Kode 9: thought
- June 23rd, 2007
- By glacial
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Совсем недавно, Steve Goodman, он же Kode 9, выступал на известном испанском фестивале Sonar. Во время его проведения признанный гуру делился своими размышлениями с журналом Go!Magazine, которые в последствии были оформлены в статейном варианте. Ниже привожу мысль Steve’a о возможном будущем dubstep музыки, которая, на мой взгляд, не нуждается в каких-либо комментариях, учитывая тот бум и славу обрушившиеся на сцену на протяжении 2006 года:
“I’m afraid that the history can be repeated like it happened to drum’n'bass: first a creative explosion, then a stoppage. I detect a lot of similar dubstep out there, that’s why records like Burial’s are so exceptional for me. I’d be surprised if history wouldn’t repeat, because I can see on dubstep the same trends that killed jungle. Something I see clearly is that, in case of dubstep being exceeded, something new will be born. Hyperdub has a long life still”. What risks is Kode9 talking about? “I’m afraid that one of the different families of dubstep will gain more prominence than the rest. Right now is happening with wobblestep, that humming bass sound making wow-wow-wow. It could become a formula which lead to an impasse. What I don’t see that dangerous, and on the contrary very interesting, is the texture and rhytmic fusion with techno, technostep. I don’t see it deliberately dark, but very investigating. Labels like Skull Disco and Punch Drunk are on a very good moment right now”. And he concludes his diagnosis like this: “I don’t think there’s gonna be a world expansion of dubstep, but it’s gonna become a succesful community for a while, which will attrach fans from all over the world. It’s the good thing, and also the bad thing, of being an underground genre in continuous mutation. And let’s not forget that the best from Skream, Burial and Digital Mystikz is yet to come”
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