Nu Skool Breaks Producers - Sound off!

montrealbreaks · Post by **montrealbreaks** » Sat May 28, 2005 4:54 am

Hey amigos. If you're reading this then you're either one of two types of folks - one of those inspired few who produce nu skool breaks, or somebody who just reads forum threads for shits n' giggles.

Just checkin to see how many out there are keeping it freaky, nasty n' funky.

What's your thoughts on the electro vs bigbeat vs progressive influences that I keep hearing with a nu skool breaks sound? Is it the nu skool being absorbed by producers from other genres or are nu skool producers pushing out new ground? My critics say I write "slow jungle" - whaddya say to a punk like this?

Turntablism with the nu skool sound - a useless distraction or do they go together like "peas n' carrots"?

Your $0.02?

MrYellow · Post by **MrYellow** » Sat May 28, 2005 5:12 am

EDM Guide to the rescue again

http://www.di.fm/edmguide/edmguide.html

I have no idea bout genre names at all

Like other genres mentioned in this guide, this is what happens to a genre
when the British get ahold of it. Now, what the hell is this trying to be,
exactly? It's like a genre that can't seem to make up its mind on what to
sound like. Is it just reproduced Miami Bass? Is it just Jungle slowed down?
Or is it just trying too hard to sound different? Whatever it is, it's not "nu".
It's been around for quite awhile now. At least NRG got its act together and
changed its name. And I'm sure there's probably like 4 or 5 sub-sub-
genres (one variant undoubtedly being "progressive"....scene snobs love
that word) that have come out now, but when the source is this vapid and
uninteresting, who cares what they sound like.

The sample songs sounds somewhat like what I'm doing..... Tho I'm
distorting the drum sounds more, playing at 150-170bpm and have some
more melodic elements.

-Ben

MrYellow · Post by **MrYellow** » Sat May 28, 2005 5:23 am

oh btw he looks down on all the genre's that much

There is one with a decent review tho....

To the Industrial/Goth community, Futurepop is cheesy, silly commercial
pop music, a blend of the straight-ahead driving synths and treated vocals
of EBM with the flying strings of euphoric Epic Trance. But to the Epic Trance
scene, Futurepop seems at once impersonal and harsh, a product of the
dark, brooding Industrial scene that is disdainful to their sensitive, trance
attuned ears. Since that's the case, then Futurepop may very well be the
greatest Trance genre ever. Even better than goa.

-Ben

MrSleep · Post by **MrSleep** » Sat May 28, 2005 9:36 am

thanks to AdamFreeland, I was introduced to this style at TwoTribes2000 @ the Melbourne docs.

while all the big shot comercial dj's were in there swaety sheds packed full in the thousands, Adam was outside, the air was fresh, the music was fresh and not overbreaing, and I was not swayed by any of my friends trying to part me from the best musical experience of my life that lasted for over six hours if I recall correctly.

Yes, I am here.

defunkt · Post by **defunkt** » Sat May 28, 2005 11:10 am

i am a fan.there has been quite few descriptions of what was originally called nu school breaks.the current one here in the uk is techfunk.breaks based with electro,techno and house influences.the genre i like is called good music or bad music of any style.

ct43 · Post by **ct43** » Sat May 28, 2005 11:42 am

I think just like most styles there are some very skilled people working within the breaks sound.. one of the things I do like the most is the point youve already brought up.. it takes influence from, Prog, Big Beat, Electro, D&B / Hardcore.. so that cant be a bad thing in my book.

Turntablism could work in moderation (I dont think ive seen anybody do this yet)...

montrealbreaks · Post by **montrealbreaks** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:33 pm

ct43 wrote: Turntablism could work in moderation (I dont think ive seen anybody do this yet)...

That's what I'm trying to put in to it. I have enough skills to do basic beatjuggling and some of the more elementary scratches at 130 bpm. It's easy to flare and skribble when you're playing to Hip-Hop - at 85-100 bpm it's not too difficult to pick up. Same for Jungle, when it's at 170-190 bpm the turntablist is essentially using the same techniques as with hip-hop but at half the tempo.

I have had a LOT of headaches trying to keep up with my own music!

Yeah, I agree with the Mr. Yellow's link above - "nu skool" ain't new, and I always find myself trying to work around the title of the genre - I'll describe myself as dark funky psychadelic electro / bigbeat or something, but... Well, what the hell do I know...

ct43 · Post by **ct43** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:52 pm

yeah its harder to scratch at that kinda tempo (not that I can do it anyway!).. but if you can pull it off then yeah, in moderation it could work really well.

Id like to hear it at some point.

montrealbreaks · Post by **montrealbreaks** » Sat May 28, 2005 4:16 pm

ct43 wrote:yeah its harder to scratch at that kinda tempo (not that I can do it anyway!).. but if you can pull it off then yeah, in moderation it could work really well.

Id like to hear it at some point.

This is a new thing - none of my old tracks have any turntablism recorded onto them... I've been practicing on and off for the last 8 months and I still haven't gotten it down right, so it'll take some time.

ct43 · Post by **ct43** » Sat May 28, 2005 4:21 pm

yeah I think its a hard thing to pick up.. I tried for a while, but I cant seem to seperate my hands, they both do the same action at the same time... I cant play the drums either! Guess its just practise...

Hedroom · Post by **Hedroom** » Sat May 28, 2005 9:39 pm

Yep I produce breaks (amongst other stuff). Finding it hard to pull out good breaks from all the mediocre stuff at the mo tho.

handojin · Post by **handojin** » Sun May 29, 2005 12:29 am

greetings my canadian brother

i was really digging nu school at first when i heard it...
i think all types of electronic music has innovators and followers...
tipper being the inovater is absolutely amazing... to me its not just his skills in reaktor and crazy synthesis ect.. its the fact that he's a musician and not a show off musician... you'll know what i mean if youve ever seen him play or chilled with him... although i dont make those types of beats i enjoy listening to them... aslong as there's a balance of music and technologie... most of the nu skewl and idm aswell that i dont dig is from producers that are technical wizards with there synths.... but dont know there scales and chords. to me its like an artist trying to draw something really abstract with crazy expensive airbrushes and tools... but at the same time he cant draw an apple with a pencil and paper...
thats just where i come from though and i know 70% of all the producers will hate me for saying that... but thats my opinion.
hows montreal btw? always wanted to come chill there... my 2 favourite passions... jazz and good food... i think in a way i belong there.

me_lindsay · Post by **me_lindsay** » Sun May 29, 2005 8:57 am

mmmmmm breaks.

Have a love/hate relationship with music that usually gets tagged as being "nu school breaks".

I love it cause at it's best (in my biased opinion) the rhythms are so much more fun to dance,listen and chill to than the standard metronomic 808 kick.

At it's best nu school breaks can be airy, light, & funky and organic.

At it's worst - just too dark, techy and crawling up its own ass.

2c.

Cheers

xpl2003 · Post by **xpl2003** » Sun May 29, 2005 10:20 am

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MrSleep · Post by **MrSleep** » Sun May 29, 2005 11:27 am

me_lindsay wrote:mmmmmm breaks.

Have a love/hate relationship with music that usually gets tagged as being "nu school breaks".

I love it cause at it's best (in my biased opinion) the rhythms are so much more fun to dance,listen and chill to than the standard metronomic 808 kick.

At it's best nu school breaks can be airy, light, & funky and organic.

At it's worst - just too dark, techy and crawling up its own ass.

2c.

Cheers

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