hello all -
can anyone point me in the right direction to understand what IS dubstep exactly?
detailed descriptions or links would be so much appreciated!
THANKS!
JUNEBUG
i'm trying to understand what DUBSTEP is - good examples?
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- KVRist
- 329 posts since 8 May, 2002 from Sun Valley. California
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- KVRAF
- 1942 posts since 29 Aug, 2003 from Austin, TX
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- Pick Me Pick me!
- 10263 posts since 12 Mar, 2002 from a state of confusion
It is simple!junebug wrote:hello all -
can anyone point me in the right direction to understand what IS dubstep exactly?
detailed descriptions or links would be so much appreciated!
THANKS!
JUNEBUG
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- Pick Me Pick me!
- 10263 posts since 12 Mar, 2002 from a state of confusion
Btw they called it 'dub step' because 'bee shoo' or 'bee step' wasn't nearly as cool.. but it might have started with some turntables and a pesky bee.
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- KVRAF
- 5948 posts since 19 Jun, 2008 from Melbourne, Australia
Dancing to dubstep ....
... space is the place ...
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- KVRist
- 135 posts since 2 Apr, 2011
For better or worse, most people's conception of the genre is based on skrillex's style, which is probably better described as complextro... but then if everyone believes in the wrong definition of a name, maybe the definition isn't wrong anymore.
Dubstep purists hate this stuff, but the starting point for "popular" dubstep is skrillex's scary monsters and nice sprites album.
I think there are a few main elements to the style- there's the use of half-time beats with accented upbeats that are borrowed from reggae/dub (intro section to first of the year), there's the buffer-repeat-glitch elements that are borrowed from idm (minus the polyrhythms), there's the sidechained 4-on-the-floor stuff that's borrowed from daft punk and justice, then there's the noisy choruses which are probably influenced by various strains of gabba/industrial/idm. Finally (maybe most importantly for skrillex's popularity), there's the element of pop song melodicism, hooks, and song structure.
Dubstep purists hate this stuff, but the starting point for "popular" dubstep is skrillex's scary monsters and nice sprites album.
I think there are a few main elements to the style- there's the use of half-time beats with accented upbeats that are borrowed from reggae/dub (intro section to first of the year), there's the buffer-repeat-glitch elements that are borrowed from idm (minus the polyrhythms), there's the sidechained 4-on-the-floor stuff that's borrowed from daft punk and justice, then there's the noisy choruses which are probably influenced by various strains of gabba/industrial/idm. Finally (maybe most importantly for skrillex's popularity), there's the element of pop song melodicism, hooks, and song structure.
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Muzik 4 Machines Muzik 4 Machines https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=9550 - KVRAF
- 7829 posts since 6 Oct, 2003 from Quebec
shameless plug:
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- KVRAF
- 4329 posts since 26 Jun, 2004
Of fukking course, Skrillz is mentioned before Loefah. 
LOEFAH
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Loefah
Inspired half the dub producers out there, including the brostep kids.
Start there...
LOEFAH
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Loefah
Inspired half the dub producers out there, including the brostep kids.
Start there...
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- KVRist
- 66 posts since 28 Apr, 2012
Listen to Dubstep allstars compillations, they give good picture of different aspects of gender and how it evolved over time.
Vol.08 by Distance is actually one of my all time favourite records, definitely worth checking out.
Quite different then Skrillex stuff. <- real dubstep.
Vol.08 by Distance is actually one of my all time favourite records, definitely worth checking out.
Quite different then Skrillex stuff. <- real dubstep.
