A-Z of Dubstep

From Appleblim to Zomby in 26 easy steps

Jon Sherrard, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 3:40 pm UTC

Appleblim

As Rinse.FM release their latest mix CD, we take you through dubstep from A to Z...

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A fine place to kick off MusicRadar's A to Z adventure, Appleblim is something of a dubstep polymath.

Founder of Apple Pips Recordings, one half of the now defunct Skull Disco label, revered producer and sought after DJ, Bristol-based Laurie Osborne is well and truly integrated within all aspects of the genre. For those wanting proof, just hunt down Mystikal Warrior (SKULL001) or check this interview.

A is also for:

Automation: Dubstep beats are traditionally built around two bar loops, and the basslines around 16 bar phrases. Keep things interesting with 8 automation tricks every producer must know.

Albino: Linplug's powerful soft-synth is widely used for dubstep's signature bass and can be heard in tunes by Benga and Rusko.

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User comments (2)

Jonsherrard

29 weeks ago.

Copy and pasting this link should work: http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/a-z-of-dubstep-216074 - make sure there isn't a forward slash at the end.

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spearofsolomon

29 weeks ago.

Something is broken with this scroller. I have tried to look at it in chrome, firefox 3.5, and IE 8, and none of them will go to anything but Appleblim no matter what I click.
http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/a-z-of-dubstep-216074//2/2#content
The URL starts to look like that when I click "Next"

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