Cool song, lame video.

But why the man insists on adding those annoying vocals in every song is beyond me.

You mean like when the girl was yelling into the phone? Yeah, I really wish he wouldn't do that. I have an early version of
First Of The Year from when he hadn't added that sound in yet and I think it sounds better without.

Not to mention, he should've done a video for Ruffneck Full Flex instead because that song is even better than this one.

Oh god, its an enderman!

Video was stupid I thought, but the song is good. I'm surprised there's no Scary Monsters video, considering he has like 23087 remixes of it.

Honestly, as much as I love that song, I'm glad there isn't a video for it. It's too overhyped and overplayed already.

Honestly, as much as I love that song, I'm glad there isn't a video for it. It's too overhyped and overplayed already.

What an annoying song. At least Scary Monsters had a catchy synthesizertune before he starts doing the bassdiarrheacrap.

I enjoyed it, video was lame but hey it got the job done.

It woulda been better if there was a giant speaker system instead of a girl wiggling her fingers.

It's shocking that he hasn't been killed yet - he really is ruining the electronic music industry slowly but surely.

Can we talk about how stupid Skrillex looks?

I cant take this shit seriously. I mean, its fucking Sonny Moore.. lol

exactly, it's fuckin sonny moore! sonny's the man

Never mind, just watched that video. Let's talk about how stupid that was. Why would you even try to make a narrative video to a "dubstep" song?

Yea! Sonny's the shit.

-flicks hair out of face- -pushes oversized glasses up on nose-

yes! oh my god! wobwobwobwobwob

how do people like this garbage

sonny moore will always be a scene kid from fftl in my eyes. [2]

song sucks
guy sucks
guys haircut sucks

Video is irrelative

"song sucks
guy sucks
guys haircut sucks"


^^true

I wish Skrillex would go away, his music is shitty and it's artists like him coming into the genre that are putting me right off it

I don't understand the hate on this vid. I think it's AWESOME and so does your mom.

Well, that was pretty...ummm. Huh.

Why would you even try to make a narrative video to a "dubstep" song?

in b4 Dev.

dammit

Yes, perfect timing.

rip skrillex

you died in the london riots.

in my fucking dreams.

You guys are more annoying than anything Skrillex has ever done.

Debatable

that was
i don't
i mean
...what

2wub4me

No Skrillex for the most part sucks

I mean his electro isn't too bad but his dubstep is atrocious

Kornstep rules

Skrillex is liked and thought of as good by the same people who like and think all the bands we hate are good

Not gonna lie, he looks like this chick that went to my school once.

mustve been an ugly bitch

he's so good looking and so talented

I like most of his material and don't give a fuck what anyone else thinks. People just like to target him because he is one
of the most popular "dubstep" artists. I don't think he deserves all the hate he gets. And who cares what he looks like.
Deadmau5 looks like a redneck meth-head, but no one talks about that.

Boy, that guy from Deadmau5 sure looks like a redneck meth-head, wouldn't you guys say? Let's discuss it.

Girls that look like Skrillex blows my mind

hahaha yeah that one's almost as good as Asians Sleeping In The Library

FAKE FACES EVERYWHERE I SEE
FAKE PEOPLE LOOKING BAC--

...Wait, is this not that?

People just like to target him because he is one
of the most popular "dubstep" artists.

^ this.

Who gives a fuck, his music is fun to listen to. And even though his actual dubstep is a pretty shitty, his electro bits are pretty cool to listen to. His samples are really repetitive now and that's pretty annoying, but I don't understand either why there is SO much hate. It's great fucking party music and it's not like his music is forced on anyone. In an interview somewhere he says that this was meant to be a side hobby, but obviously people like this so that's how he got popular. It isn't as bad as people are making out

his dubstep?

?

Deviant what the hell I thought you liked Skrillex

hes not amazing but hes pree good, I dont think hes "ruining the genre" or anything, the genre has been fucked from as soon as hipsters starting getting into woms

No, I can tell you he's ruining the genre. Whenever I explain dubstep to people who are unfamilair with the genre I always compare it to metalcore. In that respect, Skrillex is the Attack Attack (i don't which one is which, so you know the crabcore one) of dubstep

It seems like every Skrillex song has this kinda cool electro intro and I'm like alright I can dig this, and then there's an annoying sample and it jumps right into the worst dubstep I've ever heard and I turn it off.

meh i like it. like i said not amazing but fun to listen to. his stuff is 3-3.5 material for the most part for me.

comparing him to attack attack though, ouch

If you substitute breadowns for wobble and factor in the trite and cliche pop sensibilities they're both going for it's a pretty easy comparison

I understand Deviant's complaint that he's ruining the genre. Everyone who isn't familiar with the genre assumes that all dubstep sounds like Skrillex. I frequently hear people hating on dubstep because they "hate that wub wub shit" and I have to go on a rant and show them Burial and whatnot.

