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Nellon wrote:I use a whole range of instrument samples. Also the ones you say.. Although I can't really call them world music instruments .

check my tunes @ www.myspace.com/nellondub

TeReKeTe wrote:yeah shackleton is all about the doumbeks and daraboukas and middle-eastern/north african tablah.

Global Steps is finally coming out???? We signed up "Backwater Dub" 2 years ago, before we'd solidified the Sub Swara naming plan. Koli Stance isn't on there but there's some fantastic, fantastic deep dubstep on that comp. Couple of tunes that fell thru the cracks, as well, should hopefully get a 2nd chance.

-Dubson- wrote:

Joe C wrote:i refuse to believe "world music" exists, its one of the most retarded ideas ever

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ThinKing wrote:

-Dubson- wrote:

Joe C wrote:i refuse to believe "world music" exists, its one of the most retarded ideas ever

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tbf, drum & bass as an idea is silly, dubstep is a bit of an odd name too, and I daren't even open the can of worms that is 'w*nky'...

a name is just a name, if it helps people talk about things and understand each other then it will have to do. Not everyone knows about loads and loads of different types of music from other countries and cultures.

ThinKing wrote:

-Dubson- wrote:

Joe C wrote:i refuse to believe "world music" exists, its one of the most retarded ideas ever

this

tbf, drum & bass as an idea is silly, dubstep is a bit of an odd name too, and I daren't even open the can of worms that is 'w*nky'...

a name is just a name, if it helps people talk about things and understand each other then it will have to do. Not everyone knows about loads and loads of different types of music from other countries and cultures.

dub id wrote:

Overdose wrote:However, I am still just curious, as to where it comes from and why and would appreciate any constructive comments. Maybe just because it seems to fit the tone and structure of the music so well? Facts? Ideas? Garidge? Horsepower?

You do have to credit those trailblazers Horsepower for adding both an Eastern/South Asian and also the cinematic samples edge. However, it should be noted that Jamaican dub masters like Augustus Pablo and Mad Professor have also incorporated African, South Asian and other world influences into their music. But truthfully, dubstep is the ultimate of fusions: its jagged-half step beats owe something to Timbaland, who in turn was sampling Lata Mangeshkar etc...hindipop, bhangra etc..., but it owes to dub that gets its percussion elements from Africa and the Caribbean. Not to mention global music of all kinds is reaching a larger audience. Cultures influencing each other non-exclusively as far as I can see.