Skrillex - Discuss, Debate, Praise, Hate

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how do you feel being the poster boy for a new generation of electronic music? do you feel part of heritage or is it a new thing you’re doing in your own direction?

well check this out: before this [interview] i was out with some label people talking about servicing my new ep and doing a radio campaign. i said the only people i ever want to service my records to are the actual djs that are real tastemakers, people who can still decide what gets played on the radio. in the us it’s all politics and programming. i don’t wanna be a part of that. to do certain things – like get played on so many radio stations or whatever – you have to play their events and all these other politics are involved. i’d rather get no radio play than be involved in all that.

for me, like, when people call me the poster boy of this edm crossover to mainstream… ah, man, when i was making “scary monsters and nice sprites” we didn’t spend any money, we did it on a laptop, there were no songwriters, no plans, we just made the song and at the time that was not a pop song. it’s not 3 and half minutes, it’s not verse-chorus, verse-chorus, it’s definitely not easy listening. it’s just an online fruit – there were no plans, no radio campaigns.

i’m not defending myself but that’s the truth – if you look at that positively, music that was underground can now be popular, just not in pop format. it’s successful, and that opens doors for other people to make non-pop music. “scary monsters…” has sold in the us, canada, england, australia and it’s not a pop song.

 

 

i dunno, i appreciate what he's saying more than feeling offended..

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:05 PM, Lucy Faringold said:

You know I love SP and cannae stand Skrill but the absolutist line of argument StephenG and CraniumXII are pursuing in this thread is just bafflingly obtuse. Just reeks of fear-based conservatism. 'My standards are the real standards and everyone else is uneducated!'

 

You must be partially if not fully retarded. I have stated the opposite of what you are saying in this thread a number of times. I even outright said this conversation is in the interest of educating myself. I have no need to justify my standards to anyone.

 

Not to mention what you are saying here is that your standards are the real standards and we are wrong. We are bafflingly obtuse because we have certain opinions.

 

That just reeks of ignorance.

Edited March 30, 2012 by StephenG

lol^

 

you know you've got problems when...

You know you've got problems when... flowers...?

 

thx

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:31 PM, StephenG said:

You know you've got problems when... flowers...?

 

 

..you can see skrillex in flowers, yes

 

edit: maybe slapping a pair of glasses on it would give more context

Edited March 30, 2012 by roasty

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:27 PM, roasty said:

lol^

 

you know you've got problems when...

Even flowers remind you of Skrillex?

 

Edit: lol, a bit late in updating. I should see a doctor about this... but which doctor, when everything seems to be subjective?

Edited March 30, 2012 by CraniumXII

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:32 PM, roasty said:

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:31 PM, StephenG said:

You know you've got problems when... flowers...?

 

 

..you can see skrillex in flowers, yes

 

lol

Apparently Aphex likes him...

 

Pitchfork: What was it like meeting him?

SM: Well, the first time we met was when I played Lowlands Festival last year near Amsterdam. It was him and then me right after on the same stage. He had this full laser show, and I watched the whole thing in the front of the house. I'd always hear about him never playing songs anyone knows-- just doing white noise for two hours or whatever-- but halfway through his set, he started bringing out tracks from The Richard D. James Album and I Care Because You Do, even some old Caustic Window stuff. Just going for it. He played

, which is like a really short song that just goes, [sings] "doo-doo-doo, meow-meow-meow-meow." It's the weirdest song. [laughs] But you could tell he was actually trying to please the crowd. Anyway, after my set, I walked offstage and saw him sitting down with a beer. I'm like, "Fuck, if there was any time to just say hi..." So I go up to him: "Hey, I just wanted to say you had a great show." He doesn't even look at me and then walks off. My heart breaks.

After that, we were heading to Australia for the Future Music Festival and, the first day I'm there, I feel this arm on me. I turn around and it's Richard. He's like, "Hey man, good to see you!" He was so nice. He told me he had gotten in a little bit of an argument with his tour manager the day I went up to him. Anyway, we hung out and it was really awesome.

 

Would loved if it ended with "Hey, I just wanted to say you had a great show." He doesn't even look at me and then walks off. My heart breaks." hahahaha.

 

Full interview: http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/8798-skrillex/

None of the things I'm posting look anything like Skrillex, lol.

but maybe above/below some other familiar items, it'll make them appear more skrillexy. try that

 

edit: oh wow, you made the blog already!

Edited March 30, 2012 by roasty

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:40 PM, roasty said:

but maybe above/below some other familiar items, it'll make them appear more skrillexy. try that

 

edit: oh wow, you made the blog already!

 

the man works quickly

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:42 PM, StephenG said:

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:40 PM, roasty said:

but maybe above/below some other familiar items, it'll make them appear more skrillexy. try that

 

edit: oh wow, you made the blog already!

 

the man works quickly

 

he left out the mop. put the mop up!

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:43 PM, roasty said:

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:42 PM, StephenG said:

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:40 PM, roasty said:

but maybe above/below some other familiar items, it'll make them appear more skrillexy. try that

 

edit: oh wow, you made the blog already!

 

the man works quickly

 

he left out the mop. put the mop up!

 

he left out skrillmop?!

Yeah, alright. I didn't want to repost, though.

 

I made the blog like, 6 hours ago.

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:44 PM, gmanyo said:

Yeah, alright. I didn't want to repost, though.

 

I made the blog like, 6 hours ago.

skrillmop. we demand skrillmop!

i'm really struggling to make out the skrillefalls one lol, but there it is

I'm trying to make the descriptions funny because the blog is so fucking jazz.

 

Uploaded the mop, by the way.

Edited March 30, 2012 by gmanyo

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:27 PM, StephenG said:

I have no need to justify my standards to anyone.

 

You have a pathological need to justify your own standards and discount those of other people. Hence your last 3 pages of verbal diarrhea.

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:47 PM, Lucy Faringold said:

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:27 PM, StephenG said:

I have no need to justify my standards to anyone.

 

You have a pathological need to justify your own standards and discount those of other people. Hence your last 3 pages of verbal diarrhea.

 

Glad you know me so well to make that judgement.

 

Here, I'll try your pre-menopausal bitchy judgemental approach too!

 

You are about as intelligent and friendly as a twig. Stop ragging on me like a pack of menstruating teenage girls, hop off my dick, and go make someone a sandwhich.

 

One day, maybe you will crack open a book on how people get educated. I personally debate and provide strong contention in the hopes that others will provide an equally strong contention, this is called the learning process. I'm sorry you don't understand how this works.

 

Discounting others standards is done in the hopes that they will justify it and provide insight for me to understand their point of view. Again, this is the learning process. I'm sorry your twig level IQ doesn't enable you to see it that way.

Edited March 30, 2012 by StephenG

lucy can you explain to me what a fourth density hologram is...is it something like this?

The power of education in action

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:57 PM, Dan C said:

The power of education in action

 

Sorry m8. I don't like to be such a dick and I apologize for saying some rude things to you. Everyone on here seems to think every comment is a dig at their personal music taste though and it's just not true.

roasty:

  On 3/30/2012 at 5:51 PM, roasty said:

lucy can you explain to me what a fourth density hologram is...is it something like this?

 

it's whatever you want it to mean roasty. It's subjective.

the words sound cool to me. on jedi mind tricks' first album they describe a metaphysical "hologram" that contains all of mankind's history iirc