I put the real in quotation marks because it's obviously a subjective thing, although I think my definition of dubstep makes the most sense. This thread was born out of another one discussing the genre, which was full of misconceptions.
Dubstep grew out of a scene in south london combining elements of uk garage, 2-step and dub. It's charactaristics are sub bass (not that skillrex grimy sound, sub bass, the kind you need a sub woofer to hear properly), a synchopated 2 step rythmn (not the deadmaus/skillrex four to the floor dance beat.) and dissonant melody (not, again, the melodic techno sounds of skillrex ect.)
I think the sound, spearheaded by skillrex, which is called 'brostep' by those who want to differentiate, is not really what the genre was originally about, and it's an insult to the pioneers of the sound to associate them with their commercial offspring.
Now some examples:
Digital mystickz, one of the originators of the genre. Notice there's not a noticable drop or wob wob bass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mOIXdC4rgA
Here's one by benga. The bass sounds closer to brostep, but there's no hint of a melody or a drop, it's all very dissonant. (I personally don't like this style.):http://www.youtube.com/watchv=yNoj2Y0iHxw&feature=related
I have to throw in some burial. It doesn't have all the things I mention that should be in dubstep, but this music is so good, and it's nothing like brostep, so it's a good indicator of where the south london sound leads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ijVnXIWBk
I have nothing against brostep (other than thinking it sounds kind of stupid
) and I know the names of things shouldn't matter, but it's just annoying seeing a british thing being taken over by an inferior (ok, it's only inferior in my opinion.) american counterpart, and no one seeing the two things as different.
Dubstep grew out of a scene in south london combining elements of uk garage, 2-step and dub. It's charactaristics are sub bass (not that skillrex grimy sound, sub bass, the kind you need a sub woofer to hear properly), a synchopated 2 step rythmn (not the deadmaus/skillrex four to the floor dance beat.) and dissonant melody (not, again, the melodic techno sounds of skillrex ect.)
I think the sound, spearheaded by skillrex, which is called 'brostep' by those who want to differentiate, is not really what the genre was originally about, and it's an insult to the pioneers of the sound to associate them with their commercial offspring.
Now some examples:
Digital mystickz, one of the originators of the genre. Notice there's not a noticable drop or wob wob bass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mOIXdC4rgA
Here's one by benga. The bass sounds closer to brostep, but there's no hint of a melody or a drop, it's all very dissonant. (I personally don't like this style.):http://www.youtube.com/watchv=yNoj2Y0iHxw&feature=related
I have to throw in some burial. It doesn't have all the things I mention that should be in dubstep, but this music is so good, and it's nothing like brostep, so it's a good indicator of where the south london sound leads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ijVnXIWBk
I have nothing against brostep (other than thinking it sounds kind of stupid
) and I know the names of things shouldn't matter, but it's just annoying seeing a british thing being taken over by an inferior (ok, it's only inferior in my opinion.) american counterpart, and no one seeing the two things as different.
