Comments on Everyday Junglist: BORESTEP?

Thank you so much for the article. We need more mu...

2009-12-07T19:13:09.703Z

Thank you so much for the article. We need more music writers looking at issues like this rather than just writing on the promotional level! Thanks!

Shilo Urban

Wobble Clown Neuro Dnb sounds to me like "Thi...

2009-09-03T07:32:14.721+01:00

Wobble Clown Neuro Dnb sounds to me like "Third Reich Music". I don´t care how the new sound is like, but i really wish the Wobble Clown to leave our planet.

Long time THEY thought Neuro, Wobble, Clown etc. i...

2009-09-03T07:21:25.705+01:00

Long time THEY thought Neuro, Wobble, Clown etc. is the only way dnb had to sound like. THEY ignored all the other styles in dnb. In clubs THEY fold their arms to show djs that their sound is not hard enough. To be honest THEY just didn´t know much about dnb and music. Now THEY go the clubs and big names play that new pure dnb sound. Hopefully that changes peoples minds and I start liking the dnb scene again.

In my opinion the so-called minimal sucks,nothing ...

2009-08-21T17:49:12.814+01:00

In my opinion the so-called minimal sucks,nothing to do with d&b and it sounds to me like some wannabe avantgarde shit with some crappy synth default loop rhythms(dont get me wrong,I listen pretty much ambient).All people do is praise it like every track is good? Give some straight opinions.Fuck the hype.Long live Drum and Bass. -KG

Nice words. These past few months when i catch D ...

2009-08-21T10:50:30.346+01:00

Nice words.

These past few months when i catch D bridge play i really feel i'm listening to something very special.

He blends these new vibes beautifully with the older styles (which still have alot to offer).

The one thing i fear is that the more 'ambient' tunes start to be removed from the club context. I love hearing them on a big system and moving to them. Although they have less beats, the emotion and vibe they generate in me removes any relaxed\ambient quality from my listening\moving experience.

I am waiting for more of a fusion between this newstyle spacious tracks with the 'liquid'/soulful/musical style of calibre etc... Alex Perez' tune Melanie seems a good example of the direction things could turn - and i think the possibilities are wikid.

check out boseg's 'deepimal mixes'.......

2009-07-16T10:22:26.829+01:00

check out boseg's 'deepimal mixes'....

Interesting ideas, good to see a sensible look at ...

2009-07-13T03:33:21.009+01:00

Interesting ideas, good to see a sensible look at the stages and cycles this music goes through, rather than a 'clownstep is rubbish oooh my precious music' approach.

Must say though, I haven't head the specific Abstract Elements track you refer to, but I havent yet felt the need to stop calling it dnb.

but a valid question anyway.

got any mixes to recommend along these lines mate?

cheers

Music is a living thing.. It evolves. That is the ...

2009-07-09T14:27:27.128+01:00

Music is a living thing.. It evolves. That is the way it should be. Big up the Half Step sounds and always support the artists!

i have been a junglist since 93', since valley...

2009-06-28T08:51:09.577+01:00

i have been a junglist since 93', since valley of the shadows first locked on to my ear, and the one thing that is the common link between us all is that fact that the music, the sound is always changing, reseting itself and that the fraternity refuses to allow the music to wonder to a negative image.

if you listen to early jungle as compared to todays jungle, they are vastly different, today its pressure drop after pressure drop with minimal build and always a repetitive beat. the jungle vibe was built on long builds, constantly changing beats, and the end result was a well deserved, highly anticipated drop.

looking back on the last 10 years, you might remember when jungle was getting upwards of 200+ bpm, and the fraternity decided that was not where jungle would thrive.

you can also look back to when jungle fell off the front lines and went back underground and took back the vibe before it was lost to obscurity. if it wasnt for those key points in our history, we wouldnt have drum and bass as we know it.

now drum and bass has finally established itself as a global sound, thriving faster than almost any other music, simply because it is so diverse. jungle, drum and bass, jump up, raggae jungle, minimal, smooth and jazzy, etc etc. this is simply the reason that connects us all, any mood, any place, any time, jungle can step in and rules the roost.

the funny thing is, minimal is no different than the original jungle just blended with dubstep. so why the suprise. why the worry. as we can all see, there is a sound for each and every one of us. however, i must say that drum and bass has started to grace a repetition in its beats. what happened to the true jungle vibe, the flowing, improvish beats taking us through the long dark tunnel.

in my personal opinion, i wouldnt mind producers renewing their origins. it might make for some heavy vibes.

i am so happy about this new sound and the produce...

2009-06-28T02:04:58.858+01:00

i am so happy about this new sound and the producers/djs who are doin n playin it! i dunno what would have heppened if clownstep was remained the only new thing in dnb :) i even remember fabio n groove sayin "this is the new sound if yu dont like it maybe its because you are gettin old" well as an oldskool head i never liked it and yes i do love this new deep shit goin on. so soz guyz, u may be some big djs but i aint buyin that wobble shit! long live the new half step deep minimal dnb or whateva yu wanna call it!! thnx again 2 all the ppl who make n support this sound, we need more vinyl releases!!!

Nice one Fonik. I had a phase in 2002 years where...

2009-06-27T09:47:20.965+01:00

Nice one Fonik.

I had a phase in 2002 years where i listened to a lot of experimental and glitchy music with MAS, Jan Jelinek, Farben, Gramm etc ..

plenty of the new stuff in dnb sounds exactly like that and therefore leaves me mostly cold.

i love the june miller mixes who showcase some seriously beautiful and fresh music but in a whole im not overly impressed and inspired by that new glitchy trend. ;)

i do believe tho that this whole minimalism thing is good and necessary for the design and development of drum and bass overall.