Skrillex

flyswatter

My friends have told me about this guy.

Love what I've heard. His dubstep is great and I was really impressed with his house stuff.

What do people make of him?

CiaranMT

Uh Oh.

Run away, FS, run far away from here before you're pilloried by those here less merciful than me :P

Logical Fallacy

He's ****ing awful.

seannash

Yeah not a fan
no doubt you'll love Zedd and Youfeedme too

Quiggers

I try not to think about him, or his,,, i resent using this word,,,, music.

Heard he had is laptop and backups stole in barcelona, i'm guessing it was music fans
who proceeded to melt them down like the arnie at the end of terminator 2.

HxGH

He looks like his music.... greasy?

flyswatter

Quiggers wrote: »

I try not to think about him, or his,,, i resent using this word,,,, music.

Heard he had is laptop and backups stole in barcelona, i'm guessing it was music fans
who proceeded to melt them down like the arnie at the end of terminator 2.

Or it could have been cos he had expensive gear, burglars wanted to sell?

Anima

Impressive sounds and production but no substance under it all. Gets very tiring very fast.

DubDJ

Not into Dubstep in the slightest. But this chap is everywhere. His name just keeps popping up on Twitter, Facebook, Beatport with other DJ's and writers praising him. I can't judge as i'm not a fan of the genre.

But I can say he's a freaky looking chap Haha. I thought it was a girl when I first saw a photo of him.

zega

This video is doin the round in the dubstep world at the moment.It's someone taking the piss by posting a "leaked" skrillex/doctor P song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPMGTSZ-g8w

This sums up what a lot of people think his music sounds like.

Four-Percent

Lord help you is all I'll say... looks like the heavy artillery haven't arrived on this thread yet.

zega

Im mainly into dubstep and it's what i collect,i think his dubstep productions are weak at best.But i quite enjoy this skrillex track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzEgrNigZdw

g5fd6ow0hseima

He actually does need a box on the face

Carl Sagan

Anima wrote: »

Impressive sounds and production but no substance under it all. Gets very tiring very fast.

Agree with this.

He seems to just open up the same project file everything and change a couple of notes here and there.

RMD

Another Deadmau5 / Beatport product. As such, I instantly hate him and all his fans. Do one OP.

Charlie Haughy

In fairness "Slats Slats Slats" is a good track I think, but most of the rest of his stuff is pretty ****ty.

keithkk16

zega wrote: »

Im mainly into dubstep and it's what i collect,i think his dubstep productions are weak at best.But i quite enjoy this skrillex track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzEgrNigZdw

RMD wrote: »

Another Deadmau5 / Beatport product. As such, I instantly hate him and all his fans. Do one OP.

Jesus that song does sound really really like something Deadmau5 would release.

flyswatter

Do you guys dislike the stuff that gets popular?

I think Deadmau5 is pretty talented and so is Skrillex.

I don't know much about Skrillex's personality.

Is mise le key

Jagger Elegant Tramp wrote: »

He actually does need a box on the face

Its times like this why the MOD's were so so wrong for ever banning Facekicker

jtsuited

flyswatter wrote: »

Do you guys dislike the stuff that gets popular?

I think Deadmau5 is pretty talented and so is Skrillex.

I don't know much about Skrillex's personality.

Deadmau5, while being talented, performed the mother of all sell-outs years ago. Still a talented dude though.

Skrillex is exactly why dubstep should have never been allowed to hit North America.

Is mise le key

jtsuited wrote: »

Deadmau5, while being talented, performed the mother of all sell-outs years ago. Still a talented dude though.

Skrillex is exactly why dubstep should have never been allowed to hit North America.

No JT, Unfortunatley the mother of all sell outs award goes to,

Dr Dre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNWvchRM0q0

When ice cube went solo he was castigated by NWA & labelled,

A house nigga

Seems all has come full circle:(

Logical Fallacy

flyswatter wrote: »

Do you guys dislike the stuff that gets popular?

