dance charts

Wow, so I just checked the current dance charts for the sole reason of seeking out the "latest and greatest" of pop / edm production / engineering, and even mastering (i try to stay up on the sound every few months as it changes like every 4 months)...

was totally expecting some ear candy.. something at least innovative on the sonic front..

browsed through the 5 top billboard dance tracks on yt, and wow, NADA.. it's all the same recycled b.s. that's been on there for the last 2 years or so... that melbourne bounce and dutch edm sound / the adele sound / the trap sound... just about the only half decent thing of the top 5 billboard dance tracks i heard was that britney and iggy single which was pretty bangin but still nothing to write home about.

i think i was giving the top 40 too much credit a few years back, expecting innovative shit to break through.. even in the last year, i thought Disclosure and Clean Bandit's deep house and garage / pop crossover thing was going to evolve the top 40 sound into something a little fun or off kilter or jazzy or something but shit.. its just more pure garbage. :D

/rant

although that pitbull one has some cool disco stuff going on.. but its prob ripped off from nile rogers or diana ross of course.

oops missed this...

lolol re: the contained "edginess" ... Trent should collab with em on some of his newer stuff.. i joke i joke.. im a in bitter mood atm.. u know i still love trent <3

My partner listens to these stations so sometimes when I drive I don't feel like changing the station and listen to what's currently 'relevant'. Some stuff is great and I can tell they'll be future classics. 'Latch' (Disclosure feat. Sam Smith) comes immediately to mind:

Then there's producers like Alesso who exemplify everything I feel is very tacky and fatiguing about the EDM trend:

^ yeah i hear that

Yeah it's in a bit of a sad state at the moment. A few weeks ago I heard some commercial dance track with a lead sound that literally sounded like a puppy yelping—I guess it's the height of that silly vocal pitching/cutting thing they've been doing in EDM/trap drops for the last couple of years (I don't know any example songs by name but surely you know what I mean). At that point I realised I'm probably not going to break into the charts any time soon, simply because my music isn't annoying enough.

  On 6/25/2015 at 2:02 AM, modey said:

A few weeks ago I heard some commercial dance track with a lead sound that literally sounded like a puppy yelping—I guess it's the height of that silly vocal pitching/cutting thing they've been doing in EDM/trap drops for the last couple of years (I don't know any example songs by name but surely you know what I mean).

Oh damn I wish you knew which track that was... I want to hear a puppy Yelp-Drop now!

Yeah I should have Soundhounded it or something, gah. No doubt I'll hear it again, but apart from the yelping it was a generally uninteresting track.

wtf is melbourne bounce?

  On 6/25/2015 at 8:25 AM, modey said:

Yeah I should have Soundhounded it or something, gah. No doubt I'll hear it again, but apart from the yelping it was a generally uninteresting track.

You know where to post it when you find out!

  On 6/25/2015 at 8:28 AM, usagi said:

wtf is melbourne bounce?

from urban dictonary..

" melbourne bounce

A progression from the uptempo, horn-infused Dutch house style, Melbourne bounce (which also at times fuses elements of acid house and psytrance) is a descendant of the electro house umbrella with inspiring party-hardy jams, raucous horns, and goofy, fun-loving sensibilities. The squelching horns will melt your mind on at a big festival stage or on a huge system."

yuck

  On 6/25/2015 at 8:23 PM, Lane Visitor said:

 

  On 6/25/2015 at 8:28 AM, usagi said:

wtf is melbourne bounce?

 

from urban dictonary..

 

" melbourne bounce

A progression from the uptempo, horn-infused Dutch house style, Melbourne bounce (which also at times fuses elements of acid house and psytrance) is a descendant of the electro house umbrella with inspiring party-hardy jams, raucous horns, and goofy, fun-loving sensibilities. The squelching horns will melt your mind on at a big festival stage or on a huge system."

 

yuck

 

flol

good gravy, /exits thread