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dubstep virus affecting other genres?
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:06 am
by dubremix
hi,
just signed up here, but have been listening to dubstep for a few years now.
it is funny to hear dubstep production values making their way into other electronic music genres.
anyone got any examples? i can think of a few. it would be cool to build a list...
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:41 pm
by shards
Dubstep breakdowns in Nu-School Breaks tracks are the most I've heard. D&B had the whole half-step thing happening before Amit made the style his own, Future Prophecies did a few of them on Certificate 18 & early Subtitles releases in 2001.
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:40 pm
by juliun_c90
'freakshow' by britney spears
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:57 pm
by jonnyrebel
id say its more the otherway round, I like the term dubstep virus though. There is no cure

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:59 pm
by spencertron
Some MIA stuff
as far as i'm concerned she can do whatever she wants

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:01 pm
by spiderman
Jonnyrebel wrote:id say its more the otherway round, I like the term dubstep virus though. There is no cure

no there isnt, none at all.
and their never will be, muahahaha.
ok ill stop now lol.
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:15 pm
by longgone
juliun_c90 wrote:'freakshow' by britney spears
oh dear, the virus has clearly had a bad effect in this sorry instance
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:35 pm
by ufo over easy
juliun_c90 wrote:'freakshow' by britney spears
big tune
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:54 pm
by jonnyrebel
I like to think that some people were immunised at birth and thus, have never caught it while others are particularely seseptible to it.
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:13 pm
by dubremix
now all that needs to happen is Madonna to hire a dubstep producer for her next album

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:15 pm
by dubremix
would you call this track, dubstep or dark ambient with dubstep influences?
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 3&s=143441
"Dark Energy"
a few of the other tracks have obvious dubstep elements like the bass treatments, but the album isn't true dubstep.
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:23 am
by juliun_c90
longGone wrote:juliun_c90 wrote:'freakshow' by britney spears
oh dear, the virus has clearly had a bad effect in this sorry instance
no. no it hasn't. it's an awesome tune, as are
some of the others on the album.
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:27 am
by fused_forces
All good music influences music from other genres, its the best way to push fresh sounds forward.
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:07 pm
by optimum
UFO over easy wrote:juliun_c90 wrote:'freakshow' by britney spears
big tune
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:00 pm
by promo
spencerTron wrote:Some MIA stuff
as far as i'm concerned she can do whatever she wants

I think she produced most of her known tunes before the whole dubstep label thing even came about.
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:02 pm
by promo
dubremix wrote:would you call this track, dubstep or dark ambient with dubstep influences?
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 3&s=143441
"Dark Energy"
a few of the other tracks have obvious dubstep elements like the bass treatments, but the album isn't true dubstep.
People have been making tunes akin to this for years. Bill Laswell being a perfect example.
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:05 pm
by upreal
Last night I saw both Spor and High Contrast play some dubstep, was pretty nice.
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:27 pm
by dubremix
I've got a lot of the Laswell dub tracks, but they are more Reggae and traditional sounding dub. They always feature him playing a real electric bass. That sound is great, but electric bass doesn't make me think dubstep. Not that wobble bass is required, but dubstep basses in general are heavily designed and processed in the coolest ways... Bill Laswell is a bass player, so that always comes through.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:54 pm
by executive steve
well there's been a slew of minimal steppy dnb tunes with big deep subs over the last few years that perhaps show that some heads have being finding inspiration with teh space and the dynamic range of some of the best dubstep - although it's hardly a new sound for dnb; at best it's a bit of welcome return towards a healthy sonic template, but given that dnb was doing that a decade ago it would seem silly to say it's dubstep infecting dnb
techno people (where i'm from anyway) seeem to be turning to dubstep in droves though and getting quite excited about it - which is quite odd since garage never really got any sort of a foothold in ireland at all; i remember telling some dublin techno lads a few years ago about what i think i described as a fresh offshoot of uk garage that was getting really interesting and they laughed at me - now they're listening to appleblim on their car stereos and quizzing me about 2562 and headhunter (and given the fact that i'm prettty much a complete dubstep noob with a nice line in musical bluffery i'm pretty sure i'm hardly the right guy to ask lol)
on a completely unrelated note, and i'm sure it was reported here already, but i was recently doing a video interview with marky and he said he was on brazilian mtv being interviewed with pete tong at some festival in sao paolo and they were asked what the future of dance music was - pete tong apparently just said "dubstep".

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:55 pm
by executive steve
upreal wrote:Last night I saw both Spor and High Contrast play some dubstep, was pretty nice.
you're damn lucky you didn't hear them play dnb to be fair...