I don't see why people like Skillrex I really don't, but then again I don't understand why people listen to Justin Bieber.....

"Everyone who isn't familiar with the genre assumes that all dubstep sounds like Skrillex."

yeah I get this and agree with it, but I'm intentionally avoiding that argument because I hardly think that's his fault. every genre, especially these "scene" ones (dubstep, metalcore, emo) has terrible horrible fans that pigeonhole the sound and make the other 90% of the population hate the music by association. like holy shit, I hate Skrillex fans, but it's fun music and I can't hold him accountable for his fucking terrible fans. I think there's much worse dubstep out there than Skrillex, I dont know.

Alright, I can agree with pretty much everything you said Aids, you're right. Buuuut I probably dislike his dubstep more than you do. I pretty much completely agree with Deviant when he said

"I mean his electro isn't too bad but his dubstep is atrocious"

yeah his dubstep is generic as hell and so predictable, but it brings the painnnnn

CALL 911 RIGHT NOW

so good (so bad)

I don't guess I really like any dubstep that "brings the pain." And I'm not really familiar with the genre either, pretty much the only dubstep I've heard so far that I like (fingers crossed that this is all dubstep) is Burial, Mount Kimbie, James Blake, and Swarms

eew Skrillex

bro you need some brostep, filth it up

GO DEVIANT! I CHOOSE YOU!

i enjoyed this.

wait is stuff like burial and james blake considered dubstep as well? cuz yeah i sorta thought dubstep was the wub wub womp womp house stuff. i don't know electronic music someone learn me. i really like burial and james blake and nicolas jaar and stuff like that but apparently everything i thought i knew is wrong

good video

Please don't tell me that I'm gonna have to type up the history of dubstep again....

wait is stuff like burial and james blake considered dubstep as well?

Well they are both dubstep. Ask him what he thinks of Mala

Whenever I explain dubstep to people who are unfamilair with the genre I always compare it to metalcore. In that respect, Skrillex is the Attack Attack

^that, breaks/wobbles=juns/breakdowns
but i never got heavily into dubstep so i may be off

Oh fuck me. Dev, it's been fun to watch you grow to hate Skrillex more and more- because you're one step ahead of me. He started out as fun but now he just stands for everything I hate about the genre. It's not necessarily his fault but his fan base and the popularization of his generic dubstep has been atrocious. So you're usually there to say what I would have if you didn't.

But holy shit... one of my best friends is actually not going to a deadmau5 concert in my state on sept 1st so that he has enough money to go see skrillex in october. And whenever I try to convince him that deadmau5 will be way better he acts like Skrillex is a much better artist- no comparison. And I mean deadmau5 is also making a push towards the mainstream and dumbing his music down so it appeals to a wider audience (though cephei was awesome), but while deadmau5 still has a lot of creative talent and knowledge of his genre, skrillex is just some asshole trying to make dubstep as loud and in your face as he possibly can- and he's reaping the benefits.

So yeah djunior, Skrillex is the Attack Attack. It's not hard to find the Botches though, you just have to not be an idiot and actually do some research (the irritation isn't directed at you, I like your awareness of a more important sound within the genre).

I saw Skrillex WITH Deadmau5

yeah deadmowfive is pretty good but this is skrillex we're talking about

Sonny Ire

less is moore

.......

I like Skrillex, and don't really give a shit what people say about ANY music i like.

However can someone tell me how James Blake is Dubstep, because i have NO clue?

Because his music contains every single aspect of dubstep

skrillex was one of my least favorite acts at Bisco this year, its not even that i don't like his music, but of all the Dj's he was the one that had the most "heres a playlist and a little cross fade" type of act...

plus his fans are some of the worst festival goers i've ever seen

its not even that i don't like his music, but of all the Dj's he was the one that had the most "heres a playlist and a little cross fade" type of act...

"However can someone tell me how James Blake is Dubstep, because i have NO clue?"

These are the kind of people that make me want to tear my hear out. Along with the ones who think that any mention of "screamo" means autotuned, crappy, modern post-hardcore

@ Dev, since tone is impossible to tell on the internet, i'm just going to explain my point that all the other electronic (not band) acts had a way better performance, whereas skrillex just ran through a bunch of songs,

i have no clue if you needed me to explain that, but alas, the internet is a strange place

Well, you said "of all the dj's" and then mentioned he didn't do a great deal from a technical point of view (like most dj's). I said that's because he isn't a dj, meaning he's going to be playing a pre-recorded set and will spend his time ensuring that it runs smoothly, occassionally twiddling the knobs and genereally amping the crowd up etc

This song is basically like the mundane twin brother of Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites. The structures are basically identical, but the melodies are exponentially less catchy and the rhythm is nowhere near as infectious. This is basically the classic example of an artist trying to replicate his past success... likely because his creative well has run dry (which is pretty evident already considering his albums are 50% remixes of old material). Not that you can really blame him though... he didn't know he was going to have to produce this much material.

