Ummm, I guess I am old... (31 *gasp*)I have not clue what this sounds like... I thought from the discriptions in might sound like Ramstein but then there was the Britany/Keisha comments so now I have not clue. I will have to check it out but not now cause I am working... Woot is just so hard to resist

None of the above. It's the sound of a robot being tortured...

I only know what this is b/c my boyfriend is a music freak. And he has therefore felt the need to subject my ears to this and every other type of music out there. I don't get the appeal at all.

I am familiar with dub*style*, but not dubstep. They don't seem to be related from the posts here...

psaux wrote:Ghosts n Stuff isn't dubstep though ...

OK, I have nothing invested in Ghosts n Stuff. What IS dubstep? I would really like to hear an example of REAL dubstep.

I was into electronic club music a decade ago and Deadmou5 sounds like a logical extension of that. Or where Dream Theatre would go if they had no talent. Or Peter Townsend. Townsend seemed like he was heading in that direction (electronic music) in the early 70s.
So, let's answer the question: what is dubstep?

motospyder wrote:OK, I have nothing invested in Ghosts n Stuff. What IS dubstep? I would really like to hear an example of REAL dubstep.

I was into electronic club music a decade ago and Deadmou5 sounds like a logical extension of that. Or where Dream Theatre would go if they had no talent. Or Peter Townsend. Townsend seemed like he was heading in that direction (electronic music) in the early 70s.
So, let's answer the question: what is dubstep?

I think a number of people pointed to viable links in that regard, plus there was that super-informative post at the beginning (seriously) about the WUBWUBwubwubwubWUBWUB stuff ... no exaggeration, that's what it sounds like. Imagine driving down the highway with a tire starting to go flat - that sound would be dubstep, especially if it suddenly started happening while you'd been otherwise listening to some electronica on the radio that vamped a lot.

Not my thing, just aware of it.

For those people that now suddenly feel the need to stay abreast of strange musical genres, I have to recommend you start listening to Annie Mac's live stream from BBC Radio 1 on Fridays .. she's into all sorts of crazy and pretty much launched dubstep in the UK ... for which I shall eternally hold a grudge.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wqdc

Oh, and for what must be my 10th edit ... Ghosts n Stuff is used heavily in TV soundtracks ... for example it's been used multiple times in Chuck episodes during fight scenes. There's something to be said for Deadmau5 as background music.

Dub Step, oh where for art thou Dub Step? A rose by any other name is still a rose.

To me the genre of dubstep has become a specific stylized song type that is being played by DJ's all around the world during shows. It is much like the Ragtime sound of yore or the slow dance played by Lawrence Whelk's Big Band's of the 50-60's.

Dub Step is a very unique type of music within the electronic music genre. But that statement is like saying Baroque is a certain type of classical music. There are many composers that fall under that umbrella and each have songs that widely vary in sound. Such is the genre of Dub Step! Many artists creating lots of music that varies widely is sound but follows a similar style.

Like Ragtime music, when you hear Dub Step you know you are listening to Dub Step. You could listen to a whole show of ragtime music, but more commonly the band director would have several pieces in that style rehearsed, but it would not constitute the bulk of the music heard by the audience. Such is the current state of Dub Step. It has become a staple song style that audiences feel cheated if a DJ does not include at least a couple of these songs during a set.

I go to a lot of electronic music shows, so I am seeing this emergence in real time. To back up my credibility, the concerts I have gone to in the last 2 years alone include: Deadmau5 (twice), David Guetta, Above & Beyond (twice), Avicii, DJ Tiesto, Paul Van Dike, and a festival know as DEMF the Detroit Electronic Music Festival - Movement.

Dubstep entails a much slower and more deliberate percussive section, wild synth sounds, and a very specific meter (mostly 4/4 but with driving bass not necessarily on the down beat).

FOR EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT UNDERSTAND SPECIFICALLY WHAT DUBSTEP SOUNDS LIKE search for it on wikipedia and listen to the samples that are posted on the page.

My personal favorite is Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites.

I hope all the people who are worried about sounding old because they didn't know what DubStep is, find this post useful. Perhaps the moderators will even deem this my first quality post since 2004. Then again maybe this Rose of a post is only a thistle

The only Dubstep track I have heard and have made a note to check out the artist is SKRILLEX - Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites. I have a pandora station based upon this and have not been dissappointed with the content.
I must admit that I listen to a diverse range of music, I'm sure that much of it would drive the average person nuts.

[quote postid="4740487" user="goldenthorn"]It usually goes wubwubwub WUB WUB wuuuuub WUB wubwubwub WUB wuuuub

But sometimes it goes WUB WUB wubwub WUUuuuubWUB wubwubwub WUB wuuuub wubwubwub

I personally prefer the wubwubwub WUB wub wub WUB wubwubwub wuuuub wubwubWUB



Haha that's hilarious..

matthew wrote:Transformers music, right?

pretty much yeah

goldenthorn wrote:It usually goes wubwubwub WUB WUB wuuuuub WUB wubwubwub WUB wuuuub

But sometimes it goes WUB WUB wubwub WUUuuuubWUB wubwubwub WUB wuuuub wubwubwub

I personally prefer the wubwubwub WUB wub wub WUB wubwubwub wuuuub wubwubWUB

This one is currently my favorite track of what little I know of the genre

Here's a sample mix and two

+1! Your sound has good pitch.

...raving and listening to Dubstep before Skrillex made it popular...still prefer happy hardcore and dnb more though.

+1 for Skrillex Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites.

