Dubstep Virgin

jonnyt · Post by **jonnyt** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:11 pm

Hey, I'm new to dubstep and need help getting hold of some essential releases. My music taste is pretty varied but is mainly electonic (autechre, aphex twin, four tet), with some rock (radiohead, pink floyd) and fairly mainstream hip-hop/ grime (roots manuva, wu-tang, nas, sway, dizzee).
I just heard my first dubstep album this week; Burial Untrue and it hit me like no other album I've heard in a long time. This was one of the first places I came to to find out more about what might become my new favourite type of music, I've had a look through a lot of threads but there are so many of them and so many people contributing, I'm not sure where to start.
Are there already threads covering these questions? Are there other albums with the same dark, brooding atmosphere as Untrue or is it a one-off?
What would you guys recommend to a dub-step virgin who's eager to hear a lot more?

Thanks in advance

oddfellow · Post by **oddfellow** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:22 pm

If you like Burial then check out all the other releases on Hyperdub, lots of different sounds but the quality is always high. Tempa and Hot Flush have a multitude of good stuff as well.

juliun_c90 · Post by **juliun_c90** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:03 pm

Mr Hyde wrote:...your chest hymen

urrgggh.

tempa dubstep allstars compilations are probably a good place to start. mixed cd compilations with lots of tracks for your money. bear in mind you won't necessarily be able to get hold of all the tracks as full releases. some are unreleased/dubplate excloos.

the wiggle baron · Post by **the wiggle baron** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:35 pm

Its a bit of a tricky one, there is plenty of deep atmospheric stuff going out there, but there isnt really any one place to look for it!

For me, mala is always a good start (although I would pretty much say that no matter what style I was recommending

) but yeah other than that, release wise there just seems to be bits and pieces dotted about here and there!

Bristol has a wicked scene on the more minimal atmospheric stuff, definitely worth looking into skull disco/punch drunk (record labels).

See what happens from there I guess!

(My personal top tip though, something I just havent been able to get enough of is parsons release on dubline records recently, "empty houses" is one of my favourite bits of dubstep to date. So moody it hurts!)

pandaia · Post by **pandaia** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:51 pm

(My personal top tip though, something I just havent been able to get enough of is parsons release on dubline records recently, "empty houses" is one of my favourite bits of dubstep to date. So moody it hurts!)

I agree

Been playin this one like crazy, it's gorgeous. Big up, moustache monster.

My advice- just listen.

Listen listen listen to subfm, and rinse- go to your local nights if you're lucky enough to have one and keep talking to people, you'll start to familiarize yourself with sounds. Myspace has been really helpful for me, tho artists are not very good about updating their players- but you get an idea of which producers play off each others' sounds and what direction they're going thanks to the whole 'degrees of seperation' aspect.

Oh and go ahead and get hooked on dubstepforum while yer at it- buncha geeks in here will school you proper

jonnyt · Post by **jonnyt** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:43 pm

Cheers for the advice.
Unfortunately, I'm living in Switzerland at the moment, won't be back in Brixton for at least a year, so live club opportunities are limited.
I suppose what I'm after is a handful of cd's I can buy online to see what I like before I start checking out massive resources like entire record labels and myspace etc.
Kind of like if someone expressed an interest in trip hop, you'd tell them to check out agreed classics like tricky maxinquaye and massive attack blue lines, then move onto more obscure stuff from there.

BaronVon · Post by **BaronVon** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:47 pm

Geiom - Island Noise
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=60415

Shackleton/Appleblim - Soundboy Punishments
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=33160

My favourite Dubstep albums

pandaia · Post by **pandaia** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:06 pm

jonnyt wrote:Cheers for the advice.
I suppose what I'm after is a handful of cd's I can buy online to see what I like before I start checking out massive resources like entire record labels and myspace etc.
Kind of like if someone expressed an interest in trip hop, you'd tell them to check out agreed classics like tricky maxinquaye and massive attack blue lines, then move onto more obscure stuff from there.

Not sure if dubstep is old enough to have 'classics' but here are a few albums I dig:

Boxcutter - Glyphic
Pinch - Underwater Dancehall
Kode 9 + Spaceape - Memories of the Future

Compilations are a good way to go if you just want to hear a range of producers and there are a fair amount of those:

Hot Flush's Space and Time compilation - I think, based on the tastes you stated, you would really like.

Tectonic Plates double CD - was one of the first things I purchased when I first started building my collection, it has a nice range of good dubstep and gave me a good starting point.

Science Faction Dubstep - Really nice tunes on here, too

Either 2 of the Box of Dub compilations on Soul Jazz as well.

DL Christine Vaccine's Meditate on the Bass Weight Mix as well. Super nice.

