yep. thats right. the dubplate mafia.
>Ahem. I really hate to take this any further, since it's totally
>off topic. However, this is straight up BS... In the British d'n'b
>scene it is customary that almost all releases are distributed on
>dubplates to the dj's who control the scene a few months before
>they get a commercial release. It is a well known fact that
>it is virtually impossible to break through as a drum'n'bass DJ
>in England if you don't have these plates, and if you're not
>down with Goldie and Grooverider you won't get them.
>
>> You have know idea what you're talking about. First of all dubplates have
>> nothing to do with "controlling" the scene - whatever that means. It's
>> about playing out a set that nobody has heard. Second, dubplates are
>> hardly ever released on labels. They're pressed up played out and maybe
>in
>> another year they'll be released on some white label. As far as your
>> journey: You should start listening to the state of the art dnb unstead
>> of Bukem,Grooverider and Fabio. Who haven't done anything "logically
>> progressive" in a long time. Cheers.
>>
>> Mike A.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Purpose Maker wrote:
>>
>> > I can't stand dubplates, especially within drum and bass. So many DJ's
>> > are just trying to control the dnb scene by playing dubplates from
>there
>> > own labels and they stick to just one sound, believe me I know, I have
>> > been listening to it for years. In the past few weeks I have lost faith
>> > in dnb and immersed myself more into techno. I find techno Dj's try to
>> > take you on a journey, as opposed to dnb Dj's except Grooverider, Fabio
>> > and LTJ Bukem. The dubplate thing is just their to cause hype, it used
>> > to be an experimental thing but not now, which is quite stupid really
>> > because why do you need hype for a self sufficient underground scene.
>> >
>> > Anand
>> >
>> > -"There's comfort in consistency" or maybe not-
>> >
>> >
