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by easy_rider 4479 days ago
Yes seriously, this was my first thought. The funny thing is that it isn't even dubstep. It is some kind of subgenre that seems to have been the trend for 2013/2014. It sounds like a microsoft surface commercial. I coined the term "clubstep" for it. Looks like someone beat me to it [1]. I've also noted an alarming trend in latest sci-fi movies with this awful music being portrayed still being the hottest thing in clubs decades from now (Total Recall 2).

In all I would propose fire as a viable way to kill it with.

[1] http://nl.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Clubstep

1 comments

Does it really matter if it's dubstep or not? I happen to quite like whatever that was, but generally dislike most dubstep i've come across.

Maybe it would have been better without sound, but calling something "awful" or of "poor taste" just because you don't like it is a bit much, especially for something as subjective and personal as musical taste.

A valid observation. I actually like the music, independent of the video & I liked the video as well. Just felt that the music overwhelmed what was an otherwise great video to watch. The visual experience literally got better for me once I turned the sound off.

I only mentioned it since I've recently seen a few wonderful videos ruined by the "wrong" type of music. I understand music is subjective, but if you've got a magnificent piece of video, it's just a shame to edit in a sound track to try to communicate how cool it is. Case and point, fast 80's music background music, which generally tells me the editors really miss the 80's. This particular video IMHO would have been much better with a more muted background noise level or at least a background where the peaks coordinate with the video (yes, being an video editor in my past life I know how time consuming that is).