Dub step.

[DannyBlack]

Anyone know where I can get 16. Come to Life - Drop the lime (dub) on vinyl from????? I must have it!

[djshiva]

it's funny, because as with all genres, the djs can shape the image of what people think of the genre as a whole.

for me, the width and breadth of dubstep right now is far-reaching, and not at all limited to the party-tune, dancefloor-smashing wobble business that people are seeing as representative of all dubstep.

some artists who are crossing techno/dubstep boundaries (or are just immensely good):

2562
pinch
appleblim
gatekeeper
kode 9
geiom
pangea
untold
shackleton
peverelist
overcast radio
mala (digital mystikz)
benga
likhan
TRG
bombaman
reso
skream
elemental

i could go on for days, as there are bigger names and also lesser known talent that are really pushing new sounds every day, it's just that those aren't necessarily what gets caned on the dancefloor.

evidently the last DMZ was pretty techno-influence heavy tho, by all accounts, so trust me when i say that dubstep may have some formulaic things happening within it, but those formulas DEFINITELY do not define the sound at all.

good places to find mixes:
www.dubstepforum.com
www.barefiles.com

i also gotta do some blatant self promotion and point to my last studio mix, Retrospection, as an example of what happens when techno and dubstep meet and have a smoke.

also peep my archives for my dubstep.fm radio show: http://www.dubstep.fm/djshiva

i tend to play all over the place with the radio show, so you never really know what's gonna happen, but i have been a techno girl for years, so expect that influence in a big way.

anyway, i just wanted to pop on here and let people know that there is pure gold in the dubstep scene, but it takes paying attention, as with any genre. every genre has its formulas, but no genre should ever truly be defined by them.

[C.O.Prodigy]

@djshiva
thanks for the post
and for the namedrops

have somestuff from some of them like - kode 9, benga, skream. I'll check out what I can find..

cheers