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Future sound of london's lost dubstep

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 11:38 pm
by alic
Has anyone else noticed that Antique Toy by Future Sound of London (released in '96 on Dead Cities) is basically a dubstep tune?! Sounds like dubstep mixed with early rave music. And considering their name - the future sound of london - did they know dubstep would come around nearly a decade later? Diviners man.

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 10:24 pm
by ginsu
dubstep isnt that original a style. its derrivitive of many other overlapping styles. its relatively easy to find early prototypes of any genre. its the popularity/density/escape velocity of any genre/scene/sound thats significant.

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 12:26 am
by alic
yeah, true enough - just thought this was a particularly good example, and also unexpected given that FSOL had little to do with drum n bass, the genre id regard dubstep as most derivative of.

Might be interesting to mix this into a dubstep set some time...

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 9:52 pm
by ginsu
reggae ad techno are main feeders into both DnB and Dubstep. FSOL are influenced by both. & theyre from the wave right before DnB and had an influence on that style.

Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 12:14 am
by skywave
a couple more electronica tracks with hints of what became dubstep-


Aphex as Polygon Window from the Surfing On Sine Waves album (1993)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMD7wkANKlY

LFO - Nurture (Surgeon remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrofdChppsc

Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 3:59 pm
by alic
is it just me or have some posts in this thread disappeared?!

Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 8:11 pm
by skywave
yep, the two before your post

odd

Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 9:54 pm
by cosmic_surgeon
skywave wrote:LFO - Nurture (Surgeon remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrofdChppsc
That is absolutely incredible.