I think Deadmau5 is pretty talented and so is Skrillex.

I don't know much about Skrillex's personality.

Why ask people want they think of a producer if you are only going to sit there and come up with reasons as to why someone's dislike of his music is not valid?

ottostreet

I don't like Skrillex's stuff. Far too busy and cluttered. Rubbish IMO, and Deadmau5 is a little bit too predictable.

g5fd6ow0hseima

I wonder does he live in a Scrilla Villa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgoUieotWQo

flyswatter

Is Skrillex up himself then?

I prefer his house stuff to be honest. He does seem to mix it up every few bars. Should someone change the music around that often?

Deadmau5 seems like a decent guy, he makes an effort to interact with fans, through Facebook, Twitter etc.

Carl Sagan

flyswatter wrote: »

Is Skrillex up himself then?

I prefer his house stuff to be honest. He does seem to mix it up every few bars. Should someone change the music around that often?

Deadmau5 seems like a decent guy, he makes an effort to interact with fans, through Facebook, Twitter etc.

How do you mean? He seems like a fairly nice guy.. but that shouldn't really matter anyway.

I liked both deadmau5 and skrillex when I first got into electronic music, but got fairly bored of both of them; so while I don't like a lot of their songs, I'm happy they got me into electronic music.

flyswatter

Carl Sagan wrote: »

How do you mean? He seems like a fairly nice guy.. but that shouldn't really matter anyway.

I liked both deadmau5 and skrillex when I first got into electronic music, but got fairly bored of both of them; so while I don't like a lot of their songs, I'm happy they got me into electronic music.

Any other recommendations? I don't listen to enough remixes.

Plumpynutt

He makes sh1t music for sh1t people, and gives Dubstep a bad name IMO.

Not that I'd call it Dubstep- more noise than anything else.

Not hugely into Dubstep but these examples are what I'd consider "proper" Dubstep:p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpzzGXBW4GA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDpp5_qdXJs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PscE1uE_VM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDywmThaNS4

really does tick me off when I say I like Dubstep and people say "oh yeah so you like magnetic man and skrillex and borgore and cnutbeard and analfist yada yada "

RMD

flyswatter wrote: »

Do you guys dislike the stuff that gets popular?

I think Deadmau5 is pretty talented and so is Skrillex.

I don't know much about Skrillex's personality.

I'm not much of a Dubstep fan, but ask a big Dubstep fan their opinion of Skillrex and they'll say he's shíte. Quite like most big house fans will readily say other than Deadmau5's early Prog house work, he's pretty poor. No offense OP, but people who generally think artists like Deadmau5 / Skillrex are the greatest thing to hit the Dance music scene in recent years, generally don't know **** about the dance music industry.

lima

RMD wrote: »

No offense OP, but people who generally think artists like Deadmau5 / Skillrex are the greatest thing to hit the Dance music scene in recent years, generally don't know **** about the dance music industry.

Come on, leave it out with the snobbery. It's why I don't post that often.

I found this guy yesterday whilst researching the lineup for a one day festival in London (L.E.D) headlied by Deadmau5. (I'm not too much into Deadmau5 as he's pretty repetivive and bandwagony but the day should be good). Anyway, Skrillex is complete cheese, but, his productions are good. I'm sure after 1 album he'll flop due to unoriginality though. I have only listened to his 'Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites' EP but it seems to me that he is just copying Boyz Noize, Deadmau5, Dupstep in general, and Alice Deejay (lol the yanks still love that tune)

Anyway, I'll be seeing him in a park in London during the day time with a few beers on me, he'll be entertaining for that, but he's not going to change anything in EDM.

jtsuited

ah I don't think it's real snobbery.... Deadmau5 and Skrillex and the like are electronic music for people who don't really listen to electronic music.

In the same way The Stereophonics were a band for people who don't really listen to bands, or the way Slane is a gig for people who don't really go to gigs.

lima

jtsuited wrote: »

ah I don't think it's real snobbery.... Deadmau5 and Skrillex and the like are electronic music for people who don't really listen to electronic music.