__________ · Post by **__________** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:10 pm

coki - red eye ep. essential purchase. track for track it has the best basslines on a dubstep ep i've heard

polho · Post by **polho** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:17 pm

In the old days we used to listen to Dubstep Warz day in day out.

pandaia · Post by **pandaia** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:19 pm

Polho wrote:In the old days we used to listen to Dubstep Warz day in day out.

ah yes dunno how i forgot about this one

lol at 'in the old days'

cheers to dubstep for effing our entire concept of historical timeline

maxr · Post by **maxr** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:26 pm

get Distance - My Demons, can't believe that album hasn't been mentioned yet

and burial's first, selftitled album
and boxcutter - oneiric.

if we're talking cd's that is.

Forensics · Post by **Forensics** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:50 pm

FORENSICS - THE SINGULARITY

Limited advance CD copies now available:

http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=43250

epithet · Post by **epithet** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:21 pm

jonnyt wrote: I just heard my first dubstep album this week; Burial Untrue and it hit me like no other album I've heard in a long time. Are there other albums with the same dark, brooding atmosphere as Untrue or is it a one-off?
What would you guys recommend to a dub-step virgin who's eager to hear a lot more?

Thanks in advance

Burial is an anomaly in that theres no one else doing the style he does.

'Cyrus - from the shadows' album is sparse, dark and brooding as is 'moving ninja' stuff

http://www.myspace.com/movingninja

but if you want dark and brooding in a more up tempo malevolent less melancholic style I suggest vex'd - degenerate

Pistonsbeneath · Post by **Pistonsbeneath** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:32 pm

hey i share a lot of your taste man so maybe you'll like a lot o the stuff i like:)

besides whats already been mentioned...

tunes to check..

Soundproof Productions - Marv
Marlow - Tremor, Machine, Scum...also grab his mix for electronic explorations!
Emalkay - Bats in The Belfry, Road Grit
Moving Ninja - Lost Tribe
Benny Ill, Kode 9 And The Culprit - Fat Larrys Skank (Kode9 Remix)
MRK1 - Trip Down The Nile
Plastician - Japan
Distance - Empire, Fallen (Vex'd Remix)
Reso - Toasted
Bass Clef - Bass & Drumm Make My Heart Sing
Benga - Comb 60s, Roller, Music Box, The Cut, Crunked Up, World War 7
The Others - Africa VIP
Boxcutter - Sunshine VIP, Brood VIP, Hyloz
King Soly - Tamil Dub
Ekaros - The Devil, Atoms
Scan One - Skip
Fat Freddy's Drop - Cay's Cray's (Mala Remix)
Kromestar - Here We Come
L-Wiz - Egyptic, Girl From Codeine City
N-Type - Missunderstood
Pinch - Punisher (All the mixes!), Qawwali (original &VIP versions)
Skream - 0800 Dub, Blipstream, Rutten
Milanese Vs Virus Syndicate - Dead Man Walking (original & distance remix!)
Snares - Black Sabbath
Toasty - The Knowledge, The Sun
Vex'd - Venus, Thunder, Killing Floor, Angels
Sileni - Twitchy Droid Leg (Vex'd Remix)
Geiom - How To Love
Gravious - Temple Ball, Winter Sun, Monolith
Tes La Rok - Ignition, Lickshot, Santa Claus Is Lost
Clouds - Shallow
Digital Mystikz - Molten, Ancient Memories
Coki - Officer
Goth Trad - Cut End, Back To Chill
Dabrye - Air Feat. Doom (Kode9 Remix)
iTAL tEK - Tokyo Freeze, White Mark, Shallow Sun
Milanese - Barry Dub, Mr Bad News, Double Face
Luke Envoy - Honour Kill, Mugen
Wonder - Undertaker
Elemental - Sparkle, Soul fire
Hatcha & Benga - Progression
Shackleton - Death Is Not Final, Limb By Limb
The Bug Ft Killa P & Flowdan - Skeng
Scuba - Harpoon
Loefah - System, Mud
Parson & Skint - Big Killaz
Darqwan - Ghost Not Memory
King Cannibal - One Thousand Eyes Closed, Aragami Style
Joker - Stuck In The System
TRG - Killed It Dead
Various Production - Hater, Phortune, World Is Gone

ok done typing now lol

if you grab all these tunes and listen to em id say you can move from there!!

Pada · Post by **Pada** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:46 pm

Download Mp3s from http://bleep.com/road http://beepport.com http://boomkat.com http://digital-tunes.net
They all have previews on so you can try b4 u buy

but to start of buy some compilations and check out the artists of them you like
I suggest Tectonic Plates 2CD compilation to start
and check out
Digital Mytickz (mala and coki)
Loefah
El-B
Kode 9
and Distance

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