Genres · Bass & breaks
Dubstep
Slow, heavy, half-time beats with deep wobbling bass.
- Tempo, BPM
- 140 (feels half that)
- Where it started
- South London, early 2000s
What it sounds like
Started in South London as dark, spacious music with deep sub-bass and a half-time beat. In the US it became louder and growlier, the sound people now picture as dubstep.
Hear it
Skrillex, “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”
The loud, growly kind that made dubstep famous.
2010 · Posted by Skrillex · Open on YouTube
Listen for
- A half-time beat: the snare lands every other bar
- Wobbling, growling bass
- Long quiet bits, then a drop
Go if
You want to headbang, or just feel the floor shake.
Hear it this week
2 nights- 6pm · DJ nightThe Order Halloween nightVeto · Smudge, Marcy Remegio +1
Fri
30
- 6pm · DJ nightThe Order Halloween nightVeto · Smudge, Yel Yacuba +1
Sat
31
Nights with a DJ who plays dubstep, from the venues' posts.