dubstep is alive and thriving

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:16 pm

producers can become bored with a particular bpm,
healthy punters are open to a variety of sounds,
needy personalities affirm themselves by provoking reactions
and core steppas, in frustration, resort to sarcastic submission:

kizza wrote:Dubstep is dead. shut down this forum. every single producer stop producing right now. the genre is to be left alone. Just burn everything. Your records and harddrives are worthless. Dubstep holds no value to anybody on the entire planet any more.

However, as most forum members understand,
dubstep is alive and kicking.
Rumours of its demise, spread by the ignorant and jaded,
a source of collective amusement.

Some producers may feel that they have transcended the genre
and call their output post-dubstep
to avoid admitting they've reverted to house/techno/ambient
but those semantics of little consequence to steppas.

dubstep could be subsumed by bass music
and become a few tracks amongst dnb, garage, funky in inclusive sets,
it could be riven by styles, as has jazz, with each form taking its adherents

but dub-digital-wobble-sub-deep-skank-minimal-highhaton3rd-sample-steppa music
has only just begun to shape the human psyche
and those who have been long waiting for it's incarnation
will resiliently ensure its survival and evolution.

capo ultra · Post by **capo ultra** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:55 pm

I listen to music

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:22 pm

that's nice

qwaycee_ · Post by **qwaycee_** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:34 pm

the bass music thing you brought up is gaining a bit of momentum actually. mind you, when i describe to people the sort of music i like i say "bass heavy music" - but i'm not sure how much traction the term has outside the internet world

what would happen if the internet was taken out of the whole equation?

does anyone here have friends that say shit like "post-dubstep" in real life? i'm curious.

wooda916 · Post by **wooda916** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 2:13 pm

I think the umbrella term 'bass music' is more relevent today than its ever been with so much crossover at the moment from producers experimenting at different bpms and dj's switching up styles mid set to nights having hugley varied line ups consisting of 3 or 4 distinct types of 'bass music' that still fit together. I don't think the lines have ever been blurred so much and its been going this way over the past year especially. I for one think this is a good thing.

JungleHead · Post by **JungleHead** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 2:24 pm

ughhhh i hate these threads. just post some chunes mang. leave the philosophy to the producers, they'll take care of that shit

promo · Post by **promo** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:03 pm

wooda916 wrote:I think the umbrella term 'bass music' is more relevent today than its ever been with so much crossover at the moment from producers experimenting at different bpms and dj's switching up styles mid set to nights having hugley varied line ups consisting of 3 or 4 distinct types of 'bass music' that still fit together. I don't think the lines have ever been blurred so much and its been going this way over the past year especially. I for one think this is a good thing.

Completely agree. I always felt this was the best way for nights to be. E.g. when I ran my night previously I had DJs from all walks .... dubstep, garage, techno, electro, drum n bass, jungle etc.

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:12 am

I'm the opposite
I don't particularly like dnb, wonky, bassline etc
I love dubstep
Nights with mixed "genres" turn me off
cos I'm waiting around for what appeals,
going on & off the floor.
There are so many forms & sounds in dubstep, I don't see the need to water it down.

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:19 am

JungleHead wrote:ughhhh i hate these threads. just post some chunes mang. leave the philosophy to the producers, they'll take care of that shit

I'm not a producer. I'm a consumer.
I'm trying to counter the many threads that contend that ds is moribund.
Producers do that by making good tunes.
I'll do it my way.

kizza2435 · Post by **kizza2435** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:57 am

JungleHead wrote:ughhhh i hate these threads. just post some chunes mang. leave the philosophy to the producers, they'll take care of that shit

your understanding of these threads is two days old...(Nov 25th). Thank you for your insight.

fractal · Post by **fractal** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:50 am

Agree with everthing you say sd5, the exeption being that I like - no, need - mixed nights... I prefer mixed sets in general, but that has always been my style...

There is some amazing tunes out there rigt now!!

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 9:04 am

that's how i'd like to be fract al
but we must live with our natures

leslie · Post by **leslie** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:29 pm

Too many sick releases at the moment! Just too many.

kion · Post by **kion** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:03 pm

sd5 wrote:

Some producers may feel that they have transcended the genre
and call their output post-dubstep
to avoid admitting they've reverted to house/techno/ambient
but those semantics of little consequence to steppas.

Brilliant - I couldn't have put that better! At the moment they feel they're treading new territory, but it's just a reinvention of the wheel. A good reinvention, admittedly, which will give these tired styles a much needed re-invigoration. Dubstep however, what *I* would term as dubstep, the deep, sub fuelled rolling stuff championed by Deep Medi, Anti Social, et al is still as fresh as ever. I just don't care for the tired, lame, mid-saturated dry-arsed quasimodo-step that's currently the defacto student piss-up excuse.

nicenice · Post by **nicenice** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:52 pm

fractal · Post by **fractal** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 4:54 pm

kion wrote:
sd5 wrote:

Some producers may feel that they have transcended the genre
and call their output post-dubstep
to avoid admitting they've reverted to house/techno/ambient
but those semantics of little consequence to steppas.
Brilliant - I couldn't have put that better! At the moment they feel they're treading new territory, but it's just a reinvention of the wheel. A good reinvention, admittedly, which will give these tired styles a much needed re-invigoration. Dubstep however, what *I* would term as dubstep, the deep, sub fuelled rolling stuff championed by Deep Medi, Anti Social, et al is still as fresh as ever. I just don't care for the tired, lame, mid-saturated dry-arsed quasimodo-step that's currently the defacto student piss-up excuse.

Kochari · Post by **Kochari** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:13 pm

nicenice, why can't I see anything you've posted recently?

pompende · Post by **pompende** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:24 pm

click on the picture and drag it...theres supposed to be a face in the bottom right.

Kochari · Post by **Kochari** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:32 pm

pompende wrote:click on the picture and drag it...theres supposed to be a face in the bottom right.

Aha, nice one! I had my browser window too small...

Brickhaus · Post by **Brickhaus** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:56 pm

Dubstep is way the hell bigger in NYC than DnB, UKG or breaks ever were. Which is to say, yes, dubstep is probably dying