instant stream of consciousness thought for a thread title, ya dig? lol.
Listen.
We all know NOBODY listens to dubstep anymore. Perhaps for good reason too. I mean.. imo, trap has usurped most of dubstep's production sounds, while incredibly simplifying production techniques 10 fold, AND has jointly provided an even MORE extreme bass perversion for those that need it. Dubstep seems rather pedestrian by today's standards in bass music productions, imo. In 2017, i view dubstep as a mere footnote to what was to come. Still, you can't deny, whether good or bad, bass musics, hip-hop, trap, later eras of dnb (as we know), and a myriad of current commercial pop electronic tunes heard anywhere today, would NOT be here without dubstep. It happened. People know what dubstep is.. the general public who know nothing of dance music lingo, know the term "dubstep". The sound was completely integrated, and passively received, perhaps killing any "edge" the music may have had, of course. In all honesty, a dark, instrumental trap mix is more interesting to listen to, more "head nodding" , subversive, and extreme in comparison.
If anything, I think that any notable reference to dubstep today might merely reinforce the standard UK garage connection, which I am a fan of, from back in the day. There are still blips of decent tunes posted about. It has been roughly 15 years + of reference points you can sift through now. I stopped listening in... I can't even remember. Maybe 2006? I was even still djing back then. Perhaps some of the Skull Disco releases were some of my final dubstep vinyl purchases back then? Hotflush was moving on, as were other labels and producers. "brostep" killed it for me.. perhaps the genre in general. Things moved on and changed, as we all know. Grime stepped up again in recent years, to various degrees. I STILL listen to old Hotflush Recordings podcast and mixes. Earlier Hotflush Recs is always an instant reference point for me, it is like "comfort food" for my sonic tastes. heh. Hotflush was always quality back then. TOASTY for life really.
Kahn & Neek, Bandulu Recs, doing it for recent stuff. I might check out blips here and there. Hence this thread.
Random dubstep picks, from 15+ years of music now, perhaps some grime'ting as well. Including stuff I've never heard myself, nor checked out before the music fell void to my needs. Feel free to share your own discoveries and gems.
Cheers.
Truth - Deep Medi Musik, October 2017.
I like this.
Listen.
We all know NOBODY listens to dubstep anymore. Perhaps for good reason too. I mean.. imo, trap has usurped most of dubstep's production sounds, while incredibly simplifying production techniques 10 fold, AND has jointly provided an even MORE extreme bass perversion for those that need it. Dubstep seems rather pedestrian by today's standards in bass music productions, imo. In 2017, i view dubstep as a mere footnote to what was to come. Still, you can't deny, whether good or bad, bass musics, hip-hop, trap, later eras of dnb (as we know), and a myriad of current commercial pop electronic tunes heard anywhere today, would NOT be here without dubstep. It happened. People know what dubstep is.. the general public who know nothing of dance music lingo, know the term "dubstep". The sound was completely integrated, and passively received, perhaps killing any "edge" the music may have had, of course. In all honesty, a dark, instrumental trap mix is more interesting to listen to, more "head nodding" , subversive, and extreme in comparison.
If anything, I think that any notable reference to dubstep today might merely reinforce the standard UK garage connection, which I am a fan of, from back in the day. There are still blips of decent tunes posted about. It has been roughly 15 years + of reference points you can sift through now. I stopped listening in... I can't even remember. Maybe 2006? I was even still djing back then. Perhaps some of the Skull Disco releases were some of my final dubstep vinyl purchases back then? Hotflush was moving on, as were other labels and producers. "brostep" killed it for me.. perhaps the genre in general. Things moved on and changed, as we all know. Grime stepped up again in recent years, to various degrees. I STILL listen to old Hotflush Recordings podcast and mixes. Earlier Hotflush Recs is always an instant reference point for me, it is like "comfort food" for my sonic tastes. heh. Hotflush was always quality back then. TOASTY for life really.
Kahn & Neek, Bandulu Recs, doing it for recent stuff. I might check out blips here and there. Hence this thread.
Random dubstep picks, from 15+ years of music now, perhaps some grime'ting as well. Including stuff I've never heard myself, nor checked out before the music fell void to my needs. Feel free to share your own discoveries and gems.
Cheers.
Truth - Deep Medi Musik, October 2017.
I like this.