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Skream gets honest about EDM

Over his long and storied career, which has spanned a handful of genres and massive success alongside Benga on BBC Radio 1, Skream has experienced both chart success and positive underground reception. The dubstep pioneer recently divulged details of his thoughts towards mainstream electronic music, Seth Troxler’s opinions, and his own new music.

Commenting on the separation between mainstream music and the underground music scene, the British mainstay was quick to denounce EDM in an interview with FACT Mag: “I was a part of it. And, EDM, the whole style of music, I f***ing can’t stand it anymore. I appreciate a good pop song, and most of it is pop stuff. But it’s carried itself to be so far away from everyone else, it’s almost like an unbelievable world. You see Calvin Harris earning $46m in a year – when you’re talking about money like that, that automatically segregates it from everything else. EDM is alienating itself. I’m quite interested to see where it’s going to go next, because we’ve seen Ultra Music are now promoting deep house. ”

Dubbed the “mushroom cloud” by the BBC Radio 1 tastemaker, burgeoning genres have established an even bigger following on the back of mainstream electronic music. “I do think EDM’s coming to an end – well, not an end, Vegas will always be there, Vegas isn’t dying! Everyone seems to be embracing deep house – I do hear deep house around a lot more then before. There’s a lot more interest in it, people are interested in good music again, which is good. The sort of umbrella term for it seems to be ‘deep house’, although it’s not really deep house.”

With a new remix on Crosstown Rebels now making the rounds on Beatport, an album rumored to arrive in 2015 and a new mindset in tow, Skream has successfully reinvented an already acclaimed career.

Via: FACT Magazine

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