the genre known as dubstep - search and destroy

ala matrix

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no i haven't but i'm looking forward to it! i actually really enjoyed dubstep vol 1, wasn't so big on the youngsta mix (started out too slow, but it's cool once it warms up about halfway through). vol 03 though ... 30 tracks? AWESOME! loads more digital mystikz / loefah / skream? AWESOME! i think this one's going to be great!

It's quite good. It might be my favorite dubstep thing.

And its a shame the last track Burial -"Prayer" only gets about a minute and a half...

The best Dubstep Mix I've heard so far has to be Mark One's Three Deck Mix, lots of decent tracks, not too boring, plus the extra deck means that half the time there's multiple tracks playing at once...

(I know, I know, I shouldn't judge from tiny clips...I'm sure they're very atmospheric in long form, but the sound was consistent across all of them)

(and I guess since dude's name is Burial, I shouldn't even be questioning this)

In the main dubstep is a synthetic sound built around immense sub bass, often only fuly comprehensible in a club format (ie DMZ). The drums are now usually whats become known as "half-step" 138 bpm (give or take) with aprox one snare per bar rather than 2.. takes the feel of 2 step and removes most of the drums, but still with fast hi hats... Musically it aims for either a dub war-inna-di-babylon vibe or cold futurism... yer basic dubstep might be thought of as say Loefah/Digital Myztiks, if you spice it up a little with dub and lee scratch perry you get Kode 9, or take a more cinematic minimalist twist you get Pinch, more goth and you get Distance, etc etc...

BBC collective present the sound of dubstep

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Bass in the place. We bring you the lowdown on the UK's newest sound, Dubstep. Plus video feature, images and tracks. [via BBC Collective email]

SHOOBY_-_DUBBY_-_20060307 - Grime, Dubstep
SHOOBY_-_DUBBY_-_20060307
08:00-10:00 PM (CET) @ Töréspont Rádió >> http://torespont.hu / http://torespont.com
STUDIO: DST
Grime, Dubstep

Virus Syndicate - Clockwork [Planet Mu ZIQ120]
Virus Syndicate - On The Run [Planet Mu ZIQ120]
Virus Syndicate - Major List MC's [Planet Mu ZIQ120]
Mark One - Blow [Planet Mu ZIQ112]
Virgo ft. N.A.S.T.Y Crew & Guests - Down [A.R.M.Y. Bullet 004]
Mark One - Random [Southside Recordings SS056]
Virgo ft. N.A.S.T.Y Crew & Guests - March riddim [A.R.M.Y. Bullet 004]
Mark One - Airhead [Southside Recordings SS056]
Mark One - Anger management [Planet Mu ZIQ112]
Wizzbit - Breakdown VIP [Bingo 018]
Rossi B. & Luca ft. N.A.S.T.Y - In The Place [Relentless 001]
Dj Klassic - The Budz [Nexgen 001]
October - Dub junglism (Vex'D remix) [Z Audio Recordings 001]
Digital Mystikz - Neverland [DMZ005]
Dj Distance - Replicant [Boka 001]
Mark One - Zulu [Southside Dubstars 002]
Boxcutter - Brood [Hotflush 010]
Skream - Late night request line [Tempa 014]
Loefah - Goat stare [DMZ 006]
Loefah & Skream - 28g [Tectonic 003]
Digital Mystikz - Officer [DMZ004]
Mala - Jah fire [DMZ 002]
Digital Mystikz - Country man [Rephlex Grime2 LP CAT160]
Mala - Ten dread commandments [DMZ 002]
Skream - Smiling face [Tempa 016]
N-Type - Square off [Southside Dubstars 003]
Skream - Glamma [Tempa 016]
Skream - Lightning [Tempa 016]
Toasty - The knowledge [Hotflush 006]
Skream - Rottan [Tempa 016]
D1 - Degrees [Tempa 015]
D1 - I believe [SoulJa 008]
Digital Mystikz - Chainba [DMZ 001]
Loefah & Skream - Fearless [Tectonic 003]

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http://shoobydubby.blogspot.com/

SHOOBY_-_DUBBY_-_20060404 - Dubstep, Breakstep
SHOOBY_-_DUBBY_-_20060404
08:00-10:00 PM (CET) @ Töréspont Rádió >> http://torespont.hu / http://torespont.com
STUDIO: DST
Dubstep, Breakstep

