Definitions

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  • noun A genre of electronic music descended from 2-step garage, characterised by its dark mood, sparse, half-step and two-step rhythms, an average bpm of 140 and an emphasis on sub-bass.

Etymologies

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dub +‎ step.

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Examples

  • David wrote plenty about Rusko in Friday's Weekend section, but here's the short version -- dubstep is poised to be the electronic music genre that actually takes hold in the U.S. and Rusko is the man who will be most responsible for making that happen.

    Nightlife Agenda Fritz Hahn 2010

  • And now, people in H&M will think dubstep is a bit like tidied-up drum'n'bass, with no bass, and a random singer on top, rather than a vast, innard-rearranging expression of our own eternal loneliness in the face of the urban void (possibly).

    Magnetic Man by Magnetic Man – review Kitty Empire 2010

  • Plus late night DJ bar with Andy + Colin [dubstep/dancehall stylee].

    View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2006

  • Plus late night DJ bar with Andy + Colin [dubstep/dancehall stylee].

    Archive 2006-01-01 Michael Evans 2006

  • He continued the retro theme with a brilliantly original medley, alongside human beatbox Faith SFX, which transformed a cover of Stand By Me into what was described as "dubstep madness". characters left.

    Evening Standard - Home André Paine 2011

  • In anxious anticipation of all that dropping sometime later this year and on the theme of being on the road, this mix kicks off with a heady white label dubstep remix of Damian Jr.

    BrooklynRadio.net 2009

  • When Justin Bieber announced he might use something called dubstep in his next album, he probably had a lot of fans nodding and pretending they had a clue about what dubstep actually is.

    Dubstep as the New Rock Jennifer Wieczner 2011

  • The result is people connecting around shared enthusiasm for topics that can be as far ranging as the genre of electronic music known as "dubstep" or the ever-popular Twilight.

    Mike Jones: Now Trending... Curation Mike Jones 2011

  • The result is people connecting around shared enthusiasm for topics that can be as far ranging as the genre of electronic music known as "dubstep" or the ever-popular Twilight.

    Mike Jones: Now Trending... Curation Mike Jones 2011

  • So went another club night for Sepalcure, a New York act on the rise in the ranks of the evolving electronic style known as dubstep, a rhythmically adventurous sound invested with alien textures and bellowing low-end throbs that signal its status as "bass music."

    Stepping Into A New Sound Andy Battaglia 2011

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