Crikey, dubstep's passed me by entirely, when I first heard it I thought it sounded like transformers having sexual relations...

...Until I heard this; TC (Caspa remix) - Where's my money?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdQeaP7LJw4

Oh my days, the energy behind it, it's taking over the world music!

I am a convert.

I've put up two versions as I'm getting copyright messages on the longer and superior version that I had on my youtube account, 2nd one is the same song but shorter.

Anyone else got some crazy dubsteppin' beats?

Chase & Status ft Liam Bailey - Blind Faith

Now, THIS.

I think this is something else, and I have to say, for a British group, with our propensity to sometimes just sound like a cheaper version of what the American's do, the production values on their music continues to impress me, our artists our at their best when doing what comes naturally to these shores.

Like this Liam Baileys voice as well, really like it.

By naturally to these shores, to elaborate, I hear elements of reggae, dub reggae, drum and bass, with a very gentle nod to hip-hop in the previously posted song.

And I loves it.

EDIT: Of course, I know we didn't invent reggae, but off the back of all of our cultures smashing together, a la ska music, it makes for some very interesting sounds.

I am only vaguely conversant with it as I have an 11 year old boy and it appears it is his punk.He is into Example, Tiny Tempah and Wretch 32 and has just downloaded a compilation that includes 2 one-hour tracks. He was also playing me that "Where's My Money" track the other day.

I find it quite a disparate scene. Some of the heavier mostly-instrumental stuff I enjoy and could quite easily see me playing it in the car. Other stuff I find quite lightweight especially the Magnetic Man and Example-type stuff and I am not sure I have heard one yet with loads of vocals that I enjoy

I mean, 44 year old men are not its demographic but it sounds new and pushing the envelope. I certainly prefer him listening to this than jingly jangly guitar music that I have heard a thousand times before. Not that I will tell him, of course, I will keep saying "You can't hear the words", "It's just a bloke playing records" and "Is that a boy or a girl"

Funnily enough, I played him some dub reggae which I thought was all over it and he had his hands over his ears. Kids nowadays, I don't know

I'm not hip to the trip.. but there are some acts that apparently "dubstep" that I dig/dug. Its quite young lads movement isn't it? quite fast moving, I'm guessing what's hip today could be old news tomorrow.


James Blake

Liked some of the excellent older stuff, he's changing though isn't he? is he trying to take the form further? does he even care? his newer stuff (LP and onwards) seems to be aiming for a electro Bon Iver style. Cant say it turns me on.

Martyn

Been around a while, his Ghost People LP from this year is one of the best Dance music LP's in a while, definitely of 2011, well worth bothering with. I found it quite Detroity in a techno sense.

Kode9

Loved Black Sun the single, is the LP out? Im not hip, looks like it is according to Discogs. I'll have a look for that in a minute.

Burial

High Profile, Lo-Fi stylee.. cant say I'm that turned on, he's been lauded quite a lot from what I read.

Joy Orbison

Hyph Mngo - from a couple of years ago was absolutely essential - havent heard the newer stuff he's done, there's not much of it by the looks of it. This time two years ago it was all Joy this and Joy that, I'm guessing he's been recording an LP.

Bored of Education wrote:


Ha, Some of it sounds like a computer having a breakdown whilst transformers are having rough sex in the background, but as is the case with every genre i've listened to, there are always some skilled exponents within each genre who are knocking out blinding music with some immense production values.

There was a previous OTF thread on James Blake where dubstep was discussed

Yeah, some of the stuff posted on there, is it dubstep?

And to be honest, when I saw James Blake when that thread started, I presumed that the tennis player had begun making music.

For me, although I can see how a lot of it is decent, I can't be bothered getting more into it than the stuff I've heard. Especially now every second Britney single has a wobblebass 'dubstep breakdown'.

But suggest a new Burial album is on the way and I will get very excited. The first two were wonderful, and a long way from bandwagonjumping pop music.

With Remote Offspring #2 and #3 have been playing a lot of this recently and, whilst a big part of my brain is shouting to me "this is crap" and I know it's ridiculous, I can't help rather enjoying it when the drop comes - sort of makes me wish I still went clubbin' with the youngsters:

Knife Party - Centipede

Labyrinth - I Predict an Earthquake

Skrillex - Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites