History of dubstep, When did you join in?855- 8

[Genevieve]

Listened to Vex'd - Degenerate when it came out. Having been hardcore into Planet Mu at the time (still am). Didn't really associate the music with any style and didn't know it was dubstep until years later, around the time that Burial got really hyped and looked back into it again.

When you consider I first heard and liked Vex'd, and am mostly about stuff like Kito, Boxcutter, Milanese and all the Hotflush stuff... I don't think much changed in what I'm into.

[Sterling Mastif]

Around 2006/2007. Was a pure dnb head and Dubstep hater. First nights I went too were Heavyweight nights in Newcastle, seeing Kromestar and Rusko, or smaller nights like White Elephant seeing Distance. Still thought it was just ok, but since the evolution of some serious stinkers I have warmed to it, I love jump up and anything hard and techy, couldn't give a shit if 'deep' tunes are the origin of Dubstep, it doesn't appeal to me and would never want to listen to anything that sounds weak. That's about it.

[Biscuit]

I got fully into it early last year. A friend of mine had found out about it from a forum online, 4chan I think, and he had been finding some tracks and playing me some stuff but it didn't really click for me until I popped in a mix CD he had left at my house in the car and had it on loud. It finally clicked for me when I could put it on loud and listen to it on my own rather than having him try to show it to me. The first song I heard on that CD that clicked for me was that song Down by DZ. The aggressive type sound and the bass mixed with the groove of it and the little shuffle kind of feel the beat had in that song was it for me. I started out with and still love the hype/midrange/brostep whatever you wanna call it type stuff and I've also been discovering and loving the more deep and vibey older school type tunes.

I honestly love the whole spectrum of stuff. Maybe I'll get sick of one or the other side eventually but I don't think so because different types of songs will fit in nice with different moods I'll be in.

I don't have a ton to say about where it's been vs where it's going because a year or so doesn't give me the greatest frame of reference for that, but I will say that I see there are enough great tunes coming out all over the spectrum for the sound that there really seems to be something for everyone's taste out there right now and I feel like that is a good thing. I know there's a lot of disdain for certain sounds out there but from the perspective of someone who's still a relative outsider it feels to me like it's a very exciting and vibrant time to be a part of this thing.

[soulblazers]

First tracks i ever listened to was Skream - oskillitah & his klaxons remix back in 2008 if i'm not mistaken.
First vinyls i bought were : Quarta 303 ( kode 9 remix) & Cockney flute
came from fidget house ( crookers - lee mortimer - his majesty andre stuff )

[Jak The lad]

Not really sure on a date tbh. I was playing garage around 2000, used to go to Big Apple in Croydon, listen to Skream, Benga & Hatcha on Flight FM, N-Type on Delight before it was all called dubstep. Never dug deep enough into the sound until later though. Used to think it was all same sounding tracks until I dug deeper and found out for myself.

[Horia]

In 2007 i found Digital Mystikz - Essential Mix (12th Feb 2006) by searching bass music on google.

[scp]

found out about dubstep through grime tbh - heard 'Midnight Request Line' on some decent speakers in late 05 and thought ''this is me", brought skreams album, downloaded a load of mixes on here (sub fm/streamizm, dj gomes, dj merkin, that excision mix etc.) and got listening, looking for tunes that appealed to me and what didn't (which at the time wasn't much lol) and just went on from there - brought wonders and skreams albums in 06, looked out for the skreamizms (0800 dub is a percy) and carried on searching

[dro524]

I've always been a bass head. I used to collect hip-hop beats with huge 808 kicks and the likes for making the subs move. First year of college (2008) found Tectonic Plates Vol. 1 on Rhapsody. Played Skream's Bahl Fwd and fell in love. Tastes haven't really changed, I'm still in it for the huuuuuuge sub bass.

[scspkr99]

Really late, heard Untrue before I knew what dubstep was and loved it, found Memories of the Future next still not knowing what dubstep was and loved it for the bass and the Spaceape because I'd been into the whole dread poetry stuff back in the 80's. Then went looking for some DnB / Jungle mixes found pearsalls sonicrampage and some top mixes found from there his dubstep mixes which were good tearout stuff then found DSF and learned of the deeper elements.

In someways I missed a ton of really good stuff as it was being released but I also consider myself lucky in that there was a whole back catalogue of top music that I got to hear for the first time and have probably bought something in the region of about 80 albums / ep's of dubstep over the last 12 months.

[Ray_Den]

Early 2008. I was really big on reggae and by chance heard a couple of dubstep tunes with heavy reggae influences. I picked up Kromestars Budwise / Heavy mental from a local Helsinki record shop a couple of weeks later, also downloaded Dubstep Allstars 4. That's where it slowly started from, but it was really Jokers guest mix for Mary Ann Hobbs' show (summer of 08 I think) that sealed the deal with tunes like Snake Eater and Play Doe. Nowadays dubstep is definately the number one thing for me. I bought a pair of 1200's around a year ago so since then I've bought a lot of records and been practicing dj'ing.

