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Crucial Dubstep Albums for a newbie
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:58 am
by chuckles
I've heard Vex'd and I just got Burial both of which have been on heavy rotation.
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:19 am
by phurious
All the Dubstep Allstars mixes on Tempa.
Various - Mary Anne Hobbs presents Warrior Dubz on PLanet Mu.
Boxcutter - Oneiric on Planet Mu
Skream - Skream! on Tempa
Kode9 - Memories of the Future - Hyperdub
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:22 am
by dappa d
Like UKG, dubstep is a genre propelled by singles. I would say that full length albums are a rather new development (albeit welcome)---
--a better feel for the larger sound of dubstep is more likely to be found in mixes, naw mean?
Check barefiles.com when its up, any of the Dubstep Allstar mixes, or the plethora of mixes that people have up on this site.
If you bent on getting albums, a sampling of the biggest releases of 06:
Burial - Burial
found here
Skream - Skream on CD and LP
listen here
Warrior Dubs - Various (a selection of a few bIg tunes as featured on Mary Ann Hobbs' Radio One show "breezeblock")
listen here
ENJOY THE TRIP
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:53 am
by hate recordings
Try these on for size:
Benga - Invasion EP (Big Apple 12"x2)
ANYTHING on the label called Tempa
Gravious - Wormsign / Monolith (Scuba 12")
Luke Envoy - Gamma / Honor Kill (Hotflush 12")
Pinch - Punisher (Planet Mu)
Pinch - War Dub (Tectonic)
Loefah - Ruffage (DMZ)
Coki - Tortured (Tempa 24?)
Fat Freddy's Drop - Cay's Crays (Digital Mystikz Version)
Skream - Stagger
They arent albums so much as they are tunes/12" releases. Like my man said, albums arent really it. Theres WAYYYYY too many good singles flating around. If MP3's are your thing, I'm sure some of these fine members can point you in the right direction.
Another pretty good album is the Bass Cleff album "A Smile Is A Curve That Straightens Most Things". Also, "Benga - Newstep" aint so bad there either.
Should be a good bit to put you on! Welcome to a beautiful thing!
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:24 am
by chuckles
cheers all for the suggestions!
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:55 am
by j_j
ROOTS OF DUBSTEP CD ON TEMPA !!! NEED THAT MATE !
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:43 pm
by Rob H
Dappa D wrote:I would say that full length albums are a rather new development (albeit welcome)
Horsepower had albums out a good few years ago
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:51 am
by paolo
the tectonic plates comp is heavy. i reckon burial is the best dubstep album so far
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:30 pm
by bruno belluomini
A lot of good suggestions here...
My favs are...
Vex'd - Degenerate - Planet Mu
Horsepower - To The Rescue - Tempa
Boxcutter - Oneiric - Planet Mu
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:20 pm
by elgato
as introduction, CDs i would recommend most highly...
Roots of Dubstep
Dubstep Allstars I
Dubstep Allstars II
Dubstep Allstars III
Tectonic Plates
that'll give a good idea of most of the central players, and a bit of chronological perspective