Dubstep Forum Awards 2012 : Winner’s List

[joeki]

Mosca- Bax???? wtf is this....

deservedly one of the best tracks of the year. Shit goes off!!!!! on a bit of a garage vibe so I guess not strictly dubstep, but who really cares.

[aquemini]

isnt it funny how skream swept the floor last year and he's nowhere to be seen this year.
big up get darker for winning!

true, and he actually had a pretty big year in terms of releases

[_TraX_]

Mosca- Bax???? wtf is this....

deservedly one of the best tracks of the year. Shit goes off!!!!! on a bit of a garage vibe so I guess not strictly dubstep, but who really cares.

I didn't get any garage vibes, tho...house came to my head but maybe i'm dreamin

didn't know any of em. except Objekt from Tinderbox, big tune

[lpceco]

What a year! <3 I am so happy for ALL of us ) Big up everyone who supported what they love and everyone who can't see their names on the lists :] There are too many good artists out there. Rspct goes to quality!

PS: as u started the 'wondering why' thing with Mala ) I wonder why the Distance remix won and the Badman VIP. Both tunes ARE FYAHH!! But..they r dubplates. So I think they must not be nominated (but I guess many of you voted, so..fair enough) :] I just hope..if they..ever..release them..I we won't see them on the lists again ;D hah. Ez

[seckle]

THE FULL LIST : DUBSTEPFORUM AWARDS 2012


The awards are completely community driven. All categories were
nominated and voted on by Dubstepforum’s 50,000+ registered members,
in a closed voting system not available to the general public.


BEST PRODUCER : MALA

http://www.juno.co.uk/labels/DMZ
http://www.dmzuk.com
http://www.facebook.com/malamystikz
Agency
http://www.elasticartists.net

2  Boddika
3  Phaeleh
4  Kryptic Minds
5  J:Kenzo
6  Distance
7  Goth Trad
8  VIVEK
9  Kromestar
10 Biome
11 Icicle
12 DJ Madd


BEST NEW PRODUCER : KAHN

http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Kahn
http://soundcloud.com/kahn
http://www.facebook.com/kahnofficial
Agency
http://www.coulouryum.com

2  Objekt
3  Sleeper
4  Killawatt
5  Compa
6  Lurka
7  Old Apparatus
8  Perverse
9  Thelem
10 Teeth



BEST DJ : YOUNGSTA

http://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Rinse
http://www.rinse.fm
http://www.twitter.com/DJYoungsta
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youngsta/286256297612
UK Agency
http://esp-agency.co.uk/artist/youngsta

2  Oneman
3  Ben UFO
4  Mala
5  N Type
6  Loefah
7  Pearson Sound
8  Joe Nice
9  Bunzero
10 T_!



BEST LABEL : DEEP MEDI MUSIK

http://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Deep+Medi+Musik
http://www.deepmedi.com
http://www.twitter.com/DeepMediMusik
http://soundcloud.com/deep-medi-drop-box
http://www.facebook.com/deepmedi?v=info

2  Swamp 81
3  Blackbox
4  Hotflush
5  Chestplate
6  Wheel & Deal
7  Hessle Audio
8  Tempa
9  Numbers
10 Osiris
11 Keysound



BEST NEW LABEL : MINDSTEP MUSIC

http://mindstepshop.bigcartel.com
http://soundcloud.com/mindstep
http://mindstepmusic.com
http://twitter.com/mindstep_music
https://www.facebook.com/mindstepmusic

2  Macabre Unit Digital
3  Dubliminal
4  Fade To Mind
5  Orientis
6  Inna Mind
7  Man Make Music
8  Cut
9  OWSLA
10 Bacon Dubs
11 New Moon
12 Broken Bubble
13 Niteshade Inc



BEST TRACK : KRYPTIC MINDS - ” BADMAN VIP “

http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Kryptic+Minds
http://twitter.com/krypticminds
http://soundcloud.com/kryptic-minds
http://www.facebook.com/krypticminds1
Agency
http://esp-agency.co.uk

2  Mosca - Bax
3  SP:MC & LX One - Hunted
4  Boddika & Joy O - Swims
5  Blawan - Getting Me Down
6  Biome - Propaganda
7  J:Kenzo - Ruffhouse (feat Rod Azlan)
8  Pinch - Swish
9  Kahn - Way Mi Defend
10 Pangaea - Hex
11 Joy Orbison - Sicko Cell
12 J:Kenzo - The Roteks
13 Zed Bias - Music Deep Inside



BEST REMIX : PINCH - ” SWISH (DISTANCE REMIX) “

http://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Tectonic
http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Pinch
http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Distance
http://twitter.com/TectonicPinch
http://soundcloud.com/dj-pinch
http://twitter.com/DistanceDJ
http://soundcloud.com/distance

