• Hohsia [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I often forget that there are people who don’t view everything through a political lens

    Man, what a way to live. Just vibes

  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Brb making a grindr account so I can find myself someone to teach me how to play crusader kings.

    • GoebbelsDeezNuts [any]
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      2 years ago

      Kidnap a king > behead them > kidnap a king > behead them > kidnap a king > behead them > kidnap a king > behead them.

      I don't know if this is optimal but it certainly a way you can play.

  • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    As someone who is old enough to remember og UK jungle I approve

    :chomsky-yes-honey:

  • DoubleShot [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I have no idea what these words are. I had to look at the comments here from my trans comrades for context clues. Since you all seem to be digging it I'm guessing this is some sort of wholesome request?

    Since this is the music comm I guess this is music related? Before noticing that I thought maybe it was about drugs.

    • SpookyVanguard64 [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      Ableton is music production software.

      CDJs are digital DJ turntables, first invented to allow DJs to use CDs the same way they'd been using vinyl, though most people just use them with USBs nowadays.

      Jungle is a genre of hardcore rave music that originated in the UK in the 90s, combining elements of House, Techno, Hip-Hop, Funk and Reggae into a high tempo barrage of breakbeats and sub-bass. Some examples of Jungle:

        • SpookyVanguard64 [he/him]
          hexagon
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          2 years ago

          Lmao, this is the second time in the last week or so that someone's said my responses sound like it was AI generated.

          I guess I've just spent so much time on r/breakcore explaining what Jungle, DnB and Breakcore are to people that I can sorta just write these types of responses without really thinking about them.

        • Commander_Data [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          CW: edm nerd akshully incoming, sorry.

          It's Chicago house and Detroit techno, otherwise this is spot on. Also, a lot of the hate that disco on through house and techno received was not only because it was black and brown music, but also associated with the queer community.

        • PissPoorGrandpig [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          tbf it was the MCs that called it intelligent dnb back in the day, but the label took off amongst (white, middle class) students after a while

            • PissPoorGrandpig [none/use name]
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              2 years ago

              oh yeah big time, anyone saying they like IDM/Intelligent dnb, especially in >currentyear, is definitely sus and probably a cop. I literally can't think of a single producer of any note who called themselves "intelligent" anything tbh. MCs will be MCs tho :che-smile:

              • slugbait666 [none/use name]
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                2 years ago

                Yeah, especially since a lot of the stuff that gets called IDM has other, better descriptors (e.g. breakcore)

        • Commander_Data [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          Also, I think this is probably the documentary to which you're referring.

          https://youtu.be/pRRg8M4fvUo

      • SpookyVanguard64 [he/him]
        hexagon
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        2 years ago

        Nah, Jungle's a music genre, though the name originated from anti-black racism on some level. Jungle was born out of the hardcore rave scene in the UK in the early 90s, a scene which black artists were heavily involved in, especially artists who were 1st or 2nd gen immigrants from current/former British colonies in the Caribbean.

        In the early stage of UK hardcore rave music, their were like 5 or more different names that were all being used interchangeably to describe the same styles of music. It's a bit unclear just how Jungle became one of these names people started using, but it seems like it probably started as a racist slur against the music/black artists that was then reclaimed by the people it was being used against. Nowadays it's so far removed from it's origin that most people probably don't even realize that it started as a slur unless they've watched/read interview with 90s artists talking about how Jungle even became the name of the genre.

        I think it also originates from Reggae culture/slang on some level as well, but I'm not anywhere near knowledgeable enough on that subject to say how.

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Thanks for letting me know i'm not the only trans woman who can't code. I had begun to fear i may be some kind of weirdo.

      srs tho how did you miss how goddamn trans Sylveon is, i named my shiny Trans Rights immediately.

    • TheBroodian [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      completely ignorant rube here, what is the difference between writing and producing music?

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        They're actually somewhat interlinked these days with how easy it is for anyone to record straight to a computer.

        Writing means the actual assemblage of the chords, lyrics, melody, that stuff. Deciding what a song sounds like. Producing usually refers to recording the music somehow onto tape or a digital file. Production also entails things like mixing and mastering, the process of making sure all the instruments sit well together and aren't too loud.

        It gets complicated though because "producing" can also refer to writing. I'm a musician who technically does production but I reject the label "producer" because it's vague and also makes art sound too much like a job.

