I enjoy skrillex in short doses, and enjoy the dubstep genre.

He was also good in his emo/hardcore band 'From First To Last'.

Original Dubstep : Popular Dubstep :: Original Emo : Popular Emo

The only thing i found from that list thats good is Burial - Archangel
Burial for president tbh.

Time to list some of my favs as a contrast to all the hatin then
Most of it is post-dubstep (movement spearheaded mainly by the success of James Blake)
Also, influences from hip-hop & electronica, but still staying in the 140bpm time signature and rockin the trademark broken beats.
Cassius - I Love You So (Ed banger) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXAuxxxFGGE
Ambassadeurs - M.O.P.E (free) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOvPpS8vpTs
Ital tEk - Black & White (Planet Mu) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfZFiTUtNyk
Eskmo - Cloudlight (Ninja Tune) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IddDWBpkzYg
Mount Kimbie - Carbonated (Hot Flush) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpNbJWzxoZM
Scuba - Triangulation (Hot Flush) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF0F0isyx6w

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The only thing i found from that list thats good is Burial - Archangel
Burial for president tbh.

I was trying to get a huge variety of things, not necessarily my absolute favorites. Trying to show that there was a huge variety in the genre. It makes sense that people may only like 1 or 2 songs on that list.

Personally, I listen to stuff like you posted when I'm doing homework or just chilling, and the more heavy/upbeat/poppy stuff when I'm in the mood to rage. But I still can't stand the stuff that is just high pitched screechy noises.

and Eskmo - Cloudlight is one of my favorites... some other good songs you have there.

2562 is pretty good too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7YIKCb_Qk0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kGID6HG_uA

Linkin Park - Crawling (Mt. Eden Bootleg)

I like Mt. Eden as well. First heard them back in 2010 with this and fell in love with them

Mt Eden Dubstep (HD) - Beautiful Lies

IMO, this guy's facial expressions are almost as bad as the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... HIiE8&feature=related

Only just found Dubstep recently. Great to code software to. Headphones on and lock out the world.

Some of what Skrillex has done is great, others no so lol

Smoke Test by Blackleg is the side of Dubstep I like, the dark stuff.

Get up, Skrillex and Korn is a great track

well how could i possibly describe what it sounds like... oh right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... P35qc&feature=related

I like how most people mistake Skrillex as dubstep... Sure he does have a few songs that fall under the dubstep category, as 'Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites', but most of the stuff is a lot faster and it's not really dubstep, but more like Electro House or something... I could go on about that but since this is a Skrillex thread, I am going to go really offtopic and post some dubstep.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_VFU4dKsr8
One of my favourite tunes, which actually was one of the tunes that I listened first when I was getting into dubstep.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMR5K2QWfJk
A classic dubstep song, no wobble at all, which is awesome. Sadly nowadays people think wobble is everything you need for a dubstep song, hence why people think all of Skrillex's stuff is dubstep. Which is sad

Isn't all dubstep electronic(a)?

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Isn't all dubstep electronic(a)?

yes, but Electro House is a different genre itself...

i love how i forget to read the above comments aswell

TL;DR


Skrillex is meh. There is a few ''OK'' songs, reptile theme etc but mostly I dont like stuff from him.

And yea Skrillex is wayyy too overrated.

all aforementioned are just subgenres of EDM (electronic dance music, not the most apt description for most of the styles these days anymore but whatever)
and electronica is even broader and more random of a term

Electro (or electro house) for skrillex sounds just about right.

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But what bugs me most is.. I've been listening to electronic since 2000 (maybe a bit earlier than that) so now it's funny when everyone is like OMMMMGGGZZZZ TECHNO!!!! .. I hate the word techno for electronic music, it sounds retarded. Dubstep isn't helping, it has brought a few good things to music, but not much else.
That and other friends that are like.. electronic/techno/trance/dubstep music is the BEST.. yet I can probably ask 99.999% of them who people like Paul Oakenfold is, ATB, Benny Bennassi, Paul Van Dyk, David Guetta, Armin Van Buuren.. and out of that list they MAY know who David Guetta is (since he is still around and has a few remixes that are up there every now and again)
but.. it's .. stupid.

It's just annoying when people are like I love electronic music and have for a long time now.. My response always is.... Oh yeah? Really? How long lol... I've been listening to it for majority of my life. When I first started listening to music besides what my mom played in the car it's been electronic music.

I think that maybe something to do with you being in the US, with the trend of things at the time I don't think 9PM Till I come was as popular over there as say over here in the UK...same with tracks like Darude - Sandstorm, but listening to trance anthems like that and listening to Dubstep now there is a massive difference in the music genre to the point I wouldn't even put them in the same category.

If you're looking for some good melodic dubstep that has the nice intro without the white noise and 'dirtier than' comment drops, just stay well clear of popular Dubstep channels like UKF. Try Blackmill and Phaeleh, you can find them.

I won't go as far as saying I like Dubstep though, it's a genre and you'll find crap and pure gold in any alike.

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It's just annoying when people are like I love electronic music and have for a long time now.. My response always is.... Oh yeah? Really? How long lol... I've been listening to it for majority of my life. When I first started listening to music besides what my mom played in the car it's been electronic music.

I was listening to electronic music before I was even in the grand scheme of things.

Do I win?

lol been listening to electronic music all my life too.

First song/video I really liked was Freestyler and when I was about 10 I discovered techno and trance. Then moved to Dnb and have been listening to it since I was 12

Yeah I never got into DnB. I was more into just plain electronic (trance) at the time with lyrics. Even today I'd say the same, there are better songs now though without lyrics than there used to be for sure.

haha freestyler, I remember that song!

Practically every modern style of music 'plagued' the music scene. I can't think of a style that hasn't, at some point, been commercially successful on some level.

I think it's a good thing that we get new and varying styles hitting the scene, otherwise it's just the same old gash being regurgitated. Not that dubstep is entirely fresh, but it is something a bit different.

It's dubstep crap like this that pisses me off.

The beginning.. I feel, and I like the way it goes, I wish it kept at that direction.
Then dubstep happened.. and what was a very good song.. was ruined within 1 minute's time.

like wtf?! It's just retarded reverb noise and .. junk.

http://soundcloud.com/1reyson/daft-punk-derezzed-aelian

it just gets worse and worse. Way to ruin a perfectly amazing song.

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It's dubstep crap like this that pisses me off.

http://soundcloud.com/1reyson/daft-punk-derezzed-aelian

The waveform reminds me of the loudness war.

Some people say Dubstep - you either love it or hate it. The main reason why I enjoy it, is because it's different compared to the songs I usually listen to, which are starting to turn for the worst ('top' 40)

I'm not saying I hate dubstep, as some of it is quite good.. but songs like that?
It's obnoxious sounding.. like constant nagging by pad drums and synths.