yeah. burial is awesome. for those not clocking this, it's slowed-down two step with some basic channel-type crackle and hiss (though the producer claims not to be aware of BC). a couple of the tracks have some nice vocal elements reminiscent of the early (i.e. good) days of dnb.
but as much as i like it, i don't see how it's new or revolutionary. to my ears, it's quite similar to photek's modus operandi except the drum programming isn't quite as intricate. (i read somewhere that the burial guy actually cuts and pastes snare sounds into loops in sound forge or something.) and there's certainly some other good dubstep worth buying, but i have to say that on my last couple trips to london, i had to listen to a lot of really boring records to find a couple gems. (though who knows-- those boring records might be ace on a proper rig. it's tough to spot a cool subbass line over headphones in a loud record store.) it's all about the mixes anyways... --- Tristan Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: fab. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 04 August 2006 17:27 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: (313) hi-tech soul on sale > > > > ps: all this dupbstep/grime is making me > nervous......should > > i get on the bandwagon? > > NO! Err... I've just decided not to anyway. ;) Best > to be irrationally firm > and closed-minded about these things I reckon. It's > much cheaper that way. > Worst-case scenario you figure out you're wrong way > too late and the best of > the wax is terminally unavailable. This discussion > seems to be everywhere at > the moment. A guy on a message board I'm on quoted > another guy on another > message board I'm not on with the best description > of dubstep ever, "silly > bass whoomp party music". :) I'll leave it at that > since this isn't terribly > topical. But I like this, so I may as well re-post > it here: > http://barefiles.com/download.php?id=464. It's a mix > of the Burial album for > Breezeblock. > > Tristan > ======= > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/405 - > Release Date: 01/08/2006 > > >
