dubstep virus affecting other genres?

dubremix · Post by **dubremix** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:06 am

hi,

just signed up here, but have been listening to dubstep for a few years now.

it is funny to hear dubstep production values making their way into other electronic music genres.

anyone got any examples? i can think of a few. it would be cool to build a list...

shards · Post by **shards** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:41 pm

Dubstep breakdowns in Nu-School Breaks tracks are the most I've heard. D&B had the whole half-step thing happening before Amit made the style his own, Future Prophecies did a few of them on Certificate 18 & early Subtitles releases in 2001.

juliun_c90 · Post by **juliun_c90** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:40 pm

'freakshow' by britney spears

jonnyrebel · Post by **jonnyrebel** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:57 pm

id say its more the otherway round, I like the term dubstep virus though. There is no cure

spencertron · Post by **spencertron** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:59 pm

Some MIA stuff

as far as i'm concerned she can do whatever she wants

spiderman · Post by **spiderman** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:01 pm

Jonnyrebel wrote:id say its more the otherway round, I like the term dubstep virus though. There is no cure

no there isnt, none at all.

and their never will be, muahahaha.

ok ill stop now lol.

longgone · Post by **longgone** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:15 pm

juliun_c90 wrote:'freakshow' by britney spears

oh dear, the virus has clearly had a bad effect in this sorry instance

ufo over easy · Post by **ufo over easy** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:35 pm

juliun_c90 wrote:'freakshow' by britney spears

big tune

jonnyrebel · Post by **jonnyrebel** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:54 pm

I like to think that some people were immunised at birth and thus, have never caught it while others are particularely seseptible to it.

dubremix · Post by **dubremix** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:13 pm

now all that needs to happen is Madonna to hire a dubstep producer for her next album

dubremix · Post by **dubremix** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:15 pm

would you call this track, dubstep or dark ambient with dubstep influences?

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 3&s=143441

"Dark Energy"

a few of the other tracks have obvious dubstep elements like the bass treatments, but the album isn't true dubstep.

juliun_c90 · Post by **juliun_c90** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:23 am

longGone wrote:
juliun_c90 wrote:'freakshow' by britney spears
oh dear, the virus has clearly had a bad effect in this sorry instance

no. no it hasn't. it's an awesome tune, as are some of the others on the album.

fused_forces · Post by **fused_forces** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:27 am

All good music influences music from other genres, its the best way to push fresh sounds forward.

optimum · Post by **optimum** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:07 pm

UFO over easy wrote:
juliun_c90 wrote:'freakshow' by britney spears
big tune

promo · Post by **promo** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:00 pm

spencerTron wrote:Some MIA stuff

as far as i'm concerned she can do whatever she wants

I think she produced most of her known tunes before the whole dubstep label thing even came about.

promo · Post by **promo** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:02 pm

dubremix wrote:would you call this track, dubstep or dark ambient with dubstep influences?

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 3&s=143441

"Dark Energy"

a few of the other tracks have obvious dubstep elements like the bass treatments, but the album isn't true dubstep.

People have been making tunes akin to this for years. Bill Laswell being a perfect example.

upreal · Post by **upreal** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:05 pm

Last night I saw both Spor and High Contrast play some dubstep, was pretty nice.

dubremix · Post by **dubremix** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:27 pm

I've got a lot of the Laswell dub tracks, but they are more Reggae and traditional sounding dub. They always feature him playing a real electric bass. That sound is great, but electric bass doesn't make me think dubstep. Not that wobble bass is required, but dubstep basses in general are heavily designed and processed in the coolest ways... Bill Laswell is a bass player, so that always comes through.

executive steve · Post by **executive steve** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:54 pm

well there's been a slew of minimal steppy dnb tunes with big deep subs over the last few years that perhaps show that some heads have being finding inspiration with teh space and the dynamic range of some of the best dubstep - although it's hardly a new sound for dnb; at best it's a bit of welcome return towards a healthy sonic template, but given that dnb was doing that a decade ago it would seem silly to say it's dubstep infecting dnb

techno people (where i'm from anyway) seeem to be turning to dubstep in droves though and getting quite excited about it - which is quite odd since garage never really got any sort of a foothold in ireland at all; i remember telling some dublin techno lads a few years ago about what i think i described as a fresh offshoot of uk garage that was getting really interesting and they laughed at me - now they're listening to appleblim on their car stereos and quizzing me about 2562 and headhunter (and given the fact that i'm prettty much a complete dubstep noob with a nice line in musical bluffery i'm pretty sure i'm hardly the right guy to ask lol)

on a completely unrelated note, and i'm sure it was reported here already, but i was recently doing a video interview with marky and he said he was on brazilian mtv being interviewed with pete tong at some festival in sao paolo and they were asked what the future of dance music was - pete tong apparently just said "dubstep".

executive steve · Post by **executive steve** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:55 pm

upreal wrote:Last night I saw both Spor and High Contrast play some dubstep, was pretty nice.

you're damn lucky you didn't hear them play dnb to be fair...

dubstep virus affecting other genres?

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