Mainstream music has a history of taking musical genres, smoothing out the rough edges and turning them into something easily digestible to the masses. Punk rock went from being the music of rebellion ...

Dubstep music started in London around the turn of this century. Derived from styles such as garage, dub, and drum and bass, dubstep is known for downtempo rhythms with an off-kilter shuffle. A strict ...

Blog jam: Underground dubstep blog OneFortyDeep picks a playlist of choice minimal sounds to prove your prejudices wrong Andy HL writes: "OneFortyDeep was started on a whim during a period when money ...

What do heavy electronic beats, big bass, live drumming and a solo saxophone have in common? They are all featured in the music of up-and-coming Colorado-based duo Big Gigantic. Big Gigantic has been ...

Last August I explained how, by taking influence from the glacial Germanic techno of Basic Channel, a group of dubstep producers had managed to make a subtle, refined analogue sound, in contrast to ...

Of all genres with complex legacies, dubstep ranks as one of the strangest. It’s less than 20 years old, yet already feels like it’s been through more ups and downs than a low-frequency oscillator. A ...

Recently, I have become a huge fan of dubstep (a.k.a. drum & bass). I used to listen exclusively to metal and hard rock. Before I discovered dubstep, I would not go near electronic music with a ...