Posted 23 Feb 2009 — by karl
Category Music
If you’re a frequenter of this site, you may have noticed my fascination with all things dubstep.
I discovered dubstep last year and it gave me a renewed excitement for electronic music(not to say that it’s ever faded). Being a huge fan of D&B and dub, I instantly fell in love with it. It seems slow enough to chill out to, and yet fast and tough enough to dance to. It all depends on the producer’s intent.
For more on all things dubstep, visit my favorite dubstep site, Bassfaced. Meanwhile enjoy this tough dubstep track.
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Posted 02 Jan 2009 — by karl
Category Music
This track started as an experimental track, along the lines of a warp records/Aphex Twin bit. Somewhere along the lines I decided it would work better as a dubstep track. I didn’t mean it, honest! I guess I’m not destined for the IDM scene.
The track is glitchy, minimal and persistent, and I think it turned out nicely. If you like this, you might also be interested in an artist called Boxcutter.
This is the last random beat post for volume 1 – meaning that all the “1_” posts will be available for download here. Subsequent finished volumes(defined as 30 minutes of music) will be posted in the same place in ZIP files for you to download.
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Posted 22 Nov 2008 — by karl
Category Music
I was thinking the other day about the idea of “jazz standards” and how the idea fits into electronic music. I’ve heard turtablists talk about the idea of certain scratches being so common it’s kind of like a standard. I think electronica has ushered in the remix culture in place of the jazz standard.
On the other hand, I think there’s classics sounds and soundsets which lend themselves to being so common that they are immediately recognizable. I think when they’re used, it, like a jazz standard, makes us think about the first time we heard it. When I think about the idea of “techno standards”, I think that using keyboard sounds like this one is the closest thing we have. In this track, the lead keyboard sound is one of my favorites of all time. I think the first time I heard it was in Outlander’s “Vamp”.
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Posted 31 Oct 2008 — by karl
Category Music
Probably not going to post for the next two weeks or so, due to a vacation. Therefore, I’m leaving you with this dubstep track I’ve been working on for a while. Anybody looking for head-smashing, agressive dubstep, this isn’t it. I took in lots of dubstep influence on this and went my own way with it. The end result is laid-back, atmospheric, and less dancefloor oriented. Don’t forget those headphones!
Ed. Note: The head-smashing agressive dubstep will probably be on it’s way soon.
You’ll notice this is considerably longer than some of the other tracks posted so far – maybe because this one feels more like it’s closer to being complete.
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