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OK, so dubstep seems to on the rise these days. I'm in Toronto and am seeing more and more dubstep nights, flyers etc..., and there seems to a thriving online community for this interesting genre.

Just wondering what people on here think about Dubstep. I quite like, though I haven't really listened to that much thus far. It seems to be less formulaic then many other electronic genres, and is maybe picking up the ball where the increasingly generic Drum and bass scene dropped it.

Also, relevant links or artist info would be appreciated.
 
Our crew, Subscience, in SF were on the forefront of the dubstep movement here in the bay. In Oct. of '05 we did the first decent sized (300 people) dubstep underground bringing Vex'd & Plasticman here, we've also had Distance and Pinch play for us. Here's the Bay Area Guardian article about the Vex'd show http://www.sfbg.com/40/02/art_music_grime.html I love the dubstep sound and it's been blowing up in the Bay lately, lots of producers here are getting a lot of play. We got Juju, Djunya, Matty G to name a few. A great site to find out just about anything you need is www.dubstepforum.com I'll post up some mixes tomorrow when I get to my work cpu.
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Here's Vex'd most recent one. This is the darky weird kinda stuff, there's a tune at around the 35 min mark that reminds me of some Skinny Puppy type shit.

VEX'D 12/18/06 MIX

Vex'd - Jerusalem
Ironsoul - ?
Distance - Fallen (Vex'd remix)
Tes La Rock - Cold Blooded
Bug ft Flowdan - Jah War
Hijack - Nightmarez
Distance - Ska
Vex'd - Venus
Distance - ?
Kode9 + Spaceape - Bodies
Vex'd - Fire (Dj Blood1 remix)
Matty G - 50 000 watts <<<<This dude is my homey from Santa Cruz
Untitled 1
Untitled 2
Untitled 3
Vex'd - 3rd Choice
Vex'd - Seven Scars
Vex'd - Killing Floor
Vex'd - Nails
Vex'd - Out of the Hills
Kode9 + Spaceape - Quantum
Untitled 4
John Richards ft Genia - Suite for Piano + Electronics, no2 (Vex'd remix)
 
I love dubstep, its such a deep liquidy bass sound. And it works so well with dnb

I love dancing to it too. It's made for drunkards
 
I think whats great about dubstep at the moment is the amount of different angles and styles producers and labels have come from to reach their 'dubstep' sound, it makes it a very diverse genre in that sense, long may that continue.

All though, as a producer, I have been trying to sanction my listening of dubstep recently (allthough still buying vinyl) because there is a lot of samey 320's being thrown about in large amounts on places like dubstepforum. Which allthough probably exciting for a new listener pretty tedious for someone whose heard it all before. And I really DONT want to get jaded about this genre because there are so many wicked artists/lables and tunes coming out at the moment and been released in the past.
 
Good to here that Dubstep is on the rise in SF. I've listened to a fair bit more and I am generally quite impressed, though there does seem to be a bit of a template developing, which is probably bad news.

That VEX'D set is great, btw.
 
I find myself really enjoying what Vex'd does, but he's really the only one doing the really heavy tweaky side of dubstep that I like. I generally like the more irie "dubby" dubstep. Kinda like what's on this mix here Jus Wan is an SF dj...
http://www.justjuan.com/Jus_Wan-Dubstep-11_06.mp3
1 Matty G - Roots Steppa - CDR
2 Hijak – Babylon Timewarp - Deep Medi
3 Djunya – Coagulated Dub – CDR
4 Dashe – Tiger Bomb - CDR
5 Rusko – Hornz Cru - Dub Police
6 Mala - Left Leg Out - DMZ
7 Kode 9 & Spaceape - Curious - Hyperdub
8 Benga - Flame - Big Apple
9 Loefah – Twisup VIP - DMZ003
10 Shackleton - Massacre - Scuba
11 Benny Ill, Kode9 & The Culprit- Fat Larry's Skank - Tempa
12 Loefah - Indian Dub - Big Apple
13 High Plains Drifter- Sholay (Epic Mix) - Tempa
14 Shackleton - I Want To Eat You - Mordant Music
15 Digital Mystikz - Neverland - DMZ
16 Gravious - Wormsign – Scuba
17 Geiom - De Nim É Le Fant - Berkane Sol

