Genres: Electronic, Dub-step
I had heard some Skrillex before and his massive bass drops and wobbles are great on a huge sound system while half-cut and dancing... but for the headphones it doesn't quite fit. Skrillex became incredibly popular in certain circles around 2010 and this is one of his more recent releases.
I picked this out of the bargin-bin at JB HI-FI and saw it was released recently but didn't check that it was released in early 2012 which precludes it from being true 'new' music. This a bit of a dud choice.
Skrillex has a very huge sounding style that is extroverted and incredibly simple. He employs gigantic bass and constant cuts of sound, pitch shifted vocals and effects, ring-the-alarm sounds and a very strict tempo that rarely deviates. The music wants to seem like there is more going-on than there is. His style can really grate and annoy but when it clicks it is high-energy dance music. It's best to take Skrillex in small doses.
There are only 2 tracks on this 7 track EP that barely warrant a second listen. The title song 'Bangarang' (featuring Sirah) sums up all the other tracks which makes them erroneous and the finishing track 'Summit'(featuring Ellie Goulding) that is more of a straight-ahead but ultimately boring house track that shouldn't last its six-minute length.
Bottom-line, this EP sucks. It is just a single for 'Bangarang' with a few other wastes of time. Bangarang is an okay single but it is style over substance.
RATING: 1.5/5 STARS
Here is the video for 'Bangarang' which is okay. It doesn't have much to it.
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