i like me some porter robinson. with potatoes. mmmm porterhouse robinsons.
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i like me some porter robinson. with potatoes. mmmm porterhouse robinsons.
this amused me way more than it should :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Deejaesnafu
In response to the young Mr. Robinson:Quote:
Originally Posted by Porter Robinson
I respect his preference for brostep over more origin-sounding dubstep. It's okay that he thinks it's boring. He's right that the dubstep community is somewhat pretentious about that (because we are!). But that being said, he's wrong on two points. First of all, his assertion that it's "c-grade production" is entirely incorrect. Yeah, a lot of it sucks nowadays, but there's still some great dubstep out there. Nothing about the genre itself leads it to be a lower quality of finished product. Secondly, his commentary on the thoughts of the "O.G. dubstep" crew is incorrect. They don't believe the sub-bassier stuff is superior to the mainstream because it's deliberate and boring, they just don't like the a) perverse mutation or b) evolution of the genre (it may be a or b depending on where you're coming from). The way he puts it, it sounds like the true dubstep heads are all boring, snotty aristocrats who smoke pipes in their ascots while listening to Digital Mystikz. Not only is he jumping to conclusions and generalizing, but his statement is kind of unfair to the community.
Tl;dr: it's cool that he has his own tastes, but he needs a bit more respect and research before he can call out an entire genre.
No one will hopefully remember dubstep in a few years.Quote:
Originally Posted by oliosky
I like his work and honestly, for the stuff that he does for production....older dubstep is boring, there isn't much to it. Some of his tracks are the most detailed tracks I've heard for someone just starting out.
And just because its someone who started dubstep doesn't mean it was good...it was a new sound, ppl attached to it and thought it was good at the time and hung on to that feeling. Some of caspa's early stuff was utter crap. Some of it was good but alot of it wasn't all that good.
So ironic, how we will be having this same conversation about brostep in about 2 years, ppl who like it now will like it in 2 years but its the same set of sounds arranged differently for the most part. It appears skrillex is starting to get out of his generic sounds, which is good for the genre as a whole since everyone tries to copy him. But now its just turning into so many genres that its hard to classify stuff.
For a guy who is constantly touring right now, I couldn't imagine him liking some mellow wobbles, he wants to hear hard stuff and is constantly thinking about what his crowd will react to.
I felt the same about electro house years ago and there is still mediocre young producers churning that shit out. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by THE DEEP SEA DJ
Damn right, couldn't agree more, in fact I agree with all of your posts in this thread - would just to take too long to copy the quotes and give them the thumbs up!Quote:
Originally Posted by oliosky
Porter/Skrillex et al are flavour of the year at the moment, taking musical styles which have been bubbling around for a decade, adding their own twist on it - good luck to them, I don't begrudge their success. But as someone pointed out in a previous post, tastes will soon change and a new style/producer will be jumped on and hailed as the next best thing, this has always been the case with music. Just look at the Essential Mix listings over the years, it's a good chronicle of who have come and gone at times.
I can think of loads of DJ's/Producers who had their moment in the spotlight but are still very much 'doing their thing' but just not so popular any more. Those with longevity seem to those who have adapted, constantly evolved to be at the forefront of taste making or are from 'back in the day' in the late 80's/early 90s's, who built a legendary status early on and continue to feed off that.
As someone else also pointed out; now with affordable ways of making music there is a lot more available, just look at the new releases each day on Traxsource/Beatport etc - this has resulted in good stuff being swamped by mediocre releases and copycat tracks.
AMEN TO THAT!Quote:
Originally Posted by Major Major
You hit the nail right on the head. And it's hilarious that he's saying these things when he just released his first EP and it wasn't even dubstep specific EP. I'm def a fan of Porter Robinson. I think he's put out some quality tracks. I'm sure touring with Tiesto def blew up his ego. I follow him on FB and Twitter and I remember how he asked all of his fans to buy the EP on beatport. It shot up to the number #1 spot. He then realized that because they were buying the whole album it still didn't give him #1 spot on top 10 beatport track. So he then asked for people to buy their favorite single. People finally called him a ungrateful ass and he apologized. He's a young cat, and probably will change his tude and opinions over time.
On a side note, I think some of the hating on traditional and core dubstep derives from people never hearing it outside of their iPod's earbuds. That music is very psychical. When you hear those tracks on decent club setups speakers it's a night and day difference. You just don't get the same effect on your small speakers, they don't pick up on most critical parts of the track.
True talk. How you gonna judge a whole scene of producers and fans if you were never there to see it and feel the vibrations of the subs. Brostep has its place but to call out "true dubstep" as musically weak is just nonsense. I am taking back my statement of Porter being a Troll. He's just a noob who wants to talk shit on something he has no clue about.
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