Dubstyle
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| Dubstyle | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Hardstyle, breakbeat, dubstep, industrial, jumpstyle |
| Cultural origins | Early 2010, United Kingdom |
| Typical instruments | Synthesizer - Drum machine - Sequencer - Keyboard - Sampler - Laptop - Turntables |
| Derivative forms | Breakstyle |
| Subgenres | |
| Breakstyle,Dubcore (complete list) | |
Dubstyle is a genre of electronic dance music, based on the fusion of hardstyle and dubstep. It was introduced to audiences by artists Headhunterz and Brennan Heart in March 2010, with the track "The MF Point of Perfection" [1] on the album Studio Sessions, which followed a formulaic dubstep bassline, but stuck with the Hardstyle melody and synthesizer. Another release was made by Zany for the event "The Great Zany Show".[2] The genre was also touched upon by Wragg & Log:One in 2009 with their remixes of Rodi Style's "We're Gonna Rock You" and Neal Thomas' "Pyrotechno", although these tracks are more Hard Trance than Hardstyle. The vast majority of Dubstyle producers are current/former Hardstyle producers, as opposed to Dubstep producers.
Dubstyle is a combination of 2-step and Hardstyle elements. The breakbeats are composed of Hardstyle kicks, snares, and hi-hats. The main reason for the term 'Dubstyle' being used as a conjunction between the word 'Dubstep' and 'Hardstyle' is because pure Dubstyle features many Dubstep and Breakbeat elements, and so is opposed to being a pure fusion of 2-step and half step rhythms with Hardstyle. Some artists, such as Headhunterz and Unknown Analoque (aka Brennan Heart) have so far produced Dubstyle that merely contains 2-step rhythms on a Hardstyle track and so can be argued as not wholly fusing Dubstep with Hardstyle. The drums are produced in the same rhythm as 2-step garage and dubstep, but the kicks are known to be very raw compared to Dubstep. Bas Oskam, an established producer in the Hardstyle world, made his own Dubstyle appearance at the Dutch Hardstyle music festival Defqon 1. Bas Oskam branded his Dubstyle appearance as "Pavelow", and produced a remix of the festival anthem for that year.[3][4] Dubstyle made a large appearance at the Defqon 1 Festival that year, in the White Freestyle Area. Dubstyle was also mentioned in the Qlimax 2010 interview with Bas Oskam. Dubstyle attracted a lot of attention on the web. Dutch organisation: "Heart for Hard" developed a website[5] in the dubstyle genre to gather dubstyle producers and fans to host the only known dubstyle radioshow. This radioshow is called "INDUS3", which represents the experimental styles in the harddance scene. This show airs every 2 months at h4h.fm & Fear.FM.
Currently active dubstyle producers
Pavelow, Headhunterz, Brennan Heart (aka Unknown Analoq), Bioweapon, The Pitcher, RazrWirez, Abyss & Judge, Zany, Amplifierz, Obsidia, Tekka, The Yofridiz, Devaztator, Jeronn, Janek, Hazard, Toneshifterz, Kris Krisis, DJen, DJ Duality, The Atrox Duo, DecibelStylerz, DJ Xipe, Karpe-DM, Skrillex, The Z's Loverz http://thezsloverz.all.dj/ and many more.