Once again, the Pitchfork panopticon closes in on a dubstep scene nearing maturation (if you measure it in cat years). The theme of the moment? Wonky.
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This time the Expansion boys and girls bring some boisterous hip hop nose to nose with some fine dubstep. And when you hit 22 minutes, the two blindingly collide.
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I couldn’t help forcing that title in there – but the old Popround radar has thrown up something new. Expansion Broadcast is a breath of fresh air around this blog space. It’s cartoon characters that are running the show around this joint.
I’ve landed on Harry Ransom’s mix: part 3 of a series (whether this [...]
I’m afraid I’m not breaking new news here. All I can say is that Pole seems to have passed me by. Some new offerings due before the week is through. So hang on.
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A new collection by the unstoppable Soul Jazz records showcases Jamaican music in the UK. ‘An England Story’ concentrates on the UK MC scene, as it has evolved since the early ’80s.
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The new album from the dons of dubby dance music features a number of dubstep cuts. Meat Beat Manifesto play around with a number of genres on Autoimmune, their latest long-player but concentrate specifically on the half-step rhythms that characterise the dubstep sound.
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MOG reviews new offerings from Vex’d and Scuba featured on Mary Ann Hobb’s BBC Radio 1 show. The verdict? the new trippy direction works, as it did for The Orb and FSOL in the past.
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Once again, Pitchfork feature what’s going on in the world of dubstep. This time, they zero in on the darker side of the sound and its relationship to jungle – from the ambient tomes of Burial to the more direct influences from Cluekid.
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This is a publication that I don’t come across too often. But the UK’s The Sun tabloid ran this article covering dubstep posterboy Skream (well, he’s not that good looking, but he does seem to attract more than a little coverage!)
As the article reminds us, Skreamizm 4 is out, as is Rinse 2 – the [...]
Only a matter of time, I guess, and I’m sure I’ll be seeing more of these. As the number of dubstep producers around the globe proliferates, so does the number of tools available for them. Latest is the Loopmasters collection of beats, synths and samples.
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