Generally unimpressed with dubstep DJs

**Nosferatu** · 01-25-2011, 04:49 PM

Anyone seen Bassweight?

http://www.bassweightdvd.com/

**Maxted** · 01-25-2011, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by Djtom420

However dubstep has some weird beats, are there any djs that beatmatch dubstep here on DJTT? just curious.

If i'm honest i don't much if i'm playing dubstep, while i find it easy to beatmatch it's just a genre that is fun to just slam in to one another.

I'm the same with jungle to a lesser extent, i blend breakdowns and buildups a lot, only really ride a mix if its liquid.

**n2hf1st** · 01-25-2011, 04:53 PM

I don't like dubstep anymore. It got all bro'd out.

Drumstep, eh, that's a little bit cooler I guess. But I miss the days when everybody was trippin out on dub delays and subsonic basslines. Wub wubs don't satisfy me anymore, it's all just a penis size competition on who can burn the most cpu cycles processing their basslines.

**Citizen_Insane** · 01-25-2011, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by Nosferatu

Anyone seen Bassweight?

http://www.bassweightdvd.com/

Awesome film, should be required watching for those who hate on dubstep so they know it's not all brostep.

**mostapha** · 01-25-2011, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by Djtom420

However dubstep has some weird beats, are there any djs that beatmatch dubstep here on DJTT? just curious.

I only own about 4 dubstep tracks, but I drop them with breaks. I've only done dubstep on Traktor or Live, but it doesn't sound any more complicated than nu skool- or psy-breaks, which I could do on SSL or CDs just fine back when I had them.

There's nothing complicated about mixing dubstep I've found. It's the same as every other dance music besides hip hop (which needs shorter transitions) and minimal (which needs layering).

But, honestly, I can't imagine listening to a full set of dubstep, no matter how good the DJ is. It's just not that interesting. Those bass lines are killer at the right point during a set, and I sorta-kinda like it in general. But, I get bored with wubwubs and reverb'd snares in every track: that groove is just not good enough for a full night IMHO.

If people aren't mixing it the same way you would basically any other dance music, it's because they either don't know how or are just lazy…neither of which is excusable in the days of auto sync.

**Sherlock Ohms** · 01-25-2011, 05:08 PM

Saw Appleblim at the Big Chill festival, by mistake - we were going to see Roy Ayers but that stage was running late. Brilliant stuff, and I'm not really much of a fan.

**TABS** · 01-25-2011, 05:09 PM

there is a wrong way to mix?....damn after 8 years I have never got the memo.

**djproben** · 01-25-2011, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by Djtom420

However dubstep has some weird beats, are there any djs that beatmatch dubstep here on DJTT? just curious.

Actually it usually doesn't have weird beats. It's all 4/4, it's almost always exactly 140 BPM, and the intros/breakdowns and other changes are almost entirely predictable. In some ways it may be one of the easiest genres to mix just in terms of aligning and matching beats. (That actually makes it more challenging to mix in terms of actually sounding interesting, to be honest -- as mostapha pointed out, it gets pretty damn boring otherwise).

I like to mix dubstep and I always beatmatch it. I like to do long blends when possible using the eqs mostly, and occasionally interesting transitions (taking the 1 and 3 from one song and the 2 and 4 from the other using quick crossfader cuts for example) to spice things up. It's also fun to throw in segments of other styles, hip hop and r+b work well, which can sound great if you don't make a mess of it.