In the same way The Stereophonics were a band for people who don't really listen to bands, or the way Slane is a gig for people who don't really go to gigs.

ah yeah at least they are not as cheesey as the R&Trance ****e thats floating around now! Chris Brown lol

Is mise le key

jtsuited wrote: »

ah I don't think it's real snobbery.... Deadmau5 and Skrillex and the like are electronic music for people who don't really listen to electronic music.

In the same way The Stereophonics were a band for people who don't really listen to bands, or the way Slane is a gig for people who don't really go to gigs.

Your analagies went on a downward slope of effectivness there JT,


See, graphs can prove anything:D;)

jtsuited

the sad thing is, that's one of my better analogies!

electrogrimey

That's an impressive amount of work just to slag Jeff. Fair play. Some kind of 5-year-plan for insults and trolling could make this forum into a wonderful place.

And yeah, Skrillex is shite, and Deadmau5 deserved that dig in the head he got last week. Skrillmau5 have cause hate/flame/troll threads on more or less every dance music forum, let's not have one here.

Beekay

Thought I'd throw this in here, had never heard of Skrillex before Korn did this track with him. I only listen to a bit of electronic music, Pendulum, Boys Noize, Justice, Daft Punk etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQUU_VHWHPw

As a Korn fan I really like this track

ianuss

Beekay wrote: »

Thought I'd throw this in here, had never heard of Skrillex before Korn did this track with him. I only listen to a bit of electronic music, Pendulum, Boys Noize, Justice, Daft Punk etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQUU_VHWHPw

As a Korn fan I really like this track

I'd never listened to any Skrillex until I listened to that. And that is unbelievably terrible. It's not even music. It's the worst parts of a whole host of genres.

It's fcuking sh1t and anyone who thinks any differently can't like music.

RMD

lima wrote: »

Come on, leave it out with the snobbery. It's why I don't post that often.

No, I'm an arrogant indy wanker who hates everything mainstream. I shall be a genre snob till the day I die.

Beekay

ianuss wrote: »

It's fcuking sh1t and anyone who thinks any differently can't like music.

:pac::pac::pac::pac:

jtsuited

Is mise le key wrote: »

Your analagies went on a downward slope of effectivness there JT,


See, graphs can prove anything:D;)

Is Mise, can you please identify what's on each axis there?

Is mise le key

jtsuited wrote: »

Is Mise, can you please identify what's on each axis there?

Yes, exactly in original order of decent, (but the streophonics one is questionable as to the validity of my claim;))

jtsuited wrote: »

1. Deadmau5 and Skrillex and the like are electronic music for people who don't really listen to electronic music......Good

2. The Stereophonics were a band for people who don't really listen to bands.......Bad (ish)

3. Slane is a gig for people who don't really go to gigs......Shut up jeff

It all depends on who playing in slane would you not agree?

CiaranMT

flyswatter wrote: »

Do you guys dislike the stuff that gets popular?

I think Deadmau5 is pretty talented and so is Skrillex.

I don't know much about Skrillex's personality.

Popular is relative. Skream is one of the most popular Dubstep heads around and he's never lost any integrity or quality.

However, his stuff would never make it in the States on a large scale because all they listen to is Brostep. Hence why Skrillex et al are huge; and as a result are becoming huge here (since we swallow everything that comes across the pond).

flyswatter wrote: »

Is Skrillex up himself then?

I prefer his house stuff to be honest. He does seem to mix it up every few bars. Should someone change the music around that often?

Deadmau5 seems like a decent guy, he makes an effort to interact with fans, through Facebook, Twitter etc.

It's the other way around. Deadmau5 does nothing but flaunt himself for his followers to see on FB, he's forever putting up the most mundane shi'ite for them to fawn over.

Is mise le key wrote: »

Yes, exactly in original order of decent, (but the streophonics one is questionable as to the validity of my claim;))



It all depends on who playing in slane would you not agree?

