Sub Swara make glitchy dubstep, hip-hop and dancehall with the occasional ethnic drum beat woven in. I heard about these guys a while ago on www.bwompbeats.com which is a great blog well worth checking out. Here are a few of my favourite heavier tracks and a nice picture for you all.
Yesterday I promised some more interesting dubstep. For me this is the most exciting side of the genre at the moment, there have been tons of great releases in the last year or so from labels such as Warp, Hessle Audio and Planet Mu which have really been pushing the boundaries of dubstep.
First up is James Blake, a man who seems to be able to do no wrong on evidence of his releases so far. Signed up on Hessle Audio here are a few of my favourite tracks.
So dubstep has been around for a good while now and has become ridiculously massive in the last year or two. It's been in the most part great for the scene with loads of sick club nights, new producers and different styles, dubstep has gone from being a pretty limited sound to being hugely varied, the housey stabs of Joy Orbison being a million miles away from the filthy synths of producers such as Borgore or Shekel. The downside of this explosion into the mainstream is the sheer volume of boring samey music coming out, most of it designed for money making and club nights full of people who will shout at you for looking at their kebab the wrong way to impress 'some fit bird' in a mini skirt and half a jar of foundation.
Anyway...here's a few tracks I'm feeling at the moment, bangers for today, if its all abit too dirty and mindless for you then check tomorrow I'll post some more soulful dubstep.
These two are releases from Off Me Nut Records, a small Sheffield based record label, all EPs are free so check out their website for crazy party vibes.
Well, I decided to start a music blog seeing as a I have a lot of time on my hands during my gap year. It seems silly to even post anything seeing as I have officially zero readership but you gotta start somewhere. The site looks really bad at the moment but I will work on that once I get to grips with things. Will be posting tracks or events that I'm feeling at the time, I'm not a great writer so content is likely to be short and not so sweet but I can guarantee quality of music will be high. Expect regular free (legal) downloads.
To start us off I have to mention the Ninja Tune XX release this month, a box set bursting with quality celebrating 20 years of the label. Ninja Tune have always been at the forefront of electronic music with long term signings such as Mr. Scruff and Coldcut. If you haven't already the order it at the Ninja Tune shop. Preview on the Soundcloud below.
