This week I have been mostly listening to a couple of really slick mixes. First are a couple from Dubstep genius (although I use the term loosely in the most positive way) Martyn. First let allow me to digress…
I’ve always felt that once a genre starts to become a caricature of itself, it is close to a supernova before the final burn out, and I’ve got a hunch that Dubstep as we currently know it has probably just about hit its final ‘half time 140 bpm, lfo on the filter cut off’ crescendo.
Once this happens, two things seem to happen; the first is that after every artist alive attempts to climb on the bandwagon, the scene itself rapidly tails off into oblivion, leaving only the purists clambering at their last ditch attempt at saving the scene (read: fame and fortune, or fear of doing their own thing), whilst their loyal fans move on to the ‘next big thing’. The second, is that some of the more forward thinking artists will take what they have gained from the scene, pick out the best bits and branch out into microcosm genres. This is where the exciting things happen.
Martyn is one of these people; his recent album Great Lengths is relatively shy away from conventional Dubstep as it is, but these mixes are a step even further in the right direction.
The tempo has dropped by a few bpm (which may seem trivial), and the beats have become a lot more soulful and liquid. There’s a very distinct nod to the burgeoning funky scene in quite a few places as well. It’s almost funky broken beat with a nod towards house, which to me is a definite recipe for delicious treats.
Probably for the best if I stop writing now and let the music do the talking really, so check out the mixes here…
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Secondly is a wicked half step Drum & Bass recording of dBridge @ FWD>> in April.
Doesn’t sound that exciting when you describe it, so I’m just not really going to try. But when I listen to it, it just sounds like future music (cliché).
If the Doc drove past you in the Delorean after just visiting Fopp in 2015, this is probably what would be playing pon dem stereo…
Nice one on that D-Bridge mix.
Yea one of the most exciting mixes I’ve heard in a long time I reckon
Could do without the MC thou, so you can hear the music better.
Gonna be looking into that tracklisting I reckons.
Find anything similar let me know.