initially: Midnight Request Line (that actually made me go out and buy my own sub)
but this tune (and Stagger) made me get searching into it more:
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I was still listening to grime more at this point but these were the 2 tunes which made the balance shift for me:
from the end of the fabriclive37 mix of course
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and I didn't even know who had produced this 1 at the time, I just happened to randomly download a show from Rinse where Heny G was on there in 07:
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Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 8:28 am
by dro524
This tune right here. Proper dark, haunting ambience. It was the first time hearing such weird bass sounds and drums.
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But mainly three tracks on it:
- System - Loefah
- Bahl Fwd - Skream
- Slang - MRK1
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 12:42 pm
by __________
Earth a Run Red, then the rest of the Mystikz stuff,
Subheavy raves in Falmouth,
BunZer0 on FoB,
N-Type on Rinse,
Hatcha & Crazy D on Kiss
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 9:20 pm
by thefrim
i think some comment on youtube mentioned this song so I searched it
I had never heard anything like it and was like
not long after i would be listening to rusko, benga, bar 9 etc
round 2 came when I happened upon this video searching for 'dubstep dance'
first time ever hearing anything hardcore/bro-ey other than bar 9
naturally I was like 'who are these guys datsik and excision'?
edit: i still think thats the perfect video for Gizmo BTW
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 9:59 pm
by Durag
I come from a mainly hip-hop listening back ground (always loved drum n bass and initially grime (got a bit bored of it though)), so I'm really an album person. Some mentioned vex'd "degenerate" and burial "burial", so I picked them up back in 06 or early 07. I absolutely loved vex'd, reminded me of technical itch and some other techstep, but I didn't really 'get' burial for a while, until one night I went home after a drug fuelled night, and coming down at 4am I stuck on burial again and got completely lost in the music, it was one of the most surreal listening experiences I've ever had.
After that I went and got Skream! Fabriclive 37, the dubstep all-stars, and from their I was hooked.
I'm still more of an album person, so I don't keep to up to date as to what singles are out, I prefer sitting down, lighting up, and getting absorbed in the music for an hour.
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 10:35 pm
by wobbles
Durag wrote:I come from a mainly hip-hop listening back ground (always loved drum n bass and initially grime (got a bit bored of it though)), so I'm really an album person. Some mentioned vex'd "degenerate" and burial "burial", so I picked them up back in 06 or early 07. I absolutely loved vex'd, reminded me of technical itch and some other techstep, but I didn't really 'get' burial for a while, until one night I went home after a drug fuelled night, and coming down at 4am I stuck on burial again and got completely lost in the music, it was one of the most surreal listening experiences I've ever had.
After that I went and got Skream! Fabriclive 37, the dubstep all-stars, and from their I was hooked.
I'm still more of an album person, so I don't keep to up to date as to what singles are out, I prefer sitting down, lighting up, and getting absorbed in the music for an hour.
thats what mixes are for!
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 10:39 pm
by -[2]DAY_-
i really idn't get burial either for a long time. Wasn't sure wat i was listening for.
now i dont listen to him much but i love his tunes and really appreciate what he does
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 6:28 am
by _boring
benga essential mix
benga trouble and bass party 08 nyc
26 basslines
8th and Mcdougal
DUB WAR NYC
qd8128
brockolio!
barefiles
get darker
DIGITAL MYSTIKZ!
youtube docs! especially bristol crew.
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 8:02 am
by tuckerlinen
I didn't get it (dubstep)
then I heard Need You- Darkstar
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 8:36 am
by flyingointment
I heard Untrue and I was all like "...wut" (in a good way).
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 9:47 am
by garethom
Used to listen to El-B tracks back in the day when I was like 10 haha, my mates older brother used to play them, and used to love garage in general, then kind of zoned out for a few years, wasn't really aware of dubstep, although I'd heard of people like Burial and Skream, and had Burial - Burial, then people started talking about dubstep, and showing me bods like Chase & Status, Rusko, Nero, etc. wasn't really feeling it, so kind of stayed away from it.
Then one of my friends at worked gave me his hard-drive to look through, started picking a few tracks that I liked, then I was just researching and researching, checking the classics, a few new bods, and when I hit Digital Mystikz, it just snowballed.
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 7:29 pm
by STASISSTASISSTASIS
I'd heard a couple of tracks before this one, but this is the one that I remember being really into.
Used to blast this in my car and my head would bob to the point where driving was borderline dangerous
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 7:47 pm
by fractal
first "proper" dubstep tune i heard was 9 samurai
but i guess the first dubstep record i bought was allstars 1 (for dinesh and touch!!!)
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 8:28 pm
by Redderious
first was Vibesquad and justice, Not dubstep but this got me into electro music.
Then came Bassnectar, saw him at a couple shows. Lorin throws down at the clubs, no doubt.
Widdler, Excision, Skream, came after. Basically just becoming familiar with what dubstep even is now.
Now I listen to all i can find =]
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 9:54 pm
by MCRD+
Morike wrote:Was a huge dnb head back in the day. Downloaded a mix thinking it was this dnb guy i liked, ended up being a dubstep mix and this was the opening track
How can you not fall in love after hearing this
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:40 am
by bmilner
didnt reli know much about dubstep till got passed Fabriclive37 which got standardly rinsed, but the 1 tune that il always remember is B4 The Dual on Diary of an Afro Warrior, that drop like 2/3rds of the way in after the breakdown..tune switches differently
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 2:28 pm
by sc0tty
autobot wrote:
wub wrote:I didn't fall in love with Dubstep so much as got really drunk one night and woke up next to Dubstep.
Re: How i fell in love with Dubstep.
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 2:34 pm
by sc0tty
Heard Midnight Request Line when it came out and liked it, even bought the Zinc remix and battered it. But I was too busy listening to and mixing dnb at the time so never gave it enough attention. Anyway role on a few years and I went to Paradise Factory for a mates 21st, Digital Mystikz were on the line up but I think it was just Mala in the end that played anyway that was probably the best and probably still is the best set I've ever heard. Loved every track from start to finish and a few week later found myself blowing my money on Dubstep records rather than dnb records
