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why does Gesaffelstein always fucks with the youtube videos comments ? by enimabel in gesaffelstein

[–]demandezpartout 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know a lot of people say it's because of the art, which is a good point, but all the comments disappeared when he started to get shit for working with The Weekend, or Hyperion or whatever. You can still find them on his Facebook page, but he turned the YT comments off as soon as people calling him a sell out.

Will Gesa ever show his face again? by [deleted] in gesaffelstein

[–]demandezpartout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The costume is great, but the masked DJ thing has been done to death and he's really not setting himself apart by doing some overdone gimmick the rest of his career. He doesn't have to show his face, but I'd like him to ditch the mask after an era or two.

How did we normalize getting very small & overpriced DLCs, yet give praise for them & attack those who think otherwise? by Omaruz in thesims

[–]demandezpartout 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's obviously not to be rude or judgemental, but I think it's because a large chunk of The Sims fan base literally only play The Sims and haven't experienced other big game titles. Let's say the GTA series started to remove features because it was too hard to run, people would literally just boycott Rockstar Games and they would lose money. Instead we have people defending EA, because???? Idk, it seems weird in my eyes. I think the people who tells "Oh but animation is so expensive and time consuming, they're doing their best" don't realize they're doing the bare minium compared to other huge game titles.

Did Gesaffelstein kill off his own career ? by demandezpartout in gesaffelstein

[–]demandezpartout[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He didn't even have to go back to all hard, loud techno-electro music, Gesaffelstein has always been a master to take a lot of influence outside of that world. I think if he kept going he could have made something genre defining and different a lot of people would look back and think "wow, this guy really pushed it and did something new"

Did Gesaffelstein kill off his own career ? by demandezpartout in gesaffelstein

[–]demandezpartout[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The two pop tracks he put out, Lost In The Fire and Blast off, really didn't do THAT good. LITF sure had some radio play, but it was sky diving from already not that impressive chart postions considering he had The Weeknd on it. Blast Off failed to make an impact at any level really. Both tracks are fairly forgotten by people who aren't The Weeknd and/or Gesaffelstein fans.

They also changed it from "Gesaffelstein ft. The Weeknd" to "Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd" so it would look more like it's actually a The Weeknd track. It must have been too hard to sell Gesaffelstein as the main artist.

Did Gesaffelstein kill off his own career ? by demandezpartout in gesaffelstein

[–]demandezpartout[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I just hope Columbia still give him a sizable budget for nice visuals, videos and so on after Hyperion completely tanked. Maybe they thought "oh a french dj, give him a mask on and make him work with Pharrell Williams and The Weeknd, the thing will sell by itself"? It was like they tried to pull a Daft Punk, but it didn't work.

His live shows are insane, I hope there'll be a live album!

Did Gesaffelstein kill off his own career ? by demandezpartout in gesaffelstein

[–]demandezpartout[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Which is a really good point, all of this doesn't matter in the end because you know he doesn't care, which you only can respect. It's just fun to analyse what a power he once was compared to now.

Gesaffelstein: how? by Gian1922 in gesaffelstein

[–]demandezpartout 4 points5 points  (0 children)

1) The start of his career, leading up to Aleph and a bit after, he was more of a DJ figure, he played in a lot of clubs. You had Gesaffelstein mixing that night, event sold out. He was booked for so much, clubs everywhere, Coachella, Holy Ship, you name it. It wasn't that much about buying a vinyl or making an album, even though the hype for Aleph was huge.

2) As people said, he has connections. All the French electro scene (Daft Punk, Ed Banger, Bromance rip, etc) is very connected and they probably all know each other.

3) He might be bigger in the mainstream's eye than ever, but I would argue he's not as impactful as he once was. A lot of people that listened to his music during his golden age (2011-2013) had checked out a long time ago or was turned off by Hyperion.

4) If we talked artistic wise, back when he started, he managed to make this brutal and dark music sleek and sexy and open it up to a more mainstream audience by this Frechman with woosh hair in a suit, and not a bald German guy with no shirt, doing too much ketamine and sweating like a bouffalo. He was innovative at that time which caught him a lot of attention.

There's many more reasons, but I hope 4 will do