Post-Dubstep is a blog about the post-dubstep genre of electronic music and its subgenres. It was founded in the summer of 2007 by the Toronto-based DJ Kode9 as a spinoff of his popular Dubstepforum.com message board.
In an interview with the Fader magazine, Kode9 explained that he started the blog as a way to keep track of “post-dubstep” producers who had moved on from making dubstep but continued to utilize some of the lessons learned from it. The term “post-dubstep” was coined by Kode9 when he started the blog, but it has since become a commonly used term used to describe this style of music.
Post-dubstep artists include producers such as Mount Kimbie, Joy Orbison and James Blake, who have gained popularity for their unique take on the dubstep genre. In recent years, post-dubstep has come to include many other subgenres such as witch house and future garage; however, many producers still consider these styles to be separate genres rather than subgenres of post-dubstep.
Post-dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that emerged in the late 2000s as a development of dubstep, taking the genre’s characteristic distorted, bass-heavy sound and melodic basslines but incorporating elements of 2-step and UK garage, as well as incorporating influences from house, techno, drum and bass, and jazz. The term “post-dubstep” was first used by Pitchfork’s Andy Beta in 2007 to describe the work of artists such as Joy Orbison and Zomby. The term has since been applied to artists including Mount Kimbie, Darkstar, James Blake, Joker and Joy Orbison.
Post-dubstep is often characterized by complex, syncopated rhythms formed by fragmenting kick drums and snare samples into microbeats that often consist of four or more distinct sounds per bar. The use of 2-step drum patterns alongside syncopated basslines has been described by journalist Philip Sherburne as a defining characteristic of post-dubstep.
Post-dubstep is commonly distinguished from other forms of dubstep by its experimental nature. Artists often incorporate a variety of musical styles into their productions, resulting in subgenres including ambient dubstep (artists including Burial), bro
What is Post-Dubstep?
Post-dubstep is a genre of electronic music that emerged in the late 2000s as a development of dubstep. It is characterized by less aggressive sound than dubstep, often having a more mellow, soulful sound and deeper bass. Compared to other forms of dubstep, post-dubstep tends to be influenced by indie rock or R&B rather than drum and bass.
Post-Dubstep is a genre of electronic music that arose in the late 2000s as a development of dubstep. The genre takes inspiration from dubstep’s early roots and combines it with elements of electronica and pop.[1] It is characterised by its dark, desolate downbeat melodies, sparse rhythms, heavy basslines and mechanical, synthetic drum sounds.[2]
The term “post-dubstep” was first coined by Marcus Scott (aka Faux Pas) in an article for the online magazine XLR8R[3], where he described a movement away from the darker and more aggressive sounds of contemporary dubstep towards something closer to American R&B, or UK garage. In a later interview with Dummy Magazine, Scott described post-dubstep as: “a continuation of the evolution of [dubstep] that has seen countless producers and musicians attempt to push the boundaries of the sound”.[4]
Post-dubstep artists include James Blake, SBTRKT, Mount Kimbie and Joy Orbison.
Post-dubstep is a genre of music that has recently come to the surface, but that has been around for quite some time. The name “post-dubstep” was originally coined by Simon Reynolds in his excellent article on post-dubstep, grime and dubstep.
In the early days, it was known as “dubstep” or “dark garage”. But with the rise of brostep, many people began to see the need to distinguish the dark, minimal side of dubstep from the noisy, aggressive side. This gave birth to a number of different names: “bassline”, “deep dubstep”, etc. But eventually, the name post-dubstep caught on internationally.
Post-dubstep is characterised by deep basslines, minimal rhythms and atmosphere. It draws heavily on UK garage and 2 step. Post-dubstep artists include Skream, Shackleton and Burial.
We’re going to try to answer this question by examining the history of dubstep, particularly the period from 2005-2010, a time that saw an explosion of talent and creativity in the genre. If you want to understand the sound of post-dubstep, you need to know where it came from.
The Dubstep Sound
Dubstep is a genre of electronic music that began in South London in the late 1990s. It is generally characterized by sparse, syncopated rhythmic patterns with prominent sub-bass frequencies. The style emerged as an offshoot of UK garage, drawing on a lineage of related styles such as 2-step and dub reggae, as well as jungle, broken beat, and grime.
In the early 2000s, dubstep began to be championed by DJs on London’s pirate radio stations such as Rinse FM and Deja Vu FM. By 2003, dubstep had been dubbed “grime” by the media, with artists such as Dizzee Rascal becoming popular. As dubstep became increasingly popular in night clubs and on commercial radio stations from 2005 onwards, producers began making more conventional sounding records for mainstream consumption. These tracks were described as “post-dubstep”.