"I dunno. With skrillex especially he's made electronica enjoyable to me cause it feels heavy and I like the heavy. A lot of
shit I've heard that people call dubstep like Nero, Zomby, Borgore etc I don't necessarily like simply because electronica
isn't really my cup of tea and they feel more traditional than what I've become accustomed to. I feel like I'm rambling; in
short, maybe he's entry level shit but atm I'm fine with what I hear"

^THIS is exactly how I feel

@ Dev, are you one of those people that call him a "performer"?

either way, i tend to call people using computers/mixers "DJs"

unless you are way too into the proper nomenclature, it shouldn't be that hard to understand

As far as this genre goes, I can enjoy it. Unfortunately, Sonny makes sure to make something about his songs less enjoyable than other artists of the genre, hindering me from being able to listen to his stuff.

So I think it's his samples that piss me off...

skrillex will die of hepatits b

I've only heard three songs from James Blake, and while after re listening i can see the Dubstep in little bits of it, he is still boring as hell.

Also to the guy who mentioned "Screamo", I would like to point out that term means absolutley fuck all.

"@ Dev, are you one of those people that call him a "performer"?

either way, i tend to call people using computers/mixers "DJs"

unless you are way too into the proper nomenclature, it shouldn't be that hard to understand"

not to hi-jack this, but what makes you think he didn't understand what you said? He was just explaining that Skrillex had the most "'heres a playlist and a little cross fade' type of act" because he literally is not a DJ.

mainly that i was taking as much of a "this is just what i thought after going to bisco" line as much as i could, he was correcting me calling him a DJ, i was attempting to explain that i just call performers like that "DJs"

i think i'm so used to assholes on the internet that what i'm saying is coming off as aggressive, but it's more of a "heres how i think" kind of thing...

so dev, much love to you, and much love to you tmobotron also

If you think Deadmau's music takes more talent to make than Skrillex's, you need to open up a set in Ableton and give a shot recreating their tones.

Deadmau is simple, uneffective, and redundant. His creative processes fucking suck(create a progression, play that for six minutes, add a few effects, and bring in a bass drum halfway through to get the kids dancin'). While Skrillex does make a lot of mistakes in choosing his repetitive sampless, his cuts and glitches are rather complex, and his sound synthesis is at the top of the game. He needs to take a break though, because pumping out a song every two weeks isn't gonna help anybody.

Jesus, you can't go into one dubstep thread without hearing at least one person wistfully sigh and mention how they really like Burial. STFU, you're not impressing anyone.

I wish Skrillex would focus more on electro house style stuff and start shying away from dubstep. More songs like With You Friends, Rock N Roll, Slats Slats Slats plz.

I totes thought mentioning Burial would give me some good-taste-in-dubstep cred d00d. But no honestly the fact of the matter is that I haven't heard much dubstep at all and Burial is always the first artist people recommend when you ask for good dubstep, so he's the best of the few artists I've heard so far in the genre. What I am sure of however is that I never mentioned Deadmau5 and I don't like him (even though I know you weren't speaking to me KILL), I agree that Skrillex does a good job with his electro house stuff, and also I do not like his dubstep at all. That is what I am sure of.

skillex fuckin da pedos up fo sho yo bro

Burial is always the first artist people recommend when you ask for good dubstep

Skream and Benga are more of a typical representation of the dubstep sound (and both awesome), but Untrue>*.

@cfbassist- No worries, people usually ARE assholes on the internet. But what I was trying to say (and maybe you know this), is that dev wasn't trying to correct your use of the name "DJ" to be an asshole. He's making the point that the fact that he ISN'T a DJ is what makes him the guy who just seems like he's doing a playlist with a crossfade, whereas actual DJs will do more than that. Not that it's real important or anything but I just wanted to try to clear it up.

"If you think Deadmau's music takes more talent to make than Skrillex's, you need to open up a set in Ableton and give a shot recreating their tones.

Deadmau is simple, uneffective, and redundant. His creative processes fucking suck(create a progression, play that for six minutes, add a few effects, and bring in a bass drum halfway through to get the kids dancin'). While Skrillex does make a lot of mistakes in choosing his repetitive sampless, his cuts and glitches are rather complex, and his sound synthesis is at the top of the game."

