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I have to write a paper for my ethnomusicology class about a certain style of music from anywhere in the world. I feel like I could ramble on for ages about dubstep on a paper, but I need scholarly sources, Wikipedia won't do unfortunately.

Anybody know if any "scholarly" sources exist on the topic of my favorite style of music?

something by simon reynolds, perhaps. don't know if that's scholarly, strictly speaking

Kode9 has written quite a bit about music, underground culture in particular. Quite academic and VERY interesting. Most of the writing will be found under his real name, Steve Goodman.

His writing might also provide you with a good list of academic litterature, for further reading.

Good luck.

http://www.uel.ac.uk/ssmcs/staff/steve-goodman/

All publications post 2001:
Monographs

[forthcoming] Sonic Warfare: sound, affect and the ecology of fear, MIT Press 2009.
Book chapters

[forthcoming] 'Machines of Memory' with L. Parisi in S. Radstone (ed.) Mapping Memory, Fordham University Press, 2008.
[forthcoming] 'Audio Virology: on the sonic mnemonics of pre-emptive power' in C.Birdsall (ed.) Sonic Mediations: Body, Sound, Technology, Cambridge Scholars, 2009.
[forthcoming] 'Contagious Noise: from digital glitches to audio viruses' in T. Sampson & Jussi Parikka (eds.) Spam Book: On Viruses, Spam and Other Anomalous Objects of Digital Culture, Hampton Press, 2008.
'Sonic Algorithms' and 'Timelines' in M.Fuller (ed.) Software Studies, MIT Press. 2008.
'Contagious Transmission: on the virology of pirate radio' in B. Labelle (ed.) Radio Territories, Errant Bodies, 2007.
'Sonic Anarchitecture', pp63-65 in A. Carlyle (ed.) Autumn Leaves: Sound and the Environment in Artistic Practice, Double Entrendre Publications, Paris, 2007.
'The Affect of Nanoterror' with L. Parisi in Culture Machine Journal, Issue 7, http://culturemachine.tees.ac.uk/fr_f1.htm, 2006.
'Speed Tribes: netwar, affective hacking and the audio-social' in F. Leibl (ed.) Cultural Hacking, Springern, 2005.
Periodical and newspaper articles

2002, 'The Age of Asymmetry' in Cyberhype, the Ccru column Mute magazine. Numerous features/reviews in FACT(uk) and xlr8r(us) electronic music magazines.
Conference papers

2007, July, 'Vibrational Anarchitecture' at Ubiquitous Media Conference, Theory Culture and Society, University of Tokyo, Japan.
2007, June, 'Rhythmic Anarchitecture' with Luciana Parisi at The Space of Flows Conference, University of Newcastle.
2007, June, 'Sonic Warfare' at Urban Audiologies, Goldsmiths College, London.
2006, June, 'Mnemonic Control' at Futura Naturale, University of Naples.
2004, March, 'Rhythm out of Noise' at Noise/Theory/Noise Symposium University of Middlesex
2003, July, 'Audio Virology: the epidemiology of sound', Sonic Synergies Conference, University of South Australia
2002, January, 'Sonic Warfare', Oslo centre for Architecture and Design
2001, 'Hyperdub Cartography' @ Speed Tribe v.1, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Media/art outputs

'Last 3 Digits' Sound workincluded with B. Labelle (ed.) Radio Territories, Errant Bodies 2007.
'Sonic Warfare: the logistics of affection', catalogue text for Arsenal:artists explorations of sound as a weapon, Alma Enterprises, Hackney, 2006

http://scholar.google.se/scholar?q=dubs ... tnG=Search

shows at least 2 that could be something.

Got this in other databases:

HOW LOW CAN IT GO? THE EVOLUTION OF DUBSTEP.Preview By: Hammond, Bob. New York, 7/28/2008, p76-77, 2p, 8 color; (AN 34295421)

Evolving and Mutating, Dubstep Splits Cells and Gives Life to Dance Floors.Preview By: Sanneh, Kelefa. New York Times, 01/21/2008, p5, 1p; (AN 28527584)

Title: Bubble and squeak ('Dubstep')
Author(s): Wilson, M
Source: ARTFORUM INTERNATIONAL Volume: 45 Issue: 3 Pages: 133-+ Published: NOV 2006

blackdown and kpunk are worth checking out too

hubsmoke wrote:I have to write a paper for my ethnomusicology class about a certain style of music from anywhere in the world. I feel like I could ramble on for ages about dubstep on a paper, but I need scholarly sources, Wikipedia won't do unfortunately.

Anybody know if any "scholarly" sources exist on the topic of my favorite style of music?

do you need the articles so that you can fulfil reference requirements your class has imposed, or for content? is it historical kind of stuff you're after or theory / analysis?

DJ Rupture and kid Kameleon have also written some interesting musings on Dubstep.

If you were to view Dubstep as a mutuation or continuation of electronic/bass music as a whole then there's quite a long list books on the subject. Obv though if you have to focus on 2003>2008 then printed material is a bit more limited.

edit: might be something useful in this list:
http://www.dancecult.net/people.php

gonna read all of the above, looks v. interesting

there's loads of fairly scholarly stuff from the hypderdub archive, including stuff by Kodwo Eshun, Steve Goodman and Martin Clark. it's more surrounding dubstep's roots and early days than where it stands today but should be useful

http://www.riddim.ca/index.php?option=c ... &Itemid=37

rrob wrote:something by simon reynolds, perhaps. don't know if that's scholarly, strictly speaking

yh i think energy flash does towards the end, but i wouldn't know. mine got stolen by a bulgarian

dandy wrote:

rrob wrote:something by simon reynolds, perhaps. don't know if that's scholarly, strictly speaking

yh i think energy flash does towards the end, but i wouldn't know. mine got stolen by a bulgarian

energy flash predated "Dubstep" by a long way.

New edition of Energy Flash came out earlier this year.

if it's refereed academic work specifically on dubstep that you're after then there isn't anything out yet that i know of. there are passing mentions in michael veal's book on dub and a nabeel zuberi article in science fiction studies, both 2007. reynolds never liked dubstep so you won't find much from him.

but if you just need non-wiki sources, then between blackdown blog, gutterbreakz blog, riddim.ca, fact magazine, my blog, lower end spasm, and a few others you'll find a lot of primary source material (i.e. interviews) and analysis.

Thank you all very much for your very helpful replies. The paper is due Friday so I've got to get started, this is gonna help me out so much, I really appreciate the help!

Lots of great info in here! Thank you!

I'm excited to go through all the readings.

Please post more if you got any.

And hubsmoke, please send along your paper if you can. I'd love to read it when you're done.

Signal to Noise Magazine article scanned
http://www.dqxt.org/dubwar/signal-to-noise/

Loads of links:
http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=28308

Melissa Bradshaw:
http://www.melissabradshaw.net/

nothing is better for sources than interviews you've conducted yourself with people within the scene, it will give you a real edge over the library crew. Send off some PMs on here with a question sheet to producers/label owners/promoters etc.