dubstep
English
editEtymology
editFrom dub + 2-step garage.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdubstep (uncountable)
- A subgenre of electronic dance music descended from 2-step garage that was popular in the early 2010s, characterized by its dark mood, sparse half-step and two-step rhythms, and emphasis on sub-bass.
- 2002 July 16, Tricia Romano, “Electro Trash”, in Village Voice:
- "Genres are so boring," said Scotsman Broon, one-half of the tech-house duo, as he scanned the cover of XLR8R magazine hyping "Dubstep" while shopping at Etherea record store.
- 2006, Mary Gaitskill, Daphne Carr, Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006:
- ...of course, a lot of grime producers and dubstep producers freely admit to FL being their primary tool, and the software is increasingly being used...
- 2007, Michael E Veal, Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae:
- ...reflect broader class strategies within English society, and the same can be said for more recent genre mutations such as dubstep and grime.
- 2008, Matt Mason, The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism:
- Acid house, hard-core, drum 'n' bass, UK garage, grime, and dubstep are just a handful of now worldwide underground movements that developed in this way.
- 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
- But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).
Hyponyms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- → German: Dubstep
Translations
editA genre of electronic music
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Further reading
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English dubstep.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdubstep m (uncountable)
Polish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English dubstep.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdubstep m inan (related adjective dubstepowy)
- dubstep (subgenre of electronic dance music descended from 2-step garage that was popular in the early 2010s, characterized by its dark mood, sparse half-step, and two-step rhythms, and emphasis on sub-bass)
Declension
editDeclension of dubstep
singular | |
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nominative | dubstep |
genitive | dubstepu |
dative | dubstepowi |
accusative | dubstep |
instrumental | dubstepem |
locative | dubstepie |
vocative | dubstepie |
Further reading
editSpanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English dubstep.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdubstep m (uncountable)
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