{"id":803,"date":"2014-06-23T16:40:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T20:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fallingblox.com\/?p=803"},"modified":"2014-06-23T16:40:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T20:40:10","slug":"musicblox-govinda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/?p=803","title":{"rendered":"MusicBlox: Govinda"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re like many people, you’re probably sick of hearing about dubstep. Perhaps<\/strong> you think it’s the auditory equivalent of nails on a chalkboard, or the anguished screaming of the souls of thousands of teenagers as they’re dragged into the pit by half-shaved hipster demons. Actually, that’s Merzbow<\/a> you’re thinking of (so it could be worse)<\/em>. Perhaps<\/strong> you liked dubstep once upon a time when you heard Glitch Mob<\/a> for the first time, but since then the genre has kind of gone in a direction you don’t like. Perhaps<\/strong> you actually remember dubstep before it got taken over by the current EDM<\/a> crowd, and Hatcha<\/a> and Plastician<\/a> are still in occasional rotation on your playlist. Perhaps<\/strong> you like dubstep and you wish it didn’t have such a bad rap. Perhaps<\/strong> you have no idea what I’m talking about.<\/p>\n

Regardless, I have one word for you: Govinda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Govinda<\/a> is the moniker of a solo artist named Shane Madden with quite a number of albums under his belt, who has recently been moving in a dubsteppy direction. There is some confusion since there are evidently two artists under the name Govinda, both working in electronic world fusion with Indian influences — but I think a line can be drawn around the Shane Madden Govinda project by isolating the albums that use live violin. This is how Madden has really made his mark as a performer: few electronic artists will whip out a “traditional” instrument and play it with virtuosity equal to their electronic wizardry. It’s always a delight when they do; for example. Squarepusher<\/a> played bass guitar alongside his early performances, and Big Gigantic<\/a> packs huge venues that dance for hours to what is essentially acid jazz.<\/p>\n

Under normal circumstances I’d drop in a handy YouTube video here, but since the future of music on YouTube is in doubt<\/a> right now, I’m going to link elsewhere until that whole mess settles out.<\/em><\/p>\n