I agree with all this. A couple of years back I wasted a bit of time over at dubstepforum.com and the unwillingness of many posters back then to listen beyond their genre was both laughable and depressing. Two years on with all the cross-pollination that has occurred, those ultra-partisan view seem especially absurd. During one particularly virulent thread where people were getting stuck into techno from all angles, I got curious and PM'd one very big-name producer/dj within the dubstep scene (who shall remain anonymous as the correspondence was private), who was participating enthusiastically within the thread, to ask whether he'd ever listened to any of the techno that was being so noisily disparaged. I even offered to lend him my copies of a couple of techno cds that i though might be of interest, especially from the perspective of different bass sounds. He responded almost straightaway (NB. I've had to edit this slightly to protect the producer's identity):
From: xxxxxx To: xxxx Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:34 am Subject: Re: xxxxxxxxxxxxx Hi.. just a few points. <edit> I appreciate your kindness in offering me some <edit> to listen to but I actually really don't like techno music! So I doubt very much I would be into it. Besides that I've avoided it this long I may aswell keep at it, not hearing it won't do me any harm. I come from a very commercial pop / hip hop / uk garage background, I don't have the slightest clue about techno, <edit> Thanks for your time, <edit> c. On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 31 Mar 2008, at 09:31, Robert Taylor wrote: > > Serious - a lot of dubstep producers seem to have been raised in > > quite a > > hermetic environment with limited influences - it's only now that > > they've been made aware of other genres and the sound has converged > > with > > other genres in some instances - Benga's latest material is very > > techno > > I can concur with this, if you mention Hood/Mills/Juan/UR/May etc to > them you'll get nothing but blank stares. > > Benga's new album is very good and highly recommended > > m >
