FAO wasteland drifter - that el-b comp you posted a little while ago - rec.music.hip-hop

Message from discussion FAO wasteland drifter - that el-b comp you posted a little while ago
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From: suntzu <sun...@removethispart.freeshell.andthistoo.org>
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Subject: Re: FAO  wasteland drifter - that el-b comp you posted a little while
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Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:16:10 -0700
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Wasteland Drifter wrote:
> suntzu wrote:
>> i like it.  was listening to it while working last night/today and i 
>> was a lot more into it than on the other listen i gave it a couple 
>> weeks ago.  is this guy an influence on burial, or is there other 
>> stuff that has that drum programming style (the timing, the 
>> clicky/glitchy sounds on the high end that don't pretend to sound like 
>> real drums at all)? what would you classify it as?  garage?  early 
>> dubstep?  it's all stuff from a few years ago, right?
> 
> El-B is considered to be the 'godfather' of Dubstep, with his early 
> 'Ghost' projects cited as the origins of the genre.
> 
> That collection covers his 2 Step, Grime and some of the 'Ghost' 
> production and yeah it is a retrospective look (probably ranging between 
> 10 years old at the most to about 2006/7.)
> 
> Interviews with Burial that I've read - when he's been asked about 
> influences, El-B (and specifically his drums) is often mentioned with 
> Burial deeming them the ideal drums so it's not surprising there are 
> similarities.

ah, ok.  that all makes sense then.

anyway, nice one on the upload, thanks.  "the club", "show a little 
love", and "lyrical tempo" are probably my favorites.