I've recently been really digging 2562 - Aerial, which is apparantly seen as dubstep (again i still wouldn't really know). Really chilled out but still some powerful bass, i reccomend it.

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I have not heard this album. Sounds like a listen is in order.

Yeah, I've seen that album getting some serious hype, but have yet to listen to it. That and The Bug's album are probably going to be the first things I download when I get my regular computer back.

I can up it, just give me a shout.

Where do you all download this music? I torrent off of Mininova unless my local music store have the albums.. but must of this underground music is not available here in mtl... any help? :D i really enjoy this kind of music but can never get any albums! cheers!

Google Blogsearch is good, also i hear Soulseek is good but i've never used it myself.

recommendations? I like darker stuff.

I would appreciate any uploads, I don't have any dubstep anymore.

Sorted.

A few links sent too. You should be fully lubed up now!

I would love some uploads as well :D if possible!

I would heartily recommend Benga's first release 'Newstep' as a good example of what to expect from the Dubstep genre.

Burial posted on his blog today that he is in fact William Bevan, complete with photo and a bit about how he just wants to make tunes.

Unsurprising that he's basically just a skinny white guy from London. Would've been more interesting if he'd turned out to be Thom Yorke or whoever (plus the Independent outed him months ago anyway).

Agree entirely or a big cheese in a rap band lol.

Bumping this, I was hoping there'd be a much bigger Dubstep scene here, but it seems like this stuff isn't much more popular in NYC than it was on the west coast (especially SF). Anyway, I'm seeing The Bug with Warrior Queen, 6Blocc, and possibly Darkstar soon, so I'm excited about that. Not to mention the Trouble & Bass guys are throwing a couple parties, although it seems like they've kind of moved on to other genres (Bassline, Funky House, etc.).

Also saw Flying Lotus a couple nights ago, and if you get the chance, see him! Listening to his recorded stuff I thought his show was going to be pretty laid back, but aside from some live stuff he did on his laptop, most of his set was just him DJing Dubstep (a lot of it I didn't recognize, but I did pick out some Kode9, Milanese, and some other stuff). Really awesome.

Finally got Burials latest album, early days but i'm enjoying it a lot, the hype is deserved for me it seems.

I've decided, that the best combination in British music today would be if Burial produced George Micheals next album.

Do explain.

burial is something else. not dubstep. he's UK garage played through a phonograph. IN SPACE. etc

cant be ****ed to see if i put this up earlier but it's burial so it's special for obvious reasons Blackdown: 03/2006 - 04/2006

Just came across some disgusting sounds, will take the opportunity to share some dubstep links :)

Initially unsure where to put this but it's generally dubby 2-step type music.. Blackdown is a London-based part-time producer of eclectic sub-low madness infamous for ground-breaking collaborations on the grime scene, and beyond, in recent years; his blog is my go to for weighty interviews and cool analysis, he ALSO does Pitchfork's monthly grime n' dubstep feature).

If this is starting to sound like a plug, sorry, but I was just blown away by this video... and I know there are people on here who'd take fancy to a dubstep/trip-grime? concept record, so here's the link to the accompanying film (tried to embed but to no avail) - let if buffer, it's HD.

Below, a manifesto for this new Dusk and Blackdown record:

''Beyond the corporate finance of the City, the anodyne bars of the West End and the affluent riches out west, there is another London. Head out at sunset to the edges and just watch. Listen. As the sun drops, soon a different city emerges, a mesh of disparate groups and communities, visible but unseen, vocal - in countless vibrant accents, languages and dialects - but unheard, vital but unrecognised by the centre.

By night, the city comes alive with sound: raw slang, dialects, clanking trains, sub bass waves and rebel radio frequencies. This album is a reflection of these places, people, voices and cultures, a snapshot of the forgotten edges of a city at dusk: intense, in technicolour, in transition but forever an inspiration.

Welcome to “Margins Music.”

Keysound Video presents Margins Music is the debut visual feature from Blackdown and director Jonathan Howells.

It documents an audio visual journey through the margins of urban London, soundtracked by dubstep and grime from the forthcoming Dusk + Blackdown CD, "Margins Music" out August 18th 2008 on Keysound Recordings.

It features grime MC Durrty Goodz, singer Farrah and a cameo from Blackdown himself and was shot on location on the edges of London, including Southall, Green Lanes, the Isle of Dogs and Edmonton.

London: it's just a mundane city...''

Thanks for the goodies Molecules. I will be sure to check these out over the next couple of days.

I've heard a lot about Dubstep but I know absolutely nothing about it. Can anyone suggest some starting points with it for a totally newbie like myself?

