Zedd releases his own album

Is this guy just gimmick, or does he have actual talent for maintaining listener's interest with surprise rhythmic upsets and melodic shifts?

I'll go with gimmick, these are very boring, repetitive, trendy sounds, arranged in a highly commercial fashion that seems to attract a LOT of listeners in the US.

Saw his metal band live a few years ago and that was much more appealing and creative music, at least from a listeners persective.

Maybe he chose this path for money and fame, I don't know the dude. For me, there is just no appealing factor with Zedd, skrillex and the other poster boys. I guess it's just different in Europe..

haha yeah, his music sucks dick. he relies on remixes too much.

I have only heard 'Spectrum,' and think it's a pretty crappy tune, BUT -- if he made a whole album that sounds like the interlude to that song (a sort of chipstep freakout), I would totally buy that!

I'm not hearing any dynamic on his album, either. It's mostly lackluster house with featured vocals from established artists.

maybe i just live under a rock, but who the fuck is Zedd? and why should i care?

wait i remember now, oh yeah that guys music sucks... my friend remixed a track of zedd's and it was a grotesque listen...

He's been doing remixes for a little while, I liked his take on Swedish House Mafia's "Save the World". His first original album was released recently, and I came here to complain about it.

music like Zedd's is soulless unintelligent wankery... maybe I'm just a pretentious bitter electronic musician but goddamnit they are ruining the art form of synthesizers

/wanker rant

I think I have the winner in that category here:

GODDAMNIT HOW WILL I SLEEP TONIGHT

she is a scary person... if beauty is in the eye of the beholder there, than the beholder needs a reality check

lol love this thread already

Jus sayin.

There are worse examples of shitty music, but this is no excuse for a let-down album after a series of AT LEAST interestin remixes...

does the grammy's really have an EDM category?

is this the guy that remixed Paradise Circus which the original I was like hell yeah no way this could be used for a commercial it's just way too dark but then the remix worked somehow for that one car commercial

oh somebody else did the car commercial remix but he still remixed paradise circus and it makes it all fun/commercial/clubby so same point

It's called punctuation.

Looked him up on youtube. Worst bullcrap I've heard all week.

  On 10/7/2012 at 1:51 AM, sergeantk said:

music like Zedd's is soulless unintelligent wankery... maybe I'm just a pretentious bitter electronic musician but goddamnit they are ruining the art form of synthesizers

 

/wanker rant

Probably more the art of tweaking NI massive in a way that has been done a thousand times before.

But these guys are entertaining ten thousands of people at the biggest dance events, so I guess there has to be something between plastic pad sounds and glossy bass drops.

Now, is it a strength or a weakness that I can't always distinguish one track from the next?

  On 10/8/2012 at 5:48 AM, usagi said:

  On 10/7/2012 at 1:44 AM, sergeantk said:

who the fuck is Zedd?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Zedd

Bleh. My roommate listens to this type of music. Some of it I don't mind, but it saddens me greatly that when I take over mixing at our parties and drop braindancey/older tunes that people look at me like I'm a fucking old man or something. They immediately lose the ability to dance unless its got drops and that particular sound that 85% of popular producers have now.

Power chords, NI Massive, Drum beats that belong in Nu Metal songs, and glitches to distract you from the fact that you just listened to the same buildup and breakdown for 4 minutes without a single shred of emotion other than.

the future is bright.

  On 10/7/2012 at 4:36 AM, Ragnar said:

oh somebody else did the car commercial remix but he still remixed paradise circus and it makes it all fun/commercial/clubby so same point

That's Gui Buratto, he's actually signed to Kompakt

Quick skimming on youtube and I think this Zedd guy is not bad. Not good either. It reminds me of why I used to like French electro-house in the mid-00s (Ed Banger label) but also why I grew bored of it. Conclusion: "meh"

Dunno why you guys are getting all wound up about this. It's just dance music. And he seems to have an ear for melody; Spectrum has some nice chord progressions and melodic content going on.

It could be worse—at least it's not god damn Katy Perry.