of music you really dig, so you're kind of left back with just the things that are already there... and with no hope for anything new. Pendulum did have some good stuff. I just don't like where they went with their talents. But I guess you can leave all the old heads behind when you know you got a new niche to carve out of the mainstream, along with all the fans you'll gain. It just won't be the same, true head fans. And usually the mainstream fans will be the first one to ditch when something new comes along and shines nicer, glitters more, and distracts them long enough. |
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