Define "Clownstep"

[MIKEE HUSSLA]

Ok.

I've been given impressions on what it actually is but it seems a lot of people's views on what it actually is are different.

Please define the term for me because quite a few different people all over th net I think get the wrong impression by it.

:ph34r:

[Misdemeanor]

very good point mate. everyones go ttheir own views on whats what!

i dont like the name clownstep anyway - thats a harsh description for a dancefloor tune!!!! I always thought it had the bodyrockbeat and a different variation of the same sorta bassline noise. (like a lot of the releases this year on formation)

Not to be confused with (my interpretation!) of jump up which is any other dancefloor track which actually sounds more original than the clownstep and not the same sorta beat.

However ppl keep telling me jump up IS clownstep which i wont accept! Jump up tunes dont all sound the same...but i think we could argue about that all day. For now i'll accept im on my own with my views lol.

[Philblunt]

Jump up is not clownstep - plus the whole thnig about this style that style is gay.

[Jay Stonerz MC]

This? (http://www.clownstep.com)

[Manikular]

clownstep tunes....

anything by distorted minds [well the stuff i have heard so far]
most new dillinja [allthough he has taken heed recently and his new stuff sounds promising]
the new pendulum thing... god it's awful

to me i class clownstep as basic cheese by numbers aimed at the younger mass "rave" market..

the problem is this...

most "clownstep" releases will do at least 5,000>10,000 units.. that is a lot of sales in d&b so producers will make it so they can pay their bills and drive nice cars ect..

nu jump up is NOT clown step.. there is alot of great dance floor action out there.... "don't tell me" for example.

it's just time producers spent times pushing things forward rather than loading up the same old beats/bassline..

[Smokey]

ClownStep is stuff By Twisted,Distorted minds most clipz stuff. Twisted started the sound & people "jumped on the bandwagon" T - 10 is a classic example of clownstep and all the tunes that sound like that.


Dillinja doesn't write ClownStep.

[vice]

Clownstep is "Swing Beat" tunes that are made for the masses

nuff said

disagree if you will

:D

[Manikular]

Originally posted by Dj Smokey


Dillinja doesn't write ClownStep.


fast car
twist 'em out

[Smokey]

Originally posted by Manikular
fast car
twist 'em out

they are cheesy tunes but its not Clownstep

[Ov3RKiLL]

Originally posted by Dj Smokey
they are cheesy tunes but its not Clownstep

i wouldnt class them as clownstep either... ut at the end of the day

clownstep whatever step, if you dont like a tune then you dont have to buy it

[Ov3RKiLL]

Originally posted by Dj Smokey
they are cheesy tunes but its not Clownstep

i wouldnt class them as clownstep either... ut at the end of the day

clownstep whatever step, if you dont like a tune then you dont have to buy it

[BAZ]

So what is "clownstep" then?

[Mikee Merge n C]

[i]Dillinja doesn't write ClownStep. [/B]

What about "#Keep this scene together, keep it on the streets#"

Or whatever...

That funny b-line is quite fucking clowny to me! Haha!:p

[MIKEE HUSSLA]

You can see already that quite a few people's idea's on clownstep are slightly or very different !! This what makes me laugh about the term !

[Manikular]

Originally posted by Dj Smokey
they are cheesy tunes but its not Clownstep

well dylan invented the phrase

many people have this misconception that it is something to do with swingbeats..... wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

clownstep personifies cheese...

[MIKEE HUSSLA]

Originally posted by Manikular
well dylan invented the phrase

many people have this misconception that it is something to do with swingbeats..... wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

clownstep personifies cheese...

This is why I made this thread because although I thought I knew what it was I was not certain I had done what most people have done and just heard people's views !!

I originally just imagined it would be swingbeat stuff obviously because clownstep sounds like it should be referring to that.

[BAZ]

Originally posted by Manikular
clownstep personifies cheese...

LOL, sounds about right.

[Manikular]

exhibit a

http://dnbforum.com/forums/player.php?id=511

[Misdemeanor]

Im glad other ppl dont think clownstep ius jump up too. starting to think i was on my own.

so just for clarification

CLOWNSTEP is cheese. More likely to be clownstep if its one of those tunes which nicked twisteds sound too bts.

