Playing Dubstep for virgin ears.

jubei · Post by **jubei** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:43 pm

This past weekend I got to play a set at a party for a bunch of people who hadn't been exposed to dubstep - in a club at least. The reaction was amazing. I had breaks heads, DnB heads, hard house people, even a gay house fan, come up and tell me how amazing this music is. Some of the comments were that "it's slow, but man does it hit hard", and "wow, I had no idea dubstep could be brought that hard - it sounded like nothing I've ever heard." A lot of people who had only heard sets through their computer speakers were completely blown away, saying they were going to take serious second looks into the genre. Also, this is the first chance I had to play it out, and personally, I had a fucking blast.

djgyn · Post by **djgyn** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:51 pm

Good to hear. I'm secretly plotting to do something similar in the future.

OK, not so secretly.

markle · Post by **markle** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:49 pm

Jubei wrote:A lot of people who had only heard sets through their computer speakers were completely blown away, saying they were going to take serious second looks into the genre.

Everytime i speak to people about dubstep i say you've got to hear it in at either FWD>> or DMZ. Standard (sorry haven't been to Skull's Disco etc). People who write it off after listening to it thru their computers or fisher price stereo's need to fix up. Once you've heard it loud then you can listen to it thru radio etc coz you know the score.

Breakin virgin ears with Dubstep is magic

r33lc4sh · Post by **r33lc4sh** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:55 pm

last week i've played in city of Wroclaw - it was first dubstep night in this city - people were rather new to the sound
i noticed that people were entering the dancefloor when i've dropped tunes with reggae chaka chaka - i think they just had sth familiar and that's what made them move

emcee child · Post by **emcee child** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:02 pm

I love the excited look on peoples faces when they hear it for the first time big.

look like kids hopped up on lemonade and sherbert fountains.

sek [espionage] · Post by **sek [espionage]** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:47 pm

lube + gin + towel + a lot of compliments..

wait.. oooh virgin ears.

boy is my face red

we eat our young · Post by **we eat our young** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:41 am

Hey r33lc4sh

I'm going to be in Wroclaw over Christmas. Any good nights going on round then?

r33lc4sh · Post by **r33lc4sh** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:46 am

we eat our young wrote:Hey r33lc4sh

I'm going to be in Wroclaw over Christmas. Any good nights going on round then?

really don't know - i live on the oposite side of the country - was just playing there
if i know about anything interesting concerning dubstep in wroclaw i post it in the events section

we eat our young · Post by **we eat our young** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:59 am

Thanks for letting me know so quickly. Being a new dad i don't get to go out so much nowadays but i'm in Poland quite a lot.

If you need me to bring any records over do let me know

superisk · Post by **superisk** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:15 am

sek [espionage] wrote:lube + gin + towel + a lot of compliments..

wait.. oooh virgin ears.

boy is my face red

hahahaha!

the947sw11 · Post by **the947sw11** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:53 am

I'm doing the same this Saturday - taking grime and dubstep to a crowd which prefers d'n'b and techno squat parties.

I'm not sure how it's going to go down, because I think they are expecting me to do old skool jungle and UKG again, but I haven't told them my plans yet, lol.

Though saying that, I once got a room of mostly techno/trance/hard house ravers dancing to UK Garage, and I doubt that Spoony or EZ have ever done that. I'm versatile, me. lol

n-type · Post by **n-type** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:57 am

Jubei wrote:This past weekend I got to play a set at a party for a bunch of people who hadn't been exposed to dubstep - in a club at least. The reaction was amazing. I had breaks heads, DnB heads, hard house people, even a gay house fan, come up and tell me how amazing this music is. Some of the comments were that "it's slow, but man does it hit hard", and "wow, I had no idea dubstep could be brought that hard - it sounded like nothing I've ever heard." A lot of people who had only heard sets through their computer speakers were completely blown away, saying they were going to take serious second looks into the genre. Also, this is the first chance I had to play it out, and personally, I had a fucking blast.

Yer man this happens alot wen i play at places that havent heard dubstep before!

People are loving it!

jfortune · Post by **jfortune** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:32 pm

That's dope, man, seriously...the reaction around here, at least so far is "wtf?!" ...then they get scarred and runaway, but then again, if you're not a dnb head, any thing besides house, country, rock and hiphop will scare ya off -lol....(time for ninja tactics)

*biig up tho, glad your exprience was so hype!

plume · Post by **plume** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:41 pm

hm, yes while I would agree that dubstep is best left for a large sub isn't it a little sad to think the music can only be enjoyed at a club?

I've never been to a dubstep show (there's none around really) but I'm hooked on the music and it's been mainly through the inet and a set of cheeky book shelf speakers.

innit to winnit.

superisk · Post by **superisk** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:01 pm

plume wrote:hm, yes while I would agree that dubstep is best left for a large sub isn't it a little sad to think the music can only be enjoyed at a club?

Thats not what he was getting at, for some people, they need to hear it on a massive system to fully 'get' it. It can still be enjoyed at any volume.

phurious · Post by **phurious** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:10 pm

Ditto many of the above comments.

I haven't been able to get dubstep off my platters since I got Distance's 'Nomad' a few/couple years ago. Any time someone comes to my house it's a case of whack the sub up and let the good times roll.

S'funny though as it was only last year that it was a case of twiddling your thumbs waiting for new releases, and now I can't keep up with all the new stuff. Not a complaint though.

Advocate bass weight!

skunk · Post by **skunk** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:05 pm

when playing to ravers, play tracks that arent halfstep to get em warmed up, then beat their skulls in with crushing halfstep bass.

oh, listening to dubstep on laptop speakers sucks balls.i do not enjoy it at all(well maybe a little)

joep · Post by **joep** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:12 am

being in atlanta, lets just say theres not much dubstep. i missed joe nice in march, and this was my first time outside of my sub @ home/car. i went solely for this set, as i'm not big on breaks etc... it was great to say the least, i even heard something i wanted too,frequency. LARGE. However i was a little too irie by the end of the set, and dipped to quick to give jubei props. RESPECT DUE! BIG UP!

staypuft · Post by **staypuft** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:45 am

I'm privilaged to to do this nearly every week. for whatever reason The Knowledge reels 'em in every time (clubbers mind you- not even techno heads!).
pretty soon they're up for a bit of dirty halfstep skankin'.

funny tho, the owner of the bar described the sound as 'ambient'. wot?

little boh peep · Post by **little boh peep** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:41 am

Keeping it varied is my strategy for new ears. I'm even a little loath to call it "dubstep", since the word means different things to different people. There's enough different styles of dubstep as well that you may as well just classify it by BPM, snare weight, and bass groove; producers like Vex'd for example have a different sound to Loefah, or Distance, or Burial, yet they're all good in their own right, and are all discussed here.

I got an email recently from an old friend from my days in the d&b scene, who was wholly anti-dubstep until he heard some he liked (albeit similar to his tastes in d&b, just 30 bpm slower) and asked me for more information. He's merrily downloading sets from barefiles now and buying dubstep records to play. And I've had countless people from outside the scene hit me up about my last mix, saying they didn't know this kind of music existed, and were interested in hearing more.

Bottom line, you have to make it palatable, otherwise you've lost your audience from the word go. Plant the seed of interest and let people investigate on their own.

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