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- > > > >
