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Re: Do you like Drum n Bass? [Re: Lucis]
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I've told this story a bunch of times here, but back in the day, when "'zines" were still a thing, I spent an afternoon at Dieselboy's apartment, interviewing him. He was super cool & gave my friend and I a bunch of records straight out of his collection (he had thousands). He even took our addresses down & sent out a vinyl/cd pack of his new mix when it came out. That was a really cool day.
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I've seen Dieselboy a few times, and Planet of the Drums once too. It's hard for me to dance to but damn, he goes really hard. He'll drop a bit of dubstep/drumstep too which is nice
That's sick you got to just chill with him at his place before too. He's a huge name in DnB
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Re: Do you like Drum n Bass? [Re: UncleCid]
#23396855 - 06/30/16 09:03 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Drumstep is kinda weird to me. I have a hard time differentiating it from dubstep a lot of the time. It's got the exact same speed & structure as dubstep.
And Planet of the Drums was (is?) awesome. I do agree that dnb is difficult to dance to. You've gotta move fast, it's a lot of fast footwork to make it look like you're moving in time. I think I've seen more girls pull it off than guys, which is weird.
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I'm surprised about the comments on D&B being difficult to dance to. Easiest thing in the world to dance to for me.. probably cause I've done so much of it though, starting back in the Jungle era.
Agree about Drumstep. Just something not right about that style for me. Like an evolutionary dead end.
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I probably could've learned it back in the day, but now I don't even have the inclination. While I've always enjoyed dnb, I was never super into it. I did go out to a bunch of just dnb nights, loved it in the rave at times, but was never exclusive with it like I have been other genres.
Jungle/ragga are real hit or miss for me. Like, when it's good, like Congo Natty, it's great. But when it's not good, I find it annoying. Tbh, I probably liked techstep more than anything. Also, I really liked that 80s synth inspired stuff that John B was making around 2004. I forget what he called it.
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He called it "Nu Electro". Man, this stuff really did it for me. It combined the frenetic energy and rolling bass of dnb with my favorite sounds, which is stuff like 80s synths and electro melodies. Real cool music.
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This is crazy as fuck some sick synth melodies in there for sure though. Very 80s.
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He made a whole album of that stuff, it's called 'Brainstorm', and it's an exceptional LP. Damn, now I'm really jonesing to hear it. Just decided what I'm mowing the lawn to.
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Jokeshopbeard said: I'm surprised about the comments on D&B being difficult to dance to. Easiest thing in the world to dance to for me.. probably cause I've done so much of it though, starting back in the Jungle era.
Agree about Drumstep. Just something not right about that style for me. Like an evolutionary dead end.
Dude, it's 180bpm. It's fucking hard to dance to. You seriously need to move fast to keep up and keep that flow going. Unless you don't dance to the beat...
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Re: Do you like Drum n Bass? [Re: UncleCid]
#23396917 - 06/30/16 09:30 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah most people that dance in tandem to the bpm look like straight jack asses having seizures
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Burke Dennings said: Drumstep is kinda weird to me. I have a hard time differentiating it from dubstep a lot of the time. It's got the exact same speed & structure as dubstep.
And Planet of the Drums was (is?) awesome. I do agree that dnb is difficult to dance to. You've gotta move fast, it's a lot of fast footwork to make it look like you're moving in time. I think I've seen more girls pull it off than guys, which is weird.
Yeah I hear you about drumstep. But to me I just listen to so much dubstep for so long that if it is drumstep, I'll know it. If that makes any sense
And yeah PotD played like one show a couple years ago. They aren't really still a "thing"
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Re: Do you like Drum n Bass? [Re: UncleCid]
#23396924 - 06/30/16 09:32 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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A matter of practice I guess. I'm a natural in a rave but put me in a tango class and I'd look the biggest moron there.
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Jokeshopbeard said: A matter of practice I guess. I'm a natural in a rave but put me in a tango class and I'd look the biggest moron there.
Yeah lot's of practice lol. It's hard
Especially when you're used to dubstep
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Re: Do you like Drum n Bass? [Re: UncleCid]
#23396932 - 06/30/16 09:35 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I figure I've got between 100-150 all night raves under my belt. Plus some daytime ones. Plus some that went on for several days. That's a lot of practice.
The only time I couldn't hack dancing at one was the only time I went to one and didn't have any pills. I was ready to die by 4am...
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Jokeshopbeard said: I figure I've got between 100-150 all night raves under my belt. Plus some daytime ones. Plus some that went on for several days. That's a lot of practice.
The only time I couldn't hack dancing at one was the only time I went to one and didn't have any pills. I was ready to die by 4am...
I've been to probably a lot more than that. And still DnB is hard to get down to for me. It's a lot easier for me to get down to dubstep or trap or glitch
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Re: Do you like Drum n Bass? [Re: UncleCid]
#23396977 - 06/30/16 10:04 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Ah I'm opposite. I went to a rave when I was in Berlin (fucking best city I've ever been to BTW) and walked in to a Jungle set. Was so happy; the whole holiday (it was a birthday surprise) was just so perfect.
Then, the Jungle set finished and the next DJ played a dubstep set. Seriously man, I was so confused at the style of dancing. I tried, but there was just no way I could get it...
It does look pretty immense watching a crowd who knows how to dance to Dubstep though. Never seen anything like it.
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Jokeshopbeard said: Ah I'm opposite. I went to a rave when I was in Berlin (fucking best city I've ever been to BTW) and walked in to a Jungle set. Was so happy; the whole holiday (it was a birthday surprise) was just so perfect.
Then, the Jungle set finished and the next DJ played a dubstep set. Seriously man, I was so confused at the style of dancing. I tried, but there was just no way I could get it...
It does look pretty immense watching a crowd who knows how to dance to Dubstep though. Never seen anything like it.
haha yeah dubstep is too easy for me. I got that shit down. It's just less bpm and gives you a little more time for creativity
I love getting down while csndyflipping because it just gives you this insane flow
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Re: Do you like Drum n Bass? [Re: UncleCid]
#23397040 - 06/30/16 10:38 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Pretty lights/tipper/ G jones in New Hampshire anyone??
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I went to a rave when I was in Berlin (fucking best city I've ever been to BTW) and walked in to a Jungle set.
I've partied in Berlin too, it's a fucking crazy city to party in, no doubt. I went to the biggest damn rave ever there, it was called The Love Parade. There was something like 1.2 million people there. So many people that the party itself kinda sucked. What was cool was that night, when the main party dissipated and turned into like a thousand small parties throughout Berlin. That part was amazing. They don't throw Love Parades anymore because in 2010 a few dozen people got trampled to death, sadly.
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1.2 million fucking people at a rave is insane not surprised at all that people got trampled to death at that big of an event, but that's definitely lame that they don't throw em anymore. I couldn't handle an event near that big.
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