consider myself burned!
i wont take the piss out of it again.......

yeah dubstep is pretty much the best genre ever.

this might be stupid, but what exactly is dubset? Like how SYRFox pointed out that Burial is Dupstep, but Field is Minimal Techno. How is Dubstep defined or identified?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubstep ... just read that, you should be set. It's hard to describe in words, I think, you just have to hear a few of the albums...

The Field is so good, btw. YESTERDAY AND TODAY is mindblowing.

I just have FROM HERE WE GO SUBLIME, which I think is excellent.

Yeah, SUBLIME is an amazing record, but YESTERDAY is like 100x better. It's got all the stuff that makes SUBLIME so good but.. I dunno.. it's just something else entirely. HIGHLY reccomended..

It's really wide, especially nowadays. As atsonicpark said, I guess once you've listened to quite a few dubstep albums you know what is and what is not dubstep - same with wonky. Let's say dubstep has usually a heavy focus on bass, halftime 140 BPM rhythms - which usually makes it kind of slow. But it does not necessarily apply: most of the more "mainstream" dubstep trackshave little to no bass, focusing on midrange wobbles, while some more atmospheric dubstep has no halftime rhythms and includes uk garage / 2-step reminiscences (burial for instance). There are also producers that include elements of minimal techno in their work (Sigha, ...), so it makes things even more confusing ahah. But it's worth getting into it, definitely.

And yes, both The Field albums are amazing. Personnally, Yesterday & Today is also my favorite, but the best Field track remains Over The Ice imo.

is there a really excellent SINGLE DISC primer compilation that you guys would suggest?

and would DJ Spooky's DUBTOMETRY album fall under the Dubstep genre?

the space & time compilation on hotflush recordings is incredible, but you'll mostly hear the more atmospheric side of the things. you should really hear it though, as it's super excellent.
i'd say the 5 years of hyperdub compilation as well, which is one of the best compilations i've ever heard, but it's two discs :p

haven't heard this record, but i've just check optometrix on youtube and it does not sound dubstep-ish. Sounds good, though

def. 5 years of hyperdub, nr.

I guess when I think of dubstep (well, wonky really) I think of LOUD SNARE HITS, wobly bass, and kinda broken rhythms... I was always attracted to that sound in, like, Autechre... the beats seem to slow down and speed up and slow down like they're dying or something.. just really "awkward" sounding programming, but still highly musical. Of course, again, that's not all the records.

NR, Ikonika's new album is one of the best albums of the year. Check it out. You won't be disappointed. 5 Years of Hyperdub is a great look into the genre.

Yeah. Ikonika's my favorite album of the year.

http://www.mediafire.com/?t09r1c7swgxctpu

Burial and Kode9 mix for Mary Anne Hobbs

yes, there was a thread about it a few days ago but people didn't do it justice. it's so fucking amazing. those new zomby, darkstar, etc, tracks, are so great. can't wait for darkstar's album.
basically the tracklist for that mix is near perfection...


on heavy rotation right now: truth - puppets. "the fatman", "legion" and "invaded!" are such killer tunes ..

Been listening to tons of peverelist, definitely one of my favorites..

It's not even really dubstep. But WUT by Girl Unit is my new religion. Can't get it out of my head

UH
WUT
WUT
UH

Track of the year, easily.

Has Shackleton been discussed yet? Fantastic project, "Blood on my Hands" gives me chills.

well syrfox you were right

dubstep is too addicting

GOOD dubstep is addicting. coz it flowz and floatz.

Inspektah Dubplate!

I'm mad into him at the moment. Such a great artist. Have you heard the two Skull Disco comps ? They're mindblowing. There's the 18-minute long remix of Blood on My Hands by Ricardo Villalobos on the first one, masterpiece.

Yes

Jumping Flash is, too

For fuck's sake people. How comes no one's raving about WUT. Drives me insane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc6Zq...eature=related

http://eskimospy.bandcamp.com/

Not very dubstep but some electronic music I figured all the folks in this thread would enjoy. It's a friend of mine's laptop project.

Just listened to So Kimpsey and I'm enjoying what I hear indeed.

I guess this thread is fit to speak about other genres of bass music. I'm mad into UK Garage and UK Funky at the moment.

This track gets loads of plays from me : Shystie - Pull It (Ill Blu Remix) (note : Ill Blu have put out a single on Hyperdub which is brilliant as well)
IT'S A FUNKY TING RIGHT NOW

UK Garage : El-B - Buck & Bury (this obviously has influenced Burial a whole lot)

The whole Night Slugs compilation is fucking great too. Obviouly it has Wut on it so you can't go wrong with it. But those tracks from Jacques Greene, Kingdom, L-Vis 1990 & T. Williams, etc, fucking slay as well

Dude. Fuck. I can't believe I didn't listen it to it until now. Fucking brilliant.

yes man. fucking insane track. track of the year, hands down.

Plasticman - Cha Vocal (feat Shizzle, Fresh & Napper)

Ridiculously sick track

a bit offtopic, but since i know syrfox checks this thread regularly, I put it here.

syrfox, do you know this guy?
http://nicotep.free.fr/

I played a gig in bratislava yesterday and this dude played there too. after the gig had finished, we had a chat and a cigarette and he told me he was originally from your hometown, Lille. :)
so i was wondering if you maybe know him?

I don't, unfortunately :( I think I've already heard his name somewhere though, possibly on flyers on something. just checked his music on myspace and it sounds quite mad ! How was his gig ?

One day you'll play a gig with some other dude from Lille _slavo_, and that'll be me eheh :D

pretty fucking boring if you ask me. hipster music.

ahah ! well, at least i'll know what to do if he ever plays lille again (he seems to be playing everywhere but here. though it's good to see some artists from lille getting to play elsewhere obviously... most of the scene here remains local, which is a shame cause there is a lot of talent)

Listening to ANTI WAR DUB by them Digital Mystikz makes me xoxoxo my soul.

MONO/POLY and ESKMO getting mad play here.