Wtf is dubstep?

Druide Panoramix said:
Also, from a musician's point of view, I might add that dubstep often includes weird time signatures or poly-rhythms which are very far from traditional 4/4 or 6/8 strait feels. This is thanks to computers because I cannot imagine human beings playing or counting many dubstep songs.
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syncopation, Listen to some classical Indian music.
though according to them isn't really syncopation because their music is based on certain time signatures with names.
 
hiphophippy said:
QFmotherfuckingT

Dub step was what happened when some dj's in the UK startetd mixing two-step records with dub techniques. (add more bass echos and other dub techniques)

Two step (garage)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyap5JoF3hE&feature=related

Dub
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB5JfiTTqQw&feature=related

REAL DUB STEP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVpjPuzlvus

When skream took it in another direction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNAC8APZymA

The shit you hear today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQKlEuu4NgI&t=0m16s
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I think this sums it up perfectly.


It shits me that if I tell people I like dubstep, they automatically think that means I like sub-base at 160BPM/wubwubwub/filth/skrillex/comatmebrostep. I can't stand that stuff, its just harsh awful noise to me. Maybe that stuff works better at getting kiddies to mosh about violently on the dance floor? All I know is that I prefers the chilled out dubs.
 
^ Honestly. It really sucks saying I like dubstep to someone, knowing I am going to have to explain that I don't like all the high pitched distorted noises that go along with this new 'brostep' stuff. Many times I will show people a Skream tune and they won't even realize it is dubstep if I didn't tell them.... sad.
 
Vader said:
So I did. Oh well, great minds and all that. It is an absolute banger, innit?
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For sure.


The worst part about it is being an electric music fan and having to argue with a bunch of idiots who only listen to brostep about electronic music. They think (dub)brostep is techno. they think skilrex/that one mouse guy made it. They think basshunter makes hardstyle. I"M GOING TO PUNCH THEM IN THE FUCKING FACE!


Juvenile said:
I think this sums it up perfectly.


It shits me that if I tell people I like dubstep, they automatically think that means I like sub-base at 160BPM/wubwubwub/filth/skrillex/comatmebrostep. I can't stand that stuff, its just harsh awful noise to me. Maybe that stuff works better at getting kiddies to mosh about violently on the dance floor? All I know is that I prefers the chilled out dubs.
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it does sum it up perfectly. But I can't really argue from the it's shit composition side because I listen to glitch and speedcore ("^.^)
 
hiphophippy said:
syncopation, Listen to some classical Indian music.
though according to them isn't really syncopation because their music is based on certain time signatures with names.
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The first time I heard Ravi Shankar say "a rhythmic cycle of fourteen beats" describing a particular genre of Indian music, I laughed at how ridiculous the thought sounded. And then I realized these guys understand music in a way I had never even imagined before when I listened to it.
 
Druide Panoramix said:
The first time I heard Ravi Shankar say "a rhythmic cycle of fourteen beats" describing a particular genre of Indian music, I laughed at how ridiculous the thought sounded. And then I realized these guys understand music in a way I had never even imagined before when I listened to it.
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Yeah, for some people it is a religious thing. Differn't time signatures are to be played at certain times of day and not others. It's almost a tantra because of the heavy structure of it you focus so hard and then it becomes second nature and you start doing it naturally distracting your physical body and freeing your mind.
 
firefighter said:
deep, reverberating bass (aka 'wobble')
samples of vocals that can be repeated (ie: haunting)
makes you want to melt into the ground beneath your feet
progressive, some may say repetitive, but in a relative way that trance is progressive and emotional
deep
dirty
grungy
dark
sexy
slightly reminiscent of dub/reggae




there is good dubstep and there is bad dubstep like any other genre of music. you just gotta listen to more and more and more and more to figure out where that fine line is for you :D :P
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Quite a useful post, thank you!
 
hiphophippy said:
REAL DUB STEP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVpjPuzlvus

Repetitive, haunting, kinda sad. The best out of these three links.

When, as you say, skream took it in another direction:

Repetitive, can't really dance to it, don't get it!

The shit I hear today? (from the link you provided):
Eerie, sounds suspiciously like INDUSTRIAL! Don't get it, can't dance to it for sure...
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ricardo08 said:
I meant '99 onwards really. Though saying that I'm not sure you can find any releases untill 2000 so i think youre right.
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Weird to think that an entirely new genre of music has evolved within our lifetimes, isn't it? That the arts are changing so rapidly that we can see & hear it happen before our very eyes & ears? When I was a little kid, and my parents told me about the advancement of technology and fashion and music and language that they witnessed, I remember thinking, "Wow! I wonder what sort of changes I'll see in my life!" Well, here it is: dubstep. :D

I mean, even since I started following it, which was around maybe around 2003, electronic music in general has undergone a HUGE evolution. It's just amazing, really.
 
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