• Dubstep

    Origin

    dub + step.

    Full definition of dubstep

    Noun

    dubstep

    (uncountable)
    1. A genre of electronic music descended from 2-step garage, characterised by its dark mood, sparse, half-step and two-step rhythms, an average bpm of 140 and an emphasis on sub-bass.
      • 2002, Tricia Romano, "Electro Trash," Village Voice, July 16"Genres are so boring," said Scotsman Broon, one-half of the tech-house duo, as he scanned the cover of XLR8R magazine hyping "Dubstep" while shopping at Etherea record store.
      • 2006, Mary Gaitskill, Daphne Carr, Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006...of course, a lot of grime producers and dubstep producers freely admit to FL being their primary tool, and the software is increasingly being used...
      • 2007, Michael E Veal, Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae‎...reflect broader class strategies within English society, and the same can be said for more recent genre mutations such as dubstep and grime.
      • 2008, Matt Mason, The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing CapitalismAcid house, hard-core, drum 'n' bass, UK garage, grime, and dubstep are just a handful of now worldwide underground movements that developed in this way.
      • 2012, June 26, Genevieve Koski, Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe, But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).
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