Dubstep thread

i saw benga in feb it was AMAZING! cept i didn't really make the most of it, it was a "sitting in the corner trying to defrost" night because we'd trudged through snow to get there and had wet feet :(
would kill to see him again!
this thread is epic too, got so much new stuff to listen to now :D
 
Benga killed it when I caught him at warehouse last year. Apart from buzin i'm not really liking his fresh dubs though.

Edit: That Benga - I'll Kut Ya tune is actually a collaboration with Kutz. Banging tune, just gutted really that he only ever releases collabs with Skream, nobody else :\.
 
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Saw Caspa @ Melt! last year, no doubt one of the most epic moments ever;

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I'm sure you can imagine. :p
 
How do people feel about underground music becoming more popular? I'm not sure whether it is happening with dubstep or whether it will happen, but I'd prefer for it to stay underground. It's quite selfish of me I suppose, but music feels more valuable when you have to search for it and before everyone jumps onto it, there is a tendency for production to be watered down and lose sight of what the genre originally stood for.

I get a buzz from listening to artists that are unheard of by the populace at large, and that your admiration is shared only by a few equally dedicated followers. Maybe I'm just a snobby git.
 
Fusion said:
How do people feel about underground music becoming more popular? I'm not sure whether it is happening with dubstep or whether it will happen, but I'd prefer for it to stay underground. It's quite selfish of me I suppose, but music feels more valuable when you have to search for it and before everyone jumps onto it, there is a tendency for production to be watered down and lose sight of what the genre originally stood for.

I get a buzz from listening to artists that are unheard of by the populace at large, and that your admiration is shared only by a few equally dedicated followers. Maybe I'm just a snobby git.
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It could happen to dubstep, but most of it will primarily remain quite 'underground'. The main reason being that it is about the music and less about a figurehead like you get in other genres such as most DNB. The figurehead being an MC at the front who everyone focuses on.

And yes I do prefer it being less popular, mainly because I quite enjoy hearing about dubstep nights from friends and such, instead of just turning up to the same club every weekend for the same old generic tracks that always get a play on the radio.
 
I've heard some people say that "It's cool to like dubstep", but I guess this could be because it's underground.

I guess what happened to D&B a few fews ago is now happening to Dubstep, an I too hope it doesn't get watered down, but there are still great songs coming out right now (check out the Martyn album) and some great nights being put on so it's all good.

There is some bad stuff around also, but I think this can be said for any genre, I'm hoping to have a go at making my own Dubstep when I get the time, but right now I'm working 2 jobs so I'm too busy! :(
 
Last night i was out and two dubstep remixes of Calvis Harris's I'm not alone and Dizzee's Bonkers were dropped. omg they were ace. Just wondering if anyone got them ?
 
I think its more a case of artists doing it for the love of the music rather than the money side. Nobody is really concerned about being signed to major labels or whatever. It's all about beats, bass and energy!
 
Robi said:
I think its more a case of artists doing it for the love of the music rather than the money side. Nobody is really concerned about being signed to major labels or whatever. It's all about beats, bass and energy!
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Exactly, they are currently in it to make big tunes that tear up the dancefloor, not to get £££ ( well i'm sure a few are... but who goes for an underground music scene to make money? )
 
When Roni Size won the Mercury Music Award it pretty much destroyed the d&b scene. Dubstep is starting to become more and more known as it is, NME did an article on dubstep a while back - trying to get all the scene kids into it. Just hoping it doesn't turn into what became of d&b really :\.
 
Robi said:
When Roni Size won the Mercury Music Award it pretty much destroyed the d&b scene. Dubstep is starting to become more and more known as it is, NME did an article on dubstep a while back - trying to get all the scene kids into it. Just hoping it doesn't turn into what became of d&b really :\.
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I believe dubstep to be much more comparable to jungle and what has happened.

Drum and bass evolved from Jungle, lost the complicated drums and deep rythms. The same will probably happen to dubstep, everything will be 4bars, DROP, Madness, switchup, end tune.

And for anyone who hasn't, checkout fused forces. They have a real jungley sound :D


 
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