Scared of the Basslines pt 2

[Bioteknik]

alright well this brings up another question that I've been thinking about a lot since I do tend to play songs with REALLY heavy basslines and tend to be somewhat dark. But for real, just because it's heavy doesn't mean it's dark. Examples of songs that I don't find dark that some people have said were dark:

Autobots remix of Perception (http://www.aquasky.co.uk/dubplates/dub_PERCEPTIONAUTOBOTSREMIX.mp3)

Punks (http://www.decksterityrecords.com/shop/play.php?id=1213)

The Slammer (http://www.decksterityrecords.com/shop/play.php?id=1626)

now These are Dark

Rockweiller (http://www.decksterityrecords.com/shop/play.php?id=362)

I can't stand it and C-2-It (http://www.planetxusa.com/pub/audio/djram/2001/86773.ram)

Imagine the Future (http://www.planetxusa.com/pub/audio/djram/2001/84701.ram)


all the songs are links, and the poll is multiple choice

[uberclkgtr]

not sure if i like those distorted bass tracks. i like my dark/evil shit through atmosphere as opposed to it being hammered over the head with it via a bassline.

but that "punks" track is dope as hell.

and i haven't figured out how to vote yet. i may wimp out and vote the "pretty" option.

[the code]

yeah i'd def. agree, the first 3 are heavy, and the second 3 are dark....who does that rockweiller track...shit's hot! can you recommend me more tunes like the last 3? i dont know breaks for shit...

[Jimmy 4]

I think a good example is alot of Dan F. Real heavy slung bassline, but I dont take as dark, although dark is good :raveon:

[the sex molesters]

i like my music pretty.

[Bioteknik]

Originally posted by the code
yeah i'd def. agree, the first 3 are heavy, and the second 3 are dark....who does that rockweiller track...shit's hot! can you recommend me more tunes like the last 3? i dont know breaks for shit...


rockweiller (with b-side remix by dylan) and imagine the future (w/ remix by dj red) are by the sonz of mecha

c-2-it and I can't stand it are by R-Kidz and Noize all on mechanoise records

some more samples from that label

Steppin up and Wreckin it (http://www.planetxusa.com/pub/audio/djram/2001/93471.ram) wreckin it is one of my favorites

Hazardous Youth and Stay Forever (http://www.planetxusa.com/pub/audio/djram/2001/86369.ram) these are a bit over the top

Ruff and Rugged (http://www.planetxusa.com/pub/audio/djram/2002/104003.ram) plus this one also has a dnb remix on the flip by filthy dirty rich.

[switchstance]

I love me some basslines, but these days, with the Nu Skool sound entering it's 5th year (dating it's birth around 1998) I tend to steer away from tracks that still go for that "colon response" bass.

You know... the basslines that are like "BOOORRR BORRRRRR BLAAAAAH BOOOOOOOO". Super duper dark, in other words. The same sounds can only be reused so many times before it is officially PLAYED OUT.

So yeah, innovation is obviously the key to keeping me interested. Dunno about you all.

hehe :)

[the sex molesters]

honestly i like the really sub-bass basslines of dark jungle and dark dnb. i just think that's more fun than some of these nu skool breaks.

[uberclkgtr]

:werd: switchstance. a whole set full of tracks with bowel-loosening sub-bass sounds can get kinda ho-hum. gotta switch that shit up, make the kiddies appreciate it when it does drop in one or two tracks in a set.

evil breaks i've been feelin lately (though not very underground):

ils - music (evil 9 rmx) (http://www.dancerecords.com/makeram.php?stock_number=27889) (2nd half of the sample)

hybrid - celebrity science (http://www.dancerecords.com/makeram.php?stock_number=27328)

dylan rhymes - muzika (http://www.dancerecords.com/makeram.php?stock_number=29937)

no sub-bass sounds, but E V I L.

[Bioteknik]

Originally posted by switchstance
I love me some basslines, but these days, with the Nu Skool sound entering it's 5th year (dating it's birth around 1998) I tend to steer away from tracks that still go for that "colon response" bass.

You know... the basslines that are like "BOOORRR BORRRRRR BLAAAAAH BOOOOOOOO". Super duper dark, in other words. The same sounds can only be reused so many times before it is officially PLAYED OUT.

So yeah, innovation is obviously the key to keeping me interested. Dunno about you all.

hehe :)

no doubt.. a whole set of the "nu skool breakbeats braaar raaar raaaar raaaar" dilutes those asskickers. But that's where the dj comes in to play instead of the producers. Set flow is very important. I may have the aim name mechanoiseboy and made a mix that was quite dark doesn't mean that's all I'm going to play.


not all of us have been in to breaks as long as yourself and still are hungy for that kind of bass, and jathan, big bass doesn't mean super duper dark.

