Yet he seems to get far less flack for it. Why?

I should say that I play tracks by both on a regular basis, but also think that 90% of what each of them has made is so steeped in routine that it's as boring as music can get.

Deadmau5 gets shit on pretty regularly for making a bunch of tunes that sound the same, but in the end almost all of them have more going on in them than any Radio Slave tune. The classic argument in favor of RS is "Oh, they're just beat/dj tools" - well that's great and all, but apparently the bulk of DJ's the world over didn't get the memo, and we've all thus been subjected (at one point or another) to hearing way, way more of a Radio Slave tune played in a set than we ever should have.

So why is it, then, that some of you think Radio Slave has escaped the "I only make this kind of tune" stigma? Is it because of the audience he plays and makes music for? Does someone want to try and tell me that the quality of RS tunes is somehow objectively better?



I just don't understand how a producer who is quite literally only capable of making 10+ minute loops of the same samples garners as much respect as RS has, especially considering the amount of criticism other artists get for doing the exact same thing.

I have never once heard Radio Slave try anything that I would consider remotely different from his usual routine.

___________________
last minute disco dot net

I remember Tom saying to me "Why does everyone give Prydz flack for looping everything, when Radioslave's tracks don't even really start adding elements till about the third minute?"

I'd really like an answer from the people who love him.

i like 10 minute loops
listen to my productions

Yeah - it could have been a Pryda comparison just as easily, but I just figured Deadmau5 might be a bit more controversial

Seriously though - I do like a fair number of his tunes and what they try to do, but 9 times out of 10 I will listen to the beginning of an RS tune, get really excited about what it could do, then ten minutes later kick myself for thinking it was going to do anything different than it did in the first 3.

___________________
last minute disco dot net

quote:

Originally posted by Az i like 10 minute loops listen to my productions

Your productions do a lot more than most RS productions.

A lot more.

___________________
last minute disco dot net

I've seen some shockingly bad DJ sets in my time - Richard Durand, Audiobullys etc.

I have to say that Radio Slave was the most boring(not bad) set I've ever seen. He takes "minimal" to a new level. A 4/4 beat is just as entertaining.

___________________
Mix archive | Melbourne club guide

When he played in Chicago he asked (or demanded, depending on who you ask) that some friends of his open for him (play an hour between the locals and RS).

Those friends apparently turned out to be the single worst amateur hip-hop fucks anyone had ever seen - if I remember right, the crowd went from about four to five hundred down to a handful by the time Radio Slave actually started playing.

___________________
last minute disco dot net

quote:

Originally posted by RJT When he played in Chicago he asked (or demanded, depending on who you ask) that some friends of his open for him (play an hour between the locals and RS). Those friends apparently turned out to be the single worst amateur hip-hop fucks anyone had ever seen - if I remember right, the crowd went from about four to five hundred down to a handful by the time Radio Slave actually started playing.

___________________
Mix archive | Melbourne club guide

he was awesome when I saw him at sonar

Word on the street is he's the master of repetition.

quote:

Originally posted by SMC Word on the street is he's the master of repetition.

he is indeed
moan

quote:

Originally posted by Az he was awesome when I saw him at sonar

Not enough people made it long enough to hear his set in Chicago, so I've really got no idea as to how he plays

___________________
last minute disco dot net