^it's far from conventional dubstep (dubstep is primarily a dance music so there aren't tons of 'albums' to choose from per se) BUT everyone will recommend Burial's album 'Untrue', it's been a real crossover success and deservedly so. Should be easy to find on google blogsearch

edit: also Skream's album 'Skream!' (2006) is the first dubstep LP, it has 'Midnight Request Line' which kind of kicked the whole thing off and made people sit up and pay attention

I'd also recommend Milanese - Extend and Distance - My Demons as good crossover albums.

Maybe a Dubstep Allstars comp would be a good starter Janszoon.

I managed to find "Untrue" and was able to listen to some of it just now while I was out running some errands. It seems pretty good though very different from what I was expecting. For some reason I had the idea in my head that dubstep was more of a musical cousin to grime. It actually seems much closer to trip-hop though with—very surprisingly to me—a faint whiff of late 80s bands like Enigma.

I like it, especially the beats. I'm kind of a sucker for UK style dance beats though, they're always much more fractured and interesting than their American counterparts.

Thanks! I'll have to check these recommendations out.

Just wanted to pop in with a little update on my dubstep listening. I'm really enjoying the Milanese and Burial albums—amazing atmospheric stuff. I'm finding the Dubstep Allstars comp a little harder to get into but mostly just because it's one giant hour-long track. It's like trying to sink my teeth into a gigantic club sandwich: I'm sure I'll enjoy it in the end but I'm struggling to get my teeth around it.

I've been having trouble finding some of the other suggestions.

Any idea on his new album release date? I really liked his S/T a lot.

Both Benga's and Kode 9's latest releases are getting more airplay from myself recently. The Benga album 'Diary Of An Afro Warrior' did nothing for me at first but once you get it, it becomes a much spun disc.

I'm in a big dubstep mood at the moment, expect me to have a few more opinions on some albums soon.

:love: Skream and Benga interview 25/09/2008


chuffed now cause i know i read this somewhere but it was difficult to confirm, Hijak is Skream's younger brother. :p
I love Skream for hating black metal, eurotrance and gabber. Good lad :D

What's great about dubstep I think is it was this underground scene that, through proper marketing, has allowed the general public to trace it's growth with the Dubstep Allstars series being available on the high street. There ought to have been a companion of grime volumes the last four years, it's the same root audience, same means of production with fruityloops... rah.

UK music ftw :hphones:

This is a definitive list of dubstep collection/album releases so far, imo

i think the Wonder and Horsepower productions straddle the divide a bit but you have there a list of dubbed-out night-time listening poifection. Or music to get baked to, if that's yer bag. :pimp:

edit: the Benga album is missing. Never forget Benga.

That's missing a lot of stuff, actually. Dubstepforum had pretty much every decent Dubstep album ever released in a thread somewhere at one point, but it's probably gone now that they've shut down.

:rolleyes:

Note the carefully-used imo mate, and do please feel free to share your favourite dubstep CD's!

As for where dubstep went look here+

Both links bookmarked :D

Nice link :thumb:
The Dubstep forum is a little bit confusing, with totally unknown names being throw around everywhere. A friend of mine + This thread is all i need for my Dubstep recs ;)
And has anyone listened to Boxcutter's Oneiric?
I don't think It's exactly Dubstep...more of a IDM/Dubstep blend, but I've been listening to it quite often and still can't get enough of it. The bass is just superb.

Edit:
Didn't notice this for some weird reason :p:
Definitely need to get many more from that. Rite now, all I have is Oneiric & Skream.(and a few more downloaded)
I'll get around to it...someday. I'm still waiting for Skream's next album first.

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:pimp: January Steppas (i.e. two heavy vocal sets I found that both happen to have been taped in January)

2006:
Kode 9 feat. Wiley
Prime-era set with two of the biggest

2008:
N-Type feat. OG's (Jendor & P-Money)
Very hype 'geometric gangsta, all my bars are geometric'

Yeah I know what you mean about Boxcutter! There are a few producers who cross over into breakcore territory, really glitchy and schizo. Breakcore is really abrasive but I have warmed to some of it, Venetian Snares is a genius.

Dubstep is the ****. I have been loving the sound for a couple of years now and I think its evolving quite nicely. I DJ dubstep on the regular in Atlanta and Ive had great response from the heads that Ive played for.

Look out for these artists.

Trill Bass
Mayhem
Zen Militia
Scuba
Distal
.mite
Quad Control
Antiserum
Spherix
Section 8
Bro Safari !!!

just to name a few