2  Massive Attack - Paradise Circus (Burial remix)
3  Kryptic Minds - Hybrid (Biome remix)
4  Hardrive - Deep Inside (Pearson Sound remix)
5  Phaeleh - Lament (DJ Madd remix)
6  Mavado - Dem A Talk (TMSV remix)
7  Girl Unit - Wut (Claude Vonstroke remix)
8  King Midas Sound - Earth A Kill Ya (Mala remix)
9  Lee Scratch Perry - Like The Way You Should (Mala remix)
10 Mavado - Weh Dem A Do (Coki & Underground Ice remix)
11 Johnny Osbourne - Fally Ranking (VIVEK remix)
12 Truth - Puppets (Tunnidge remix)
13 Breton - RDI (Girl Unit remix)
14 Subscape - Screw Up (Matty G remix)
15 Killawatt - Sidewinder (Ipman remix)



BEST ALBUM / COMPILATION : KRYPTIC MINDS - ” CAN'T SLEEP “

http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/419834-01.htm
http://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Blackbox
http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Kryptic+Minds
http://twitter.com/krypticminds
http://soundcloud.com/kryptic-minds
http://www.facebook.com/krypticminds1
Agency
http://esp-agency.co.uk

2  Author - Author
3  Silkie - City Limits Volume 2
4  Pinch & Shackleton - Pinch & Shackleton
5  Rustie - Glass Swords
6  SBTRKT - SBTRKT
7  Zomby - Dedication
8  Joker - The Vision
9  Sully - Carrier
10 Kuedo - Severant



BEST MIX/PODCAST : MALA - ” XLR8R MIX “

http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2011/05/mala
http://www.xlr8r.com
http://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Deep+Medi+Musik
http://www.facebook.com/malamystikz
Agency
http://www.elasticartists.net

2  Pearson Sound - Essential mix
3  Youngsta - Rinse:14
4  GetDarkerTV - 100
5  Loefah - Outlook Festival 2011
6  Scuba - DJ Kicks
7  Distance - Dubstep Allstars Vol 8
8  Kryptic Minds - FACT mix
9  Biome - Fabriclive Promo mix
10 Vandera - The Daily Street mix 13



BEST RADIO SHOW : YOUNGSTA ( RINSE FM )

http://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Rinse
http://www.rinse.fm
http://www.twitter.com/DJYoungsta
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youngsta/286256297612
UK Agency
http://esp-agency.co.uk/artist/youngsta

2  Swamp 81 - Rinse FM
3  BunZer0 - Sub FM
4  Hessle Audio - Rinse FM
5  Oneman - Rinse FM
6  Mary Anne Hobbs - XFM
7  Distance - Rinse FM
8  Skream and Benga - BBC Radio 1
9  Anti Social - Rinse FM
10 Joe Nice - Gourmet Beats
11 N-Type - Rinse FM
12 Hatcha - Kiss FM
13 Mistajam - 1Xtra



BEST RADIO STATION : RINSE FM

http://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Rinse
http://www.rinse.fm
http://twitter.com/rinsefm
http://www.facebook.com/rinsefm

2  Sub FM
3  GetDarker TV
4  Boiler Room
5  Rood FM
6  BBC Radio 1
7  Dubstep.FM
8  1xtra
9  Filth FM
10 NTS



BEST VOCALIST / MC : MC SGT POKES

http://twitter.com/sarge_pokes
UK Agency
http://www.elasticartists.net
US Agency
http://www.surefireagency.com

2  SP:MC
3  Chunky
4  Toast
5  Trim
6  P Money
7  Crazy D
8  Rod Azlan
9  Beezy
10 LX One
11 G Double
12 Asbo



BEST WEBSITE / BLOG : GETDARKER.COM

http://www.getdarker.com
http://www.twitter.com/GetDarker
http://www.youtube.com/getdarker
http://www.facebook.com/dubstepgetdarker

2  Boiler Room
3  Hedmuk
4  Xlr8r
5  FACT
6  Blackdown
7  Trusik

* dubstepforum.com excluded from voting



BEST 120-140 BPM PRODUCER : ADDISON GROOVE

http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Addison+Groove
http://twitter.com/AddisonGroove
http://soundcloud.com/addisongroove
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Addison-G ... 2195025509
Agency
http://www.surefireagency.com/

2  Boddika
3  Zomby
4  Pearson Sound
5  Mosca
6  Joy Orbison
7  Scuba
8  Blawan
9  Redlight
10 Julio Bashmore
11 Rustie



BEST 120-140 BPM DJ : LOEFAH

http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Loefah
http://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Swamp+81+UK
http://www.swamp81blog.com/
http://twitter.com/Swamp81
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SWAMP81/3 ... nfo&ref=mf
UK Agency
http://www.elasticartists.net

2  Oneman
3  Ben UFO
4  Scuba
5  Pearson Sound
6  Jackmaster
7  Joy Orbison
8  Roska
9  Boddika
10 Redlight
11 Mele


Big up to everyone that took part!

