So in the recent few days or weeks...I'm not quite sure how long it's been since I've put something on here but I guess things have been pretty busy. Work has been hectic and school is speeding up.
I saw this interview with James Blake on pitchfork yesterday, apparently everyone is in a huge uproar about it too. I think it's pretty funny and pretty true. I'll always love James Blake.
"The things that drew me to dubstep in the first place weren't necessarily the kind of testosterone-driven environments that you got from say, late jungle or something of the drum 'n' bass stuff that was happening after that. 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 the 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
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