Dial up modems were the coolest fucking thing to happen in 1996. That sound meant you got to surf glorious amounts of internet pornography unless someone called your house and rudely dropped Jenna Jameson from your screen. So why is everyone hating on this sound - and Grammy award winner Skrillex. The most popular complaint about Skrillex's music is that it just sounds like dial up noise with a beat. Just because it's 16 years later does this make it any less cool? Probably.
Some background on Skrillex. He is a young boy with half of his head shaved, the other half dyed black and hanging to his nips. He used to be in a hardcore band called "From First to Last." He dances around on stage like a nymph - smoking cigarettes and pressing seemingly random buttons that make seemingly random noises.
I generally don't like electronic music and when someone introduced my to dubstep I literally laughed out loud. You could hear my eyes rolling into the back of my sockets. There is something about this one Skrillex song though. I have an insatiable thirst to hear this song on repeat at least 3-4 times a day. I've tried the rest of the Skrillex catalog out and I assume I'm not high enough or young enough to enjoy it. Note: If you are into emo teenagers (AND YOU ARE ALSO A TEENAGER) go to a Skrillex concert and thank me later.
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites starts off with a super catchy dance beat - your run of the mill 808 drum and keyboard riff. Female vocals (ish, I can't really be sure) kick in and then a hardcore breakdown comes in so hard I literally want to dig holes in the closest dance floor with my fist. The problem that people seem to have is that this incredibly visceral breakdown is just a remix of noise thrown together in a perfect constructed way. At the end of the day they still hear that dial up noise.
Of course by "they" I'm essentially referring to anyone over 22 that is not in love with electronica. The consensus among people who love Adele and Lil Wayne was WTF? Dial up is over for them. For teenage girls perhaps it's a mix of faux nostalgia, fun danceable beats and breakdowns that melt faces that cause them to jump straight up and down for hours upon hours. Perhaps this is the safest way to experience everything Skrillex brings to the table - music you can dance to without being groped in a European club, a hardcore breakdown that doesn't involve getting punched in the face by someone with a liberty spike and the beautiful sound of a dial up connection without having to wait 6 minutes for the next page to load.
Thank you Skrillex.
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