Scene and heard: Dubstep gets funky

Last August I explained how, by taking influence from the glacial Germanic techno of Basic Channel, a group of dubstep producers had managed to make a subtle, refined analogue sound, in contrast to the languid and cringeworthy bass bombastics championed by the likes of Caspa.The problem with this sound, though, was that it moved further away from dubstep's mostly forgotten UK garage roots. Dubstep began as the moody, percussive offspring of garage, but the addictive syncopated swing that was ini...

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