The Guardian says Breakbeats are back...

...and they're now 'Queer' and 'heralding a new 'post-cynicism' age'.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/14/the-return-of-breakbeats-electronic-music-eris-drew-violet

This is the funniest thing I've read in months

so that’s where breakbeats went 

lol

But where the fuck is the hoover sound? Bring back the hoover!

'modern-cynicism'

  On 5/15/2019 at 4:27 AM, Stickfigger said:

Does that mean it's fine to say it sounds gay again ?

lol

have some bacon 

articles like that one... and people wonder why noise music/power electronics exist. 

Eris Drew is the only one I recognize but the article is hitting on a trend I've seen a lot lately. Surprised Octo Octa, George Clanton, Machinegirl, or Firetoolz weren't mentioned. Rave style nods and breakbeats have been embraced in quite a lot of underground releases off Orange Milk, 100% ELectronica, 100% Silk, LIES, 1080p, etc.

Boop boom bap ticky-ticky boom bap ticky

How about a lush update of trip-hop? You know you want it.

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a redress to a scene that remained stubbornly white, straight, male and stale

Author of said article ticks at least two of these boxes. I think it might be self flagellation for association with a known CANCELLED artist

post-cynicism sounds like another way to say forced optimism

  On 5/15/2019 at 7:51 AM, Brisbot said:

post-cynicism sounds like another way to say forced optimism

Would have thought New Sincerity would be too old hat to be pushed by the Guardian nowadays tbh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sincerity

breakbeat is the new brostep in 3...2...1...

to be fair, gabriel is a bit late on the ball considering breaks have needled their way into mainstream electronica since 2017 or so... bicep i'm looking at you. glue is a pretty good track though. new sincerity is, on the other hand, probably ripe for picking now. irony never left

this article is what we call, in the industry, a puff-piece.

octo octa is a sick dj

breakcore is coming back again bwois

  On 5/15/2019 at 8:26 AM, ManjuShri said:

Would have thought New Sincerity would be too old hat to be pushed by the Guardian nowadays tbh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sincerity

ya post-postmodernism was dead I thought. Thought it died with the internet age.

  On 5/15/2019 at 8:43 AM, MIXL2 said:

breakcore is coming back again bwois

As sure as night follows heat

They've been trendy again since late 2012 when Hackney Parrot came out, Guardian even slower than usual.

  On 5/15/2019 at 8:43 AM, MIXL2 said:

breakcore is coming back again bwois

How about drill'n'bass?

  On 5/15/2019 at 9:28 AM, Brisbot said:

ya post-postmodernism was dead I thought. Thought it died with the internet age.

Not if you’re a knee yo mark cyst. 

  On 5/15/2019 at 2:30 PM, Candiru said:

Not if you’re a knee yo mark cyst. 

he said post-postmodernist m9 this on a whole new lvl

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Wherever possible, she will pair DJ sets away from home with a daytime talk or workshop on “techno as a healing or mystical art”.

Jesus Christ ...

  On 5/15/2019 at 6:09 PM, rhmilo said:

Jesus Christ ...

i just can't. i mean.. no.  whatever people need to get through the day and all that but i gotta keep the hokey hippie dippy healing crystals away from my daily life. yoga.. meditation.. great.. but so much of the other shit is just a different version of well intended snake oil that rots a brain

  On 5/15/2019 at 5:16 AM, Audioblysk said:

Boop boom bap ticky-ticky boom bap ticky

better put a donk on it