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FAQ: what is dubstep?
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:42 pm
by newcomer
hi
first time on this site. never heard dubstep before.
introduce me to dubstep please (links to audio, text etc.)
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:48 pm
by daf
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:06 pm
by seckle
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 12:57 am
by kozee
that's good and all but how do u explain it to your mom or someone totally not knowing of any eletronic music...????
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 6:03 am
by thejudge
Imho.. Dubstep is a genre of music heavily characterised by dominant low frequency sub-bass. This sub-bass sound is not static, the frequency changes consistently just like any normal melody. The music as a whole almost always sounds minimal and uncluttered i.e. there is rarely any excessive noise thrown in just to fill spaces. The beat pattern appears to differ from track to track and not necessarily follow any pre-defined rule, however, it may generally be described as a breakbeat-like pattern. The beat tempo is always in the 136 - 140 bpm range.
My 2-pence worth,
Peace
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 10:01 am
by joenicedj
Dubstep is the future....right now.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 10:19 am
by logos
kozee wrote:that's good and all but how do u explain it to your mom or someone totally not knowing of any eletronic music...????
Why would you want to?
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 12:46 pm
by alan
like wham covering it started with a kiss (never thourgth it would come to this) while wearing alan partrdige masks, but camper and less low frequency content.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 1:06 pm
by alex bk-bk
your dad is at a breakbeat pattern !!!! ABOWT breakbeat.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 1:15 pm
by alan
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 8:24 pm
by boa
this is sticky because...?
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 11:48 am
by rich_c90
bOa wrote:this is sticky because...?
lol.
Joenice hit the nail on the head... it's physical music...
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 7:49 pm
by crazydave
Logos wrote:kozee wrote:that's good and all but how do u explain it to your mom or someone totally not knowing of any eletronic music...????
Why would you want to?
I mentioned it to a vaguely camp guy at breakdancing last week
(he was new, and had 2 years experience of doing the SAMBA),
only to get the reply "that sounds really old fashioned. is it like the foxtrot?"
i normally try to relate it to other music, to help them out...
but if they're living under a rock and don't know what dub,
2-step or grime is, i start talking to them like they're 95 years old.
YES, grandma.... it's SLOW and BASSY.
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 8:02 pm
by auralassassin
If you take the funky drummer, or any old funk break, and substitute drum hits for bassline, and substitute the old bassline for drum hits... that is dubstep.
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 8:09 pm
by alex bk-bk
auralassassin wrote:If you take the funky drummer, or any old funk break, and substitute drum hits for bassline, and substitute the old bassline for drum hits... that is dubstep.
if you said this to me in a club i'd punch you
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 8:52 pm
by ramadanman
haha
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:10 pm
by auralassassin
Alex bk-bk wrote:auralassassin wrote:If you take the funky drummer, or any old funk break, and substitute drum hits for bassline, and substitute the old bassline for drum hits... that is dubstep.
if you said this to me in a club i'd punch you
why wait for the club, man?
