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Burial & Kode9

Pepsi Max

11:23 / 15.10.06

Saw Kode9 deliver a tearing set last weekend to a bunch of goths in a Sydney basement.

What are general thoughts on dubstep. Four years ago I would have dismissed this stuff without a thought. Now quite liking it.

Comments? Impressions?

illmatic

16:02 / 15.10.06

There's a thread about Burial here and one about Dubstep here. My thoughts on Dubstep so far are that a) I love the Burial album b) I haven't heard much else which moves me in the same way but c) you only really understand the music when you hear it over a club PA. Hearing a brief Dubstep set at Bash at few months ago blew me away. The bass quaking ya chest feeling of it live is really something special. Awesome stuff.

I have managed to miss the last two BASH's - I will not do this again!

illmatic

10:19 / 16.10.06

BTW what did the Goths make of it? I would've assumed - wrongly probably - that the black music elements (heavy bass, emphasis on rhythm) as opposed to noise/trad rock forms would' e made it less appealing to them. Am I wrong?

Pepsi Max

12:59 / 16.10.06

Dunno - goths seem to be a pretty diverse bunch in terms of taste now.

Plus there were plenty of grime heads & the rucksack crowd in attendance.

Dance music in Sydney tends to be funky house for str8 people and hi-NRG for the Oxford Street crowd - so any kind of darkcore dance music is going to have a pretty niche audience.

It's a weird venue as it is totally goffick - spiders webs on black walls, etc.

I agree that this is music to be physically felt thru a massive sound system.

When it started, my mate (who's not familar with stuff at all) said: "It's like a cocktease version of techno". All build with no release (it did kick-off a bit later mind). But it reminded me of a Simon Reynolds comment about the anorgasmic nature of 2Step back in the day...

Totem Polish

17:43 / 16.10.06

Kode 9's album with Spaceape just came out here in the UK, you can get it off places like Boomkat or even, dare I say it, Amazon I think. Haven't got a hold of it yet myself, though I can't help thinking that like the forthcoming Skream album its a quick step a bit too far, I mean Spaceape grates after you've heard his schtik a few times, particularly on Dubstep Allstars vol.3 where he repeats the same rhymes as a mantra over a 70 minute mix. Still, if you want more Burial vibes then it'd be the way to go...

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