Dubstep Sung By A Bird...Wait What?

Dubstep...so easy a bird can do it?!?

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MDK - Katana (Original Mix)

MDK aka Morgan David King is an electronic producer from Vancouver, Canada. We choose his  newest song “Katana” because of its unique approach to dubstep, that takes us away to japan with its influenced wobbles and orchestral work. Not sure how the piece would work at a party but its a fun listen to break up from the mundane

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The Warehouse Project- Documentary on Diplo, Skream, and more

Here's an interesting, short documentary about a few DJs like Diplo, Bauuer, Skream, and more artists who are on the forefront of new and emerging music. If you're a fan, check out The Warehouse Project! It gives a great insight into the minds of some of our favorite artists.

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Nero: Won't You Be There- New Dubstep [FREE DOWNLOAD]

By Lauren

Our boys Nero have just released a free track today on their facebook and Soundcloud. They say on their Facebook that the song was "a dancefloor tune we initially wrote to play out in our DJ sets, but we thought that while we work on our 2nd album we'd give it to you guys".
Here's to a huge thanks on Nero's part-- showing how proper music distribution should be done!

It's a heavy, very Nero-esque dubstep tune that flows like "Innocence", also by the British duo off their first album Welcome Reality. Perhaps this is a taste of what is to come on their new album? Do you expect to see similar song progressions or do you think Nero will be moving towards a different sound? Let us know.

Nero will be returning to Boston on December 15 at Royale!! Be sure to catch them as they are definitely a show worth seeing!

In the mean time, grab the song here or on their soundcloud.

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Afrojack - Wonder Girls (AJR Remix)

What happens when Afrojack dips his hands into dubstep? He infuses wobbles with his signature bleepy sounds to put a unique spin on the subgenre.  Wonder Girls AJR Remix was dropped by afrojack during a surprise Ustream session Afrojack held Monday evening.

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Miley Cyrus experiments with Dubstep & EDM

(theimproper.com) Miley Cyrus has new hair and a new sound. She follows a well worn path into the world of electronic dance music in a collaboration with Israeli dubstep producer Borgore for a song called “Decisions.” Myley Cyrus Experiments with Dubstep & EDM is an unusual way.

Artists from Usher to Rihanna to Paris Hilton have experimented with the musical form with varying success.

Miley, however, is virtually relegated to backup singer. Her vocals are barely perceptible over the clash of electronic sounds and heavy backbeat. Borgore does the heavy lifting on the hip-hop track.

The “Can’t be Tamed” singer gets points for experimenting and pushing the limits on musical genres.

@MileyCyrus Yo check out Decisions me & @borgore new track

@MileyCyrus @MileyCyrusBz yup! New music out suckas! Bitches LoVe cake! @borgore Check out Decisions! Making music for fun is the best

@borgore yer so i guess i can say now that miley cyrus is the backing female voice in decisions. #bitcheslovecake :p

Or so the exchange went on Twitter. Check out the tune below.

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Uncle Jesse sets the record straight on dubstep

Interesting piece on a US DJ we thought we'd share with you guys.  While it's not relative, its always fun to peak into a producers story.

(The Rapidian) During the electronic music resurgence of the past few years, dubstep has made its way to the forefront of musical conversations as well as the headlining acts of many major music festivals around the country. This dubstep invasion has caused many conflicting opinions on what exactly defines the genre and why it has gotten so popular.

According to Grand Rapids dubstep producer Uncle Jesse, whose name is Jesse VanDellen, dubstep has defined boundaries.

“When I first got into dubstep, [it was] anything with low sub-bass, a kick [drum] on the one beat and a snare on the three beat with some really heavy sub-bass and at 140 beats per minute,” says Uncle Jesse.

While dubstep is what VanDellen has been focusing on in recent years, he has been playing music for much of his life. Around the age of nine, he realized he wanted to make music rather than just listen to it, and began to play guitar with some friends who now make up the bandQuadraphonic.

“I stopped playing music altogether by like seventh grade,” he says. “The other guys had continued on, and I was kind of burnt out. I didn’t like practicing only guitar all the time.”

VanDellen didn’t want to be limited in just one instrument. He wanted to be a composer. In high school, he began to experiment with software that allowed him to loop samples. It wasn’t until 2008 at the music festival Rothbury that VanDellen was inspired to try to make electronic music.

