Dubstep (also known as dubstep remix or remix dubstep) is a genre of music that started in South London, it drew influence from 2-step garage, dub, drum and bass, grime and reggae. A popular dubstep producer Skrillex changed the genre into something much heavier with more growls, gritty basslines and fat sub-basses.
Since then, the dubstep scene has changed a lot with dubstep going from the underground genre that it was to a mainstream one. It has been played on big festivals, like Ultra Music Festival and Lost Lands.
Characteristics
[change | change source]Dubstep is usually instrumental. Its tempo usually ranges between 138 to 150 beats per minute. Many songs have two bass drops, where a switch of rhythm and/or bass line occurs and usually follows a recognizable build section and break.
A style of Americanized, heavier and aggressive form of dubstep is referred to as brostep, which has become very popular. It was started by Skrillex.
Popular artists
[change | change source]- Zomboy
- MOONBOY
- Skrillex
- NERO
- Datsik
- Excision
- Code:Pandorum (now INHUMAN)
- Evilwave
- INFEKT
- MVRDA
- Squnto
- SVDDEN DEATH
- Herobust
- Wubbix
- Wooli
- Kompany
- Spag Heddy
- Midnight Tyrannosaurus
- Subtronics
- Barely Alive
- Modestep
- Riot Ten
- BadKlaat
- SNAILS
- 12th Planet
- Black Tiger Sex Machine
- Borgore
- Dirtyphonics
- Doctor P
- Eptic
- Flux Pavillion
- FuntCase
- Cookie Monsta
- ILLENIUM
- Kill the Noise
- Knife Party
- Panda Eyes
- Seven Lions
- Trivecta
- SLANDER
- Slushii
- Virtual Riot
