Dubstep.

1. Dubstep.

2. The Genre Dubstep was born in London in the early 2000’s. It originated from the Uk garage scene. Characteristics of the genre include emphasis on bass, synthesized sounds and samples of other songs or vocals. Dubstep tracks usually have a 140BPM pace, which allows various tracks to be mixed together much more easily. Although drums are an important part of dubstep, it is usually the bass line which governs the rhythm of the sound.

3. Track conventions. Tracks in this genre usually start with an intro, which progress to a drop, which is where the bass usually kicks in. Tracks often have a second drop throughout the song where the bass and drums ease of and then kick back in dramatically. Drops are usually used to get the crowd going as it is often the most dramatic and well known part of the song.

4. History and modern day The genre has expanded rapidly since its birth, and may prove to be the latest trend in youth music. It already gets a lot of play time at various raves and radio programs, as well as many websites having been set up specifically for dubstep. Many mainstream artists have also put their sounds in the hands of various dubstep artists to remix them. Examples of this are La Roux’s in for the kill, and the prodigy’s Omen. Hip hop artists like Xzibit and snoop dog have also recorded onto dubstep instrumentals, helping to further expand the scene. Well known Artists in the genre include Plastician, Rusko, Skream, Benga, Coki, Burial and Kode 9.

5. The competition. As far as other dubstep orientated magazines go, there are very few, but the genre often gets publicity and regular pages in magazines such as “The wire”, and the genre has been reviewed by various magazines and newspapers such as the Sunday times and the New York Times. There are various dedicated online magazines such as “get darker”. Printed magazines for the genre are limited, many feature atricles about dubstep but none cover dubstep exclusively an example of this is “woofah”.