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Re: what do you like most about dubstep?
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:10 pm
by WAR TORN
SketchyDub wrote:when i first heard it knew i was destined to love it forever, first tracks i heard was dmz - haunted and coki - shattered, so go by that.
How strange, almost identical to what I wanted to say
lol
Re: what do you like most about dubstep?
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:35 pm
by uncle bill
Three things:
The tempo. 140bpm is spot on. Before I heard dubstep (2005ish) I was bored of listening to really fast music like breakcore and jungle all the time. 140 works – it’s fast enough to be a bit rushy and ravey, but slow enough for a variety of mood / rhythm.
Its not really a “genre” in the sense of lots of people making the same music. The best people eg. Vex’d, Kode 9, Digital Mystikz, Scuba, Shackleton, Burial , Zomby, Skream etc sound less like each other than leading producers tend to in other genres. Obviously, there is generic dubstep…but it’s easily ignored because there’s plenty of other stuff to listen to.
Dubstep picks and chooses from at least 25 years of “dance” music. A lot of the best producers in dubstep have a broad-minded approach, so you can hear bits of 2-step, roots / dub, Berlin techno, UK hardcore / jungle, Chicago House etc…it’s all there. Drum & Bass (which I loved in the mid-90s) got very narrow after a few years of development, and if dubstep does that, I'll move on. Breadth is its strongest asset.
Re: what do you like most about dubstep?
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:41 pm
by LA_Boxers
The fact if you like a song it is fairly likely 10 people will diss you for it, 10 people will praise you for it and 10 people wont have even heard it!!
Re: what do you like most about dubstep?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:54 pm
by skaarlaw
particle-jim wrote:skaarlaw wrote:And the fact it's very local to me, since I live in Bromley. It's near the epicentre of dubstep known as London...
you live in a shithole!
charlie's sitting next to me XD
Re: what do you like most about dubstep?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:41 pm
by cakeplz
Breadth is its strongest asset.
well said
Re: what do you like most about dubstep?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:10 pm
by Molzie
I like the fact that I'm right and my friends are wrong.
Back then they were all "What's this crap?" and now they're all "Man, I've liked this shit forever dawg".
and.... I like how my ball hairs stand on end when they're exposed sub bass.
Re: what do you like most about dubstep?
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:28 am
by Masocre
Three words- tension and release.