[samfishr]

i think vivek is way too underrated

[Maccaveli]

I really wish people would get off the dungeon dick for a minute... Can't Sleep better than all those other albums, especially Author? Come on now... it seems like that album got all those votes cos its the only 'dungeon' one on the list. Other than that pretty good results, although I still maintain that Phaeleh should be #1 producer what with Mala not releasing much and Boddika not being dubstep

[Soiree]

MALA & YUNX, like I thought.
Glad to see Cant Sleep as best Album, I totally agree.

[cpt.pollution]

Not going to jump on this hate/whinge wagon that happens every year! But I must say I am a lot happier this year about the results than some of the results in previous times!

Ok 1 complaint, where was my boy skrill!?

edit: grats to everyone, people doing big things!

[joeki]

Mosca- Bax???? wtf is this....

deservedly one of the best tracks of the year. Shit goes off!!!!! on a bit of a garage vibe so I guess not strictly dubstep, but who really cares.

I didn't get any garage vibes, tho...house came to my head but maybe i'm dreamin

didn't know any of em. except Objekt from Tinderbox, big tune

the bass and some of the percussion are deffo garage (which evolved from house so yes, there's house in there too I suppose). The melodies might be a bit house tinged but don't let that fool you. Also, at around 135 bpm's, it is a standard garage tempo, but too fast for most house. That's the strength of the tune, it is diverse, reaching back to older days but also contemporary...

[SamakkaBeatKru]

Definitely agree on Mc Sgt Pokes as the best Mc. P-Money is pretty sick also, but more of a grime artist

[James WheelandDeal]

Congrats all winners and nominees. Yunx (again), Rinse, Mindstep and Kryptic Minds - Cant Sleep, fully deserved imo. Killawatt had a sick year of production. Wheel & Deal should have been far higher

[garethom]

Big up to all the winners and nominees.

Majorly surprised at how low Keysound finished, easily my label of the year, Routes and Carrier were just amazing. Out to Blackdown, deserved much better!

[orque]

I would like to see Goth Trad in top of all of these above, but did not vote for him because the official release of his album was this year, and not 2011. Well, in the 2012 awards he surely gets my votes for best album, best track (airbreaker or anti-grid) etc. Anyway, i love that there's no bro! Dubstepforum, thanks a lot

[mikey-bizzle-09]

Congrats all winners and nominees. Yunx (again), Rinse, Mindstep and Kryptic Minds - Cant Sleep, fully deserved imo. Killawatt had a sick year of production. Wheel & Deal should have been far higher

Agreed!

Phaeleh should of won best producer as well! Mala is overrated imo

[joeki]

In all fairness, take away all things mala from dubstep in 2011 and you're left with a gaping hole, a divide between new and fresh stuff that's up for debate as to whether it is still dubstep, and old done before stuff that was done better a few years ago (like most of the stuff on that Wheel & deal label you describe).

Say what you will about Mala's 2011 individual output, but he's not overrated. He's been essential in 2011 as much as 2005.

[Figment]

results are very pleasing, eh, maybe some could've gone either way, but we all know it could be far worse, big up all the nominees!

[uphigh]

just listened to mala's xlr8r podcast for the first time today
quite surprised it made numero uno,
feel like people are just loyal to the name

but that does count for many things pertaining to the awards

no disrespect to mala at all, love his works

[SiNE908]

nothing i didnt expect to be honest.... bit confused about mala getting top producer thought.

I think its gotta do with Malas releases and the complexity of his album he put out. He also did a few Mala in Cuba shows if I recall with a live band. Stand Against War is a fuckin anthem and im pissed it wasnt released on an CD format (for CDJ's) tho. Big up to all the winning artists!!

[particle-jim]

nothing i didnt expect to be honest.... bit confused about mala getting top producer thought.

I think its gotta do with Malas releases and the complexity of his album he put out. He also did a few Mala in Cuba shows if I recall with a live band. Stand Against War is a fuckin anthem and im pissed it wasnt released on an CD format (for CDJ's) tho. Big up to all the winning artists!!

this was last years dsf awards mate, long before Mala in Cuba or Stand Against War/Maintain Through Madness were released