MetaFilter posts tagged with dubstep

"On a moonless night, we watched the stars..."

empath — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:34:34 -0800

This week's Essential Mix features the 23 year old musical prodigy Mat Zo who takes you on a 70-track tour through almost every genre of uptempo dance music over the course of two hours, beautifully tied together with poetic quotes from Carl Sagan's Cosmos.

Epiphany School - DJ /Rupture mixes

neuromodulator — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:53:02 -0800

DJ /rupture has made "8+ hours of mixes" available for free download (with a donate button). He provides a "suggested listening order", with notes, but I'd suggest if you're not familiar with /rupture to start with Uproot. (pitchfork review)

Birdstep

special-k — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:18:31 -0800

Bird sings dubstep [slyt]

Better than "S&M". Guaranteed.

raihan_ — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:43:02 -0800

"As part of Radio 1's Specialist Takeover in the first week of January 2013, Benji B delivered a very special show from Maida Vale. A 16 piece string orchestra performed specially arranged scores, written by Grant Windsor, over some of the biggest underground electronic tunes, including the likes of Kanye West, Flying Lotus and Drake." Tracklisting (+ links to original tracks): Dwele - "A.N.G.E.L" (for comparison, here's a version as arranged by LA composer Miguel Atwood-Ferguson as arranged for the J. Dilla tribute "Timeless: Suite for Ma Dukes") Flying Lotus - "Do The Astral Plane" (also arranged by M. Ferguson.) Ossie - "Love Crazy" D-Malice - "Gabryelle Refix" Bok Bok - "Silo Pass" Wiley - "Highs n Lows" S-X - "Bricks" Timbaland - "Ayo Technology (Instrumental)" (note: Timbaland made the beat for this one; it's originally a 50 Cent track) Africa HiTech - "Out in the Streets" TNGHT - "Higher Ground" Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean - "Clique" Drake - "Headlines" Jeremih - "All The Time" (lyrics NSFW) Raphael Saadiq - "Skyy Can You Feel Me" James Blake - "Love What Happened Here" Radiohead - "Everything in it's Right Place"

Fruit Ninja: The Movie

Slap*Happy — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:42:51 -0800

Based on the hit videogame, Fruit Ninja: ~~The Movie~~ The Brostep Video (SLYT. Caution, contains dubstep-like music.)

Dragon House - Illusion of Choice

gottabefunky — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:01:33 -0800

Illusion of Choice. A dubstep routine by the quartet Dragon House. Mind. Blown. [SLYT] [via] Member Marquese Scott, previously (1, 2).

Jack Uzi Doesn't Front

Brocktoon — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 11:40:45 -0800

A bad ass on blades represents. Jack Uzi SLYT

My name is GRiZ

loquacious — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 03:25:54 -0800

GRiZ - Mad Liberation. Take a 21 year old bedroom producer from Michigan, raise them on the the internet with a near complete access to the history of modern music with a focus on electronic/dance and apparently you get this incredibly humanistic and cross-cultural album that's both homage, monument and appropriation of hundreds of influences in modern music in an incredibly dubby dubstep framework. (Free album download here.)

In the Game of Thrones You Meow or You Cry

Mezentian — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:31:30 -0800

Fan versions of the Game Of Thrones theme are not unknown to YouTube, but here is a cat singing the Game of Thrones opening theme thanks to modern wizardry. You may also enjoy also: The original theme. Metal theme 1. Metal theme 2. Dubstep. Floppy drive Minecraft. Extreme Harp. Violin and rock. Sung by Sansa, Arya and Bran. (Previously)

Da-da-da-DUN-DAH-wub-wub-woo

Doktor Zed — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:52:12 -0800

With the approaching 45th anniversary of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Film School Rejects have taken the boring old original trailer and updated it as a contemporary summer blockbuster (other remixes come in Inception and Prometheus flavors). Bonus: Stanley Kubrick's letter to Arthur C. Clarke to propose collaborating on "the proverbial 'really good' science-fiction movie."

