“Oh dubstep, my love for you is both love and both hate.”
I love you because:
1. Every (good) song is epic.
2. You bring a new meaning to mash-ups and re-create songs rather than reiterate them.
3. Drops will always get you stoked.
4. The songs just make you wanna dance!
I hate you because:
1. Sometimes I don’t understand the overlapping beats.
2. I need more than just electronic noises.
3. I think there’s not any real talent
4. I’m not really into the “rave” scene
Yeah, yeah, yeah… You know you’ve heard of dubstep. It’s in commercials, it’s in popular songs (See: Britney Spears – Hold It Against Me) and it’s on everyone’s iPod.
So how do you define dubstep? What separates it from electronic, house or even pop music?
My definition: Dubstep is a garage baby formed by techno, drum and bass, electro and dub. The result? (Allmusic.com sums up perfectly) “Tense, almost oppressively dark sound… built on tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals”
The scene is spreading like wild fire. Dubstep gives a new light to music, something original and unique that sounds like nothing else you’ve heard before (imagine seeing a new color).
However, the “I Hate You” ’s listed above can be proven false. The overlapping beats? Yeah, hard to get sometimes. Identify the beats as separate sounds, and let yourself give in. Just because its not the norm doesn’t mean it’s not good. The electronic noises are samples of others music, so technically, yes, they’re electronic, but they came from instruments at some point. The talent is found within the work; music production is not an easy task, and creating one of a kind noises take time too. DJ’s take one noise and make it into a completely different sound. Can anyone walk off the street and do that? No, it takes time. And the rave scene… Kandi Kids, girls in tutu’s, kids on plethoric amounts of drugs… intense, I know. But just because you listen to the music doesn’t necessarily mean you need to go to raves. Plus, just because there are crazies there doesn’t mean you need to be one of them.
Remember people, keep an open mind. (:
Favorite artists (links go to favorite songs)
Flux Pavillion, check out this one too!
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