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A look at the ever growing influence of dubstep and its appearance in the #1 hit “Hold It Against Me” by Britney Spears. With a new year comes new music. Just when 2011 seemed like it would birth more ...

Intricately woven broken beats, textures both gritty and cosmic, a haunting but inviting motif with sub-level bass that at times rattles the entire atmosphere. We are of course talking about the ...

Tracing how the genre's signature deep bass and sparse rhythms have permeated every corner of electronic music since the '00s. Coined by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in his 1993 book Spectres of ...

Back in the early 1990s, the Wu Tang Clan's Ol' Dirty Bastard opened his track Shimmy Shimmy Ya with the lyric 'off on a natural charge, bon voyage'. A decade or so later, the sample found its way ...

A heady mix of Jamaican-British sound system culture, garage and broken beat, dubstep was a defining ’00s sound When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

SoundCloud's Music Intelligence Report offers insights into global genre trends based on the usage of artists and listeners alike. By Katie Bain To understand where music is going right now, start ...

Hello Dance Bloggers! I'm MistaJam and I'm a self confessed bass junkie. Ever since my weekday Radio 1Xtra show (Monday to Thursday 7-10pm) started in 2007 and Benga & Coki's seminal 'Night' seduced ...

If you watched the Grey Cup on TSN, you may have noticed the broadcaster using a little electronic music buffer to introduce certain segments, particularly when cutting to or from a commercial. That ...

Hello Dance Bloggers! I'm MistaJam and I'm a self confessed bass junkie. Ever since my weekday Radio 1Xtra show (Monday to Thursday 7-10pm) started in 2007 and Benga & Coki's seminal 'Night' seduced ...