I invented dubstep

I know this tune ain't that amazing but it demonstrates that I was basically doing dubstep beats back in 2000 a good 5/6 years before other folks were. Its a shame this tune wasn't more developed with some chords and a little lead but my skills weren't so hot back then. Anyways hope you lot enjoy. :D

 

http://soundcloud.com/thebro/the-bro-dubstep-funk-from-2000

Edited August 14, 2011 by Promo

yes you did

Yeah I'm pretty certain I did a few others tunes like this but they're somewhere on tape. Basically they were totally 80s inspired and I had this vision of creating half time latinesque cheesy 80s funk and this is a kinda demonstration of it lol.

Lol yeah I guess. Just wish that tune had some nice chords in it but I just uploaded it as it was.

not sure if you're trolling, but this doesn't sound anything like dubstep !!

  On 8/15/2011 at 1:05 AM, hahathhat said:

not sure if you're trolling, but this doesn't sound anything like dubstep !!

Er why do you think I'm trolling? You seem to think every thread I do I'm trolling .... weird lol. Yes I'm being a little cheaky by saying I invented dubstep but I was without doubt experimenting with half time beats a good 5 years before a lot of the dubstep pioneers were. The only thing missing from my tunes is a bit more shuffle and a proper sub bass. The short of it is when dubstep came along I automatically thought I'd be doing half time beats like that 5 years earlier. I know there is no wobble or sub in this tune but rhythmically its not exactly miles away from the dubstep cliches. You need have a bit of love man ... you got too much anger! :-)

did you come up with this cassandra-esque precognition when you discovered "shuffle/groove" on your Roland XP-10's arp?

Edited August 15, 2011 by hahathhat

amazing

i invented everything apart from dubstep:- country and western? that was me. boogie-woogie piano? me. classical rock complilatons? me as well.

 

i was going to invent dubstep in 1983 but i realised it's shit.

  On 8/15/2011 at 2:43 PM, BCM said:

i was going to invent dubstep in 1983 but i realised it's shit.

How comes you ain't got no love for dubstep? You could make some fresh shit with all that gear ya got!! ;-)

I'm gonna give this a 2011 update tonight and upload it as a seperate tune!

dunno, I did make a dubstep-ish tune once, but it wasn't very inspiring. I think dubstep is boring to be honest...boring and not danceable enough - I can't throw shapes to bass wobbles and half-speed beats. it's also now become almost a parody of itself and far far too commercialised (skrillex etc).

 

 

tl;dr version: skrillex.

BCM kitlist, now, or it didn't happen...

 

edit: also, track sounds nothing at all like dubstep. sounds more like a Miami Vice soundtrack. i like it tho. :)

Edited August 15, 2011 by sirch

  On 8/15/2011 at 4:54 PM, sirch said:

BCM kitlist, now, or it didn't happen...

 

edit: also, track sounds nothing at all like dubstep. sounds more like a Miami Vice soundtrack. i like it tho. :)

Miami Vice is cool. I was going for that 80s cheese flavour when I made this. I'm looking fwd to give it a 2011 twist tonight.

  On 8/15/2011 at 4:54 PM, sirch said:

BCM kitlist, now, or it didn't happen...

 

http://www.envmod.com/env001.html

 

the pubstep tack...not strictly dubstep i guess but you get the idea.

 

edit: sorry, missed the kit list part, thought you wanted examples for some reason...

 

the pub step track was mainly done with an Alesis Micron and a Creamware ASB Pro12 if i remember right.

 

sold quite a lot of stuff now (including both of the above), have also owned a FutureRetro Revolution, Casio CZ-1000, MC-303 (lol) and a Korg EM-1 as well as various effects and multi-tracks and things.

 

still have:

 

Doepfer Dark Energy

Roland TR-626

MFB SynthLite II

MFB 502 Drumcomputer

Jomox MBase 01

 

but they're in the cupboard. i'm just using my Macbook, Roland A-300 Midi Keyboard and FA-101 audio interface for music making these days.

Edited August 15, 2011 by BCM

  On 8/15/2011 at 7:59 PM, BCM said:

  On 8/15/2011 at 4:54 PM, sirch said:

BCM kitlist, now, or it didn't happen...

 

http://www.envmod.com/env001.html

 

the pubstep tack...not strictly dubstep i guess but you get the idea.

Sweet booty ass track mate, first one also, I did notice back then when I came along with this site. No download however :(

That Pubstep track is cool. Its a bit like Drexciya/Dopplereffect meets dubstep. Where can we download it?

lol dunno...might have it somewhere, will upload if i can find it

 

*rumages*

nope, can't find it...

Dosn't sound anything like dubstep to me lol... BUT, i really like the tune, its real chill dude. Its a nice thing to wake up to! : )

I've been working on a 2011 update. Its coming on quite nicely. Hopefully I'll be able to post it up here over the weekend!

Dear Promo, I'm sorry, but there are tracks by scorn from the early 90s that sound more like dubstep than your tune, there's probably a bunch of old dub tracks that would win the coveted trophy for first dubstep choon. Not that it matters.

  On 8/15/2011 at 4:13 PM, BCM said:

I think dubstep is boring to be honest, far far too commercialised (skrillex etc). tl;dr version: skrillex.

are you mad, skillrex is NOT fuckin dubstep lol, its the complete opposite of what dubstep is about. You want real dubstep, listen to artists such as Coki, Mala, Distance, Kryptic Minds, Icicle, The Others, Youngsta, etc etc. And you can dance to dubstep if its actually produced and composed well ; D, just saw Kryptic Minds at a local rave, was amazing.

  On 8/19/2011 at 7:12 PM, LucidVibes said:

  On 8/15/2011 at 4:13 PM, BCM said:

I think dubstep is boring to be honest, far far too commercialised (skrillex etc). tl;dr version: skrillex.

are you mad, skillrex is NOT fuckin dubstep lol, its the complete opposite of what dubstep is about. You want real dubstep, listen to artists such as Coki, Mala, Distance, Kryptic Minds, Icicle, The Others, Youngsta, etc etc. And you can dance to dubstep if its actually produced and composed well ; D, just saw Kryptic Minds at a local rave, was amazing.

 

who cares, dubstep sucks anyway.

  On 8/19/2011 at 7:31 PM, Brian Tregaskin said:

  On 8/19/2011 at 7:12 PM, LucidVibes said:

  On 8/15/2011 at 4:13 PM, BCM said:

I think dubstep is boring to be honest, far far too commercialised (skrillex etc). tl;dr version: skrillex.

are you mad, skillrex is NOT fuckin dubstep lol, its the complete opposite of what dubstep is about. You want real dubstep, listen to artists such as Coki, Mala, Distance, Kryptic Minds, Icicle, The Others, Youngsta, etc etc. And you can dance to dubstep if its actually produced and composed well ; D, just saw Kryptic Minds at a local rave, was amazing.

 

who cares, dubstep sucks anyway.

 

lol

 

yeah it's not like I haven't heard a great deal of "real" dubstep (real fan) as you call it. I was just saying that the whole fucking shebang has become far too commercialised and by-the-numbers and skrillex is the embodiment of this.