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JackWebb
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Joined: 30 May 2007
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Location: Leicester
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 Posted: Wed, 30 May, 2007 14:24 Post subject: The fickle world of DnB (old-skool vs. nu-skool) |
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Hey all. First thread right here  !
I'm a massive DnB fan, I love it and have loved it since I was a nipper. I grew up listening to a lot of the (now) old-skool stuff such as Zinc, Ganja Cru, Hype, etc but always found I could be quite picky with what I really liked.
Come the 21st century, I fooking love what we now have. Noisia, Tech Itch, Pendulum, Sub Focus, I can't get enough. The thing is a lot of people I talk to seem to have a quite irrational sensitivity to what DnB has become, and the majority always break it down to one name: Pendulum.
Now I think Pendulum are totaly amazing. In my humble opinion, they've changed DnB for the better like no other artist in the last decade. The thing is, what I see as a drastic and much needed spin on the genre, a lot of supposed true fans label as (typically) commercialisation. One guy I spoke to the other day even went so far as to use the words "over produced". My assumption is the Pendulum vibe (and by that I mean, introducing outside genre influences, a much heavier, compressed sound, more emphasis on vocals and a generally more complex structure than DnB is used to) isn't welcome by many simply because in one sense it goes against the conventions of the genre.
I really find it hard to believe that anyone can completely disagree with Pendulum. For one thing, they've brought DnB into the mainstream a hell of a lot and it seems to be finally getting the respect it deserves as such. For another, the way I see it: No Pendulum means no Noisia, no Sub Focus, none of that great, phat sound many artists have nowadays. Sure, it can be a little cheesy, but there's always been cheesy DnB from the beginning. I'll always stick by them simply because at the end of the day, whether your scared of the evolution or not, it's fuckin' good drum 'n' bass. 
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shadow.system
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Joined: 01 Aug 2006
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Location: Chicago, IL USA
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Agreed.
The D&B scene over the last few years seems to have suffered a severe case of "too cool for the room" syndrome. Junglists tend to keep to there own and shun new comers and outside influences, and the music suffered because of this.
Enter Pendulum, with clean production and straight to the dancefloor tracks that caught the interest of those in and out of the scene. As the newcomers begin to dig deeper, they discover many other amazng artists that otherwise might not have been heard by anyone other than the hardcore fans. This process helps to breathe new life into a scene that may have become a bit stagnant.
They can talk all the shit they want, but EVERYONE was playing "Slam" at one point or another.
Just my opinion, anyway. 
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