Top 15 Dubstep Tracks of 2011

[tragiclifestories]

P.S. how are people that listen to mala/burial hipsters?

In fairness, hipsters (actual hipsters) just love Burial. Pitchfork are all over everything he does like genital warts. The Burial sound is the hipster end of bass music - not Skrillex and not the dungeon masters either (obviously).

[Maccaveli]

I've always associated James Blake, Mount Kimbie, and most recently SBTRKT with hipsters than anyone else. I'm a fan of all those artists, but they sem to carry more of a Pitchfork vibe than Buria to me

[kultron]

Shut the fuck up ya bunch of bitches.

Some are looking for the chilly and sorrowful genre, other's may be looking for the speedy and more party friendly genre. That's where dubstep splits at in reality. Some like to chill out. Some like to rock out like there's no tomorrow. Music taste pretty much defines peoples personality and how far there personality goes in my opinion. I listen to everything such as...

Anathallo, Atmosphere, Asking Alexandria, Parkway Drive, Immortal Technique, Big L, Wu-Tang Clan, Rodney Atkins, Army Of The Pharaohs, Chronic Future, 311, Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Ballyhoo!, Pepper, Atreyu, In Flames, Northstar, Deltron 3030(Del Tha Funky Homosapien), Eyedea, Switchfoot, Soilwork, Kid Cudi, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alesana, A Day To Remember, AFI, The Beatles, Common, Death Cab For Cutie, The Animals, Guns N Roses, Keane, The John Butler Trio, Nas, Talib Kweli, Veil Of Maya, I See Stars, Gorilla Zoe, Aphex Twin, , Goldfinger, Big Reel Fish, Limp Bizkit, Creed, Lifehouse, The Used, Shaggy, From First To Last, 9th Wonder, Miike Snow, Mutemath, Alkaline Trio, N.W.A, Say Anything, Anberlin, Pharoahe Monch, The Expendables, Eazy-E, Five Finger Death Punch, Curren$y, Nujabes, The Mamas and The Papas, 500 Miles to Memphis, Marcy Playground, Orgy, Linkin Park, Minus The Bear, The Human Abstract, Last Winter, Murs, Interpol, Cunninglynguist, The Green, Scroobius Pip, J BOOG, Matisyahu, The Classic Crime, Chemical Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Stone Temple Pilots, Mac Miller, John Mayer, Slipknot, Jacks Mannequin, Jeremy Ashida, Maroon 5, Simon & Garfunkel, Rob Zombie, Outkast, Failedflight.

I grew up listening to everything since I was little(From Britney Spears, Sum41, Pokemon First Movie CD, Happy Ass Trance To Biggie, 2pac, Poison, Born Of Osiris, Bob Marley, Wiz Khalifa, Tyga. <-- Example for shit you guys recognize. Music is my life. And if you'd appreciate it enough then you'll shut the fuck up and quit bitching about "dubstep" who the fuck cares what genre it is. The point.... is whichever artist whomever thinks is good.....is good. It makes them happy? Then it's good music.

For EDM I mostly listen to DoctorP/FluxPavilion/Skream&Benga(Old&NewShit)/Darude/DaftPunk/PrettyLights/ATB/DillonFrancis/AlvinRisk/Spor/FeedMe/Joker/Mantis/Figure/Flinch/Eptic/Chuckie/Avicii/Roksonix/PorterRobinson/12thPlanet/Nero/Skrillex/Hooky/Burial/Noisestorm/ZedsDead/BAR9/KnifeParty/Madeon/Funtcase/CookieMonsta/LiquidStranger/TheGlitchMob/Pendulum/MagneticMan/KillTheNoise/Rusko/Downlink/JamesEgbert/MordFustang/GarethEmery/DadaLife/Tomba/PaperDiamond/Netsky/Brown&Gammon/TMBA

As you can see most of the stuff for EDM ^ I like speedy & more party friendly cuz I love to dance my ass off while rolling and dance with some bitches. Then when I toke and chill with some buddies I tend to listen to more of the dark/chill vibes such as Burial/Joker/AphexTwin/Benga/OldFluxPavilion/OldRusko/MtEden/Hooky.