Here's another one that should make you all happy. Infiltrata aka Jon Dada is a somewhat big name dnb dj/producer from LA, and Nick Argon and Matty G are my homeboys from Santa Cruz. ENJOY! =D
www.argonrecords.com/Argon_Radio_10_December_2006.mp3

infiltrata:
1. caspa - 4 the kids
2. pinch - punisher vip
3. wiley - ?
4. infiltrata - untitled 3
5. benga - future
6. coki - ?
7. skream - rutten
8. infiltrata - untitled 1
9. skream & jme - trapped
10. caspa - rubber chicken
11. noah d - untitled
12. skream - can i hear some noise?
13. infiltrata - untitled 4
14. vexd - pop pop vip
15. ?
16. ?
17. luke envoy - honour kill - hotflush
18. benga - ?
19. vex'd - crusher dub - planet mu

nick argon:
20. the others - listen
21. southern - gatz
22. parson - empty houses
23. the others - bushido
24. moldy - from the ashes
25. dlx - substandard
26. tes la rok - broken reality
27. the others - flapjack dub
28. infiltrata featuring dre - paranoia
29. loefah - s u k k a h
30. ? - cloaking device rmx
31. infiltrata - showstopper
32. roommate - ganja
33. skynet - swamp (pinch remix) - argon

matty g:
34. gwen stefani - luxurious instrumental
35. matty g - mafia business
36. matty g - boo boo beats
37. matty g & u-gene - moments in dub rmx
38. matty g - broken breaks
39. matty g - broken speaker
40. matty g - 50,000 watts - argon
41. matty g - bitter love - argon
42. matty g - southern symphony
43. matty g - frazier dub (vocal mix)
44. matty g - 1980
45. matty g - sensi
46. matty g - gangsta
47. matty g - dangerzone
48. matty g - london region
49. matty g & konfusion - beats from the machine
50. matty g - war rmx
51. matty g - ?
52. matty g - how the west coast rocks
53. matty g - santana dub
54. matty g - road is rough
55. matty g - ready to ride
56. scientist wins the world cup - ?
57. scientist wins the world cup - ?
 
Thanks for posting those mixes, they're great.

I love dubstep, I've been trying to make some for a while now. After hearing some of that stuff I guess its back to ye olde drawing board.
 
the rise of well produced UK style grimey garage from a few years ago.... lol =D only this is somehow more credible ;)

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Vex'd stuff is quite good..... some of his basslines are sick! I have a shedload of other stuffto listen to but haven't had the time...
 
Here's the new Argon Radio mix

Nick Argon & Matty G with special guest Selector Dub-U

http://www.argonrecords.com/Argon_Radio_14_January_2007.mp3

nick argon:
1. moving ninja - kemancheh - tectonic dub
2. ruf - lovesick
3. babylon system - fully loaded
4. signal - synthetic
5. loefah - s u k k a h
6. the others - africa - forthcoming dub police
7. l-wiz - pirates
8. afterdark - praise jah
9. tes la rok - broken reality
10. southern - tours vip

selector dub u:
11. southern - tours
12. lil scrappy - money in the bank
13. southern- la rana
14. ll cool j - goin back to cali
15. matty g - gangsta shit
16. antiserum- funky ?
17. reso - no such thing as fate
18. toasty - one life - clandestine
19. antiserum - temple
20. innerlign - stashspot
21. third world - love is going to get you
22. kromestar - ? - southside dubstars
23. juju- punks
24. benga - ? - big apple
25. random trio- the watcher
26. roommate - take that
27. shackleton - white - clandestine

matty g:
28. matty g - get ill
29. matty g - one step forward/ital corner
30. matty g - booboo beatz
31. matty g - 1980
32. matty g - moments in dub
33. matty g - southern symphony
34. matty g - strawberry letter 22
35. matty g - 50,000 watts - argon dub
36 .matty g - broken breaks
37. matty g - war rmx
 
No prob. anything to spread the sound, plus the Argon guys are my homies, good to get them a bit of exposure. Stoked we got N-Type rolling through town this Sat. gonna be a blazin' show for sure!
 
Desimal - Ambient dub mix

http://animal-instinct.de/mixes/Desimal - Ambientdub Mix.mp3

1 - 00:00 - global communication - epsilon phase
2 - 8:13 - shpongle - around the world in a tea daze (ott remix)
3 - 15:27 - shpongle - once upon the sea of blissful awareness (esion jim remix)
4 - 22:15 - ott - smoked glass and chrome
5 - 29:21 - younger brother - crumblenaut
6 - 32:06 - younger brother - bedtime story
7 - 34:33 - shpongle - flute flute
8 - 36:39 - shpongle - around the world in a tea daze (origional)
9 - 44:20 - shpongle - a new way to say hooray%)
10 - 52:06 - global communication - 14-31
11 - 1:05:19 - ministry of sound - cafe del mar - (michael woods remix)
12 - 1:08:28 - liquid morphine - confrontatie
13 - 1:12:35 - liquid morphine - the tone t(h)ree - part 1
14 - 1:17:28 - autechre - vietrmx21[/code]
 
cubehead said:
I love the dubstep sound and it's been blowing up in the Bay lately

agreed on all counts. i could use some more dubstep events too, so feel free to post some of them up in the events forum or shoot me some details via PM. i thought the dubstep float was the most fun at love parade too, though i could do without the MC element just like in standard dnb.

i like chillout music, i like atmospheric dnb and liquid funk, and i lose patience quickly for the really abrasive drum and bass that seemed to take over the dnb scene. as such, dubstep is right up my alley. i'll be checking out some of these posted mixes for sure. i think dubstep is some of the most interesting electronic music being produced right now.

for the record, i don't think dubstep is uk grime under another name at all. i hated grime.
 