I'm sorry

cjorgensen — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:36:10 -0800

A Capella Dubstep (slyt) Offered without explanation, because honestly, you can't explain something like this.

tut tut tut

madamjujujive — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 19:45:44 -0800

Indian Dubstep is a fun little dance routine by Gerardam, two brothers from India, Johnnathan and Joshua Gerard. Via Ministry of Manipulation, who say, "... this is what happens when two clowns become excellent dancers." Johnnathan composed the music.

Dubstep Dispute

vanar sena — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:11:53 -0800

A robotic disagreement turns serious when they drop the bass.

A Brief Introduction On Dubstep Production

quin — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:15:01 -0800

Dubstep Class - An Animated Guide [slyt] [via]

Turkey Dubstep

rebent — Sat, 19 May 2012 06:14:59 -0800

Turkey Dupstep

personal computing challenging the recording business

Potomac Avenue — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:39:35 -0800

"Dingus is dedicated to the search [for new music on Bandcamp]. It's here, on this humble blog that we shed light on bedroom artists in their most defining moments. If you want what's popular today, Dingus is not the blog for you. But, if you want what's fringe, pure and passionate then you've somehow landed on the right URL." The Snake is a related Netlabel which releases hard copies of the DIY digital releases of certain bands. Other Curated Bandcamp Sites: Meme Movement, Secret Decoder, the Sour Mash, and of course Bandcamp Hunter.

Australian dubtechno and dubstep from Westernsynthetics and friends

filthy light thief — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:58:11 -0800

"Rhyece O’Neill is an intense young man. A polemical folk singer, a producer of bass-heavy dance music, a protester, and a digital media worker for a major record label. He’s unlike anyone else in Australia’s dubstep landscape." Cyclic Defrost interviews O'Neill, aka electronic/dub/dubstep producer Westernsynthetics, and head of the Sub Continental Dub label. You can skip the rest and hear two streaming mixes from Westernsynthetics, 19 tracks from the Sub Continental Dub label, plus the label's first three singles, or continue inside for background, context, and even more music. Raised on Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Hendrix, and Zappa, O'Neill joined a punk band with strong political views, then shifted to the electro and drum'n'bass scenes in the early 2000s, through which he found dubstep in 2005. All the while, he kept busking for money, playing covers of Dylan and Neil Young, and even wrote his own folk music, including a song about the Yorta Yorta people. New Fuse was one of Westernsynthetics first songs, written in 2006 and sent to various DJs for support, but only released online in the last year. In the next few years, he formed his own small label to promote like-minded Australian musicians, including Josh Lamaro aka Spherix (SUBDUB001), Rick Bull aka Deepchild (SUBDUB 003). Both of those singles, plus Westernsynthetics Engine No.999, which was nominated in the 'Best Instrumental Composition' category in the Australian Songwriters Association Awards, are streaming on an archived view of the label's discography page. Westernsynthetics' debut album was released on 10.10.10, entitled May Day Radio, a mix of dubstep, techno, and downtempo hi-hop. The album is streaming on Soundcloud, and the first single from the album, The Machine, has a murky, abstract video (YouTube; also on Vimeo). The track features samples of Mario Savio, from his speech on the steps Sprout Hall as part of the Free Speech Movement from 1964-65 (previously). If you still want more of the dub techno/dubstep sound, here's two hours of mixes, and here's the tracklist for the Void live mix (the .ZIP download link is dead, though). If you're looking for something else, Rhyece interviewed b.i.n.t., (scroll down past the bit on sampling drums), and linked to a streaming track and a free breakcore album to download. If you keep scrolling down past the interview, you'll get to the free electrical storm breaks that Rhyece recorded in Germany (Free Sound Project previously, twice). But if breakcore isn't your thing, you can stream postrock-type tracks and mixes from Gentleforce Soundcloud, or his album POWWOW Nine on Bandcamp, which Rhyece supports.