[Manikular]

Originally posted by Misdemeanor
Im glad other ppl dont think clownstep ius jump up too. starting to think i was on my own.

so just for clarification

CLOWNSTEP is cheese. More likely to be clownstep if its one of those tunes which nicked twisteds sound too bts.

you got it..

:badteeth:

[Mikee Merge n C]

So things like that Dynacopter Bootleg from last year yeah?
I hate Clownstep then....


Tell Dylan to call it 'cheese' instead. Birkinhead...

[Manikular]

Originally posted by Mikee Merge n C
So things like that Dynacopter Bootleg from last year yeah?
I hate Clownstep then....


Tell Dylan to call it 'cheese' instead. Birkinhead...

dude i would personally class things like torpedos cheese too, but then again i'm a cynical purist!

[MIKEE HUSSLA]

Torpedo I could never really class as cheese cos when I first heard it and still now it's fucking bass heavy and very dark !! Ok maybe not dark as in Tech Itch for example but has loads of energy and power in the tune and not sure what element you could class as cheese ??

[Manikular]

well i like the dark edgey stuff.. imagine a soundscape to a horror movie.. stuff that adds to the scaredness

some "dark" stuff is just noise. alot of the early no-turn bits were as scary as hell!!

[Misdemeanor]

Originally posted by Mikee Hussla
Torpedo I could never really class as cheese cos when I first heard it and still now it's fucking bass heavy and very dark !! Ok maybe not dark as in Tech Itch for example but has loads of energy and power in the tune and not sure what element you could class as cheese ??

yea well if its not dark and its popular its gotta be cheese.:clownstep

[Manikular]

Originally posted by Misdemeanor
yea well if its not dark and its popular its gotta be cheese.:clownstep

heh.

mistical dub isn't dark or popular but it aint clownstep...

the only cheesey bit of torpedos is the intro. and maybe the vocal... but i like the vocal.. i also like the way that dj hype can never mix this record.

[Smokey]

Originally posted by Manikular
well dylan invented the phrase

many people have this misconception that it is something to do with swingbeats..... wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

clownstep personifies cheese...

Sorry mate but thats bollocks its the cheesy swingbeat shit that is classed a clownstep not anything u dont like there is a certain sound to clownstep its not just anything that u think is shit

[Misdemeanor]

Originally posted by Manikular
heh.

mistical dub isn't dark or popular but it aint clownstep...

the only cheesey bit of torpedos is the intro. and maybe the vocal... but i like the vocal.. i also like the way that dj hype can never mix this record.

lol i was just bein sarcastic - at the end of the day there is no way every tunes gonna be classed the same by everyone.

every genre has its thing

in house music you darent say the word funky else you get a three page lecture on it. (even if its funky lol)

[Mikee Merge n C]

Originally posted by Manikular
dude i would personally class things like torpedos cheese too, but then again i'm a cynical purist!

Fine. But still tell him to use the term 'cheese' if that's what he means!

[Mikee Merge n C]

What don't you like about 'Torpedos'?

Are we talking about the Bad Company track?

[Manikular]

Originally posted by Dj Smokey
Sorry mate but thats bollocks its the cheesy swingbeat shit that is classed a clownstep not anything u dont like there is a certain sound to clownstep its not just anything that u think is shit

mate... dylan coined the phrase, nothign to do with me or what i like or dislike m'kay!

[Mikee Merge n C]

Originally posted by Manikular

the only cheesey bit of torpedos is the intro. and maybe the vocal... but i like the vocal.. i also like the way that dj hype can never mix this record.

Yeah right I noticed that...
Hype! What a birkenhead! Hahaha!

[Mikee Merge n C]

Originally posted by Manikular
mate... dylan coined the phrase, nothign to do with me or what i like or dislike m'kay!

Look at all this mess you've got yourself in Manik...
Serves you right for having your tongue trapped in his ringpiece! :D

Hahahahaha!

I'm ONLY kidding with you... Don't cry or anything.

Hahahaha!

