An Introduction To Dubstep.

[ThisIsSnake]

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Music has to have passion, skill or emotion behind it for it to be worth listening to. Remixes and electronic music just sound crap to me.

 

[UmJammerSully]

Put very simply, I'm not a fan of the "wubwubwub" which seems to be one of the main characteristics of dubstep. :/

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

Meh. Some guy was like "hey guys dubstep is so cool" so everyone else was like "hey guys dubstep is so cool". It's just a meme, don't even worry about it. In a couple months, the only people who will remember it are the people who think "the cake is a lie" is funny.

Well, you certainly don't understand it at all. That's ok though, it's not for everyone.

...I won't even bother.

OT: Now that I think about it, I've never come across a remix of Metroid music. Hopefully that'll be fixed soon.

I wouldn't, considering the fact that you don't like it doesn't make it a meme...

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I always start wanting it to break into a 4 to floor when I hear it, or at least a double tempo drum n bass rhythm.

 

[Gitty101]

Dubstep is an acquired taste no doubt about that, but there are so many artists out there, each with their own signature sound.

Personally I would recommend anything from DatsiK or Excision, they've done some good work. Also, try "Hangin'" by Genetix.

 

[Phlakes]

I wouldn't, considering the fact that you don't like it doesn't make it a meme...

Really? Because I don't remember saying I don't like it-

Meh. Some guy was like "hey guys dubstep is so cool" so everyone else was like "hey guys dubstep is so cool". It's just a meme, don't even worry about it. In a couple months, the only people who will remember it are the people who think "the cake is a lie" is funny.

Huh. Guess I never did.

OT again: I actually came across a dubstep Metroid remix yesterday. For clarification-

Now that I think about it, I've never come across a remix of Metroid music. Hopefully that'll be fixed soon.

I'm glad it was fixed.

 

[OutcastBOS]

Eh...I'll tolerate it, but if I listen to techno, trance is more my style.

 

[Mister Eff]

dubstep is horrible.

i would barely classify it as music to be honost... most of it is little more then static and white noise. Honostly, a great majority of 'dubstep' pushes the tonal range which is acctually uncomfortable or painful to most people. And a great many more then that throw simple concepts such as music theory out the window

it is audio confusing, hardly ever flows, and commits so many musical no-nos that it is litterally painful for me to listen to most itterations of dubstep.

Pretty much exactly how I feel. Loads of my friends love it, which makes me feel a bit left out. But I really just cannot stand it.

 

[General_Potatoes]

Im gonna go with people who don't like it. Its just a really stupid thing. It has no feeling or emotion put into it like REAL music.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

I wouldn't, considering the fact that you don't like it doesn't make it a meme...

Really? Because I don't remember saying I don't like it-

Meh. Some guy was like "hey guys dubstep is so cool" so everyone else was like "hey guys dubstep is so cool". It's just a meme, don't even worry about it. In a couple months, the only people who will remember it are the people who think "the cake is a lie" is funny.

Huh. Guess I never did.

OT again: I actually came across a dubstep Metroid remix yesterday. For clarification-

Now that I think about it, I've never come across a remix of Metroid music. Hopefully that'll be fixed soon.

I'm glad it was fixed.

Allow me to requote:

Meh. Some guy was like "hey guys dubstep is so cool" so everyone else was like "hey guys dubstep is so cool". It's just a meme, don't even worry about it. In a couple months, the only people who will remember it are the people who think "the cake is a lie" is funny.

Yeah, from that post I can see you clearly like dubstep. Don't be snide, you may not have explicitly said 'I dislike it' but the implication of your posting shows that in any case you don't like it.

Huh. Guess you did.

 

[Phlakes]

le snip

I'd just like to clarify that my brain is inside my head. I think I'm slightly more qualified to say what I feel or think.

Anyway, I don't dislike dubstep. What I dislike is the idea of memes. When people who have never even heard of Portal start going off about cake think they're being clever, that's what I dislike. Or whenever people hear someone say "rainbow" they automatically spout off "DOUBLE RAINBOW!" because someone showed them that autotuned video.

The same thing has happened to me, with the people I know, with dubstep. I see people who act like it's the best thing ever only because it just got popular on the internet, and then a couple weeks later never talk about it again.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

le snip

I'd just like to clarify that my brain is inside my head. I think I'm slightly more qualified to say what I feel or think.

