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Old 10-31-2011, 07:05 PM
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Old 10-31-2011, 07:35 PM
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Dubstep: the musical Marmite; you either love it or hate it. Personally I like everything in moderation, and zircon's forays into dubstep don't just end with "lol the bass has wobble so the track's finished", but are typically well-rounded and varied affairs (see also: Buzzsaw). As mentioned in the write-up, the synths alone are hugely varied to give the track a really fresh sound throughout, in addition to high melodic content as well as the signature bass and drum processing indicative of the genre.

I urge anyone put off by the "dubstep" tag to give it a listen - it's a natural progression from other forms of electronica, and when used in this way, as zircon does, it restores a sense of respectability that I think is perhaps lacking at the moment, given the volume of lazy dubstep remixes out there.
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Old 10-31-2011, 08:11 PM
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Dubstep certainly is tricky. When I first started hearing it, most of the songs sounded pretty much the same. But more recently I've heard actual variations within the style. This song makes very good use of the dubstep style, while being totally catchy and enjoyable. As DarkSim said, if you're reluctant to hear yet another dubstep, you should still give this a listen.

PS: This is the first comment I've ever posted on a song. That's how much I enjoyed this song.
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Old 10-31-2011, 08:33 PM
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The only thing that could possibly make this better is a sudden and inexplicable change in time signature.
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Old 10-31-2011, 08:40 PM
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This is like dubstep with widespread appeal. Awesome work, possibly one of my favorite VGM remixes by Andy (which says a lot!)
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Old 10-31-2011, 09:01 PM
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Dubstep is certainly all the rage and I'm not gonna lie, I've been so put off the genre by thinking its just "wub wub" that I haven't given it a proper chance. Having taken DarkSim's advice, I really hate to say this.......but if this is Dubstep.....I need to get me some more!
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Old 10-31-2011, 11:09 PM
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This is how you dubstep One of the most tasteful excursions into the genre that I've ever heard, period, and probably the best dubstep song on OCR. Like all of zircon's music, what makes it so enjoyable is not simply the genre adaptation and the great production, but how it goes so far off-the-rails and doesn't fall in line with the kinds of tropes that you'd expect from whatever genre he's tackling.

Also, as is the case with all of his other mixes, this one gets better and better as it goes along, Andy doesn't use all of his tricks right off the bat, which I immensely appreciate. A lot of electronic music is structured in a way that you can fast forward through the first minute of the song and cut it short after the first chorus and you don't feel like you've missed anything of worth. That's not the case here.

Creative, detailed, and expertly-crafted. That's what I like to hear
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Old 10-31-2011, 11:54 PM
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This was straight delicious dude. It has that cinematic sound to it. This is some mad dirty stuff here and it's done tastefully which seems like some kind of contradiction. Samus and grime goes well together. Awesome stuff Andrew =D.
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This kinda dubstep i can enjoy its got variety,
Its taken techno and done more rhythm and really works well.
Great stuff zircon
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Old 11-01-2011, 04:42 PM
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I like it. I like it a lot. ...but I feel that what I like about dubstep this track doesn't really exemplify. All of the wub wubs and badass dirty synths are spot on, but I feel what makes kickass dubstep is progressive melodic parts followed by a simple, heavily-textured, captivating, and very loud, breakdown. This is spread so thick though that I feel like dubstep isn't the best genre title for it anymore.

Which isn't knocking the track at all, it's quite dark and very delicious... just... why can't we call it: 'dark electronica with dubstep-like warbling bass' or 'dark wub wub electro' instead of just 'dubstep'? This really doesn't sound like any other 'dubstep' out there... probably to the delight of many.
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