Scientist - Step it up (Dan Donovan for Don Letts Dub) [Select Cuts 6004]
Digital Mystikz - Mawo dub [Big Apple 004]
Loefah - Horror show [DMZ 002]
Loefah & Skream - Fearless [Tectonic 003]
Deep Alpha - All think (Kode 9's Alphadub) [Voltage 008]
Plasticman - Shallow grave [Terrorhytm 002]
Plasticman - Be there of be square [Terrorhytm 003]
Plasticman - Cha [Terrorhytm 002]
Dj Hatcha - Conga therapy [Tempa 011]
Random Trio - Lost city [Random Trio Productions 001]
Hatcha - Dub express [Tempa 011]
Benny Ill & Kode 9 - Tales from the bass side [Tempa 007]
Benny Ill & Dj Dinesh - London [Tempa 009]
Skream - _ [Tempa 016]
Appleblim - Cheat I [Skull Disco 002]
N-Type - Square off [Southside Dubstars 003]
Dj Pinch & P Dutty - War dub [Tectonic 003]
Loefah & Skream - 28g [Tectonic 003]
Search & Destroy - Candyfloss (Loefah rmx) [HotFlush RMX001]
Digital Mystikz - Officer [DMZ004]
Digital Mystikz - Officer [DMZ004] (reload)
Digital Mystikz - Ten dread commandments [DMZ 002]
Digital Mystikz - Chainba [DMZ001]
Digital Mystikz - Pathwayz [Big Apple 004]
Plasticman - The search [Terrorhytm 002]
Toasty - Like sun [Hotflush 006]
Toasty - Take it personal [Hotflush 009]
Toasty - Guesswork [Storming Productions 003]
Dubchild - Voodoo [Storming Productions 002]
Darqwan - Said the spider VIP [Texture 006]
Mark One - Stargate 92 rmx [Storming Productions 006]
Zinc - Whoa [Runnin 002]
Darqwan - Metro [Texture Recordings 005]
Vex'D - Angels [Planet Mu 115LP]
Vex'D - Bombartment of saturn [Planet Mu ZIQ131]
Vex'D - Bombartment of saturn [Planet Mu ZIQ131] (reload)
Dj Pinch - Quwwali VIP [Planet Mu ZIQ133]

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new kode9 single, 9 samurai, is lovely*. video is stunning too.

(* this almost certainly isn't the right word to describe it, dark and heavy as it is, but i do find a lot of this dubstep stuff is actually quite pretty in its own peculiar way. skream's midnght request line for instance, despite having percussion based on the sound of guns being cocked, reminds me of isan)

whither?!?!? =(

anybody heard dj maxximus new mix? i know it's not as current as dubstep vol 3 but it looks mighty exciting.

The Maxximus mix is okay. It's similar to but not as good as the Shadetek mix, with weaker MCing and a slightly more off-kilter approach.

Vahid I just sent it today!!

Technical Itch sticks his oar in with 'Implant', which is great. been a fan for ages and this is a nice mix of the dubstep thing and his old style (deep bass, menacing vocal sample, trademark acid wibbling). other side not bad either.

did he ever go away? 8)

actually, this week there are 3 new Tech Itch related 12"s available for download from tunetribe - a new Tech Itch (the label) release (EBK & Danny Holdtight, TI047), a new Penetration release (TI himself, TIP021) and the Ascension 001 split 12" thing (above) which is him and Headhunter. i make that 7 releases so far this year, with probably only the Implant thing actually on topic here... 8)

http://blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_blackdownsoundboy_archive.html#114298266029581805

Label page here...

http://www.hyperdub.net/burial.html

i thought the exact same thing - it's like an audio book at times 8) and the 30 tracks under the vocals, you can't distinguish one from the other. nice that he launches into Ghost Town for a while there though.

http://www.voco-me.de/exchange/mix/dj_maxximus-blackboard_jungle_(24-02-06)_radio_fritz.mp3

Thank you Earplug for pointing it out!

BURIAL sounds just like ... wait for it ... URBAN TRIBE!

I'm looking for more Loefah mixes, the squishy darkness is great.

Scorn - Welcome to Birmingham presaging all this five years ago: Obvious or Unrecognized?

TOO BLACK! TOO STRONG!

Yeah -- Social Theorist, Genome Project, Cultural Nimrod...

over the last two days i've been moving house - from a 2nd story apartment to another 2nd story apartment. from about 4 pm when i get off work (which starts at 7 am) to about 10 pm i've been moving several hundred pounds of books and music, stereo equipment, clothes, etc. i didn't want to rent a truck, so i've been moving everything in my tiny hatchback, six or seven boxes at a time. lots of running up and down stairs.

last night, muscles aching, seeing trails and outlines around things from sugar and water loss and all the endorphins swirling around in my head, lying on blankets piled on the floor (bed gets moved when i can borrow a truck) "dubstep allstars vol 2" sounded like some of the greatest music i've ever heard in my life!

i'm not sure if i can understand how people dance to it or club to it but if i were sentenced to hard, slow sisyphean labor for the rest of my life i couldn't think of a better soundtrack than "dubstep vol 2".

the best part was the transition of out the slow uphill slog of the first four tracks into "request line". that track is amazing! not sure why i never noticed it before but it's like welding the fidgety beats of plaid to the sound palette of early early two lone swordsmen with the thick bass of dubstep. insane!

OTOH "vol 3" just sounded silly to me. i hope i warm up to it but right now it sounds like trying-too-hard-to-be-rootsy euro beat music. is this the leftfield or rockers hi-fi of the 2000s?

not sure why, but my growing fandom for dubstep makes me think i'm transforming from a carefree nightcrawler into a sad, sad little man.