If there is no subbass then it is not dubstep?
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:53 pm
Man i have just returned here after a long time away from the whole dubstep scene, i got dissillusioned with it before but now...jesus christ...
To lay it all out there, There are good producers, the likes of dmz hyperdub etc who make really good music that is more original than alot of songs in all genres out there. However dubstep has become dominated by songs that feature a bass done at a higher frequency so there is not much sub bass, for me that is what the genre and the whole scene is based on. Its what made going to Exodus/DMZ when i was 15 so special.
It seems that this is becoming less frequent and i suppose what has happened is that people have dismissed the power of the sub. which, for me at least is what dubstep and bass culture is all about. I have decided to just let it go really I mean there are no nights in leeds now for good dubstep...literally none.... and after london and bristol Id say leeds is the next home of dubstep so i dont quite understand why theres such a dearth.
But i suppose that is just the way these things go. Hopefully as the scene expands, be it through the over commercialisation or whatever it increases the chance that people will be turned onto the brilliant music by the likes of mala, loefah, burial, quest , silkie etccc. Because if it wasnt popular the chance that people would be turned onto those artists would be alot smaller. The biggest beef alot of people have I think is that on one hand although the growth and mainstream success of a genre is pretty much inevitable with anything that gets abit of populairty, my problem and alot of other peoples is that the type of sound that has got popular is actually quite hurtful to your eardrums. It has a harsh, whining shrill quality that lacks depth and subtlety. This combined with a what is now overused drum pattern(you know which one I mean) results in bad music that has a substance to it one would equate with pop. Only at least most pop tracks feature differnt types of bass, whereas with dubstep you just have an lfo'd wobble. If there was more variety to the wobble side of things id probably feel it more, the problem is many tracks sound very similiar. With the deeper sound though you have a lot more variety from artist to artist and i feel this creates a more interesting and overall listenable genre.
Brostep just hurts my ears. Like literally, its painful to listen to, im trying to be honest and not ott here but its rather ridiculous isnt it? That side of dubstep is just a one trick pony and is as sonically pleasing as an out of time gabba set.... Nuff Said
To lay it all out there, There are good producers, the likes of dmz hyperdub etc who make really good music that is more original than alot of songs in all genres out there. However dubstep has become dominated by songs that feature a bass done at a higher frequency so there is not much sub bass, for me that is what the genre and the whole scene is based on. Its what made going to Exodus/DMZ when i was 15 so special.
It seems that this is becoming less frequent and i suppose what has happened is that people have dismissed the power of the sub. which, for me at least is what dubstep and bass culture is all about. I have decided to just let it go really I mean there are no nights in leeds now for good dubstep...literally none.... and after london and bristol Id say leeds is the next home of dubstep so i dont quite understand why theres such a dearth.
But i suppose that is just the way these things go. Hopefully as the scene expands, be it through the over commercialisation or whatever it increases the chance that people will be turned onto the brilliant music by the likes of mala, loefah, burial, quest , silkie etccc. Because if it wasnt popular the chance that people would be turned onto those artists would be alot smaller. The biggest beef alot of people have I think is that on one hand although the growth and mainstream success of a genre is pretty much inevitable with anything that gets abit of populairty, my problem and alot of other peoples is that the type of sound that has got popular is actually quite hurtful to your eardrums. It has a harsh, whining shrill quality that lacks depth and subtlety. This combined with a what is now overused drum pattern(you know which one I mean) results in bad music that has a substance to it one would equate with pop. Only at least most pop tracks feature differnt types of bass, whereas with dubstep you just have an lfo'd wobble. If there was more variety to the wobble side of things id probably feel it more, the problem is many tracks sound very similiar. With the deeper sound though you have a lot more variety from artist to artist and i feel this creates a more interesting and overall listenable genre.
Brostep just hurts my ears. Like literally, its painful to listen to, im trying to be honest and not ott here but its rather ridiculous isnt it? That side of dubstep is just a one trick pony and is as sonically pleasing as an out of time gabba set.... Nuff Said
Why even bother to comment on it if you supposedly didn't read it.
Dont you go trollin on my posts!