Yeah I love music so much that I'll make a huge list of it.

So to the point. My personal opinion I believe Skrillex stands out and makes some catchy melodic tunes with lyrics that you can sing-along to which relates to more of the mainstream audience of music. It's more happy sounding and it catches on more with girls compared to other "dubstep/brostep" tunes hence why it's more popular.

You have to admit that he's a mastermind at what he does. Making *annoying sounds listenable and his production/style is crazy but good. It may be too wild for the deep vibe - jungle/garage folks but it really truely is a creative good production. He's one-of-a-kind as of right now for what he does.

His production isn't good and isn't hard to make? Okay recreate it then and try to get as much listeners he has now without mass marketing such as Lady Gaga/Justin Bieber/ Lil Wayne/ Nicki Minaj.

Okay yeah his music might be "mainstream" now but was he like that when his albums came out? No. He got there himself. Every fucking song he made was pretty much a hit for the big audiences. And I started listening to dubstep since 09' when I was a Junior in high school. So I remember when this fool came out.

Scary Monsters & Sprites? Everyone knows that fucking song by heart and can hum it in there head even if you wanna hate it. It's there..
Cinema?
All I Ask Of You?
Bangarang?
First Of The Year(Equinox)?
Rock N Roll?
My Name Is Skrillex?

So why do people hate on Skrillex so much? If you have said this at least once in your head then it relates to you. But of course we won't know exactly who it is or admits to it.

1. People liked him at first but then too many people started liking him so they hate him now cuz of it. He's "mainstream" aka uncool now

2. I've been here since day 1 for dubstep. Yeah Zed Bias & Pinch are so sick. Who the fuck is Rusko, Emalkay. This is pretty tight actually not really sure about it though. Oh it's cool to see what Rusko is doing to dubstep I guess. Fast Forward to the end of 2010(Aug-Dec) Who're all these artists(DoctorP/Flux/Skrillex/Borgore) All hell nah ah nah bruh. What the fuck are they doing to dubstep. Fast forward to 2011. WOW dubstep went mainstream and it's not even "dubstep"(In veteran terms) WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW. FUCK SKRILLEX.

3. His image : "OMG HE WAS IN A EMO BAND? OMG LOOK AT HIS HAIR, OMG HE'S AMERICAN AND PEOPLE SAY HE'S DUBSTEP" Don't be a cigarette and judge on how he looks unless you really are that gay then okay type away. Some reason I always see America vs. UK on almost every youtube video no matter what it is from music to politics and on this forum...who cares where the music is from..really? He never said all his shit was dubstep. He pretty much is a mix of a lot of EDM genres. It's for the love of music. Who the fuck cares about genre. Don't be immature about things(Fanboy of whatever samething as Xbox 360 vs. PS3 vs. PC on youtube, Muscles vs. Imports for cars) Stfu and appreciate what you like.

4. It's a repeating-cycle of immature-insecure people that needs to stop. I've seen dumbass comments on youtube such as "Skrillex isn't even fucking dubstep. You guys need to listen to real dubstep like BAR9, Datsik, Bassnectar. <--- Duplicates of some dsf forum kids? Yeah it doesn't stop and it only gets worse.

I also never see anyone hate against "deep-vibes/jungle/garage type dubstep". So I'll be the annoying-prick aka the usuals I see on the forum.