I reckon Dylan should feel ashamed of all the forum chaos he's instigated! Hahaha!

[MIKEE HUSSLA]

Originally posted by Mikee Merge n C
Serves you right for having your tongue trapped in his ringpiece! :D

:eek: :badteeth:

[Manikular]

sorry mikee bruv.. just becuase you don't have any friends in higher circles.

touche mofo hee hee!

[Mikee Merge n C]

Hahahaha!
Nuff said!

[Misdemeanor]

i wanna see dave head2head with drumnbass on this post.

he's ADAMANT clownstep doesnt exist.

fairly amusing post really. suggests clownstep only exists in forums of ppl geekier than DOA....

Not my words ;) :D

[dj raw]

the most refreshing thing to happen to drum and bass for ages! put's a smile on my face everytime!!! :D

[Manikular]

d&b is full of silly genres... it will get to a point where every producer has there own genre.... what does make me laugh is this..

people slag dillinja off as all his stuff sounds the same...

yet bristol gets bigged up nuff and *most* of that soundds the same..

same with good looking recordings...

same with loadsa other producers..

just the way things are...

isn't it cool when you here a new tune and you are like yup that is ************

i usually guess a keaton track becuase of the drums
i usually guess a john b due to the arrangement and the strings

i think it's cool that a producer has their own sound... although it's about time dillinja got some new drums hehehehe...

doa is certainly a forum of geeks... but it is also the forum with the most "headz" too.. so many big names grace that forum, perhaps only in lurk mode but still...

[Misdemeanor]

find me something in dnb that DOESNT get slagged off!

[Misdemeanor]

find me something in dnb that DOESNT get slagged off!

[Manikular]

Originally posted by Misdemeanor
find me something in dnb that DOESNT get slagged off!

klute?!?!?

i've never seen him get a slagging...

it's true... everything popular gets slagged off.

apart from the ferrari enzo of course :droool:

[MIKEE HUSSLA]

I bet Klute has been slagged off !! Guarantee it. As well as Teebee etc

[Ov3RKiLL]

why do you five two fucks what ppl are calling what tunes what?

do you think i care at all?

no...

buy and play the tunes YOU like, let the fools argue amongst themselves while you listen to good tunes!

[Ov3RKiLL]

high contrast vs fsol

i doubt ppl could slag that off...

[Manikular]

Originally posted by Ov3RKiLL
high contrast vs fsol

i doubt ppl could slag that off...

i think i've read a few threads about it ....

have you heard the nu:tone mix? my god! RUNNIN!

[Misdemeanor]

Originally posted by Ov3RKiLL
why do you five two fucks what ppl are calling what tunes what?

do you think i care at all?

no...

buy and play the tunes YOU like, let the fools argue amongst themselves while you listen to good tunes!

theres a difference between arguing and debate

Anyone who listens to general consensus of opinions on a msgboard needs some serious help. I'd like to think we all got our minds which we can make up for ourselves. Anyone who s incapable of doing so should leave this thread now ;)

subjects rinsed i tell ya!

[Jay Stonerz MC]

Jump up... Jump up... Jump up...

[Misdemeanor]

dont start on jumpup pls hehe ;)

[Manikular]

horses for courses!


i just hope people will be feeling baileys set tomorrow becuase we have specifically requested x-amount of choppppppppage!

[Ov3RKiLL]

is he gonna be chillin?

:zzz:

[Manikular]

Originally posted by Ov3RKiLL
is he gonna be chillin?

:zzz:

no.. he is playing choppage...

[Mikee Merge n C]

He is playing Choppage?!

Is that a particular style of its own now?

[Manikular]

Originally posted by Mikee Merge n C
He is playing Choppage?!

Is that a particular style of its own now?

not really... well perhaps it is.. but i don't think that's a name of a genre.... just a good play on words to sum up a little sub-genre in one word.....

perhaps a description for sine-wave bass lead heavily edited breaks based d&b akin to the production work of breakage, paradox and indeed equinox..

[Mikee Merge n C]

Aaaaaight I'm with you. Just wondered if it was an official sub-category already. Suppose I need to be on DOA more often huh?!
:)