The Start Of Dubstep!! Period!!!

[jdaflexdj]

This is where it all started!! Music from Hatcha, Benga, Plastician, Plus more!!

http://www.mediafire.com/?3xyicubnx67v5i3

Sleazenation mix:
http://www.mediafire.com/?dn5zdzblygt

[fractal]

sick, legend

[Shum]

nice one.

[sigbowls]

on the dl bro

[fractal]

it's like what's happening with dubstep now

really enjoyed that

[Soiree]

DOWNLOADING!

[nousd]

it's like what's happening with dubstep now

We're talking early 2003 with 4WD still about garage absorbing breaks & getting dark,
the nascence of dubstep as the younger producers strip it down & up the sub

Soulja: we follow producers playing their own dubplates...we're trying to create a community
Chef: pure dubplates, the freshest beats...like a family...
all the producers come; if you don't you won't get this anywhere else
Benga: I don't think it'll go overground
Hatcha: playing for ourselves
Feline: not about dressing up, just geting into the tunes
Menta: good that it stays underground

I don't see the similarity with what's happening to dubstep now.

I'm hearing sameness not invention
I'm hearing complication not stripping down
I'm seeing the big sell more important than community
I'm hearing even the originals playing to achieve predictable reaction
not to showcase their ideas that might need to be listened to

yeah, some of that sounds contradictory
and I'll admit to trainspotting familiar tunes
but hopefully they are amongst even better tunes
that increasingly hone the best elements of dubstep
by making adventurous forays that sometimes grate
because they need new synaptic connections to be appreciated.

....that's what it's like when artistry is paramount
which isn't the case in the dubstep overground currently.

[nousd]

thanx flex for putting this up,
essential istening....
the excitement & ownership are palpable

[fractal]

sd5, you completely missed my point. I should have clarified that I meant the current sounds coming off of the 'nu'um. Not "proper ds" as you like to call it. What I meant is, we are once again at a point where the sound is being moved in all directions and people are calling things by different names... Dubstep, post dubstep, future garage, etc... Surely we can agree that we are at a time where the line has once again become blurred?

[nousd]

that flight into diversity throughout 09/10
has now been swamped by the one mode,
at least in club nights, less so on radio.

i await the night
that places faith in weight
and doesn't rely on dnb/jump-up
for its crescendo

I've heard the DMZ crew, Goth Trad,
skip djs, Benga & Skream do it
& hope Cyrus still can.

[Preacha]

artwork at around 6 mins.

nice little history lesson

[joeki]

could they not have picked a decent file format for christ sake...who the fuck uses m4a ?? Winamp won't even play this for me. Create a .wav or something next time you want people to hear something.

Waste. Sorry, very frustrating I can't hear this.

[Tomfooleri]

Itunes plays it fine for me...

And big ups for putting these up, really enjoying it.

[nousd]

^^joeki, mate
tis a pity
you'd luv this.
was hoping steppas like yu
would agree
when I wrote the above

[Lowkill]

could they not have picked a decent file format for christ sake...who the fuck uses m4a ?? Winamp won't even play this for me. Create a .wav or something next time you want people to hear something.

Waste. Sorry, very frustrating I can't hear this.

Try foobar2000.

[joeki]

could they not have picked a decent file format for christ sake...who the fuck uses m4a ?? Winamp won't even play this for me. Create a .wav or something next time you want people to hear something.

Waste. Sorry, very frustrating I can't hear this.

Try foobar2000.

cheers mate, foobar2000 did the trick. I appologize for venting back there, but let this lesson be known : .WAV is the way

[garethom]

Makes for interesting listening, especially Benga demonstrating Music 2000 on the Playstation. Interesting to hear Artwork say he "wouldn't help push things overground".

[wubstep]

Winamp really wont play this?

[garethom]

My winamp plays this fine. .M4a can be played on anything over 5.12 I think. I'm on 5.601 and it plays fine for me, file already associated.

[fractal]

that flight into diversity throughout 09/10
has now been swamped by the one mode,
at least in club nights, less so on radio.

i await the night
that places faith in weight
and doesn't rely on dnb/jump-up
for its crescendo

I've heard the DMZ crew, Goth Trad,
skip djs, Benga & Skream do it
& hope Cyrus still can.

swamped by one mode? sucks to be where you're at! our nights over here go off big, with no dnb or jump up required, and no certain sound prevailing. we already stripped the sound down, kode took it as far as you can go with sine... welcome to the present, where it's ONCE AGAIN about the dancefloor, percussion and sub bass. i'm so glad we are back at a place where the drums swing and skip