Skrillex - Discuss, Debate, Praise, Hate

kids've been goin nuts....

I like how fake he is and still gets away with it, bet he doesn't even like his own tracks or electronic music in general.

Skrilldo

  On 12/21/2011 at 10:31 PM, Cryptowen said:

I can sorta get why TECHNO CASUALS would be into Skrillex. I mean, if your main exposure to music is top 40, used as background noise & never really examined, it's fairly reasonable to assume that upon being exposed to Skrillex you might think "wow, this guy writes a perfectly upbeat pop song & then turns it into an insane wall of noise midway through. What an edgy, subversive dude!"

 

Of course WATMM spends most of its time listening to, discussing, & producing electronic music, so when we hear it it sounds like some cheesy vst pop (and I say that as a big fan of vsts) with a tacked on basswob section that doesn't so much feel like controlled chaos as a guy flicking through some presets.

 

If you listen to synth music regularly, & especially if you get a taste for making it yourself, it won't be long before you come to recognize how most popular sounds are made, & it takes an increasingly unique noise to wow you without it having an actual tune behind it. It's like trying to do a card trick for a room full of magicians.

very well said. The only part I'd add, is the the room full of magicians never saw this coming: The white nerd doing dubstep and getting over big time. He's probably even boned Fake Becky.

Why do people claim he is not the one making the music he releases?

wow

his new album sucks and the doors should be ashamed

  On 12/24/2011 at 7:23 AM, logakght said:

his new album sucks and the doors should be ashamed

He saw this coming...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1PSalLKmD0

I think I just listened to a Skrillex track called 'Ruffneck' on Youtube but I'm not 100%. I honestly can't tell the difference between what's real and what's just people taking the piss.

The video involved Santa getting involved in a punch up. Help me out here.

i'm going to put this out there, and it may prove an unpopular opinion:

I hate Skrillex 30% because his music is stupid and 70% because its so damn fun to hate that little fucking emo.

I've heard 4 Skrillex songs now, so I think I've got his formula figured out. This stuff might actually sound good if it had

A. production values. Guys on Soundcloud with no budget can make a full sounding mix, Skrillex should be able to too

B. the pop song parts were catchy & memorable

C. there was more going on in the crazy sections than wobbing

D. The crazy sounds were actually used to musical effect & not just for the crazy

  On 12/24/2011 at 1:50 PM, Dan C said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH6rx4AaFIE

LOL, Warner got on that shit quick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aK6ZH3QgAQ

lol, this is ridiculous

  On 12/24/2011 at 2:04 PM, Cryptowen said:

I've heard 4 Skrillex songs now, so I think I've got his formula figured out. This stuff might actually sound good if it had

 

A. production values. Guys on Soundcloud with no budget can make a full sounding mix, Skrillex should be able to too

B. the pop song parts were catchy & memorable

C. there was more going on in the crazy sections than wobbing

D. The crazy sounds were actually used to musical effect & not just for the crazy

nailed it. great post.

  On 12/24/2011 at 3:19 PM, Adam Beker said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aK6ZH3QgAQ

 

lol, this is ridiculous

scary monsters was bad but catchy...this is just......bad..

I don't care how passé Skrillex hate is; I can't believe how poor this new Bangarang Ep is.

It's like he somehow got worse.

I'm not homophobic but that guy is a faggot.

  On 12/24/2011 at 1:43 PM, Backson said:

i'm going to put this out there, and it may prove an unpopular opinion:

 

I hate Skrillex 30% because his music is stupid and 70% because its so damn fun to hate that little fucking emo.

does no one agree?

I don't hate him as a person at all. His spectacular gifsmanship actually endeared him to me quite a bit.

But this EP...

It's like he's trying to prove he has more strings to his bow, but in doing so he's realised that far from even having a bow at all, he's actually standing naked in a forest with a fully-erect 200lb warthog stampeding towards him.

I know plenty of people that really like it, so he must be doing something right.

  On 12/23/2011 at 3:04 PM, Velazquez said:

  On 12/21/2011 at 10:31 PM, Cryptowen said:

I can sorta get why TECHNO CASUALS would be into Skrillex. I mean, if your main exposure to music is top 40, used as background noise & never really examined, it's fairly reasonable to assume that upon being exposed to Skrillex you might think "wow, this guy writes a perfectly upbeat pop song & then turns it into an insane wall of noise midway through. What an edgy, subversive dude!"

 

Of course WATMM spends most of its time listening to, discussing, & producing electronic music, so when we hear it it sounds like some cheesy vst pop (and I say that as a big fan of vsts) with a tacked on basswob section that doesn't so much feel like controlled chaos as a guy flicking through some presets.

 

If you listen to synth music regularly, & especially if you get a taste for making it yourself, it won't be long before you come to recognize how most popular sounds are made, & it takes an increasingly unique noise to wow you without it having an actual tune behind it. It's like trying to do a card trick for a room full of magicians.

 

very well said. The only part I'd add, is the the room full of magicians never saw this coming: The white nerd doing dubstep and getting over big time. He's probably even boned Fake Becky.

I agree, this is why I never really had a huge problem with skrillex.

Plus

  On 12/23/2011 at 5:50 AM, vasio said:

I like how fake he is and still gets away with it, bet he doesn't even like his own tracks or electronic music in general.

I don't think he even understands what he is doing

to a degree like it's almost like he's not writing it.

it's really weird.

YO SKRILL DROP IT HARD!