Anyway, I don't dislike dubstep. What I dislike is the idea of memes. When people who have never even heard of Portal start going off about cake think they're being clever, that's what I dislike. Or whenever people hear someone say "rainbow" they automatically spout off "DOUBLE RAINBOW!" because someone showed them that autotuned video.

The same thing has happened to me, with the people I know, with dubstep. I see people who act like it's the best thing ever only because it just got popular on the internet, and then a couple weeks later never talk about it again.

Now that I agree with. No offence to the people you know, but those are the idiots who'll spout anything they think will score them a cheap laugh. There are many people, myself and some close friends included, who genuinely enjoy dubstep for the sound.
Yeah it's funny at first when someone made a dubstep of the pokemon theme or something, but as you said, and I quite agree, there's a side of it that is sadly just becoming a tired joke. A kind of template that goes 'WOULDN'T IT BE FUNNY IF SOMEONE MADE A DUBSTEP OF _____"
That side has gotten tiresome but thankfully it isn't the whole of the genre.

 

[II2]

Dubstep isn't a favorite for me, but here's the best of what I've heard:

 

[Tallim]

Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis. I mainly hate it because it got played to death in my workplace coupled with the fact that it's incredibly catchy and always gets stuck in my head.

Spoiler: Chelsea Dagger

 

[Weaver]

I would just forego dubstep. I hated it when Wobble started creeping up in the late 1990s and I still hate it to this day.... with pretty much the sole exception of what chase & status put out. It baffles me how dubstep became so popular when Wobble was essentially treated as an inside joke in the rave scene (at least in the Eastern NA Scene), eg; wobble tracks would be played ironically.

Why not belgian jumpstyle? Hardcore? IDM? D&B? Why dubstep of all bloody things? I guess it just pisses me off when my sister visits me one day asking if I know about "This new dubstep thing" not realizing it's been around for probably 11 years as a recognized genre.

 

[II2]

Meh. Some guy was like "hey guys dubstep is so cool" so everyone else was like "hey guys dubstep is so cool". It's just a meme, don't even worry about it. In a couple months, the only people who will remember it are the people who think "the cake is a lie" is funny.

For what it's worth, by way of origin, Dubstep was really taking off and becoming a big niche thing around 2006, almost half a decade ago, in the UK, fueled by fans of Breakcore, IDM and DnB. Some people liked it, some didn't.

I agree with your assessment that it's explosion of popularity has kinda an exponential effect as the style became an internet meme - infused a combination of word of mouth, more commercially viable US based producers and merging with the 'remix whatever' youtube poop sorta stuff... but...

It will probably be remembered and reproduced/emulated on a smaller scale long after it's hay day has come and gone, just like most every style of music.


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tl;dr - Avid listeners and composers knew about it before it got big and will remember it after. The general internet explosion of it as a viral breakout and will die eventually.

 

[Dexiro]

Is Dubstep itself not just an intro to better electronic music?

What do you think is better electronic music? I must admit to not exactly being well educated about the music scene but then again it's all subjective. Where does one progress to from Mt Eden and Skrillex and their ilk?

Depends on preference really, it just seems that Dubstep is a lot of peoples first insight into these kind of genres.

Noisia is a favourite of mine that I think is kind of similar to dubstep, but I'm not guaranteeing everyone will like them. Worth a try though I suppose.

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

"wobble tracks would be played ironically." "...ironically..." [HEADING=1]"...ironically..."[/HEADING]

DAMNIT, HIPSTERS but seriously, wobble? Care to enlighten me as to this mysterious genre?

Liking the responses so far, it's better than most of the stuff I've heard so far.

 

[Daftmau5]

You need to get your hands on some Skrillex, man

Spoiler: The guy is awesome.

Pretty much 90% of the replies to this thread will probably be Skrillex.

More like 5%, bro.

 

[deathninja]

Glitchstep artist. This guy's so awesome, that if I type "win" into the url bar, it directs me to this song.

Purely coincidence that I played that in perfect sync with your avatar

I'm not sure about dubstep, it's too varied to count as a genre I think. The stuff that's like chiptunes+breakbeat I like a lot, but I feel that most just descends into muddy bass and sirens just because it can.