WHAT IS DUBSTEP?

kytila · Post by **kytila** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:56 am

This is a random questiona and u are probably wandering what I am on about...

Well I am doing a project for a magazine about dubstep, and i need a definition really...
What is it? Where did it start? What is it about? What is the culture of the dubstep (followers?), fashion, media...
International dubstep scene?

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Post by **dubway** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:42 am

kytila wrote:What is the culture of the dubstep (followers?), fashion, media...

dubstep fashion?

this will be interesting..
maybe infinite's pics can help you?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drumzofthesouth/sets/

dq · Post by dq » Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:33 am

Dread bass. Twisted dancehall beats faster than garage but slower than dnb. Futuristic dub music for the ganja minded, made with machines but still pretty organic sounding - sampling hand percussion, ethnic instrumentation, rudeboy vocal samples - alongside dark futuristic synths and basses. Made for the dancefloor but supremely head nodding skunked out vibes.

Read through the archives at hyperdub.com for a little history.

blackdown · Post by **blackdown** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:21 am

kytila wrote:This is a random questiona and u are probably wandering what I am on about...

Well I am doing a project for a magazine about dubstep, and i need a definition really...
What is it? Where did it start? What is it about? What is the culture of the dubstep (followers?), fashion, media...
International dubstep scene?

ANYONE WHO CAN HELP PLEASE EMAIL ME ON
KYTILA01@HOTMAIL.COM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubstep

n-type · Post by **n-type** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:34 pm

its fucking wicked mate

jera · Post by **jera** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:38 pm

N-TYPE wrote:its fucking wicked mate

indeed

random trio · Post by **random trio** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:39 pm

N-TYPE wrote:its fucking wicked mate

lol

there...

gravious · Post by **gravious** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:28 pm

kytila wrote:Well I am doing a project for a magazine about dubstep, and i need a definition really...

You may be opening a can of worms asking for a definition!(See elsewhere on this forum).

Think ntype got it bang on!

stone · Post by **stone** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:24 pm

Wot Do U Call It?

sheriff · Post by **sheriff** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:48 pm

in my opinion hatcha pioneered this dub in the step Early benga and Skream tunes were minimal and dubby. most other producers had a more 2 step feel to it. listening back to old tempa, ghost, texture records.

dubmugga · Post by **dubmugga** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:52 pm

kytila wrote: What is it? Where did it start? What is it about? What is the culture of the dubstep (followers?), fashion, media...
International dubstep scene?

heres 2cents worth...

It's the latest incarnation and fusion of dub reggae and underground electronica...mostly instrumental

It started when strains of what was known as garage went underground, mutated and emerged as grime, the UK MC based genre and what has now become known as dubstep, the mostly instrumental version

It's about big phat broken, staggered beats and more bass than you can shake a stick at...

...my culture is polynesian in values and traditions it'd be different for somone making beats from someplace else. If we have anything in common it's probably an affinity towards minimal, underground, experimental, electronic of the instrumental variety that you can smoke weed to and that the weed heightens the pleasure of listening to the music

Fashion is subjective and media is just hype...

...international dubstep scene ??? yup...do a rollcall on the nationalities up in this joint...

bze · Post by **bze** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 2:11 pm

dubmugga wrote: ...international dubstep scene ??? yup...do a rollcall on the nationalities up in this joint...

Just about any country which has an active breakbeat or drum'n'bass -scene, I think dubstep can be seen as a logical developement to these.

Don't know about the most active, UK (duh), The States, Belgium?

nirz · Post by **nirz** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 2:56 pm

I've only been into dubstep/grime for a bout a year and half or so ... I got introduced to it by a mate of mine ... It was difficult to get a hold of records for a while in Newcastle but the shops have got their shit together steel wheels and RPM both now carry alot of stuff now.I would definatley go along with the line that it is a progression of garage/instrumental electronica and drum and bass ... I used to produce D+B took a couple of years out to do a degree and while I still love drum and bass its dubstep that has taken up the mantle of progressing heavy beats and bass........ thinking back to mid nineties the air liquide and caspar pound album electronic dub was way way ahead of its time !!

blackdown · Post by **blackdown** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:19 pm

please people let's recognise the real: dubstep did not evolve out of grime, it predated it - they evolved in parallel.

random trio · Post by **random trio** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:43 pm

sherrif got it spot on there. from where it came. .
blackdown also spot on.
it amazes me what people actually think dub step is.

nirz · Post by **nirz** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:42 pm

I actually meant i got into dubstep and grime at the same time ... I prefer dubstep ... not mad keen on vocals so it was a no brainer ... it is strange what gets labelled as dubstep in record shops though... some of is definatley not dubstep...

r33lc4sh · Post by **r33lc4sh** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:44 pm

dubstep = suicidal 2step

Citrus Boy · Post by **Citrus Boy** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:48 pm

aint it another name for a set of stairs made from acetate??

dub-steps??

I'll get my coat.......

unlikely · Post by **unlikely** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:53 am

j_j · Post by **j_j** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:29 pm

what a lame bunch of stoned analysations ,n-type was bang on!

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