Why is dubstep called dirty

Regardless, I've put together a list of 17 sub-genres, although I encountered even more names like Cackstep. Some are just demeaning names for other sub-genres and some are just too unique. Gorestep is one like this that I included because it's gaining in its influence and will lock it's place in this list soon enough.

It's hard to describe each of these by their subtly unique sounds. It requires a bit of acquiring the taste and then becoming accommodated enough to notice the differences. So what I've done is include a picture or GIF to describe it visually. Also, you'll find links to artists that specialize in each sub-style.

This is what it feels like the first time you hear dubstep. It'll most likely be of the classic style and it'll be like nothing you've ever heard before. You'll feel small, a little nervous as the song builds up the first rise towards the drop Classic Dubstep uses all of the wobbles, wubs, glitches, and blips you hear in all of the sub-genres and other genres of electronic music. Great examples of the classic style are Rusko and Kode 9.

Filthstep is the lo-fi, Super Nintendo cousin of Dubstep. It's somewhere between Nerdcore and Seattle garage band music. It sounds like a 5th generation copy of a cassette tape half the time. That's one part of the "filth" term. The other is that its very noisy and rhythmically aggressive and not very melodic.

Try out 16Bit for an example of this style. Wobblestep focuses on the wobble aspect of Dubstep. The wobble is the heavy synthesizer bass line with smooth pitch bends that drives the low-end of the frequency spectrum.

Here, it's accentuated and placed up front. This makes Wobblestep the most disorienting yet enjoyable sub-genre in the list. Check out Caspa if you want to jump out of your seat and do the dance above zebra costume not included.

One of my personal favorites, Glitchstep puts the fancy drum patterns and wobbles in the background and really spends its time focused on the glitches. The glitches are the high frequency, fast paced sounds that you'd expect to hear in a UFO.

Think of the sound you hear when Neo first gets sucked into the Matrix when he touches that mirror. That's Glitchstep's feel. For a good time, call Bassnectar.

Primarily, however, big room house is already dead because as with all genres, its only a matter of time before a new genre begins to appeal to the tastes of the masses, both of producers and music fans alike. Unlike other EDM subgenres, progressive house is melodic with a long repetitive buildup and often features vocals. The modern progressive house has elements of trance music as the chords and the melody part are extended compared to the house music which mainly concentrates on hard drops.

Deep house is on the mellow end of the modern dance music spectrum, and has a warm, groovy sound. Progressive tends to be a big catch-all genre for house tempo tracks that take the listener on a journey. On the lighter side, progressive tracks with tribal drums are uptempo, but still pretty mellow. Privacy Terms. Quick links. Skip to content. Board index Forums General Discussion. I'm interested to see different results. Getting a bit tired of all these sub genres. For the last three years I have advertised my sets as bass music, much easier as it allows me to play anything bass orientated from beats to house, garage, dub, dubstep, future garage, the odd jump up tune, dnb and jungle and beyond.

Much easier to call it bass music and does away with childish names like, 'brostep' 'filth' 'wobble' or any other crap. A lot of people who have been around a lot longer have a different idea of what riddim is. Older fans consider riddim to be the swampy, repetitive sound, and newer fans will associate riddim with the sound of the underground. Where do you see riddim going from here? Personally, I love it. I play A LOT of riddim in my sets.

Kristofer Reinex: Honestly, all the controversy surrounding the subgenre has only helped with its continued hype, growth and relevancy. Share facebook twitter email. Insomniac Records. Insomniac Radio —. Thank you for your submission!