What is the dubstep "image"?

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What is the dubstep "image"?

Post by luce » Tue May 15, 2007 6:15 pm

Just out of curiosity (and for the sake of upcoming projects)
dubstep is so relatively new, and coming from such a mixed background, has it developed an iconography the way other electronic music genres have?

example:
DNB ---> warfare imagery: gasmasks, camo, etc.
Trance --> fairies and mushrooms
Tekno ---> robots
blah blah

i love the www.dubstep.nl logo: snail with subwoofer speaker on the shell.
cheeky.

has anyone noticed any trends developing?

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Post by jas nasty » Tue May 15, 2007 6:20 pm

hahha LUCe!
hi dear!

interesting.

so far it's skulls, speakers/woofers, and vinyl....there are some kinda militia/ragga art and promo tings ive noticed,
also anime...

and recently ocotpus/squid/fish, undersea creatures....
and some kind of rough and rude beasts, (KOmodo Dragon)

haha. who knows.
but yeah for flyers i've been using black and white, with skulls or speakers, and rough looking fonts.
?????

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Post by dubzy » Tue May 15, 2007 6:21 pm

i would think dubstep is kinda warfare aswell

like SUB SOLDIERS.. maaaaaaad artwork on Caspas Ave It

ghettoboy w. gasmask throwin handgrandes with a speaker innit
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Post by luce » Tue May 15, 2007 6:26 pm

ahhah! hey!

i like the squids. seems very suitable. I was saying the other night...dubstep is as dark as DNB, but not nearly as mean. deep sea creatures and things living under the earth. scary but not evil by nature. hehe.

hey when i get back to MTL in august i want to put together a dubstep party with you guys cause i have ideas for dance/VJ collabs to do as visuals...you down?

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Post by djshiva » Tue May 15, 2007 6:31 pm

thus far i seem to care little about the silly macho militant imagery of any scene, but just keep tossing out cat memes and LOLruses whenever humanly possible...

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and so on and so forth...
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Post by ufo over easy » Tue May 15, 2007 6:35 pm

skinny nerds and speaker stacks
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Post by signus » Tue May 15, 2007 7:59 pm

UFO over easy wrote:skinny nerds and speaker stacks

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Post by showguns » Tue May 15, 2007 8:01 pm

Signus wrote:
UFO over easy wrote:skinny nerds and speaker stacks
"Sometimes I do see people saggin, with dirty underwear, and it is indeed a sad thing."

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Post by kit kat » Tue May 15, 2007 8:01 pm

I'm definately feeling the underwater creatures, as that's what it feels like when u step into the raves. Dunkin ur head into a damn basin, a deep dark bassy basin!

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Post by datura » Tue May 15, 2007 8:10 pm

dub zombies...

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Post by feasible_weasel » Tue May 15, 2007 8:21 pm

:D its all about pink rara skirts and ballerina outfits
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Post by glacial » Tue May 15, 2007 8:29 pm

it's all about speedos haha

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Post by feasible_weasel » Tue May 15, 2007 8:43 pm

sapphic_beats wrote:thus far i seem to care little about the silly macho militant imagery of any scene, but just keep tossing out cat memes and LOLruses whenever humanly possible...

Image

and so on and so forth...
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Post by theverdict » Tue May 15, 2007 8:44 pm

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Post by xi » Tue May 15, 2007 8:46 pm

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Post by south3rn » Tue May 15, 2007 8:48 pm

spurs and horses

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Post by d_three » Tue May 15, 2007 8:50 pm

does it really matter??? :roll:

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Post by feasible_weasel » Tue May 15, 2007 8:52 pm

d.three wrote:does it really matter??? :roll:
yes, labeling is good :wink:
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Post by showguns » Tue May 15, 2007 8:53 pm

glacial wrote:it's all about speedos haha

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Post by pangaea » Tue May 15, 2007 8:56 pm

feasible_weasel wrote:Image
Hahaha, that's brilliant.

Erm, marijuana and soundystems? Dunno really...

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