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- Miguex0
truth is, dubstep exploted very quickly, at some point it was an underground 'cult' like following genre from south london that was in between 138 and 42bpm with emphasis on grooves, bass/subs and dub. People around the world started to listen and suddenly a new sub-genre started to emerge (I won't name it, to avoid side discussions) some people claim that this new more popular sub-genre that did not emphasize neither bass or dub, but instead screeching mid range eclectic melodies. Some say this new subgenre started in the US, but the truth is some of the (maybe now forgotten pioneers from england were producing it too).
Now this new sub genre became more popular than dubstep and a vast majority of people call it that, and quickly name producers from this new style as 'dubstep producers' or even 'dubstep pioneers', completely ignoring the cult like movement where it came from.
Everyone hates on this one guy, as if he was the walmart of the genre, but at the same time, he is the most consumed, celebrated and must see artist at any big electronic festival.
Now, those who were into 'dubstep' back when it was something else, call that style 'bass music' just as a way to differentiate what they listen to with this new sub-genre that is now recognized as the only sound of the genre.
And that is my point of view, as objectively as I can write it.
- mg330
American dubstep sounds like Transformers taking shits.
- LOLernexbcn
- hahahafadein11
- hahahapillhead
- like transformers boning, more like itmonospaced
- zoozoo0
I liked grime textures as well as dubstep wobbles.
- dopepope0
You guys are missing the point. That cereal must be KICK ASS!
- autoflavour0
i like music, regardless.
now or then, if its authentic it wins.
mainstream or underground.knowing where music has come from isnt necessarily a precursor to having good taste in music.
however the notion that the underground movement, in any genre has died, clearly speaks to the lack of exposure the person saying it has to actual underground culture.
its not an us and them thing.. its appreciating and understanding, regardless of genre, regardless of era and regardless what its called, good music can be found in abundance in nearly every city..
clique'a, genre hating and segmentation of music appreciation limits the viewpoint of the person putting forward these ideals, and ultimately leads to a less experienced interaction with music as a whole.
- I'll more precisely say that the nature of the overground to the underground is radically different than it was 20 yrs ago.mikotondria3
- There is no sharp cutoff anymore. There skrillibix at one end and people in small groups making music in bedrooms at the other, putting it on the web.mikotondria3
- the other. The distance between them is a click, a call, an email. 10 minutes from one end to the other.mikotondria3
- What also has changed is the apolitical nature of it all. Underground music now is literally as subversive asmikotondria3
- weetabix.mikotondria3
- clearly you have no understanding or relation to current underground movements.autoflavour
- autoflavour0
- roots manuva!_niko
- seal?autoflavour
- wrong btwautoflavour
- Benga. Don't really rate him that highly. First doesn't mean Best! Good in Magnetic Man though.HAYZ1LLLA
- First?autoflavour
- Sorry flavour I assumed you knew who he was. Second sentence...http://en...HAYZ1LLLA
- http://en.wikipedia.…HAYZ1LLLA
- at the beginning, not first tho..autoflavour
- oey0
Dubstep? Sure I like it. But today it sounds so different...
- MSTRPLN0
Wait for the drop ....
- MSTRPLN0
Wait for the drop ....
- autoflavour0
its the same thing which happened with Jungle, Drum and Bass, Garage.. after about 6 years or underground, it crossed over and now we have Brostep..
I didnt get dubstep for a long time, then I heard Benga and Skream play at set at Maria here in Berlin, and after that, it made more sense.
Its all about the sub.
As for Skrillex.. he has already said he is over it and moving towards techno.. so.. good luck turning that mainstream..
- Fax_Benson0
Dubstep didn't die, it just hung around long enough to be given a name, whence it was appropriated into something more commercial, but you can say that about pretty much every semi-popular musical sub-genre at some point.
- what are you talking about, dubstep as a genre has been around for at least 10 years..autoflavour
- dubstep evolved from Grime, Grime evolved from twostep/garage..autoflavour
- its very linear.autoflavour
- I'm saying that just because an aspect of a genre gets subsumed by the mainstream, doesn't mean it ceases to existFax_Benson
- of course not, hell, there are still regular two step and drum and bass nights.. but they arent mainsteam no moreautoflavour
- jfletcher0
A commercial used guitar! I can't listen to music with guitars in it any longer!
- oey0
I went to see this Skrillex concert last November, and it was very good. Whatever that means...but it was really fucking good.
Before that one, the last I went to was Skream and Benga, like 3 years ago, and that is fucking dubstep. And it was fucking awesome.
By that time I also went to see The Bug, needless to say that it was fucking intense.Now, I see some similarities and the links between the music Skrillex does and the music from the other artists I mentioned, but I think it's different style of music.
I can't see the Jamaican side in Skrillex's music...hahahaha!
- vivid0
modern electronic music is everywhere now...its part of most peoples culture so its going to be used to sell things. More frequently I see all sorts of music used on adverts. This is on all the time at the mo...
Doesn't stop me liking the music tho...
- prophetone0
the making of a weetabix dubstep
- quit goofing off dan! lolprophetone
- that little girl looks like she's doing the David Brent dance from the OfficeBaskerviIle
- autoflavour0
- dubstep is better than screamoautoflavour
- needs a tongue punch to the fart box! yeaaaah!74LEO
- prophetone0
dubstep? more like awesomestep.