Friday 23 July Saturday 24 July Sunday 25 July Monday 26 July Tuesday 27 July Wednesday 28 July Thursday 29 July Friday 30 July Saturday 31 July Sunday 1 August Monday 2 August Tuesday 3 August Wednesday 4 August Thursday 5 August Friday 6 August Saturday 7 August Sunday 8 August Monday 9 August Tuesday 10 August Wednesday 11 August Thursday 12 August Friday 13 August Saturday 14 August Sunday 15 August Monday 16 August Tuesday 17 August Wednesday 18 August Thursday 19 August Friday 20 August Saturday 21 August Sunday 22 August Monday 23 August Tuesday 24 August Wednesday 25 August Thursday 26 August Friday 27 August Saturday 28 August Sunday 29 August Monday 30 August Tuesday 31 August Wednesday 1 September Thursday 2 September Friday 3 September Saturday 4 September Sunday 5 September Monday 6 September Tuesday 7 September Wednesday 8 September Thursday 9 September Friday 10 September Saturday 11 September Sunday 12 September Monday 13 September Tuesday 14 September Wednesday 15 September Thursday 16 September Friday 17 September Saturday 18 September Sunday 19 September Monday 20 September Tuesday 21 September Wednesday 22 September Thursday 23 September Friday 24 September Saturday 25 September Sunday 26 September Monday 27 September Tuesday 28 September Wednesday 29 September Thursday 30 September Friday 1 October Saturday 2 October Sunday 3 October Monday 4 October Tuesday 5 October Wednesday 6 October Thursday 7 October Friday 8 October Saturday 9 October Sunday 10 October Monday 11 October Tuesday 12 October Wednesday 13 October Thursday 14 October Friday 15 October Saturday 16 October Sunday 17 October Monday 18 October Tuesday 19 October Wednesday 20 October Thursday 21 October Friday 22 October Saturday 23 October Sunday 24 October Monday 25 October Tuesday 26 October Wednesday 27 October Thursday 28 October Friday 29 October Saturday 30 October Sunday 31 October Monday 1 November Tuesday 2 November Wednesday 3 November Thursday 4 November Friday 5 November The fact that it was also legal and very easy to come by made it appealing to those dabbling in their first tastes of adult freedom—which, for many, included going out to clubs and listening to exuberant dance music of the kind plied by Caspa and Rusko.
Dubstep, born under a cloud of weed smoke, sounded different with a sprinkle of synthetic amphetamine. This was good, dumb fun. Even if its legacy has been more dumb than fun. The rush to assemble the mix goes some way to explaining its truncated style. Tracks slam from drop to drop, with little by way of crossover, fade, or creative combination. Throughout the track middle section, songs are flung in and jerked out after just a minute or so, each making way for something that sounded similar, perhaps familiar, but also totally different.
This was a point noted proudly by the pair in interviews, presumably following the logic that bigger could also mean better and, maybe, more representative. But the cramped, attention-sucking mid-section ultimately masked the more musically interesting and enduring moments of the mix.
But these were still, mostly, underground interests. The label arranged a whole day of international press for Caspa and Rusko. Within a couple of years, dubstep was the loudest, dirtiest word in global dance music. There were lots of DJs standing on desks in front of elaborate pyrotechnics displays and thousands of neck-swinging fans.
Internet Explorer had a dubstep ad. The Weetabix one was worse. Some producers made hay turning out turgid, front-loaded remixes for major labels. Others slunk back to their underground communities, bitter, embarrassed even, at how quickly and easily commercial interests had swallowed their subculture. Get the Sunday Review in your inbox every weekend. Sign up for the Sunday Review newsletter here. Skip to content Search query All Results.
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