• Dubstepgutter
• Dubstep Dance

A London-centric offshoot of U.K. Garage that absorbed and transfigured elements of drum'n'bass, techno, and dub, dubstep germinated in the Forward>> club.

• 1English
  • 1.3Noun
• 2Polish
  • 2.3Noun
• 3Spanish

English[edit]

Dubstepgutter

Etymology[edit]

Dubstep Dance

dub +‎ 2-step garage.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbstɛp/

Noun[edit]

dubstep (uncountable)

1. A genre of electronicmusic descended from 2-step garage, characterised by its darkmood, sparsehalf-step and two-steprhythms, and emphasis on sub-bass.
   • 2002, Tricia Romano, 'Electro Trash,' Village Voice, July 16

     'Genres are so boring,' said Scotsman Broon, one-half of the tech-house duo, as he scanned the cover of XLR8R magazine hyping 'Dubstep' while shopping at Etherea record store.

   • 2006, Mary Gaitskill, Daphne Carr, Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006

     ...of course, a lot of grime producers and dubstep producers freely admit to FL being their primary tool, and the software is increasingly being used...

   • 2007, Michael E Veal, Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae

     ...reflect broader class strategies within English society, and the same can be said for more recent genre mutations such as dubstep and grime.

   • 2008, Matt Mason, The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism

     Acid house, hard-core, drum 'n' bass, UK garage, grime, and dubstep are just a handful of now worldwide underground movements that developed in this way.

   • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).

Translations[edit]

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Englishdubstep

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdap.stɛp/

Noun[edit]

dubstepminan

1. dubstep(music genre)

Declension[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

dubstepm (uncountable)