      • SpookyVanguard64 [he/him]
        hexagon
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        2 years ago

        Writing music is just putting down notes into patterns along with notation on how they should be played, either by a person or by a computer using a virtual instrument.

        Producing music is just writing music plus stuff like mixing & mastering. Which sounds simple on theory, but it means that producers are required to have some level of understanding of both music theory and electronics. From personal experience, having a physics degree has unironically helped me learn music production faster than I probably otherwise would've lol.

    • SpookyVanguard64 [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      I can’t produce music only write it

      So how does that work exactly? Like do you just not have the necessary tools (DAW, instruments, etc.), or is it more that you have trouble with the technical aspects of it, i.e. compression, EQing, reverb & stuff like that?

        • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Have you tried fucking around with hardware synths? You can get Korg Volca's for like 150usd/euro and they sound pretty good

            • SpookyVanguard64 [he/him]
              hexagon
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              2 years ago

              breakcore is our latest obsession

              Well now we know you at least fit one trans woman stereotype lol.

              Someone ran a poll on r/breakcore a while ago to find out how many people there were trans, and it came out to somewhere between 15-20%. Which isn't a massive amount but still way above average.

            • slugbait666 [none/use name]
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              2 years ago

              I love breakcore, but I got into it a long time ago (like, when Atari Teenage Riot and Digital Hardcore Recordings were big) , so I don't know much about new artists, do you have any recommendations for old farts like me?

                • slugbait666 [none/use name]
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                  2 years ago

                  Sweet, I'll check Frictional Nevada out! I love Venetian Snares,! The first time I ever did DMT I was listening to an album he did in collaboration with Hecate called Nymphomatriarch, which was made entirely out of sped-up/slowed down samples of the sounds of them fucking, haha. Brilliant stuff, and a perfect DMT soundtrack lol

              • SpookyVanguard64 [he/him]
                hexagon
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                2 years ago

                Not that familiar with modern Breakcore artists tbh, but Goreshit and Loli In Early 20s are some of the biggest ones at the moment. DJ Kuroneko and bye2 have both made a decent amount of Breakcore, though it's not a majority of either of their discographies as they make a lot of Jungle, DnB and Hardcore as well. For the record, Goreshit and Loli In Early 20s also make a decent amount of Jungle/DnB, it's just that Breakcore takes up a majority of their discographies.

                Speaking of which, there's a lot of crossover between Breakcore and Jungle/DnB at the moment, so many of the newer Breakcore artists tend to be more along the lines of Jungle/DnB/multigenre artists that put out a significant amount of Breakcore. A lot of is due to a massive amount US zoomers discovering Breakcore/DnB/Jungle within the last couple years, many of whom have never been into any form of electronic music before. And since DnB never really gained a foothold in the US, there's no preexisting cultural infrastructure for this wave of US zoomers to latch onto when it comes to DnB, Breakcore and Jungle, so they've basically built up their own understandings of the genres for scratch.

                The most annoying thing that's resulted from this is that Breakcore has significantly different meanings to US zoomers compared to what you're used to. Some people use Breakcore as being interchangeable with DnB, some people think Breakcore specifically refers to Jungle/DnB with an anime/emo aesthetic, and some people even use Breakcore to describe anything with a breakbeat or anything that specifically uses the Amen Break. On the positive side though, there is a lot more crossover between Jungle/DnB and Breakcore than there used to be, which is kinda neat.

                tl:dr: If you look up "Breakcore mix" on YouTube nowadays, at least ~90% of the mixes you'll find are actually Jungle/DnB mixes, since US zoomers don't know the difference between Jungle, DnB and Breakcore.

                • slugbait666 [none/use name]
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                  2 years ago

                  Hell yeah, thanks for the recs! I've actually heard some Goreshit, which I liked. Have you ever listened to Otto von Schirach? He's kinda my current obsession, ever since I saw him play a show in Miami. His earlier stuff from the 2000's is full-on breakcore madness, and his more recent stuff is hard to describe, it's like a mix of booty-shaking Miami bass with breakcore craziness. He just has an awesome weird psychedelic vibe, and his songs reference this whole self-made mythology involving the Bermuda Triangle, triangles generally, a superhero name "Supermeng," pterodactyls, demons, papaya magick and butts. He also plays a lot of benefit shows for queer orgs in Miami which is pretty rad, and he toured with Atari Teenage Riot and Skinny Puppy back in the day. I'd recommend checking out his boiler room set on Youtube for a general sense of his live vibe (although he only does one breakcore song), his videos are all great too.