Music

8139 readers

69 users here now

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

I just listened to David bowie's 1997 "Earthling" album, is this where dubstep came from? (self.music)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Varyk to c/[email protected]

7 comments fedilink hide all child comments

or was there iconic scratchy rapid frenetic drum electronic scraping noises before Bowie?

listening to these songs. I kept thinking about Skrillex, but that wasn't for another 13 years.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] fartsparkles 13 points 2 weeks ago

I’d say that sound was more on the side of industrial / hardcore jungle, blending in rock and pop, with touches of shoegaze. Dubstep grew out of grime, and drum and bass, etc grew out of jungle.

He’s a DJ Hype track from 1993 that gives you a taste of where jungle was at then which might help you see where dubstep came from.