[DJMarcO]

I'm into the "dark, but not opressively dark" style shit. Some tracks that come to mind:

Nubreed - Midi Killer
Leuroj - Isakora (Bushwhacka mix)
Big Head - Luv Live

and a whole slew of others I'm not able to remember at this time. Although, I'm a little bit more into the proggy side of nuskoll then the str8 up jungly sounding shit anyway. I go for atmosphere and melody with my boomin' basslines.....

[Bioteknik]

no doubt, I'll play those first three, but those last three and other samples I used are kinda over the top for the average listener, and I'm not gonna try and shoot myself in the foot.

[Bioteknik]

Originally posted by switchstance
I love me some basslines, but these days, with the Nu Skool sound entering it's 5th year (dating it's birth around 1998) I tend to steer away from tracks that still go for that "colon response" bass.



btw wasn't TCR's first release in '94 or do you consider that hardcore?

[switchstance]

Originally posted by Heartwork

not all of us have been in to breaks as long as yourself and still are hungy for that kind of bass, and jathan, big bass doesn't mean super duper dark.

I wasn't sayin' it was. I guess um, I should have been more specific by clarifying the same thing you mentioned... that you have to change it up.

You cannot have a whole set of the same shit or yeah, it gets stale. We are all feeling the breakbeat fusion, I know this.

[Bioteknik]

:werd: 'sall good

[switchstance]

In addition, these days, specifically I am just not feeling the super duper dark tracks. I am definitely down for dark and deep, but stuff like on Mechanoise is just not for me anymore...

Not saying it's bad, or that I shun it. Just not for me. :)

[Bioteknik]

yeah.. I mostly just put 'em on mixes I listen to in my car so the urge to scare people subsides ;-)

[the code]

@heartwork->thanks i dug all those tracks except the last one...are these tunes only on vinyl? damnit am i gonna have to start buying breakbeats on vinyl too?? ARGH
@uberclkgtr-word those tunes are tight too...dylan rhymes is tight!
@switchstance->much props, after seeing you spin@vision like eleven millionn times you put me on breakbeat..slowly but surely!;)

[Ecclecticat]

Heavy is no dark! Heavy is hard, deafening, irresistable, grimey. Dark is just that - you know, that creeping around like a ninja on the kill, seeing Michael Jackson's thriller coming out of the ground at 'cha and bustin' a helicopter spin.

[badkitty3804]

Originally posted by the code
@heartwork->thanks i dug all those tracks except the last one...are these tunes only on vinyl? damnit am i gonna have to start buying breakbeats on vinyl too?? ARGH
@uberclkgtr-word those tunes are tight too...dylan rhymes is tight!
@switchstance->much props, after seeing you spin@vision like eleven millionn times you put me on breakbeat..slowly but surely!;)

this is Waleed? yay! do your clock dance!

[Bioteknik]

Originally posted by the code
@heartwork->thanks i dug all those tracks except the last one...are these tunes only on vinyl? damnit am i gonna have to start buying breakbeats on vinyl too?? ARGH


didn't like the last one?? that's one of my fav's.. the second part of the sample is the flip played at 33rpm because planetx likes to get cheeky like that.


some of those are on CD in unmixed format, all of them are available in the mix cd, but uh yeah.

cd is called The Way of the Robot

www.decksterityrecords.com

[the code]

Originally posted by badkitty3804
this is Waleed? yay! do your clock dance!

LOL! sup emily yes it's waleed!
im doing the clockdance as im typing this:D

@heartwork, i dont remember if i like the first or second part of the last one, just didn't like it as much as the others, i dont remember i was kinda
spliff:

[Nos]

YAY. BRING ON THE DARKNESS.

[TSILGNUJ]

Does any one know if Music Liberated is going to open back up?

[badkitty3804]

Originally posted by the code
LOL! sup emily yes it's waleed!
im doing the clockdance as im typing this:D



JOY!
:smooch:

long time no see my brotha'!

[uberclkgtr]

Originally posted by TSILGNUJ
Does any one know if Music Liberated is going to open back up?

It isn't open anymore? When did it shut down? I called over there on a Sunday a few weeks ago to find out their hours, but got no answer. I assumed it was because it was a Sunday...

That place was a dope record store.

[Jimmy 4]

A little kaotic, but good none the less!

[bassfix101]

bring on that bass...its the only thing that makes us move our lazy asses.

[kirk]

I SHUN TEH HEARTWOK!!!!

[Bioteknik]

wow, holy resurrected thread kirkman.

[bbjohnson]

why are all the polls jumping to the top anyhow. it is like that in a few sections

[Bioteknik]

that is the question everyone wants to know, but nobody knows the answer.

[kirk]

its an enigma wrapped in a puzzle trapped in a mystery with a dollop of intrigue