What is the dubstep "image"?

[struggle]

"a look" for dubstep doesn't interest me in fashion or imagery, but i guess it's inevitable. i try to stay far away from all that.

i personally like images that are dark or creepy. here are some flyers for subsistence...

[bunzer0]

"a look" for dubstep doesn't interest me in fashion or imagery, but i guess it's inevitable. i try to stay far away from all that.

i personally like images that are dark or creepy. here are some flyers for subsistence...

out to DJ COLLAGE !
Each and every !

[surr]

I reckon that the Boka logo depicts dubstep quite well:

[mezi]

The text only minimalism of alot of dubstep flyers is rather boring imo. I agree that dubstep is diverse enough to allow alot of different imagery to work. As long as your having fun with it and keeping it fresh i dont see the harm in playing with imagery.

[two oh one]

I hope dubstep never gains a certain look or fashion.

What I love about it is the anti-genre attitude. Everything falls under the umbrella of dubstep, and each person brings their own influence into it. From the producers, to the party goers - everyone can find something they like and everyone can inject their own personality into it

Im a vj myself, and Ive never done visuals for a dubstep show. I feel like people should use their own imagination and let the music inspire you - create your own mental images. Once you put that on a screen, you are telling people what to think - it takes away part of the fun.

As far as design goes, we've done a lot of distressed textures and distressed type - urban landscape themes, or rusted metals - sometimes its a throwback to the industrial, nine inch nails, gunge design style... inject some color and clean type over it - thats been more the theme for the SMOG flyers, not trying to create a look for the music itself.


Id also say a walrus with a bucket cant ever go wrong

What he said.

[thebastard]

[interzone]

and what about asian drawings and woodprints?

especially those of japanese warriors are amazing! they seem to fit dubstep well.. we think that is;)

[dr.benway]

from wot I can gather fashionwise its like explosion ina charity shop....

[staas]

stencilly stuff over bold colors seems to show up




maybe just me making a bigdeal over slight differences


edit: they won't show up, right click view image

[lone wolf]

The Image is freecasing man. Get with it.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhQ5cYLraBc

[misk]

The text only minimalism of alot of dubstep flyers is rather boring imo. I agree that dubstep is diverse enough to allow alot of different imagery to work. As long as your having fun with it and keeping it fresh i dont see the harm in playing with imagery.

wheres the helicopters?!

[struggle]

dubstep soldiers repelling from helicopters w/subwoofers strapped to their backs..oh and camouflage lions in the background.

[dr.benway]

[junglist movement]

Some of banksys stuff, dark, to the point. Like our very own dubstep.

[norris norisk]

I´m going with the image-makes-the-scene-specific thing.
Dubstep is like turning the rotten into hope. Humans coping with human problems, decaying cities, war, terrorism, contermination of enviroment.
Also the more anti hero is to be the good guy image. More nerdy and skinny then bling and pumped up...not that hooded body politics of baggy clothing.
It´s the realist and aware of fatality guy being the last resort of humanity/ creativity/ emotion on a spoiled earth.
Indeed the background is an urban one, in a more "endzeit" style. All objects made by mass producing systems are signifiers of that urbanity and modernity. Exposed in black and white, they are getting that differance to the highresolution in 64 million colour standard. So they can turn out to a kind of reception of their otherness.
I do like the artwork of Various Productions releases, even if they are very feminin and nearly no high tech stuff is shown, but what about the erotic symbols of the girls: lingerie, make up? And the animals taking control of humans? But have a look to the video of hater: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA1DuuJ6ymc
and there is a video to Kode 9 Samurai (?), but didn`t sort that out.

I`m excited where dubstep is going to...
cheers

[mezi]

[dj phonetic]

I hope dubstep never gains a certain look or fashion.

What I love about it is the anti-genre attitude. Everything falls under the umbrella of dubstep, and each person brings their own influence into it. From the producers, to the party goers - everyone can find something they like and everyone can inject their own personality into it

Im a vj myself, and Ive never done visuals for a dubstep show. I feel like people should use their own imagination and let the music inspire you - create your own mental images. Once you put that on a screen, you are telling people what to think - it takes away part of the fun.

As far as design goes, we've done a lot of distressed textures and distressed type - urban landscape themes, or rusted metals - sometimes its a throwback to the industrial, nine inch nails, gunge design style... inject some color and clean type over it - thats been more the theme for the SMOG flyers, not trying to create a look for the music itself.


Id also say a walrus with a bucket cant ever go wrong

What he said.

2nd

Look at the Dubstep allstars covers and Skream! cover.... Neutral like it has to be.

[horse]

not just a cover that perfectly sums up the sound on the disc but also IMO one of the best pieces of cd artwork ever

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[ozols man]

why the hell do people keep on emntioning nerdy and skinny. dusbteppers got some self hate issues lol! there should be no manufactured image cos the scene is a bit like a democracy, everyone comes down, busts the garms they want and thats it, the people make the "image"...

[victorxray]

where's misk, that hand avatar of his is a dead ringer for the cover of the three stigmata of palmer eldritch, only upside down with colour;