I would call jt's analogy a good shout, Stereophonics are that for people, as is Slane.

Is mise le key

CiaranMT wrote: »

I would call jt's analogy a good shout, Stereophonics are that for people, as is Slane.

Ahh i wasnt being all that serious, just wanted to slag JT off for a laugh in relation to another post a while back about smoking & graph posted to show how smokers who quit would live longer than non smokers, or something like that anyway;)

jtsuited

Ah ok.....if you don't think slane is primarily a gig for people who don't go to many gigs, well I don't know where to start.

cedan

Deadmau5...a sellout????

So what would you do if you had the chance to travel the world, make tons of money and become one of the most instantly recognisable DJ's there is?

Thats like being a shop worker and getting a managerial promotion and refusing it on the grounds that you don't want to be a sellout to your co-workers.

Sorry for the piss poor metaphor but you get what im trying to say I hope.

CiaranMT

Is mise le key wrote: »

Ahh i wasnt being all that serious, just wanted to slag JT off for a laugh in relation to another post a while back about smoking & graph posted to show how smokers who quit would live longer than non smokers, or something like that anyway;)

Ah, carry on!

jtsuited

cedan wrote: »

Deadmau5...a sellout????

So what would you do if you had the chance to travel the world, make tons of money and become one of the most instantly recognisable DJ's there is?

Thats like being a shop worker and getting a managerial promotion and refusing it on the grounds that you don't want to be a sellout to your co-workers.

Sorry for the piss poor metaphor but you get what im trying to say I hope.

er hold on, the last time i listened to deadmau5 was about 4 years ago when he was making some fairly decent prog tunes.

The last time I HEARD a tune of his was some bogey vocal collab made for fm radio.

Is mise le key

cedan wrote: »

Deadmau5...a sellout????

So what would you do if you had the chance to travel the world, make tons of money and become one of the most instantly recognisable DJ's there is?

Thats like being a shop worker and getting a managerial promotion and refusing it on the grounds that you don't want to be a sellout to your co-workers.

Sorry for the piss poor metaphor but you get what im trying to say I hope.

I'd lock meself in my aul ones wardrobe with a stereo and 'hardcore you know the score' on repeat with a load of doves:D;););)

electrogrimey

cedan wrote: »

Deadmau5...a sellout????

Yep.

There are plenty of big name DJs headlining electronic festivals, and making a mint, that still like the music they play, and are contributing to the forward progression of dance music. Most of these could have easily opted instead to make less challenging music, which would make them richer and more famous more quickly, but didn't, because it would be selling out their musical ideas.

To put it in context how easy it is to get rich and famous by making mainstream dance music:

Zombie Nation, who most people know from the track Kernkraft 400, is actually a pretty good underground producer, under both his own name, and as ZZT with Tiga (not anymore to my, or most of this forum's taste I'm sure, but still far from commercial), apparently was sitting in his studio one day, not able to pay bills, so decided to make a track that would make him loads of money. Made Kernkraft as a joke, and it got as big as it did. Then went back to making good music.

RMD

cedan wrote: »

Deadmau5...a sellout????

So what would you do if you had the chance to travel the world, make tons of money and become one of the most instantly recognisable DJ's there is?

Thats like being a shop worker and getting a managerial promotion and refusing it on the grounds that you don't want to be a sellout to your co-workers.

Sorry for the piss poor metaphor but you get what im trying to say I hope.

Deadmau5 is the definition of a sellout, he had a decent following and produced some decent tunes. Decided he'd rather chase the $ sign and started releasing song after song of cheesy Electro-House shíte because he knew it would sell on the "mainstream" market.

There's a difference in getting a promotion on merit and getting a promotion because you were a crowd pleaser.

milltown

RMD wrote: »

started releasing song after song of cheesy Electro-House shíte.

Really?

I'll have to take another listen then 'cos I could have sworn it was the one song he kept renaming and releasing.

And Skrillex blows too. Now we're back on topic.