While much of the dubstep I’ve heard this year has been self-cannibalising crap, there’s still the odd pocket of resistance in the genre if you look (hard). Take Bristol’s Peverelist who is one of those producers doing the right thing and mixing the distinctive positives of dubstep with early 90s ambient electronica wigouts. Well that’s what the near nine minute ‘Infinity Is Now’ sounds like; some hybrid between techno/ dubstep and Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2. Groovy.
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In other news, Merriweather Post Pavilion is really fucking good. Thank fuck. 🙂
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one of the producers of the year for me, “clunk click every trip” is absolutely brilliant as well- total UR business sham.
so solid. fantastic.
“While much of the dubstep I’ve heard this year has been self-cannibalising crap” – you obviously haven’t been listening to much then. Get your earholes around some Benga, N-Type or even Galway’s Crysis. Whopper stuff.
My favourite 12″ from the year. Haunting stuff with an insistent bassline. One of the best techno dubstep tracks so far. Not all of his stuff is as essential. Meme “So Solid” that a crack at Lawndun? Lol
Gary, That’s just what I’ve delved into to in the last twelve months though records like this and the type of stuff Skream, Benga and Geiom are suggesting that I was listening to the wrong stuff. I’m happy to take direction from you or anyone else in terms of good dubstep. N-Type is cool, Ilike his stuff.
I’ve had a look at the forum debate sparked off by my post – http://dubculture.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=164
I think this is really a case of a casual dubstep fan missing some of the more essential stuff in 2008. I am not wiping off a whole genre at all – that has been my experience of the genre this year, as I’m sure it hasd been for many others who aren’t as deeply involved.
My personal preference in terms of dubstep is the techno-leaning stuff. it’s not a hipsterish opinion whatever that means, it’s what I feel the most.
Colz’s notion that I’m referencing dubstep on my blog to keep up with the hipsters is daft. I mention it if and when I like same as folk same as rock same as acoustic same as any genre.
While it is true that Skeng came out before this year, It took until this year to really hit for me personally. That kind of jibe serves as a badge of the dubstep fanatical elite who ridicule people for not having the dubplate or limited pressed vinyl or whatever. At the end of the day, the tune was proper made public on London Zoo and a video was made this year. Who cares anyway?it’s a quality tune.
Nothing personal chief. Just a free exchange of opinion on a forum. Fanatical Elite is only half right though 🙂
Have you been to a Dubstep gig? I’ve tried to get a load of friends into Dubstep and none of them liked it until I dragged them to a live show. Get yourself down to Skream and Joker in Twisted Pepper in February and you’ll be converted 🙂
Have you been to a Dubstep gig?
Yes.
I bought a healthy few kilos of DS vinyl this year, could be that the peverelist release is fresh in my ears. Still could be my favourite. Sorry. Or should i just go away?
Flu brain here.I thought their was a lot of good stuff this year or I wouldn’t have bought it. Damn this internet net shit solidifying my confusion in a public manner