Originally Posted by
Sean Bateman
Listened to it 4 or 5 times since i downloaded it this morning.
Better than i expected, my album of the year so far probably.
Dubstep as a genre is great, and i think the fact that it is so off the wall compared to a lot of other genres is the reason it has spawned some of the best and most out there producers, who are now going in other directions.
Idiots like Alcatraz can talk about how Dubstep is somehow a rip off of Timberland (lol) but the originality of it to me explains why it's such a varied scene.
You still have guys like Mala, Untold, Pangea, Samiyam etc. releasing great sort of straight up Dubstep, but then there's all this other 80s synth pop influenced stuff coming out of the genre also.
Shit like James Blake, Teengirl Fantasy, OoOoO, XXXY, Balam Acab, Mount Kimbie, Joy Orbison etc. doesn't really fit into a genre anymore, it's just awesome in it's own right.
Darkstar's album is sparse pop bliss.
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