Jamie Woon, making "the new pop music" with layered and looping vocals, a laptop computer, a guitar, and sometimes a live band

filthy light thief — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:46:53 -0800

It's only been about 12 years since Jamie Woon picked up a guitar and started writing songs, but he's progressed from his days of being a fan of Brit-pop, and his current work has been classified as sobstep, dubpop, and lovestep, or simply "the new pop music." "At the heart of what I do is R&B, it's groove-based vocal-led music, and I try to sing about things that are close to my heart and that matter to me," says Woon. His sound has garnered a lot of praise, including placing 4th in The Sound of 2011, the annual British music industry poll. More of Woon's background and music inside. Jamie is the son of celtic singer and backing vocalist, Mae McKenna, and nephew to Hugh McKenna (aka The Professor) and Ted McKenna of glam-rockers The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. Jamie Woon started playing guitar at age 15, and wrote his first song the next year, then inspired by Radiohead. Woon was a student at London School for Performing Arts & Technology, which is often called the BRIT School, around the same time as Amy Winehouse (Woon opened for her, once, in 2008, though it sounds like a chance connection rather than school chums re-uniting). Woon's first single is a song called "Robots," officially released in 2007, but Archive.org has a version from 2004, which shows more of the singer-songwriter and Brit-pop influences. His first video, "Wayfaring Stranger", is also from 2007, but features a more haunted sound, composed of layered vocals. The style would become his signature, as seen in his second music video, for his song "Spirits," and this live cover of Robyn's "Every Heartbeat." For a more polished look at Woon playing guitar and singing, here he is playing his own track "Missing Person," live in a corn field. These last three clips come from 2008. "Wayfaring Stranger" was Woon's second single, including Burial Remix and Stitch Remix of the title track, and an acoustic version of "Gravity" (which would be reworked for Woon's debut album, but we'll get there in a moment). This came out in 2007, and in 2009 Jamie collaborated with another "post-dubstep" producer Subeena on her track "Solidify." In 2010, Woon released "Night Air" (video) on his own Candent Songs label, which is (thus far) home to Jamie alone. "Lay Luck" (official video, alternative video) came out in 2011, ahead of his debut album, Mirrorwriting (streaming on MySpace), which featured production from Burial, who was credited as William Bevan, "because if Burial was on the tracks it would have sounded very different." (Tangent: Woon credits Burial with his broader success, in this 2010 Fact Mag interview, due to Burial's mix of "Wayfaring Stranger" in 2007.) The second single from the album is now out, featuring "Slowburning" as a b-side track. More videos and audio available on Jamie Woon's YouTube channel.

What, exactly, is Dubstep?

saiwol — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:32:53 -0800

What, exactly, is Dubstep? Electronic music artist Bassnectar explains. [via]

The result? Something that sounds like dubstep, except they took out all the good parts and replaced with crap. Fucking Skrillex.

dunkadunc — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:22:34 -0800

"With a little help from the internet, the genre grew because it was so unique. But in growing, it also evolved. The relaxed, dubby vibe got pushed aside to make way for more. More wobble, more sounds, more everything. Maximize to maximize."

Liquido asks: Who killed Dubstep? (more)

The best NYTimes correction of all time

MadamM — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:21:17 -0800

First, the article, about a young couple with Asperger's. Second, the correction to the story. Third, the story behind the correction. Finally, the story behind the story behind the correction, featuring dubtrot, My Little Pony dubstep. Via kottke

Shufflin' Grandpa is Shufflin' Everyday

quin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:14:15 -0800

Shufflin' Grandpas are polka dancers redubbed.

Great Wall Of Dubstep

MechEng — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:16:02 -0800

The Great Wall Of Dubstep ; Dubstep Previously On The Blue

Fuel For Fun

empath — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:56:48 -0800

Enjoying a bowl of this substance is ideal for dubstep.

Dancing Guy

(Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:56:49 -0800

This guy is really good at dancing. SLYT. Watch in fullscreen if possible.