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4x4 Dubstep

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:45 pm
by thc
I've imagined this in the past, I didn't think it'd ever happen, but it did. A couple of examples would include:

Iron Soul - Sub Meditation [on 'Skream - Rinse FM - 14-03-06' at 14:24]
Iron Soul - ?? [on 'N-Type - Rinse FM - 01-04-06' at 52:37]

So Iron Soul was the first to do it. A true innovator. I think it's a really interesting sound and it should be interesting to see what happens in the coming months.

So what does everyone think of this? Was Iron Soul really the first? Will we see more of this?

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:56 pm
by el sub sta
I really love the 4x4 beats, I havent heard the above but I will check them out.

so It doesnt have to be half step to be dubstep it can be any beat @ 140 that sound dark and dubby?

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:56 pm
by the lexxus
I think that's awesome, but would it rly be considered Dubstep if its 4 on the floor? Just asking. -q-

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:57 pm
by el sub sta
4x4 dubstep sounds good.

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:05 pm
by thc
el sub sta, nah it doesnt have to be halfstep to be Dubstep, i think it has to do with beat patern and the bass more than anything. A dubby vibe helps too. ;)

The Lexxus, you bring up an interesting point: can it be called Dubstep when it has a 4x4 beat? It's hard to say. On one hand, some might say that just a 4x4 beat doesnt automatically make it a new genre. On the other hand, some might say that with the addition of 4x4 tunes, along with normal dubstep, half-step, and the digidub sounding tunes, that the genre might be becoming too varied to say it's all one thing.

Then others might say we're too worried about classifying things. :?

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:29 pm
by the lexxus
At the end of the day, Dubstep is what we (the entire population of the Dubstep Forum) decide what is & what isn't Dubstep.

And I totally agree that we're too worried about classifying things. Haha!

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:49 pm
by el sub sta
i love 4x4

Re: 4x4 Dubstep

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:03 am
by ufo over easy
thc wrote: So Iron Soul was the first to do it. A true innovator.
Nah man, what about anti war dub? Left leg out? I'm sure there's more too.

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:13 am
by pangaea
Geeneus played a 4x4 track last week at Fwd which I wasn't too keen on...sounded a bit hard-houseish. But get 4x4 right and it can sound great...Anti-War Dub being the prime example.

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:37 am
by [b]racket
Four to the floor.

Personally would like to hear more...

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:14 am
by ufo over easy
[b]racket wrote:Four to the floor.
You don't reckon those mala tracks are four to the floor?

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:35 am
by [b]racket
UFO over easy wrote:
[b]racket wrote:Four to the floor.
You don't reckon those mala tracks are four to the floor?
Yeh totally...i appreciate Mala production from a techno point of view if that makes any sense...i still listen to a lot of techno stuff, more of a wonked out bleep n bass vibe though.

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:21 am
by ghettobot
wonket bleep n bass four four!!!! hoooo!
one life... it's kinda wonkey and need a release!!!!

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:01 am
by sheriff
4x4 dubstep.

Anti War was getting played by Mala over a year ago. That has a four beat straight.

its 4x4 but sounds nothing like house. sickness.

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:02 am
by ramadanman
i suppose left leg out isn't truly 4x4, but anti-war dub certainly is

oh yeh and that geenus track at FWD was a bit odd really, didn't think it went down that well

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:03 am
by sheriff
lots of dub is on a 4x4 beat.

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 11:39 am
by ufo over easy
ramadanman wrote: oh yeh and that geenus track at FWD was a bit odd really, didn't think it went down that well
It was funky house at 140bpm :q:

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:17 pm
by alan
four on the floor is house music meaning its rubbish.


hahjahhaha

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:19 pm
by ufo over easy
alan wrote:four on the floor is house music meaning its rubbish.
... if it weren't for house you'd have no dubstep. And four to the floor doesn't mean it's house.

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:48 pm
by m9918868
Anybody else liking Shut Up & Dance's 4th Floor, btw?