On 10 Oct 2007, at 07:59, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote:
On 10/9/07, klaus boss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You're obviously everso entitled to your opinions :)
But in what way other than the dubplate exclusives has Dubstep
followed D'n'B?
it went from a "soulful" sound that referenced jazz, r+b, hiphop,
reggae, etc to a cold technical sound. it seriously is almost an exact
parallel to jungle moving to techstep. and of course of hardcore
moving to "darkside". its just the path that UK dance genres seem to
take.
They went for the Dub-plate culture because of what was happening in
the garage scene at the time, everyone playing the same 12"s and
promo's - this is still true of the Speed Garage scene up in
Sheffield - I haven't been to a night for five years now but I'd be
willing to bet you that I can hum you the bassline of the track that
will be playing if we went.
Dubstep nights like FWD wanted something different so rather than
just going for DJ's they went for DJ/Producers who would be dropping
new and exclusive stuff to avoid a repeat of the above.
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