1. "Oh my god....deep-vibe/jungle type dubstep isn't even good. It's pretty much a repetitive drum loop going across the whole track with a couple of water drops here and there with an atmosphere synth going across it"

2.@100man "Oh my god how do you not like Skrillex? Oh nevermind duh I can tell by your sig...Haha what a shit track you just got that sample from Vengeance packs and the only thing you did special in production was side-chain your piano-sounding synth to the kick, I'm so glad I don't live in the UK"

3. "Haha, You go to Burial shows? What you like to brock out with a bunch of dudes dressed in all T's and Cargo-pants? In a dark-room tripping on ketamine that probably smell like shit? Haha how gay is that. I'd rather be feeling good on some Molly or X and be dancing with some girls to some up-beat shit with lights flickering all over for some good ass visuals and seeing wild colors all around me"

So how do you guys like the Role-Reversal? It's all meant for exaggeration and shits & giggles. What I said above I admit I'm ignorant. BUT that's how it is when I don't hear much of it and no one bitching about it.

See what's like to see this everyday on almost every thread cuz people are annoying? I admit I'm a smartass and joke a shit ton but some shit gets old like the stuff I brought up above.

Seriously just open your eyes up and go to one of these massive shows. They seriously are sooooooo fun and epic. Bring a girl with you and roll together(Throw Your Gunfingers Up). The lights/girl/up-beatmusic/vibe from the massive amounts of people/how people are dressed all crazy is fun. It's a dreamworld really.

I've gone to a lot of shows from mellowed out reggae shit. To moshing and doing circle pits. To dreamworld huge "brostep" in your terms "raves"

The moral of the story is to promote music/share music/appreciate music/talk about upcoming events. All I see is bitching about dubstep. And being smartasses to people that need help. Not cool.

On a side-note. I might be going to Coachella later in April this year :] in California. Road-Trip! Go to events like these. I swear they are worth it!


So in the words of Parkway Drive "Cry Me A Fucking River & Drown In It Bitch" & also All American-Rejects ''Just Move Along, Move Along, Just To Make It Through" & the golden words from WAR "Why can't we be friends" Let's all live our happy lives and not bitch about every artist that comes & goes & rather

wigger. fun activity: replace the word dubstep wtih 'nu-metal' and any bro-step artist with 'Limp Bizkit' and have a good laugh. also LOL at the amount of 'hardcore' bands name-dropped. go back to myspace where you came from

[rorz9992]

Can't we all just agree that the term 'EDM' should be banned from existence?!?! Literally makes me shudder every time I see someone has typed it

[hutyluty]

i read pitchfork

am i a hipster oh no

[meshblorg]

You don't understand though Meshblorg, 140pbm is one of the defining characteristics of dubstep. The tempo range that can be considered dubstep is narrower than other genres such as the ones you mentioned, but that's a tradeoff for having an overall more varied and flexible sound. Bassnectar has even said himself that he doesn't consider his non-140 tunes to be dubstep. Sure, there is some variance from 140 but 150 is really pushing it. Considering Crowd Control lacks just about every other convention of dubstep except for sub-bass, I really think you're pushing it to call it dubstep.

Genres evolve. So do their BPM. Crowd Control may have a bit higher BPM but it rocks the same way any other dubstep tune goes.

I don't think you understand what he's saying here. 140bpm is the defining characteristic of dubstep. Nobody gives a shit about whether the music you like "rocks" or not, or how fucking popular they are, or who fucking likes them. The argument here is over whether or not they are considered dubstep, and thus far you have provided a total sum of zero evidence to prove your point.

tl;dr: Start making sense or fuck off.

We can't just leave tracks that sound exactly like the rest of dubstep but have a slightly higher BPM in limbo. People who listen to trance at 138bpm still have trouble considering the progressive stuff at 128 "trance." For the sake of categorizing by the most similar attributes... let's just call tracks like Crowd Control dubstep or if you prefer uptempo dubstep. And in regards to Bassnectar's comments... a lot of his higher BPM "dubstep" tracks can probably be called drumstep.

[meshblorg]

Can't we all just agree that the term 'EDM' should be banned from existence?!?! Literally makes me shudder every time I see someone has typed it

I kind of agree here. I'm more a fan of "electronic music" because it's more broad to include some of the indie/experimental artists. But EDM is still widely used by the industry so I give up on winning that battle haha

[rorz9992]

Can't we all just agree that the term 'EDM' should be banned from existence?!?! Literally makes me shudder every time I see someone has typed it

I kind of agree here. I'm more a fan of "electronic music" because it's more broad to include some of the indie/experimental artists. But EDM is still widely used by the industry so I give up on winning that battle haha

Really? I've only ever seen the term 'EDM' used here on this forum!
'Dance music' has always been good enough for me!

