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heard it at a free party, downloaded some early gutterbreakz and forensics mixes, rest is on going history.

dmz on iration steppas soundsystem in the relatively distant past

Had never heard dubstep, then i saw Mala playing for a couple of hours in a good system in 2007, that was pretty sick, but still i didnt really understand the sound he was playing, i was just standing there thinking about how strange this music was but still i loved it

Listening to grime a lot then heard midnight request line and then stumbled across http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A10695684

Just went WOW. I was 13 at the time haha!

my mate had a really early n-type mix with cockney thug on. i thought it was pretty sick, but it wasnt until i heard Skream's midnight request line and Digital Mystikz' antiwar dub. these songs converted me and the way i listen to music.... lots of bass

around that time i went to my first DMZ at Mass, and this was the fork in the road that made me bum dubstep!

Deadstock Mind wrote:Was, wow. Mary Ann Hobbs Dub Warz of course.
And also barefiles.com (before they 'sold out'). Wow, they had the greatest mixes ever, XI's mix was "Barefile mix of the week" or something, and a Viral Radio show featuring U Dub b2b T-Mus b2b Myrkur b2b + b2b Èw00t (27-Jan-2008) in SWEDISH, a language I don't even SPEAK!
Sigh, nostalgic times... Still have them; in my iPod, here's the tracklistings

Viral Radio is dutch . Aswell all the djs in that mix.

First heard it at this party, in the beginning it was just rubbish to me.
But then a friend pointed me to this nice mix and bam, I was hooked.

Dizzee Rascal, Cambridge.

Tubby was on before hand, Remember coming out of the toilet and hearing Coki - Burning on a fat system. Never looked back.

Was around June 07 time.

I was hearing dubstep before that but I was a bit 'yeah its ok but nothing special'. Hearing it on a system was the one though. I had never experienced music that actual made your chest rattle before ha

ended up hearing "red eye" by Coki last year on youtube....fuckin nuts.

Friends of mine (Olaf and Steffi from the Cologne 'No Partial' crew) gave me a CD in September 2006. First reaction: nah, that's going to ruin my nerves, ... but then I heard Kingstown Dub, listened to it again and again, got hooked on that incredibly shifty beat, went to hear Skream in Duesseldorf some weeks later, - pure bliss -, soon later I discovered Youngsta's Rinse show. Heaven.

Heard some dubstep from a friend about 1 year back. Went home did a google search on dubstep . Skream came up and I proceeded in getting his album Skream! Have been addicted to the sound ever since

Years ago my brother came back from a dmz and he said something along the lines of:

'this is the best nightlife experience everyone is heads down and dances like this *he shonks out to no music for a while*, and noone touches you or causes you any trouble, its so bassy and tribal with no light and often just your thoughts for company'

- i didnt actually have a clue if i would like it but a few weeks later i heard some and his dancing made sense!

THANKS DMZ

reso - havok.

First experience with dubstep.....

ATTENSHUN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah Joe Nice in February 2008. Saw him in a dark room with either a 10000 watt or 20000 watt system. Strictly underground and amazing for having heard it the first time like that. O Joe, I still reminisce on you dedicating "under the dancing feet" to me. That show was everything dubstep. I've never been so wow'd as i was that night. Even after hearing the sub-bass of a phat fresh dubs through bassbins that can hide a family of Chechen refugees I still see that night as being a true dubstep party. Let all of you know those parties are what made dubstep to be the over-glamorized noob music and ravey parties that swarm the scene in my area. I'm glad to see it appreciated by so many but I can tell you that was an era of dub that could never be cloned. I pity those who will never experience the rise of dub because bomb parties like that is what blew it the fuck up because it was soooo fresh then. Nothing like it

I was at the weekend off festival in warsaw and i heard big basha, and pnuma and it was absolutley grimey and incredible. dub is on 247 now and im obsessszed. if music is not on its still playing in my head while i walk around saying Ello my name is ashley and im a dubaholic. FCK YA! HOLLLAAA


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Burial somebody posted about him on a Hip Hop forum I was looking at, at least I think that was the first time I heard Dubstep. Obviously this wasnt long ago cos I think the post was about Untrue when it was up for the Mercrey Prize. But I loved Burial and so went to find more but what I found sounded nothing like Burial!! Still loved it though and have been listening ever since

Oh and shameful though this is living in London and all I have only seen Dubstep live once and that was Glastonbury Skream & Benga!! Im going to get my act together

Tectonic Plates first compilation and Allstars 1 & 2 did it for me

mary anne hobbs at chibuku in liverpool february 2007, before she learnt to mix just playing tunes after each other each one going off big time, oris j on the mic only about 40-50 heads there but it was so good, converted a strictly house music friend aswell!

in no particular order

grimelock mix tapes

mary anne hobbs

slimzee

digital mystikz, skream