Martyn: Beyond London Dubstep

Martijn Deykers has a hit in a genre that, up until this year, he knew little about. “Broken” melded a hammered dub rhythm–a sound like railroad tracks crackling beneath passing subway trains–with iridescent synth chords; it was heralded by many in the dance scene as dubstep’s single of the year. “[It was] kind of strange to me, because I didn’t really know that much about dubstep at that time at all,” recalls Deykers, who is spiritual kin to c...

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