If you had only ONE tune to introduce someone to dubstep?

uncle bill · Post by **uncle bill** » Tue May 05, 2009 1:17 pm

I’ve got an old mate who was curious about dubstep after buying Burial’s second album on the back of the (justified) hype. He’s mainly into Hip Hop and a bit of house. I sent him ten all time classics including Digital Mystikz, Pinch, Skream, The Bug, Joker etc.

The next day he emailed me to say that he’d listened to Kode 9’s ‘9 Samurai’ five times that morning before leaving for work and asked me when the next DMZ was.

NINE SAMURAI

expo · Post by **expo** » Tue May 05, 2009 2:27 pm

^^Um, yes it is. Best intro to dubstep is breakstep like Synbad.

tru_g · Post by **tru_g** » Tue May 05, 2009 3:18 pm

Kromestar - Shokwave

Has everything

Step, wobble, melody, dubbiness, space

alcane · Post by **alcane** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:13 pm

Its hard to boil down all your favorites into one track that you think someone else may like, would probably still go for this though:

Emalkay - Mecha

tminus · Post by **tminus** » Wed May 06, 2009 1:19 am

alcane wrote:Its hard to boil down all your favorites into one track that you think someone else may like, would probably still go for this though:

Emalkay - Mecha

was one of my choices too...excellent tune...absolute classic

ST100 · Post by **ST100** » Wed May 06, 2009 1:23 am

Surface_Tension wrote:
powerpill wrote:lean fwd
without so much as batting an eyelash.

yes. this.

COURT · Post by **COURT** » Wed May 06, 2009 7:28 am

lean fwd
mecha
root
goat stare
traffic
or anything pinch

defoxster · Post by **defoxster** » Wed May 06, 2009 7:40 am

Jonnyrebel wrote:midnight requestline covers all the bases id say

X2

johnboy01 · Post by **johnboy01** » Wed May 06, 2009 7:49 am

georgedallas wrote:
Apathesis wrote:
Surface_Tension wrote:
powerpill wrote:lean fwd
without so much as batting an eyelash.
Fo sho
not even debatable

on a proper system it's a big tune... i can appreciate the subtle toughness of it... i dunno if it's THE TUNE though... there are others i would pick first.

i would pick a track that most closely resembles their favourite genre. or a really dubby one... maybe one that's a remix of a well known reggae track or something. reggae is always pleasing and very accessable to most people... or something hip hoppy like "summer solstice" by matty G. that's a huge beat in any language. or maybe "trust nobody" by SPMC. that's a real sleeper.

johnboy01 · Post by **johnboy01** » Wed May 06, 2009 7:59 am

Uncle Bill wrote:I’ve got an old mate who was curious about dubstep after buying Burial’s second album on the back of the (justified) hype. He’s mainly into Hip Hop and a bit of house. I sent him ten all time classics including Digital Mystikz, Pinch, Skream, The Bug, Joker etc.

The next day he emailed me to say that he’d listened to Kode 9’s ‘9 Samurai’ five times that morning before leaving for work and asked me when the next DMZ was.

NINE SAMURAI

sik!

taal mala · Post by **taal mala** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:54 am

lean fwd.

standard.

boy_arena · Post by **boy_arena** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:01 am

Just throw them kromeys album, they will never look back.

Pistonsbeneath · Post by **Pistonsbeneath** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:19 am

Reso - Onslaught

tminus · Post by **tminus** » Wed May 06, 2009 3:24 pm

johnboy01 wrote:
Uncle Bill wrote:I’ve got an old mate who was curious about dubstep after buying Burial’s second album on the back of the (justified) hype. He’s mainly into Hip Hop and a bit of house. I sent him ten all time classics including Digital Mystikz, Pinch, Skream, The Bug, Joker etc.

The next day he emailed me to say that he’d listened to Kode 9’s ‘9 Samurai’ five times that morning before leaving for work and asked me when the next DMZ was.

NINE SAMURAI
sik!

indeed

ayonic · Post by **ayonic** » Wed May 06, 2009 4:08 pm

cant believe no one mentioned

toasty - the knowledge

Pistonsbeneath · Post by **Pistonsbeneath** » Wed May 06, 2009 4:11 pm

ayonic wrote:cant believe no one mentioned

toasty - the knowledge

actually I'd probably agree

that or honour kill got me mega excited when i first heard them which was about the same time....

before those two i was a lot less interested and had less than 10 releases probably...i just started digging after i heard em...

bigwhitetelephone · Post by **bigwhitetelephone** » Wed May 06, 2009 8:13 pm

It really depends on what the person's into, so I'd make him/her listen to something in which they could find something to hang on to.

Antiwar Dub - Mala
9 Samurai - Kode9
Distant Lights - Burial
Feel Me - Distance
Slippin' - DJ Coup
Fire - Phaeleh
Watch The Ride mixed by Skream is a very good intro as well.

tminus · Post by **tminus** » Mon May 11, 2009 2:21 am

emalkay - mecha? i say...

spire · Post by **spire** » Mon May 11, 2009 2:29 am

Never knew Mecha was such a popular tune, it was probly the 3rd or 4th dubstep record i ever bought.

If you had only ONE tune to introduce someone to dubstep?

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