A fine piece of mutant salami from the peaceoff crew. Great to hear that Eastern Europe (in this case Poland) can still hold their own when it comes to roughly hewn urban beats. Breakbeat, drillcore and other hard electronic music forms jostle between the dubstep. Artists include Aaron Spectre, Dr Bastado, Venetian Snares and Ronin. [...]
New York Times delivers an account of the state of dubstep in New York covering a night at Love in Greenwich Village. That man Joe Nice comes up again. This same article also appeared on the Ghetto Blaster blog. Read more…
RWD News features a nice round-up of the Dubstep awards at London’s Herbal nightclub. Mala, Kode 9 and N Type were the major recipients. Interestingly, no award for Burial (to pick up!), the dubstep name that’s booming in the blogosphere. Read more…
sniff. it’s come to this. the last outing for me and dj ohm at the wonderful smarties in downtown Nice. still, the beats will keep the tears at bay. we’ve also got some new kit in tow (serato) so will have enough on our plates. i’d like to say i’ll record the event, but who [...]
what exactly would that be? perhaps something truly beautiful like the music refinery. another discovery from the wonderful hype machine. oh, how long will it last? Â
It seems to be so much more than dubstep/bhangra … Well we call this music “Dread Bass Music” because there is not really a genre that fully encompasses … Read more…
Energy Flash, Simon Reynold’s history of (and ode to) the rave scene has now been updated to take in some of the latest developments in dance music, including Dubstep. Damn, too late for my Santa’s wishlist. Read more…
If you happen to be near Shoreditch around mid-Jan then you should really check out the Dubstep awards. Sponsored in part by Dubstepforum – the group that have done more than anyone to globalize dubstep over the net. Read more…
Moodmat goes into some depth on Sam Shackleton and what’s going on with the whole Skull Disco label. Obviously Appleblim can’t escape mention, either. Some interesting parallels here between Dubstep and early techno. Read more…
If 2008 really is going to be the year that Dubstep makes it worldwide, then it’s probable that some of the offerings from these artists previewed in Resident Advisor will have a sizable part to play. Be prepared for Benga, Scuba, Appleblim and the like. Hmm. Read more…
