I recently came across a track from these guys, and I thought it had a pretty great sound so I started digging around, and man did I like what I started to find. I'm not even sure which track I'd call my favourite from these guys, but the track that set me onto them was Pegboard Nerds - Fire In The Hole. Take a listen.
So these Pegboard Nerds are a duo made up of Alexander Odden of Norway and Michael Parsberg of Denmark ('of' sounds way more badass then 'from' here, hey?). This pair got together way back in '05 and started dicking around, but they only became the Pegboard Nerds in 2012. Since they became their own artist and started throwing out their own tracks, they have made quite a ripple. The genre they play in is definitely dubstep and you could say they have a similar sound to Knife Party. There is quite a bit of variation between their different tracks though and the level of skill that these two possess is quite obvious once you've listened to a couple different tracks and remixes.
The track Fire In The Hole that you should be listening to now has a nice beat to it with some good swing you could say, and although the lyrics don't really do anything for me, the track is solid dubstep that's not too heavy.
But now onto the two tracks that really made me sink my teeth into these guys. One of these tracks is Pegboard Nerds - Self Destruct. This song has a sick synth melody interspersed that really kicks in near the end and it just feels good. The song gets pretty heavy in places, but there is just enough of that high spirited melody slipped into those heavy places to keep you flying through and wanting more.
The other track that really caught my attention is Pegboard Nerds - Disconnected. I'd say this track is lighter, more melodic throughout, and farther from dubstep than the other tracks. The feel I get from this song reminds me quite a bit of that young kid Madeon.
After listening to these three tracks you may realize that these guys like to mix some real heavy stuff in with some pretty light stuff, and they do a damn good job of it. The transitions keep a natural feel too them and the heavy and light parts do a nice gob job of complementing each other. The different sounds that this duo can produce is fairly well demonstrated by these three tracks; Disconnected is overall cheerful and upbeat, that melody in Self Destruct is just awesome and there are some some pretty heavy bits in there too, and Fire In The Hole has some swing that can really get you moving with some nice small drops.
If you like what you've heard so far, here are three more originals and three remixes to check out to give you more of a feel for these guys.
The track Fire In The Hole that you should be listening to now has a nice beat to it with some good swing you could say, and although the lyrics don't really do anything for me, the track is solid dubstep that's not too heavy.
But now onto the two tracks that really made me sink my teeth into these guys. One of these tracks is Pegboard Nerds - Self Destruct. This song has a sick synth melody interspersed that really kicks in near the end and it just feels good. The song gets pretty heavy in places, but there is just enough of that high spirited melody slipped into those heavy places to keep you flying through and wanting more.
The other track that really caught my attention is Pegboard Nerds - Disconnected. I'd say this track is lighter, more melodic throughout, and farther from dubstep than the other tracks. The feel I get from this song reminds me quite a bit of that young kid Madeon.
After listening to these three tracks you may realize that these guys like to mix some real heavy stuff in with some pretty light stuff, and they do a damn good job of it. The transitions keep a natural feel too them and the heavy and light parts do a nice gob job of complementing each other. The different sounds that this duo can produce is fairly well demonstrated by these three tracks; Disconnected is overall cheerful and upbeat, that melody in Self Destruct is just awesome and there are some some pretty heavy bits in there too, and Fire In The Hole has some swing that can really get you moving with some nice small drops.
If you like what you've heard so far, here are three more originals and three remixes to check out to give you more of a feel for these guys.
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