Dubstep feature in URB magazine!

[darkage]

hey this is Brandon, thanks for reading the piece!

I figured people within the scene would disagree with some of the sentiments of the article, and that's fine. The piece was not meant to preach to the converted.

I guess I've come across a lot of people that refuse to give dubstep a chance because they think it's another flash in the pan genre. So I wanted to fit it into a broader context--show that dubstep is part of something much bigger than a "new" name; it's something worth investing time and energy into.

I do agree that the final edit of the piece gave too much credit to 'Stone Cold'. That wasn't really my intension, but now that it's out, whatever... That said, I still think it's a decent place to start for people new to the music. It's a balanced track, it's a classic, and it's relatively easy to find (maybe not on vinyl, but you know what i mean).

blackdown - the quote you grabbed was alarmist, but I wanted to represent both sides of the coin. The point is not that the scene may or may not die quickly, but rather that it all belongs to a bigger idea... sort of like what Burial said in the closing quote--

"I don't know what dubstep means as a word, 'cause this music was around for years without a name... Just the clubs and labels and producers, pirates. When dubstep as a word feels wrong or gets fucked over, then it will just keep its head down and rise again as something new. It's always been here in some way."

[spiro]

i know dubstep is influenced by and sort of evolved from dnb/jungle, but is it really a good idea to draw parallels between different genres of music? i'm not saying it's a waste of time, it's just something i've been wondering about

I am just curious how you people who have followed this evolving over the years look at other parts of musical influences/history ?

there is so much more than the dnb/jungle influences, is´nt it ?

I have mainly listened to rap throughout the 90´s and around 2000 ...
And there are some records that sounds in some way much like dubstep.
black elvis ++ by kool keith, sensational, anti pop consortium, company flow ...

Is´nt the genre name just for organizing the sounds for us buyers ?

.spiro.