What is the dubstep "image"?

luce · 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?

jas nasty · 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.
?????

hahaha
you're awesome.

dubzy · 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

luce · 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?

djshiva · 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...

and so on and so forth...

ufo over easy · Post by **ufo over easy** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:35 pm

skinny nerds and speaker stacks

signus · Post by **signus** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:59 pm

UFO over easy wrote:skinny nerds and speaker stacks

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

Signus wrote:
UFO over easy wrote:skinny nerds and speaker stacks

kit kat · 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!

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

dub zombies...

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

its all about pink rara skirts and ballerina outfits

glacial · Post by **glacial** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:29 pm

it's all about speedos haha

feasible_weasel · 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...

and so on and so forth...

theverdict · Post by **theverdict** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:44 pm

olde english(40 0z) amd wacky tobacky.

xi · Post by xi » Tue May 15, 2007 8:46 pm

Moons, Hearts, Stars, Rainbows, and Four-Leaf Clovers.

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

spurs and horses

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

does it really matter???

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

d.three wrote:does it really matter???

yes, labeling is good

showguns · Post by **showguns** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:53 pm

glacial wrote:it's all about speedos haha

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

feasible_weasel wrote:

Hahaha, that's brilliant.

Erm, marijuana and soundystems? Dunno really...

What is the dubstep "image"?

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