Hello, welcome to the Dubstep (and related genres) thread.
In the last year this genre has gone from complete underground with small clusters of followers around the world to a booming industry that will obventually go mainstream. Dubstep has evolved in a big way adding excellent electronic and techo beats with insane drops. Because of this alot of sub-genres have been created and I ask that you dont troll argue about it.
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Note: The reason I don't like dubstep is because if you want a genre that sounds all too samesy in every single song, then this is for you. It's forgoing most of the melody for deep bass drops and lots of cutting and slicing. I'm worried that this fad will hit critical mass and die before anyone can even innovate and do something original to help it expand.
If you want an example of that, the trance genre was dying a slow death from being all too similar before progressive trance creeped in and saved the genre in general.
once again a music that developed in after hours clubs in South London and was 'discovered' by John Peel 14 years ago finally makes it to the great unwashed in N America.
Edited 'South' in there, respect to all the posses in Brixton, Clapham, Camberwell init.
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I was listening to CJSW a few weeks ago and they were playing this and then, by chance, I happened to hear it last night. The track I heard was by Celt Islam and was pretty mesmerizing.
In the last year this genre has gone from complete underground with small clusters of followers around the world to a booming industry that will obventually go mainstream.
This is why I love BBC Radio. From what I've heard personally, they'be been instrumental in dubstep becoming mainstream in the UK and then being shipped out. They really do stick to their motto, "In new music we trust", and earlier this year had an entire day devoted to dubsteb. One of my favourite Essential Mixes last year was Pendulum, absolutely loved it! Living it Mitcham I guess I have no choice...
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So what exactly is dubstep?
Not trying to be a hater of the genre, it just seems like new terms for "electronica" keep being invented to differentiate every single slight modification.
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