[meshblorg]

Can't we all just agree that the term 'EDM' should be banned from existence?!?! Literally makes me shudder every time I see someone has typed it

I kind of agree here. I'm more a fan of "electronic music" because it's more broad to include some of the indie/experimental artists. But EDM is still widely used by the industry so I give up on winning that battle haha

Really? I've only ever seen the term 'EDM' used here on this forum!
'Dance music' has always been good enough for me!

Electronic Music is easily understandable by everyone universally. But with "Dance Music" I think of really corny (IMO trashy/disco/commercial) compilations like



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[Pistonsbeneath]

orbital = everyone on that compilation

big up orbital

and meshblurb......you are and idiot

lets not....

a genre isnt whatever you want to label it

'...Dubstep rhythms are usually syncopated, and often shuffled or incorporating tuplets. The tempo is nearly always in the range of 138-142 beats per minute, with a clap or snare usually inserted every third beat in a bar...'

yes nearly always but if its 220bpm then its not gonna be dubstep anymore or less than a tune at 160

autonomic is more dubstep than the stuff youre insisting is dubstep because its filthy like the dub you like...yet its called autonomic as its distinct from the main genre...people even coined the daft subgenre dungeon and you know why..to avoid being associated with the crap youre peddling...if you posted this stuff on ukf people would all agree with you so why do you insist on posting it here?

nobodys going to agree with you as theyre all over the age of 14

[exfox]

nobodys going to agree with you as theyre all over the age of 14

CHAT ▄▄█▀▀ █▬█ █ ▀█▀ GET BANGED

[didi]

Top 15

Kahn - Way Mi Defend
Phaeleh - The Cold In You
Phaeleh - Perilous
Skream - Xmas Day Swagger
Skream - Gritty
Burial - Prophecy [not sure if 2011, but found it last year so I'm putting it in]
Vex'd - Cold (Widowmaker Remix)
LX ONE SPMC - Hunted
Distance - Mind Control
Kryptic Minds - Badman VIP
Burial - NYC
Burial - Street Halo
Joker - Slaughterhouse (instrumental) [can't stand the vocals]
Badman Forward, Badman Pull Up - The Bug
Mavado - Weh Dem a Do (Coki Remix)

p.s. Just realised it is Dubstep tracks only, which might make the The Bug track a bit dodgy.

p.p.s. I think most of the beef stems from people being pissed that the deep genre has been buried by the more jump upy mid-rangey stuff, i.e. whenever people say they like dubstep, incorrect assumptions are made.

imo, most of the argument can be avoided by not categorising things where possible, I hate the term dubstep anyway...

[meshblorg]

Top 15

Phaeleh - The Cold In You
Burial - NYC
Burial - Street Halo

These tracks were so close to making it into the top 15! Especially the The Cold In You that I wrote up

http://lessthan3.com/#!/2011/12/the-good-phaeleh

[BonerJams04]

I'm just kinda pissed that earlier in this thread someone lumped a pretty lights song with the rest of the generic bro. I like pretty lights, do not lump him with Skrillex/the circus crew

[Cornbreadddd]

This argument will never die........ever...it's kind of like the conflict in Israel.

[forbidden]

i can't wait until it stops polluting every single dubstep video on youtube personally.

[TheTornado]

'HIPSTER' DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING ANYMORE. STOP USING THAT PHRASE.
/rant

[JBoy]

Its funny how the weird emo kids that love skrillex call everyone else hipsters. They think theyre so underground when theyre clearly not.

[Diagram Of Truth]

So many tears

[meshblorg]

This argument will never die........ever...it's kind of like the conflict in Israel.