I don't mean pretentious BT wankery or Underworld jibber-jabber. Just good songwriting.

Suggestions?

faithless

What is "pretentious" about BT?

What, you mean "good songwriting" in modern EDM?


And what exactly do we mean by "good"?

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles What is "pretentious" about BT?

His lyrics try desperately hard to be important, but are usually empty and forgettable. It's no comment on his production abilities.

Yes, Faithless fits the bill. But I'm wondering if there are any artists lesser known.

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Originally posted by Cobalt His lyrics try desperately hard to be important, but are usually empty and forgettable. It's no comment on his production abilities.

Ahh. I basically don't listen to lyrics (even if a song has them), so I wouldn't know...

So are you looking for good lyrics in dance music or what?

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Originally posted by PETRAN And what exactly do we mean by "good"?

Uh-oh, I don't think I'm fielding that one.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles What is "pretentious" about BT?

I guess that you can criticise his last album as being "over-produced" in effects. Plus, one can get the impression that some things were done purely for the purpose of showing-off his engineering skill, but then again it is a matter of taste. "Pretentious or not", BT IMO, does excellent high-quality song-writing.

oh, you mean songs, like EDM tracks with vocals?

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Ahh. I basically don't listen to lyrics (even if a song has them), so I wouldn't know... So are you looking for good lyrics in dance music or what?

Sorry for the ambiguity. I explicitly mean lyrics, and their delivery in production. I thought that was necessarily implied by "songwriting", but I forgot that the word can sometimes mean production more generally.

I'm pretty sure good lyrics are one of the rarest things in EDM...

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Originally posted by PETRAN oh, you mean songs, like EDM tracks with vocals?

Yes. Generally that's what songwriting means, but I forgot that it's used more loosely in EDM vocabulary.