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Dubstep’s Undefined Definition |
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Written by Infusion Crew
Monday, 25 October 2010 20:23 |
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The Dubstep sound has taken over the UK urban music scene, and is becoming increasingly mainstream. But what is it? Dubstep's greatest media champion Joe Muggs admitted that the only common element is 'dubstep's distinctive basslines', this week, declaring 'any given two (tracks) may appear to share almost no similar qualities'. From the very outset, Dubstep stole features of all other club genres and as it began to spread it then reached into and infused again with those genres, to the point where now across house, techno, drum & bass, trance and all the more 'traditional' club sounds Dubstep itself no longer appears tethered to a particular tempo or rhythm. Grime/ dubstep superstar of the moment Tinie Tempah (not on Muggs' album), meanwhile appeared on course to release Britain's biggest selling single of the year this week as his (unbelievably cheesy) electro-pop production Written In The Stars sold 54,000 units in its first two days of release. Chatting to Infusion about his astonishing success, the 21 year old Londoner promised to keep it real. "I was asked recently by an American if I'd consider changing the line: 'Would you risk it for a chocolate biscuit' to 'Would you nookie for a chocolate cookie'!" No way," Tinie vowed. God Save The Queen.
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