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Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the early 2000s. The style emerged as a UK garage offshoot [1] that blended 2-step rhythms and sparse dub production, as well as incorporating elements of broken beat, grime, and drum and bass. [2]
This is a list of dubstep musicians. This includes artists who have either been very important to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as those that have been on a major label).
This category contains articles about dubstep musicians, songs, albums and record labels in their respective subcategories, as well as pages on dubstep-related articles. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
The term "riddim" is the Jamaican Patois pronunciation of the English word "rhythm".The derived genre originally stemmed from dub, reggae, and dancehall.Although the term was widely used by MCs since the early days of dancehall and garage music, it was later adopted by American dubstep producers and fans to describe what was originally referred to as "wonky dubstep".
This is a category containing musical artists who produce, perform, write, or DJ dubstep music. The main article for this category is List of dubstep musicians . See also: Category:Dubstep music groups
This is a list of electronic music genres, consisting of genres of electronic music, primarily created with electronic musical instruments or electronic music technology.A distinction has been made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. [1]
Tempa is a garage and dubstep music label founded in 2000 [1] [2] by Neil Jolliffe, who also coined the term "dubstep" in 2002. [3] [4] The label, along with Big Apple Records, and parent label Ammunition, was part of the formation of dubstep as a genre. [citation needed]
Skrillex performing in 2012. In 2011, dubstep gained significant traction in the US market, by way of a post-dubstep style known as Brostep, with the American producer Skrillex becoming something of a "poster boy" for the Dubstep scene.