I really really dislike the dubstep I have heard...

Alot of it sounds like reggae-dub with all the things that make reggae dub interesting removed... it definately seems targeted towards the "stoner" crowd (as that cartoon above seems to illustrate)... I have heard a few tracks but most of the stuff makes me want to yawn, all the dubstep fans i know babble about the crazy "sub-bass/ultralow" sounds and such... silly shit it seems, maybe I haven't heard the right stuff...

I don't get it, what is this music supposed to evoke? Am I supposed to dance to this? Shuffle my feet? Get real high and drool on myself?

I just find it lacking alot of the things that make electronic music interesting to me, ex: incredible original synth sounds, engaging melodies, engaging evolution of the pieces, and either making me want to dance my ass off, trance out, relax, or get lost in my head, but dubstep does nothing but bore me...

If someone could post the one MUST LISTEN TOO dubstep mix I wouldn't mind giving it another try though.

Oh and alot of it DOES sound like Grime just without the shitty MC's...
 
cubehead said:
Here's Vex'd most recent one. This is the darky weird kinda stuff, there's a tune at around the 35 min mark that reminds me of some Skinny Puppy type shit.

VEX'D 12/18/06 MIX

Vex'd - Jerusalem
Ironsoul - ?
Distance - Fallen (Vex'd remix)
Tes La Rock - Cold Blooded
Bug ft Flowdan - Jah War
Hijack - Nightmarez
Distance - Ska
Vex'd - Venus
Distance - ?
Kode9 + Spaceape - Bodies
Vex'd - Fire (Dj Blood1 remix)
Matty G - 50 000 watts <<<<This dude is my homey from Santa Cruz
Untitled 1
Untitled 2
Untitled 3
Vex'd - 3rd Choice
Vex'd - Seven Scars
Vex'd - Killing Floor
Vex'd - Nails
Vex'd - Out of the Hills
Kode9 + Spaceape - Quantum
Untitled 4
John Richards ft Genia - Suite for Piano + Electronics, no2 (Vex'd remix)

Hey decent mix.

what is the tune that starts at 26mins 48 secs in? Nice.
 
Psychedelic Gleam said:
I really really dislike the dubstep I have heard...

Alot of it sounds like reggae-dub with all the things that make reggae dub interesting removed... it definately seems targeted towards the "stoner" crowd (as that cartoon above seems to illustrate)... I have heard a few tracks but most of the stuff makes me want to yawn, all the dubstep fans i know babble about the crazy "sub-bass/ultralow" sounds and such... silly shit it seems, maybe I haven't heard the right stuff...

I don't get it, what is this music supposed to evoke? Am I supposed to dance to this? Shuffle my feet? Get real high and drool on myself?

I just find it lacking alot of the things that make electronic music interesting to me, ex: incredible original synth sounds, engaging melodies, engaging evolution of the pieces, and either making me want to dance my ass off, trance out, relax, or get lost in my head, but dubstep does nothing but bore me...

If someone could post the one MUST LISTEN TOO dubstep mix I wouldn't mind giving it another try though.

Oh and alot of it DOES sound like Grime just without the shitty MC's..

I have no problem getting a groove on and dancing to dubstep, it's much more a skankin' ska style groove I get into, then again I can't dance to trance or house really. I just don't really feel the four on the floor style stuff, I need a breakbeat. And it really does help to listen to dubstep on a big soundsystem which I've been fortunate enough living in the bay to usually have an option to hear it properly if I want to. Personally I absolutely loved the Vex'd mix that posted up early on in this thread.


WarmRushes said:
Hey decent mix.

what is the tune that starts at 26mins 48 secs in? Nice.

I'd have to give it a listen, and sadly I don't have my headphones with me at work today.

Here's another mix for y'all
DJ Scuba
LINK - MP3
1. Walsh & Ironsoul - Panik Room
2. Headhunter - Process
3. Gravious - Monolith
4. 23hz & Numaestro - Limey
5. Headhunter - Artifact
6. Gravious - Fall
7. Flatline - Cardiac
8. Headhunter - Late Night Sanctuary
9. Shackleton - Massacre
10. Marlow - Tremor
11. Gravious - Last Days
12. Benga & Walsh - Military
13. Marlow - Road Kill
14. Scuba - If I Don't (dub mix)[/quote]
 
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