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From a sonic standpoint and with good enough speakers or headphones the only continuity between all of these ‘UK Bass/Future Bass/Bass’ tracks aside from not having any or very minimal vocal usage is the application of a polyrhythmic subsonic bass line. Emphasize the use of an LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) on the bass line to create a mid-range wobble effect, minimize the use of percussion running at the same tempo as ‘Dubstep’ and you can have what is commonly referred to as ‘Brostep’:

Tracks that are labeled as being ‘Garage’, ‘Dubstep’, or ‘UK Bass’ would be considered by many to be sound system specific. As said before the tracks contain sub-sonic bass lines. These sub-sonic bass lines are low frequencies that are supposed to be felt as much as they’re supposed to be heard. However, these frequencies cannot be physically felt and heard properly through laptop speakers or on a sound system with no subwoofers which could be a possible correlation to the ongoing popularity of ‘Brostep.’

Ease of Access, Ease of Consumption
The heavy application of the LFO to create mid-range and high frequencies in the majority of ‘Brostep’ tracks can be heard on a wide range of output devices-laptops, earphones, smartphones, venues with loudspeakers but no subwoofers. From a sonic standpoint it’s just much more accessible-what you hear is what you get, there are no subtleties within the composition of ‘Brostep’ tracks as there is with a ‘Dubstep’ track comprised of spatial atmospherics layered over polyrhythmic bass lines. As a result the sonic accessibility of ‘Brostep’ has gained a larger and wider appeal particularly amongst the young adults in North America as evidenced by the popularity of artists such as Rusko, Skrillex, Borgore, Datsik…and Korn (?!)
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I wanted to highlight this because it's such an important reason in why "brostep" has proliferated so much. I'm very much an audiophile and have found that so much of the gut-shaking subtlety is lost when you listen on a sub-par system. So many kids are listening on their laptop speakers, or crappy headphones that they miss the nuances that make bass music so good. Then these guys like Skrillex and Excision tour so much that they hit every area and when a kid goes out and sees them, it blows their mind. They don't realize what is lost when you go below 320kbps, but I guess it doesn't make a difference if you are listening on crap speakers.

I would liken it to trying to watch Blu-Ray on a 20 year-old TV. All of the benefits of the media are lost due to the method of playback. Womps and wahs and drops are easily heard even if you are listening to your phone's speaker, but the truly genius, non-overbearing stuff sounds too sparse and lacking due to how you listen to them.

I've found that when we get the young kids out and show them proper futurebass on an excellent system they keep coming back. For most kids it's just a matter of what's most accessible and what sounds decent on what they have.

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Diloadid said:
I love 2-step. Y Tribe & MJ Cole is muh jamz.
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True dat.

This thread is fantastic. I kinda hope Future bass stays slightly underground so i can at least have something for myself that i don't have to share with 8 zillion hipster kids.....
 
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