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Offline PetFish

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Learn Me About Dubstep
« on: October 17, 2013, 04:32:00 PM »
What is it?

What are some good/bad examples?

Where should I start if I want to listen and see if it's something I might be interested in?
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Re: Learn Me About Dubstep
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2013, 05:08:19 PM »
I'm no expert but to keep it simple it's electronic dance music with a mix of drum and bass with lots of rythm patterns and bass lines containing low frequencies.

The most famous one within that scene is I guess Skrillex:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYYyMu3pzL4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSeNSzJ2-Jw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJVmu6yttiw

and here's some remixes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXjRpCRcOcg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpwVCVVLfcI


Here's some other one's I like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoVSsGgbVK4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVMuwa-HRCQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w96QLJ5Byq8

https://www.youtube.com/user/MonstercatMedia?feature=watch

Even though i'm not a massive fan, as a drummer it's cool hearing dubstep with lot's of rythmic patterns. Here's some cool drumline examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpzeAQjWH4Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ombTCsSHDbo
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Re: Learn Me About Dubstep
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2013, 06:54:31 PM »
Burial, easily the best dubstep artist.
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Re: Learn Me About Dubstep
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2013, 07:13:40 PM »
Alright so I'm a huge, huge dubstep fan. Boom Shack-a-lack pretty much hit the nail on the head with the description. Dubstep is just a part of EDM music. There are a lot of subgenres, the easiest I find to get into is chillstep:

Blackmill - Let It Be - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDI6HTR9arA

Then you can get into some more harder stuff if your interested:

Seven Lions - Isis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIo14jKF9uI
Mr. FijiWiji - Apathy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qstMjEH5pk

There are also some really talented remix's done of great trance songs:

Above & Beyond - Sun & Moon - Eric Farias Mix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc3Mtwdk2as

Next song isn't really dubstep but it's a phenomenal remix:

Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition - Alto Remix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrZe0MPj24M

Check those songs out, those go over fairly well with people new to dubstep.

EDIT: How can I forget Excision, he makes some intense dubstep mixes, check out his newest Shamabhala - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFd7MHcYW1o
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Re: Learn Me About Dubstep
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2013, 07:31:25 PM »
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Re: Learn Me About Dubstep
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2013, 07:33:14 PM »
Dubstep is totally fun when they play it at my rock gym. As a genre it (IMHO) has a bit of the problem that everything sounds alike quite a bit.
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Re: Learn Me About Dubstep
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2013, 10:58:09 AM »
My son's Youtube channel ...he is producing mixing EDM music for about 2 years now

https://www.youtube.com/user/subsonicedm

He's already partnered with youtube and a couple of European artists

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Re: Learn Me About Dubstep
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2013, 12:10:01 PM »
The most interesting stuff:

Burial - Chill out, but musically more interesting than any other dubstep producer. He's in a league of his own.

Kahn - Makes the most dark, groovy dubstep out there.

Benton - Same as above.

Digital Mystikz - Same as above.

Kryptic Minds - Same as above.

Submotion Orchestra - Is a jazz/dubstep band. Check out the track 'Backchat' for a dark instrumental track, and 'All Yours' for a lovely vocal dubstep/jazz track.

James Blake - I'm sure you've already heard about him.

Krampfhaft - Dutch artist that makes trap-infused dubstep music. VERY party.

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For your average hard 'brostep' just play Trolley Snatcha, Cookie Monsta and that kind of stuff.
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Re: Learn Me About Dubstep
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2013, 12:31:44 PM »
Burial, Submotion Orchestra and Kryptic Minds are all great shouts. Skrillex imho is terrible, I really don't get on with brostep. Rusko has some cool tunes too and probably is partly responsible for the development of Skrillex's sound.
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Re: Learn Me About Dubstep
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2013, 06:18:39 PM »
Great, thanks for the start everyone.  I'm not saying I'm going to get "into it" but it's definitely cool and something I want to be familiar with.
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