This is a strange argument. I don't care how hard it would be for me to recreate his tones in Ableton. You can create a complex song and still have it sound like ass. Don't get me wrong- I don't hate Skrillex, just a few things that are associated with him. I think I have SM&NS at a 3.5- it's a fun EP. But deadmau5's more minimal style (which, by the way, is much less apparent in his latest album) was one of the coolest things he had going for him IMO. Almost all EDM that appeals to a wide general audience is that over the top and in your face sound- huge beats, catchy distorted synths all over the place, etc. and while I enjoy Moar Ghosts as much as the next guy, it's really nice to hear deadmau5 doing tracks like "Lack of a Better Name" too.

There's a reason there are genres like minimal techno, check out some Pantha du Prince. Sometimes talent is knowing when to not do too much.

There are so many stupid comments in this thread now

bro

i don't understand why people have to keep explaining dubstep over and over again. is it that hard to grasp the concept?

who is this KTLL fag ugh

dunno but he likes fear factory and timesplitters so he's ok


oh wait you said KTLL. fuck i didn't even see it.

"(create a progression, play that for six minutes, add a few effects, and bring in a bass drum halfway through to get the kids dancin')"

i like both, but, this^

cool video nonetheless.

Okay but by "progression", you mean an entire song right? I don't get what you or KTLL mean by playing
a progression for six minutes. If you said a chord, note, riff, whatever, then that would be fine. By
saying "play that for six minutes" you and him are implying that it's repetitive. But a progression,
by definition, is something that's changing and moving forward. So what are you saying?

I mean I assume you just mean it's repetitive. But songs like Strobe, Slip, HR Cephei, etc. have huge
progressions, and the songs aren't repetitive at all. They grow and expand more than most artists in
the genre are capable of doing. Skrillex kind of tries to do the same thing on With Your Friends
(which is one of his best tracks and, not coincidentally, the one that sounds and is written most like
a deadmau5 track).

Sorry that I fucked up some new line issues, had a word misspelled and wanted to fix it. forgot this site is coded like absolute shit.

It takes more skill to know when to restrain yourself than to fill every fucking note with a siren, synth distortion or bass fart. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Skrillex is A.D.D. music

Jesus, you can't go into one dubstep thread without hearing at least one person wistfully sigh and mention how they really like Burial. STFU, you're not impressing anyone.

I was listening to Benga's semi-new track "Smack Your Bitch Up" on YT (it's the same vid that's linked on this site from a news article). The top two comments were about how Skrillex had linked them there. The top two comments are now a comment criticizing skrillex comments and a comment criticizing criticizers of skrillex comments. And admittedly the skrillex haters CAN be just as annoying as the fanboys who think he's the dubstep God.

I think it's really fucking cool that skrillex links his fans to benga videos, I have a lot more respect for the dude now that I know he's aware of the genre's roots. The point is- a lot of his fans think that the people who listen to artists who are still doing the original dubstep sound (meaning not brostep- I don't support the term "brostep" but you know what I'm talking about) are the ones being assholes by criticizing skrillex fans. And some people probably do overstep their boundaries quite a bit. But honestly- you can't go anywhere that dubstep is talked about these days without hearing an assfuckload about skrillex. And that's fucking ridiculous.

So I apologize if I sound overly negative in my comments on his music. But the praise he gets is seriously ridiculous when you look at people who REALLY contributed to the development of the dubstep sound.

"REALLY contributed to the development of the dubstep sound."

You mean that garbage genre? hurf durf syncopation wub wub wub bass XD epic lol! dirtier than my moms
vagina after gangbanging black guys LMAO dat drop :P

Dubstep is awful.

Hey look, another user who doesn't know what he's talking and knows absolutely nothing about the genre

Sonny Moore is going to die within 2 years. Mark my words.

You best be removing that 5 for Street Halo then dumbass

I give up with you

Sonny Moore is going to die within 2 years. Mark my words.

By die you mean ditching the dubstep scene and jumping into the latest bandwagon or trend then yes.

By die you mean ditching the dubstep scene and jumping into the latest bandwagon or trend then yes.



^This. Exactly this.

sehguh I've had to do that with screamo and grindcore as well. People who don't know their shit about any given genre don't need to make any statements on the genre, or if they're unfamiliar with it, they should make that clear. Oh and hey look at BaselineOOO claiming to hate dubstep, having two dubstep albums at a 5, and not knowing what dubstep is at all. And Pharoh I could easily see that happening. Next thing you know he's going to be a one-man "djent" project or something.

pedobear does not approve

ITsHxCTOASTER rules because of his comments and his picture avatar thing.

You can't go wrong with Boomhauer

i Loled when the old guy yelled "call 911!!"

dirtier than my moms
vagina after gangbanging black guys

Debatable

dUbatable.

Yes, 10 points.