Also, Chrispy has some nice remixes. ie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJgxenfg--I

[quote postid="4742853" user="SmokeHamster"]
Dub Step is a very unique type of music within the electronic music genre. But that statement is like saying Baroque is a certain type of classical music./quote]

Now THAT's a about as Quality Post as it gets when discussing "genres" in music! "Electronic" is a genre, dubstep is a style within that genre.

Do we really have to look to London UK for semi new sounds. Let's have fun with das racest or the great sounds coming from Williamsburg/bushwick N.Y.and all the small underground scene all over gentrified U.S.A.

There is only one way to describe DUBSTEP and that is, "It's what Transformers listen to when they make love."

goldenthorn wrote:It usually goes wubwubwub WUB WUB wuuuuub WUB wubwubwub WUB wuuuub

But sometimes it goes WUB WUB wubwub WUUuuuubWUB wubwubwub WUB wuuuub wubwubwub

I personally prefer the wubwubwub WUB wub wub WUB wubwubwub wuuuub wubwubWUB

I was about to post almost the exact same thing lol

Also, you can literally search "wub wub wub" on youtube and find out what dubstep is.

Hahaha. I'm a little surprised at the poll results, but perhaps I shouldn't have been.

Skrillex, Caspa, Nero, The Truth.

Go listen to some Benga.

I'm more of an uplifting trance and downtempo person myself, but I sample all flavors of music, so I can find some things to enjoy in just about all genres.

I didn't read all of the posts, so this may have been said. I didn't even know it was a music genre (the answer choices make that known). I Googled it, and that is as close as I'll likely get to listening to any!

goldenthorn wrote:It usually goes wubwubwub WUB WUB wuuuuub WUB wubwubwub WUB wuuuub

But sometimes it goes WUB WUB wubwub WUUuuuubWUB wubwubwub WUB wuuuub wubwubwub

I personally prefer the wubwubwub WUB wub wub WUB wubwubwub wuuuub wubwubWUB

This one is currently my favorite track of what little I know of the genre

Here's a sample mix and two

You forgot the whoomps, the Whoomps, the whOOmps, and the WHOOMPS.

Here's how I figured out dubstep. Maybe it will work for you:

1) Start a track upon entering the bathroom.
2) Conduct your business.
3) At about 45 seconds in, you will hear the "drop".
4) An especially good drop will be "dirty".
5) Celebrate your epiphany.

matthew wrote:Transformers music, right?

Yes. Specifically the sound that an Autobot makes whilst being violently raped by Michael Bay.

yourexhalekiss wrote:
As for myself, I'm a strong part of the anti-brostep, pro-witch house/future garage contingent.

This feels like diologue from High Fidelity 2: Dubsteppin'

I know what it may be some sort of mob dance step

Cutie Mark Crusaders makes me laugh.

Zomboy does Skrillex better than Skrillex.

Edit: Well, better than newer/ish Skrillex anyways.

Intro to Dubstep might help you figure out the beat.

It's really best experienced at a show as a group where everyone is dancing to it. I didn't really get it myself until I went to a dubstep show. The energy of a crowd that is into it is something to behold. You wont get that from just watching a few youtube videos with your speakers turned down.

To be honest it's not music everyone will like. I think some don't like the complicated beat. They think there is no beat. Some don't like the electronic sound. Part of the appeal of dubstep is that it sounds so filthy vs other forms of electronic music.

There also is a lot of BAD dubstep out there.

Here are a few of my faves. If you want to listen at home, do it on a sound system that handle a LOT of bass. Turn up the volume loud enough to rattle the windows. Turn the lights out and listen for the buildup, climax, then the dirty bass drop.

Adele - Rolling in the Deep (Deathstar Remix feat. MartyParty & Minnesota)
DJ Fresh - Gold Dust (Flux Pavilion Remix)
Professor Green - Monster feat. Example (Camo & Krooked Remix)

All of these are a little old, but they have been ones I have always enjoyed.

Try it, you may like it. If you don't like it, well at least you an idea to what this whole dubstep thing is about...

Skrillex- Scary monsters and nice sprites is a must for getting into it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dub-step is the Electronica's Hipster genre. It's one obscure 'tool'/'sound' used in electronica music/production isolated, refined and repeated to the point where it can crudely be considered an 'instrument' of sorts (where the song is based around and developed through dubsteb)

So yeah, on that note, I use to listen to dubsteb back when it was Hot Butter. And by that I mean, it took this long for electronica music to be considered proper music; so stop feministing it up.

...but have you listened to it while making "sexy time"
XD
...makes it that much more fun when you can feel the bass.
:D

House and Dubstep mix very well together:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUgK_RYjj2o

I'm old and I like all kinds of music. Like Dubstep a less than I like Shoegaze though....like to listen to both LOUD.

ckeilah wrote:Best dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXO-jKksQkM.

That's right! I was going to post this but I had to check first to see if anyone else had. This is the most awesome dubstep you'll ever see! Marquese Scott is a very talented young man!

I love this stuff and I'm 55 years young. I love Deadmau5 too! Age is just a #.

I thought maybe the Dubstep was what George Bush does when he hears Lady Gaga?

firebirdude wrote:I like VERY few dubstep songs. Skrillex - Cinema. About the only Skrillex song I like, and it's a remix he did at that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaIZ0mUJzr0

Beyond that, there's a couple already popular songs that have been remixed with a little dubstep I like. For example Kesha - Blow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08X5bhBHpkg

I was going to say, no clue. Then I saw this post. Yeah, I heard of Skrillex! He did a cut or two for KORN. Other than that, we're back to - yeah, no clue.

Dubstep is simply dance music for doing the robot to. Like this guy