Dubstep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as “tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals”.
The earliest dubstep releases date back to 1998 and were darker, more experimental, instrumental dub remixes of 2-step garage tracks attempting to incorporate the funky elements of breakbeat, or the dark elements of drum and bass into 2-step, which featured B-sides of single releases. In 2001, this and other strains of dark garage music began to be showcased and promoted at London’s night club Forward (sometimes also referred to as FWD>>), which went on to be considerably influential to the development of dubstep. The term “dubstep” in reference to a genre of music began to be used by around 2002, by which time stylistic trends used in creating these remixes started to become more noticeable and distinct from 2-step and grime.
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Dubstep Music Artists
Annie Mac
Annie Mac (born in Dublin, Republic of Irelan as Annie MacManus on 18 July 1978) is an Irish DJ and television presenter who hosts an eponymous electronic dance music... Read More ››
Chase & Status
Chase & Status are an electronic music production duo from London consisting of Saul Milton and Will Kennard. MC Rage & Andy Gangadeen also make up the live band.... Read More ››
Diplo
Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978 (age 32), better known by his stage name Diplo, is a Philadelphia-based American DJ, producer, and songwriter. Together with DJ Low Budget,... Read More ››
Jaguar Skills
Jaguar Skills is a British DJ who has gained notoriety since 2002 for his eclectic 'Mash it up like Y.B' style mixtapes. Jaguar Skills has released a number of... Read More ››
Knife Party
Rob Swire and fellow member Gareth McGrillen announced in various interviews and on Rob Swire's Twitter that a side project called Knife Party has been created. The side project... Read More ››
Magnetic Man
Magnetic Man is an electronic music project consisting of dubstep producers and DJs, Benga, Skream and Artwork. The trio first met in the late 1990s at the Big Apple... Read More ››
Major Lazer
Made up of DJs Diplo and Switch, the two were introduced after working with M.I.A.. The duo's first album Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do was released on June... Read More ››
Nero
Nero are an electronic music act from London, UK consisting of Daniel Stephens and Joe Ray best known for producing dubstep and drum and bass. Alana Watson provides vocals... Read More ››
Pendulum
Pendulum is an Australian-British drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding. Harding was a veteran DJ while... Read More ››
Rusko
Christopher Mercer, more commonly known as Rusko, is an English dubstep record producer and DJ who was born on 26 January 1985 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
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Skrillex
Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), professionally known as Skrillex or Sonny Moore, is an electro house producer from Los Angeles, California, well known for his role as... Read More ››
