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Definition of dubstep
: a type of electronic dance music having prominent bass lines and syncopated drum patterns
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Recent Examples of dubstep from the Web
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Mellody, who adopted the name Zomboy from a video game, quickly became one of the most famous dubstep artists in the world.
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Difficult-to-place samples echo back to late aughts post-dubstep sonic cues.
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Many American fans are familiar with the robotic nu-metal compositions of Skrillex and Deadmau5 (and with the music in 5-Hour Energy ads), but dubstep’s first form consisted of bass that swallowed its surrounding elements whole.
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For instance, Good Girlsuccessor, Rated R (2009) -- a potpourri of genres in itself -- features production from dubstep producers such as London’s Chase & Status.
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Dim the lights, blast the dubstep, and throw on some Aisha Tyler interviews in the background—
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Dim the lights, blast the dubstep, and throw on some Aisha Tyler interviews in the background—Ubisoft just kicked off its E3 press conference three weeks before the event with the first-ever trailer for Far Cry 5.
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So the soundtrack to our lives, right here, right now, won't be hate speech or the rattle of chains, but the twinkly Swedish folksong-dubstep (really) of Skott or Father John Misty singing the blues.
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The on-site galleries, studios and clubs host daily events that might include a feminist collective’s D.I.Y. vegan dinner, a dubstep concert or a screening of shorts by regional filmmakers.
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First Known Use of dubstep
2002
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