“Who gon stop me,” from Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne, begins with an orbiting, distorted vocal sample, then explodes into a rush of quaking bottom-end and pulsating, chunky mid-range. These ...
It's already time to celebrate the best of 2009, and we start with a look at the top records in the worlds of dubstep, wonky, grime, and funky. No summary of the year in dubstep would be complete ...
The atmosphere of Belvedere’s, a dive bar on Butler Street in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood — with its stage and pool tables and little in the way of ambiance — was completely transformed by ...
Britney Spears‘ “Hold It Against Me” was different from her previous dance singles because it was a dubstep song. The “I’m a Slave 4 U” singer explained why she embraced the genre. She also made some ...
This week, the veteran producer Rupert Parkes, a.k.a. Photek, releases his DJ-Kicks mix to American audiences. But listeners boning up on his “two swords technique” can put away the Seven Samurai DVD: ...
The dubstep community is as passionate as it’s ever been in 2025, but some would argue that the genre’s grown “stale” over the last decade. Enter Twinboys: a pair of 23-year-old identical twins from ...
These are the words of ZHA. As the DJ and producer behind cult hybrid bass label Fent Plates and White Peach, a label and distribution company that specialises strictly in dubstep and grime, his words ...
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 ...
The explosion of interest in dubstep since Christmas has brought with it a new fan base. In dubstep, any division made between the producer/DJs and the fans is artificial: the ravers of the present ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lisa Kocay covers electronic dance music. The dubstep producer’s latest EP, Seance, dropped in September 2023. The four-track body ...
Benga performs his current single Icon featuring Bebe Black in session from the BBC's Maida Vale studios. Benga peforms Hi Speed with P Money — MistaJam, Benga in session Benga performs Hi Speed with ...