experimental dubstep?

hackman · Post by **hackman** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:48 pm

just got an assignment in which i have to:
quote: OPTION 1 – ‘Beyond the norm’: Compose and arrange a piece (c. 4-5 minutes in length) which demonstrates an
experimental approach to at least TWO of the parameters of popular music composition (melody, harmony, rhythm, form,
timbre). It is up to you to decide what constitutes experimentation. However you should justify your approach in your write-
up through analysis of relevant ‘models’ from popular music post-1970 whose ‘experimental’ ideas are influencing your
work.

can anyone name some dubstep/garagey artists that are doing any of the above? the more abstract/experimental the better
already know of mark pritchard...

wayne smith · Post by **wayne smith** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:12 pm

check out indivduality music on here:
www.myspace.com/bagsofmoneycrew

Mr. Mittens · Post by **Mr. Mittens** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:06 pm

Peverelist!

thinking · Post by **thinking** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:26 pm

Hudson Mohawke has a pretty interesting approach to rhythm - very very unquantised beats in deed.

Kode 9 is someone who writes tunes where I always notice his deliberate play with pitch - there's a lot of detuning on multiple synths going on, micro-tones etc. Stung is a good example, as is his new one Black Sun, the bassline on 9 Samurai is a bit squirmy...

xirrus · Post by **xirrus** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:32 pm

IMO at the top of my head... Heron from Vancouver is pushing the boundaries at experimental dub. Slow Low and Deep are just some of the words I can think of when I listen to his stuff.

His other experimental projects are also off the wall to

rekall · Post by **rekall** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:23 pm

dubstep already is pretty experimental, innit
:headscratch:

hackman · Post by **hackman** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:48 pm

cheers guys, lots of stuff to check

did · Post by **did** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:52 pm

Wayne Smith wrote:check out indivduality music on here:
www.myspace.com/bagsofmoneycrew

twisted - dutty dubz · Post by **twisted - dutty dubz** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:23 am

SCUBA!!
the new stuff is sick!!!

desto · Post by **desto** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:38 am

I vouch for Clouds 1st'n'foremost.

Ramp Recordings is definitely one to watch.
Some interesting music from people like Untold, Fantastic mr Fox & Rich Reason and the rest of the Hemlock Records cru.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:48 am

Kuma has some atonal works that have very unusual pitch structures.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:09 am

and for an unusual rythym, I'd rate appleblim. Take a look at Fear, snares drop in unusual places. You particularly notice it when you mix into it from another tune. the track Vasan similar deal.

whitelight · Post by **whitelight** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:01 pm

Milanese (doesn't stick to musical "rules", different approche on dubstep, industrial-like)

Kode9 (deep sub-bass, slow bpm, detuned sounds)

Burial (d'ah....ambiant, sexy, weird mix of different tempos)

Shackleton (very tribal and mystic stuff)

Scuba (really spacey, deep and sexy, psychedelic influences)

Scorn (dark, very slow, hellish dub with doomey bass)

Flying Lotus (....not strictly dubstep...but one of the best and most beautiful stuff on earth)

Beats Antique (not really "experimental", but new in the sense that they mix dub, glith-hop, with ethnic and gypsy kinda music)

Heyoka (psychedelic dubstep with very nice basslines)

rrr · Post by **rrr** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:12 pm

Mount Kimbie
Akira Kiteshi
Rustie
Jamie Vex'd
Daedulus
Boxcutter
Spac Hand Luke (Luke Vibert)

Domu's rhythms are often interesting... check "let it be"...

For interesting non 4/4 rhythms check Nitin Sawhney and Ojos de Brujo.... how you could ever do that in dubstep I don"t know....

Also, check out Pepe Braddock - v experimental, def not dubstep though.... (would be ace if he did a few tracks though...)

If I'm not stating the obvious - Aphex, Squarepusher, Amon Tobin....

rogue star · Post by **rogue star** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:55 pm

Broken Note

Reso (groan

)

Elemental

digital sin recordings · Post by **digital sin recordings** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:58 pm

FORENSICS

http://www.virb.com/forensics
www.myspace.com/forensicdubstep
http://www.myspace.com/forensicdubstep
http://www.myspace.com/digitalsinrecordings
http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=77193

calebwilson · Post by **calebwilson** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:13 pm

If you think about it broadly enough, ALL music is experimental dubstep.

collige · Post by **collige** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:19 pm

Rusko

I kid, I kid.

hackman · Post by **hackman** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:13 pm

if anyones interested, this is what i went for: http://www.sendspace.com/file/xpea7v

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