[Shum]

In 2007 i found Digital Mystikz - Essential Mix (12th Feb 2006) by searching bass music on google.

When I play out (rare as that is) I still play 'Misty Winter' into 'Earth A Run Red'. I also hold the secret hope that Loefah will release 'Left Right Left' so I can keep the mix going ha ha.

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[PFC]

I still listen to that mix sometimes and I always get goosebumps when it opens with Misty Winter.

[nousd]

into triphop, electronica, reggae, shoegazer,
anything bassweight, tho not jungle/dnb haste
when given a mixtape in 2005 by DJRemedy
of 2004 "breakstep"...Plasticman, Loefah, Kode9, Mark1, S&D, Benny Ill & Dinesh,
intriguingly spacious & exotic samples.
Heard the darkness and percussive play of El-B, Zed Bias, D1
and was ready for dubstep sub with Skream, Coki, Benga, Jack Sparrow etal,
mainly off 2FBi & 2SER in Sydney turned up to rumble
but nothing compared to big rigs at local gigs
featuring Southern Steppas/Moving Ninja/Luke Snarl 2005/06?
can't remember an o/s act before Benga/Coki on HiJack at VOID
but Skream's sub noodling off dubplates was transcendent.
Aussie showcase VOID in 07 was a highpoint of psychedelic ds...Flippo, AC23, Spherix
Taste didn't so much change as get amped as bigger & bigger tunes came in...
loved early Caspa & Spongebob, disliked grime or anything that complicated the sound
still love it raw, dubby and ponderous (Cyrus, Be-1ne, RSD)
or at least deep, soulful & spacious (Gravious, Third Eye, Western Synthetics, Forensics, Phaelah),
sometimes classy, melodic heaviness (Kryptic Minds, Truth)
and occasionally catchy, garagey swing (Sully)
Regretting the retreat to techno and clutter
and the lack of local producers building on that breakstep creative sampling.

[Karanp]

For me it started with Burial - Untrue when it first came out, I then researched it on the internet, heard Digital Mystikz, Loefah, Distance, early Skream, Kode 9 etc. and never looked back

[FluidMoShun]

I'm admittedly a noob to dubstep. I only listened to death metal, punk, rock, rap and primus until early 2009. Then I started to get into some EDM. I started with Pretty Lights, Infected Mushroom (The first EDM band I listened to, probably starting in 2006), Designer Drugs, RJD2 and Ratatat.. Then got into the Disco Biscuits, New Deal, Shpongle, STS9.. Which lead me to dubstep around a year and a half ago. The first few 100% dubstep producers I listened to were Charlie P, Rusko, The Widdler, Datsik, Ooah, Flux Pavilion and Caspa. Then in the past year I discovered Kode 9, Mala, Ramadan Man, Peverelist, and the likes, largely thanks to you guize

[leslie]

late 2005!
started hearing skreamizm 1 and 2, invasion ep and burials first album and never looked back since
welcome 2 the future by skream is the tune that fully hooked me though, rudee.

[RmoniK]

I'm pretty much a newbie in thr "scene", but i'm fitting in. Three to four years ago, i got into dubstep by listening to Rusko and Caspa. The really nice midrange stuff i guess, though i cared for Benga, Coki and so on too.

[Rahul]

Around 2006/2007. Was a pure dnb head and Dubstep hater. First nights I went too were Heavyweight nights in Newcastle, seeing Kromestar and Rusko, or smaller nights like White Elephant seeing Distance. Still thought it was just ok, but since the evolution of some serious stinkers I have warmed to it, I love jump up and anything hard and techy, couldn't give a shit if 'deep' tunes are the origin of Dubstep, it doesn't appeal to me and would never want to listen to anything that sounds weak. That's about it.

[uncle bill]

I'd heard some dubstep mixes, and bought one of the early Plasticman 12s but the first track that made me go was 'Pop Pop' by Vex'd.

There was a phase when I listened to very little but dubstep (probably between 2006 and 2008). 'Midnight Request Line', 'Anti War Dub', 'Seven Samurai', 'Distant Lights', 'Qawwali'. I still love it now but I'm over the madness.

[cyrusfx]

For me in Honolulu, mid 2008, went to a dnb show and in a side room heard a DJ playing some farout shit I'd never heard before. Sounded like slowed-down dnb with super sonic subs and a totally unique beat. He only spun 1 track before he was called down, I guess heads just weren't ready at that point.

I asked the guy what did he call that kind of music, he told me "dubstep," and gave me a mix CD that changed my life. On it were:

-Lwiz
-LD
-King Midas Sound
-Rusko
-some other stuff I never identified
-and Qwaali by Pinch

The first dubstep CD I got was a Science Faction comp, I remember some of the tracks absolutely blew me away, like Luke Envoy's track, Pinch's track and Gravious' track.. Great stuff that I thought was pretty unique by today's standards.

Haven't looked back since, have only bought 1 dnb tune since then too.