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Comment on Making Digital One-of-a-Kind: Inside Icarus’ Generative Album in 1000 Variations by regend

regend — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:58:33 +0000

you know what's really random…when Reaper first came out and I was learning to use it. i would practice live remixing with the on/off toggles for the VST's…i would generate maybe 4 or 5 remixes of a tune and grab the best version and give two or three out to different DJ's to put on mix tapes. i always wondered how to automate these remixes so that each DJ could have their own remix that was different from the other DJ. i then found Reaktor and quickly got away from Reaper.

Comment on Accepting Grammy Awards, Skrillex Acknowledges Dance Roots, EDM Community by ramin

ramin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:52:27 +0000

electronic music has almost always been on the radar. in the 90ies there were loads of electronic acts reaching mainstream succes. even aphex twin reached the charts with Windowlicker. I think squarepusher managed to reach radioplay as well. What about the Prodigy and a whole bunch of other rave acts.

if we wanna travel further back into time there is also Jean Michelle Jarre, mike oldfield (who also won a grammy according to wikipedia), vangelis, kraftwerk,…

Comment on Accepting Grammy Awards, Skrillex Acknowledges Dance Roots, EDM Community by Ben

Ben — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:52:14 +0000

He is pretty much the Justin Bieber of electronic music, gaining a lot of success but is hated even more. Go to any youtube video of tied to the original, pre-filth, dubstep scene and all the comments really are about is how much people hate this guy for giving the genre a bad rep. I can't really blame them though.

In other news, Burial's new EP is out…

Comment on Accepting Grammy Awards, Skrillex Acknowledges Dance Roots, EDM Community by databoss

databoss — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:33:52 +0000

I'm not sure if I believe this guy. First he had a teeny bopper screamo band that was pretty terrible and then there's the whole thought that other, more authentic dubstep producers get paid to make his beats. I don't really believe he made this so humbly as he says he does. He's already been through the mainstream as a failed screamo frontman.

So, I call BS.

Comment on Accepting Grammy Awards, Skrillex Acknowledges Dance Roots, EDM Community by goldenmaster

goldenmaster — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:07:12 +0000

Im not a big fan of deadmaus or skrillex, I just always find the amount of unreasonable haterade about stuff like this baffling. Their music isn't that terrible, it's just not that great. And their success and ubiquity just make nerds all over the world get their panties in SUCH a twist. Stop being such old curmudgeons and have a little fun people.

And I will STILL stand behind the fact that electronic music has never been that mainstream. It has been exposed in the mainstream, as just pointed out here… but it hasn't had this kind of momentum. An example. Up until just recently kids have all wanted to learn to play the guitar, the drums. To the point of it being annoying. My friend teaches songwriting and music at a local high school. The past couple years… all the kids stopped being interested in guitar, and started getting interested in producing electronic music. I find that pretty incredible.

Comment on Making Digital One-of-a-Kind: Inside Icarus’ Generative Album in 1000 Variations by freesoul

freesoul — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:03:09 +0000

Thanks for the heads up. Will check this EP out.

-nothing is beneath you…..

Comment on Making Digital One-of-a-Kind: Inside Icarus’ Generative Album in 1000 Variations by Horaflora

Horaflora — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:55:44 +0000

Downloading….l

Comment on Accepting Grammy Awards, Skrillex Acknowledges Dance Roots, EDM Community by mrbiggs

mrbiggs — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:42:29 +0000

Didn't The Human League have the first fully synthesized number one hit in 1981 or 82 with "Don't You Want Me?" I grant that they don't exactly have a lot in common with Skrillex and DeadMau5, but neither does Wendy Carlos. Is "electronic music" a genre or an arrangement or a method? Wasn't Chris Brown's entire album produced in Protools and/or Logic? Why is Lady Gaga's album not "electronic dance music?" It is, indeed, electronic dance music. The idea that electronic music isn't mainstream is puzzling. The idea that electronic something other than floor-thumping dance music will ever be, on the other hand, is still a fantasy, Bon Iver notwithstanding.
If Skrillex and Deadmau5 are the examples that represent those of us in our basements and bedrooms producing music with synths and drum-machines, I want no part of that. I agree with Mark. They're cartoons.

Comment on Accepting Grammy Awards, Skrillex Acknowledges Dance Roots, EDM Community by H. Coleslaw

H. Coleslaw — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:34:40 +0000

apparently you guys missed the 90s.

Comment on Accepting Grammy Awards, Skrillex Acknowledges Dance Roots, EDM Community by peterkirn

peterkirn — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:10:26 +0000

Yeah, especially if you look long-term … there was a time when synthesized music was exclusively the domain of academies and research centers (and not even very many of those)

The original crossover artist, though, is unquestionably Wendy Carlos — and, by extension, J.S. Bach.