Dubstep

Found this gem yesterday in the midst of a mix. It’s great.

The latest instalment of Solitude’s ambient dubstep delightfulness has been out in the big wide world for a while. I’ve finally got round to listening to it and there are some real gems in here! This one, in particular, is my favourite! So’s this:

MrSuicideSheep collaborated with the great Aaron Static and between them, somehow, they cooked up a mix. Mostly, I suspect, it was Aaron. In any event, it’s a wonderful piece of aural porn. For some reason, the key that a lot of these tunes are in appeals rather a lot! This one in particular leapt out at me:

Pretty Lights’ new track, “I Know The Truth” has just the right mix of ground-shaking bass, huge drops and wonderfully suspense-filled buildups! Check this out!

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, so here’s a quick rundown of various chill dubstep/2-step tunes I’ve been listening to that are well worth checking out! Above & Beyond delivering more ethereal vocals combined with epic drops! It sounds like it could be a standard trance track they’d blast out in clubs, but it’s wonderfully surprising! This one came from a contact juggling video by Cyrille & Kyle. ...

So, in case you have been living under a rock – Beardyman is a beatboxer/comedian/musician who makes up ridiculous sets like this one. It’s really quite fascinating what can be achieved with a Kaoss pad and a bit of creativity!

Solitude released another mix a week and bit ago – all Synkro tracks this time. I’ve been toying with the idea of throwing together a mix all composed of a single artist’s tracks and this has definitely reinforced the idea that I ought to do it! This is my favourite track from the mix. When I heard it, it made fun things happen in my brain! Specifically, it really reminds me of being at Burning Man. ...

The D&B/dubstep/glitch wizard, Pretty Lights’ latest batch of tasty remixes are singularly awesome and none more so than this gem. It’s a montage of his Red Rocks gig in Colorado and the way the tune flows and how he mixes in classic rock songs into the glitchy backdrop is sublime!

My friend Chris Baker was rocking some kickass tunes at the circus jam last night and one of them was this awesome little piece which has been stuck in my head for a good hour now. The bastard played it at the end of his set. Chromeo’s Night By Night has been remixed into something far less cheesy and more awesome. Electronic music cures what ails you! He’s also DJing at the Imaginarium party in a few weeks – I’ll fish out the URL once I find the flyer. ...

My friend Tina pointed me at this rather incredible DJ who periodically makes very chilled dubstep-y mixes. The mixes are over an hour and a half long and they flow from incredibly chilled to energetic without being in-your-face like a lot of dubstep is. To me, the difference between full-on *‘wob-wob-wob-wob’* dubstep and the more relaxed flavours is that while the former assaults your senses with sound, the latter has some spaces in the music for your thoughts and lets you experience the music better as you aren’t trying to fight off waves of sensory overload. ...

I heard this tune at about 9am at Burning Man across from our camp. It drew me out of my yurt and got me spinning my poi and the guy playing it was kind enough to restart it when I asked him what it was! CocoRosie – Werewolf (Omega Remix) Mastered FREE 320 by OmegaDubstep