Has it become too commercial and lost it's original style? Skrillex, I'm looking at you.
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“I think the dubstep that has come over to the US, and certain producers — who I can’t even be bothered naming — have definitely hit upon a sort of frat-boy market where there’s this macho-ism being reflected in the sounds and the way the music makes you feel. And to me, that is a million miles away from where dubstep started. It’s a million miles away from the ethos of it. It’s been influenced so much by electro and rave, into who can make the dirtiest, filthiest bass sound, almost like a pissing competition, and that’s not really necessary. And I just think that largely that is not going to appeal to women. I find that whole side of things to be pretty frustrating, because that is a direct misrepresentation of the sound as far as I’m concerned.” - James Blake
I really liked it at first. I like Dr. Luke's little "dubstep-lite" breakdowns too. But now it's sort of annoying. I love the Eyes dubstep remix of Lights by Ellie Goulding tho.
Isn't their main goal to make it commercial? I mean people wouldn't discover if it weren't commercial. The only bad part is that it's lost its originality.
The only issue here is people getting too hung up on labels when music is fluid. UK Dubstep is so different from US dubstep, and US dubstep is pretty ****** at times. I don't mind it being incorporated into mainstream pop songs but I doubt it'll become a huge thing ever.
I think that people like Skrillex and his so called dubstep is worst than Dr. Luke's songs with dubstep elements, because he only uses in breakdowns ans he actually does it good.
