Dubstep is one of the most emerging genres of club music, as the term wasn't in use before 2002. It first appeared as description for the more dubby, instrumental flipsides of UK Garage and 2-Step records, comining the rhythms of those genres with Drum & Bass basslines. These days, Dubstep mostly describes strongly bass-oriented music at around 70 BpM with double time or at around 140 BpM with half time elements, however you wanna see it. Some of the genres leading figures are read more
Dubstep is one of the most emerging genres of club music, as the term wasn't in use before 2002. It first appeared as description for the more dubby, instrumental flipsides of UK Garage and 2-Step records, comining the rhythms of those genres with Drum & Bass basslines. These days, Dubstep mostly describes strongly bass-oriented music at around 70 BpM with double time or at around 140 BpM with half time elements, however you wanna see it. Some of the genres leading figures are Skream, Benga, Coki, Hatcha, Mary Anne Hobbes, Caspa, Rusko, Kode 9 and DJ Pinch. show less