DMZ021 - Digital Mystikz - Education/Horrid Henry EP Release date: Nov 2010 A Mala - Education AA Coki - Horrid Henry Released by: DMZ Release/catalogue number: DMZ021
I listen to odschool dubstep while driving and when ever i see an eighteen wheeler on the highway i think about what an amazing combonation the feelings of listening to heavy tune while driving a big heavy rig must be
I think it encouraging that these people have a strong opinion about their music, it shows that it means something to them. If you really understood where dubstep came from and the bastardisation that has been inflicted on a seriously respected genre you'de get why these people are rightfully pissed off
Mala played the West Coast recently, I hyped the local show for a week. Got a decent crowd out, but I was the only OG, which means Mala is still out there making new fans.
I'm pretty new to Mala and my exposure to dubstep is pretty limited, considering I love in the US, but I'm happy to have discovered them. They make me inspired enough to want to start making my own stuff. Already play guitar and bass but I'd love to make my own dubstep. Such a unique genre and there's so many subgenres
you're right, there's no longer a cocoon or incubation period in which genre's can develop themselves. everything is starting to sound alike and the inovative ideas get lost in the sea.
I arrived on the dubstep scene in 2010. The first track I ever listened to was "Ganja White Night - Strawberry Cough." I haven't stopped listening to dubstep since 2010. Since that time, I've branched through all dubstep, or as much of it as I could find. My preference lies in the old stuff: Coki, Mala, old Rusko, old Distance. Sure, I like some of Flux Pavilion's tunes, some of Rusko's newer stuff, some of Phear Phace's. The old stuff still is and always be the best and most real dubstep to me.
I always come back to the OGs at some point in the year, just hits different, could be the passage of time, the good memories, or the fact it stands out - whatever it is, I always find my way back
Glad I bought this on wax, in my opinion I think It's so unique and I always appreciate a listen! Horrid Henry on the other hand JESUS WHAT A BANGER, pure coki tune haha
It's obvious that what's relatively "better" is up to one's preferences, but let's face it: Skrillex never made dubstep. Digital Mystikz made dubstep from the beginning of this genre. For those who still think that Skrillex make/made dubstep, learn the two simple words: Electro House. Now everything is clear... I hope.
Dude, Skrillex did make dubstep, atleast when he started. Remember Scary monsters and nice sprites? that's dubstep, 140 bpm and everything. He does plenty of different stuff nowadays, but he does very few electro house, and when he does, it sounds different than other electro house.
Scary Monsters is brostep. No smooth subbass line, no *dub*, just (2-)*step* and lots and lots of wicked, aggressive, barely melodic, earbursting FM formant sound.
wavering pitch bend on the saw wave synth - that's the key here assign an LFO to the pitch of your oscillator synth and dial it down to a cool 12%. immediate analog flavor
You're right. The irony is that most of them (us) are 15-year olds who just checked out the wikipedia page for "dubstep" after hearing a Doctor P tune in a Call of Duty montage or something, and now they're grand fucking masters of "old skool vibez" who can rant about UKF with passion. No "EDM" candy paint-ravers hang around on Knife Party videos bitching about how boring DMZ records are. It makes us seem like butthurt hipsters when we complain about them. Let them be, to each his own! Peace!
I'm sorry...I know this my second comment but f*** me!!! ...this tune is just jaw dropping...the kick drums are definitely the highlight for me...the second half is just amazing!!
Thank you. It is nice to see others doing some youtube educating. However, I beleive Rusko is BACK...have you heard his new album? It's still pretty commercial but damn did he bring his roots back. Check it!
@sidi067, it's funny to read the arguments people have on youtube, isn't it. I don't usually comment, but I feel like you're there for the music more than to participate in stupid arguments. big up, all youtubers should be like you
to everyone arguing, i actually watched an interview with mala and he said he hates the concept of always labelling music and musical genres, he almost got angry when the interviewer kept asking him if he considered himself a dubstep artist
just to be pedantantic....it's called dubstep because the scene grew out of 2-step garage....those releases would often be a double sided vinyl with the a side being the vocal track and the b side being the 'dub' just meaning the non vocal more bass heavy version of the track....so when people when started making dark non vocal tracks some magazine decided it was time to call it something else and went with dubstep, and it caught on...
god damn this tune is absolutely perfect... if anyone can lead me in the direction of any artists or tracks similar to this it would be highly appreciated
dem So this is Mala who is 1/2 of Digital Mystikz (the other half being Coki) and runes the Deep Medi record label. Google all of the names above along with a guy named V.I.V.E.K. and his label SYSTEM. Welcome to good music.
they do release separately but only on some e.g loefah has goat stare which says "built by loefah"instead of "digital mystikz and coki has quite a few such as spongebob and the end to his own name and revolution and haymaker
skrillex here, skrillex there if u would know anything about producing music u never would say that skrillex sucks...its just his/their taste of music that sucks...in our ears, but who can say whats good and whats right at the end. dont pay atteintion to that and listen the music that u want. just dont mention the kiddies
I admit that there is an interesting correlation between the reliance on ever rising technology and the intelligence of the population as a whole. People spend less time these days reading books and more time watching videos on RU-vid which requires little thought process. Quite pitiful really....
Right? Even if I hear shit i don't really like I support it all day. From Datsik to Mungo's Hi-Fi and Itchy Robot. Just love creation of noise molded into music god dammit.
aries6776 Enjoying music beyond "OH HERE'S THE DROP SOOOOOON" isn't pompous. Having an iota of taste isn't pompous. Dubstep can have a lot of pretty profound feelings and sounds design going on in it, Mala being a prime example of that kind of dubstep.
TBH music will always undergo change, and some of it will stay the same. This is the evolution of music and can apply to other things as well. Refusing to accept this is will do nothing for anyone, you can hate it but sitting there complaining about why the old days were better accomplishes absolutely nothing. I do not enjoy the direction that some of the more popular producers are taking their end of the genre, but I also think that there are good tracks even from those producers.
