Dear God Not Skrillex LN Which?!

This thread sounds like a bunch of bitter old men whining about Skrillex. You sure do talk about him a lot for a bunch of folks that hate him so bad. I have no interest in seeing most of the headliners, but I'm not hanging out at their threads whining.

I never understood the "OMG he's totally not mixing live he SUCKS" argument. Do you stand in the crowd in awe of DJs' abilities to turn knobs and push sliders?

As an aspiring producer yes I do actually. I respect talent and a good show. Just like I wouldn't enjoy a rock show if someone got on stage and strummed their guitar in a dull lifeless way, I don't enjoy an EDM show when all that's going on is the DJ hitting the space bar.

FlyLo and SBTRKT are both prime examples of great producers who really bring their music to life in a live setting.

If you can't mix live (like Skrillex can't) then why even bother pretending to do it?

Well then if you're going to just hit play and jump around and smoke cigarettes at least have a good light show or stage set up. At least more than just a big screen with a robot mimicking your ever move. Look at Sphongle or Pretty Lights or something. They are great live producers. But even if they weren't they have some good eye candy on stage.

Completely agree...?



And I never argued that...i'm confused. All I said was that I don't understand why people care about the talent of a DJ to mix live when no person goes to a show to watch the DJ turn knobs and push sliders. I get that it might upset people that some guy is going up and pushing play when other DJs put a lot of time and effort into mixing live, but whether they're mixing live or not doesn't affect the quality of the sound...that's my only point here.

I'm not a fan of skrillex, so I'll be elsewhere during his set having an awesome time and not worrying about his producer v. entertainer cred. Him being on LN Which makes perfect sense to me. He has lots of fans and recent critical acclaim, so he gets a coveted slot.

I don't know if this is what Skrillex does (video below) or not but if it is then I'd say it takes some talent to do this stuff live. IF he just presses play and dances then that's lame. Does anyone know for sure? I'm ignorant with all things dubstep.





Doing stuff like that in a live setting and being able to make it awesome/danceable is pretty cool......but I keep hearing about people who just hit play on an ipod/laptop.....who does things like this? And who just hits play?

Daft Punk does almost no live mixing, correct?

edit: this is what I was thinking of. I don't have enough technical knowledge to know where this lands on the scale of live mixing.

Pitchfork: Can you talk a bit about your live setup? What are you guys actually doing up there? How much room is there for improvisation?

TB: Our setup is very different than the live shows we were doing in 1997. Instead of many of the old drum machines, synths, and sequencers we were using at the time, we created similar virtual kits in a software-based environment, controlling the music computers that are offstage via ethernet remote controls inside our pyramid, with moog synthesizers alongside. We have always been thinking about different ways to perform electronic music, i.e. music made with machines. In the end, we really consider ourselves operators of the system that we built for this show.

The show, which is as much a musical experience than a visual experience, is very structured and precise, following a strict setlist. It uses in a way an abstract narration. There is indeed a level of improvisation where we can distort and shuffle the music patterns, samples, and loops in each phase of the show within fixed cue points, but at the same time there is a constant result that we are trying to achieve each night while performing and operating our system-- quite similar in spirit to a broadway show for example: If you go see a musical two nights in a row, the performances are different yet similar.

pitchfork.com/features/interviews/6701-daft-punk/

to add on to the daft punk thing, they do in fact do a lot of mixing/hands on stuff inside the pyramid.

This video has been played out to death but it really is the best representation of how little Skrillex does live

Haters gonna hate. That's something my 12 year old sister would say. Which is the typical Skrillex fan.

Coming from someone who is looking forward to his set in two weeks....that is pathetic.

Some of you guys are bumming me out. There needs to be a new "excited to see Skrillex" thread. I only come on inforoo for practical knowledge and to pump myself up for the fest, not to hate on the acts that noone is forcing you to go see.

A buddy of mine DJs at a few local bars, and I often times come hang out with him behind his gear and watch him do his thing.

There's a fair amount of process in seamlessly transitioning live from one song to another. He has to match keys, lay out a transition, throw in a couple loops, and mess around with the timing all on the fly. It's awesome to see him work, because 75% of the time it's something he's not practiced at all because he's going from one requested song to another requested song.

Tl;dr, the DJ at the local bar puts on a more talented live mix than Skrillex.