“When I saw a lot of those artists like EOTO, Bassnectar, and The Crystal Method [at Rothbury], I was just like ‘holy crap, this is amazing. I want to do what those guys are doing.' Then, I got into dubstep because it was the newest up and coming genre,” says VanDellen.

Since then, dubstep has exploded all over mainstream culture, with many advertisers using the ear-catching dubstep sounds in commercials. Additionally, popular dubstep artists like Skrillex have forced the style through millions of speakers across the country.

According to VanDellen, ever since Skrillex won a Grammy the dubstep conversation has become less about the music and more about everyone arguing about Skrillex, and using him to define the whole genre. While Uncle Jesse dislikes the generalization, the attention dubstep has gotten has been beneficial for him.

“I actually like it now because when I go to play house parties, people dance to my [music],” says VanDellen. “It used to be people looking at me weird, saying ‘what is this crap, put on some Jay Z.’ Finally people understand the kind of music I make.”

The heavy, sometimes jarring sub-bass tones that make up dubstep have attracted many different groups of fans from dreadlocked hippy-types to flat brim hat-wearing frat boys. While this wide appeal has helped artists like Uncle Jesse, it has also spawned a feud among listeners of dubstep, with different terms like bro-step being created in an effort to segregate the dubstep fan base.

“Why kill the joy of music with pointing fingers about what kind of people like what,” says Uncle Jesse. “I used to care a lot more. There are so many ongoing debates about stupid stuff that doesn’t accomplish anything. I just see so many people focusing more energy in [debating] than they are into their music. That’s not even cool; music is rewarding, feuding with people is not."

Part of the reason Uncle Jesse doesn’t like to harp on subtle differences within the genre or people’s taste is because he sees music on a grander scale.

“I don’t see myself as a dubstep-only musician. Everything I’ve learned in music has been universal and has been stuff that I can use to make different kinds of music,” he says. “Why do [people] have to take the fun out of music by calling it a name? Just enjoy it, man.”

Uncle Jesse will be playing City Lights Music Festival, which takes place at Calder Plaza August 17 and 18.

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Is Dubstep Avant Garde Musical Genius? PBS Weighs in (Yes that PBS)

(flavorwire) Teenagers, brace yourselves: PBS has made a video about dubstep, which means it’s only a matter of time before your parents start asking questions about those electric can opener noises invading the house via your bedroom. In a new Idea Channel clip, host Mike Rugnetta asks whether the genre — which, despite breaking through to the American mainstream, isn’t exactly a critical favorite — can actually be defended as avant-garde musical genius, comparing it to such 20th-century forerunners to electronic music as musique concrète and George Antheil’s Ballet Mécanique. Rugnetta also mentions that pre-World War I Italian Futurist artists would have loved dubstep, as they shared its central aesthetic values: “technology, violence, and speed.” (He reminds us that they were also anti-feminist fascists, so do with that information what you will.) Watch the video below and tell us whether PBS has convinced you to see the genre in a new light, or if you’ll still be tuning out Skrillex for the foreseeable future.


Thanks @sarahhemcee for tipping us to this article

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Deadmau5 Sold Out Dubstep...Read his Explanation

(Spinner) Electronic dance music artist Deadmau5 -- a.k.a. Joel Zimmerman -- admits he "sold out" when he made a dubstep song despite not being a fan of the genre.

"It's a conduit now for previously mainstream pop acts to use," Zimmerman said in a rather wide-ranging, hour-long interview with Jian Ghomeshi on CBC's Q radio show this morning. "I've only ever made one dubstep track and I will admit I only did it because it was cool at the time, you know what I mean, and that's why I did it. I'm not a fan of dubstep but I figured 'Okay, well I'm sure I can engineer something that's palatable or on par with the whole Skrillex thing that everyone is into.''

"I sold out on that one track -- that would be me

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Archie - One More Cupcake

"Don't be a prisoner of your own style" is what you will constantly hear Armin Van Buuren tell fellow producers.  Archie has heeded the advice and decided to experiment with Dubstep in his new track "One more cupcake".  Facebook followers were immediately all over Archie. "This isn't your style" was preached by facebook followers.

Take a listen to Archie's new track after the jump.

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Skrillex's Brother Bobby Duque

(inthemix)  "The music industry hasn’t always been particularly kind to siblings trying to follow in the footsteps of their famous brothers and sisters. For every Matthew Hawtin-tier relation, there’s a few Haylie Duffs miserably failing to chart and bickering with Ashlee Simpson over who had the rights to the song Boyfriend. Oftentimes, it seems that for every genuine musical talent, there’s a less-inspired relative – sometimes a few times removed – trying to get their own slice of the cash cow.


