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I urge you to watch all four of those videos. They are all favorites of mine.
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Dub Fx
The Greatest Musician on the Internet
I came across Dub Fx via facebook. Something popped up on my mini-feed that I thought was something random, and I clicked on the link for the helluva it. It was a link to a youtube video for Dub Fx, Love Someone. Immediatley I was stunned. I've never heard something so pure but at the same time powerful. His type of music made me fall in love with all of his songs. It astounds me that we can have trash like Justin Bieber, Ke$ha, Soulja Boy, making a crapload of money, and this guy is barely noticed. Dub Fx is an incredible source of entertainment, and the music he makes is incredible.
Some background information on Dub Fx. His real name is Benjamin Stanford and is originally from Austraila. All Dub Fx performs with is a microphone and a board assorted with dubstep equipment. What he basically does is makes live music on the spot by speaking into the microphone, which he can record and loop it. So he can makes beats, choruses, and an assortment of things. He can also manipulate his voice to sound like harmonies and bass lines via his effects pedal on the dub board, and creates music. This is where most of the appreciation of his music comes from and which makes it so awesome. He does it all live and on the spot. There are many other dubsteppers, but the way he does it feels so original. Maybe it's just me, but I have never seen anything like this.
I wish I could see him live because it would be like watching Houdini perform the water-tank escape act in the early 1900's. Just pure magic. Another thing that seperates him from other dub-steppers, and other street performers, his is originality. He doesn't repeat the same beat nor does he repeat the same song 5 times an act. His beats sometimes get different, sometimes even for the same songs. And more importantly, he has different songs. They all mean something, and they all sound different, but not too different. It's different to the point where it's fresh, but not to the point where you don't know you're listening to Dub FX.
This is something you really have to watch to get the full effect. Don't get me wrong the music is awesome, but you will truly appreciate him more if you watch him. Take it from me.
I wish I could see him live because it would be like watching Houdini perform the water-tank escape act in the early 1900's. Just pure magic. Another thing that seperates him from other dub-steppers, and other street performers, his is originality. He doesn't repeat the same beat nor does he repeat the same song 5 times an act. His beats sometimes get different, sometimes even for the same songs. And more importantly, he has different songs. They all mean something, and they all sound different, but not too different. It's different to the point where it's fresh, but not to the point where you don't know you're listening to Dub FX.
This is something you really have to watch to get the full effect. Don't get me wrong the music is awesome, but you will truly appreciate him more if you watch him. Take it from me.
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