Dubstep

[Cuchulainn]

I have been listening to electronica now since about 1991, a kid I was buyin jungle & early hardcore techno when XL Recordings was king. I like to think I've developed a pretty good ear for it now, this goes for genres & choons.

In 2000 I had become completely disillusioned with the way house had gone (it'd already been going that commercial state over-produced direction since about 1998), I stopped listening to all but Dnb in so far as electronic music went. Garage, hated it, too happy, but there were some garage Prods. that felt the same as me & wanted dark nasty stuff. Slowly this dark bass heavy 2-step music was formed from a wide but similar collection of ideas taken from Raggae, garage & Grime, funneled into a definable sound we now know as Dubstep. This hypnotic head-nodding madness that hits you like a brick was my new eargasm of choice. The progress of it can be marked by a few standout tracks, I will go from it's rough formation from Skream & Benga's Garage crossover to right now where wobble & bass kill you;

UK Artists

YouTube - 3 El B Amazon

YouTube - Dj Hatcha - Dub Express

YouTube - Benga and Skream - The Judgement

YouTube - D1 - Crack Bong (Loefah Remix)

YouTube - Kode 9 & Spaceape - 9 Samurai

YouTube - Skream - Midnight Request Line

YouTube - Pinch - Qawwali VIP

YouTube - Burial 'Archangel'

YouTube - Distance - Traffic

YouTube - Rusko - Jahova

YouTube - Suspicious Stench - Putrid Creature

YouTube - TC - Where's My Money (Caspa Remix)

YouTube - Chase and Status - Eastern Jam

YouTube - Emalkay - When I Look At You

YouTube - La Roux - In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Mix)

YouTube - Kromestar - Badman

YouTube - Rusko 'Cockney Thug'

YouTube - Bar 9 - Midnight

YouTube - Night

YouTube - Joker - Do It

YouTube - Stenchman - The Number One

YouTube - Cookie Monsta - Fat Girl Rodeo

YouTube - Trolley Snatcha - Scattah

YouTube - Nneka - Heartbeat (Chase & Status Remix)

YouTube - deadmau5 & Kaskade - I Remember (Caspa Remix)

YouTube - Doctor P - Sweet Shop

YouTube - 16bit - Swine Flu [UNRELEASED] [HQ]

YouTube - Jakes - Scannerz

YouTube - The Others - Quantum Leap

YouTube - FuntCase - So Vexed

YouTube - Flux Pavillion - Meathead

YouTube - Flux Pavilion - Normalize


The Track below needs a special mention, not strictly in the dubstep mould but in about 15 years I have heard about 5 electronic songs that I thought would change forever, this Skream track is one of them, Total Epicness beyond years. It seems to incorporate all 15 years in 1 song;

YouTube - Skream - Listening To The Records On My Wall





Non-UK Artists

Israel Represent!

YouTube - Borgore - Love

YouTube - Whisker Twister - Join The Fossils

Russian Madness

YouTube - Crazy Herbert - Giant

YouTube - i_jah - its alive (n1tex remix)

American Producers

YouTube - The Widdler - Froggy Style

YouTube - Excision ft. Noiz - Do it now

YouTube - ULTRABLACK - MUSICAL RUSH



Canada's Best

YouTube - DatsiK - Nuke 'Em [Dubstep]

YouTube - Blue Foundation - Eyes On Fire (Zeds Dead Remix)


Sweden

YouTube - Daladubz - Pink Elephants

YouTube - L-Wiz - Mexter Dorgan

Even New Zealand

YouTube - Mt Eden Dubstep (HD) - Sierra Leone


I'm bound to have missed a few bangers but that's an introduction. All questions answered.