With that in mind, it was with a hint of trepidation that we posted Bobby Duque’s remix of Zedd’s Shotgun last month: Bobby Duque, you see, being brother to none other than Skrillex. The reaction to Duque’s tune was an unsurprising mix of “Not another Skrillex”, “Family whoring” and “I don’t see more deserving producer getting this attention”. Bobby Duque himself also responded to the article with the defense: “No, there’s not coat tails being ridden. Different sounds, different label, different artists. The only similarity is similar looking faces.” So before the ITM readership writes Bobby Duque (that’s Dew-kay) off, we thought it was only fair to speak to the producer directly and get the first-hand account of his career.


First up, it has to be said that that both Bobby Duque and his elder bro share a pretty similar musical style: call it complextro, brostep or (if you want to go that far) dubstep, the similarities are arguably there.


But 21 year old Duque maintains that his career is coattail-free. “I mean, we’re two different individuals,” he begins. “There’s really not much to say about it. He has his emotion that goes into his music and I have my own world and I put that into my music. Every artist has their own feel and though they may sound similar, it all comes from the heart. Mine does and his does.” Comparisons are, however, inevitable. “I mean, it’s just not necessarily that [comparisons] are frustrating. People know and people are gonna find out that we are biological brothers, but we kind of just do our own thing.”


Listen to his Track after the JUMP

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NEED TO LISTEN: Boston's Own Dubstep/Electro group: Butlertron [FREE DOWNLOADS]

EDMBoston has been trying relentlessly to get upcoming Boston producers more involved in the Blog.  That means we encourage people to email in their material on top of us hunting for new projects.  Late last week we made a fun find.  When stumbled on upcoming Boston dubstep and electro producers, Butlertron, in our searches for new music.  We reached out to them immediately.

You have to hear the sound they are producing in our backyard!

Butlertron has been producing various genres for the last decade and in 2011 they focused their craft on creating floor shaking bass with upbeat prose.  Butlertron's track 'Promise Me' is a dubstep anthem that jumps from funky beats to uplifting chords to catchy chip leads. You find yourself shifting from electro to dubstep and back in a refreshing way.

Listen to More Free Tracks after the JUMP

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Morning Caffeine: THE M MACHINE - Metropolis

Cloaked by a secret alias, The M Machine, based out of San Francisco, is part of Skrillex‘s OWSLA label. The trio that makes up The M Machine may have tried to keep their identities shrouded in secrecy, but have been unable to do the same with their music, and with good reason. The trio's creativity has yielded them a new EP that brings something new to the table.  Their dynamic range spreads the sub-genre gambit from electro to dubstep.  Tracks like 'Deep search' are reminiscent of Deadmau5' unique sound but offer a different modular variation that keeps it special and interesting. 'A King Alone' could possibly be one of the best rainy day songs out there.  While the middle section of the album seeks refuge in artistic sounds and subtle tracks, 'Black' returns the energy with hard bass lines and edgy synths.  The M Machine's display of dynamic sounds progresses with a dubstep tune called 'Shadow in the Rose Garden'.  It's both beautiful and tragic in only a way dubstep can juxtapose the two adjectives.

Listen to the Album after the Jump

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How To Dubstep Like A Parrot

what do you guys think...dead accurate??

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Noisia - Diplodocus (Kill The Noise Remix)

Deadmau5 tweeted this track yesterday to his massive proclaiming "WOW"

Idk if we feel the same way.  Yea its heavey wobbles and new age Dubstep, but is it really any different from Kill the Noises catalog?  To me it sounds like rather generic Dubstep drops.  Don't get me wrong, Kill the Noise is difinitely extremely talented.  There's no way a bedroom producer throws this one together.  But its just not that inspiring for us.

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Dubstep Violin- Lindsey Stirling- Crystallize

Lindsey Stirling getting busy on her Violin to some Dubstep in crazy setting in Silverthorne, Colorado.

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How to Make Dubstep

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Didgeridoo Dubstep

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94 yr. Old Grandma Dancing to Dubstep on Christmas

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DREAMER|DUBSTEP Dance Video || Boston EDM

Incredible moves to dubstep.  Featuring Popping, locking, liquid, and whatever other craziness is out there.  This guy gets dirty.

Song name: Russian Lullaby - Butch Clancy

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