Dubplate
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A dubplate is an acetate disc usually of 10 inches diameter, traditionally used by studios to test recordings prior to mastering for the subsequent pressing of a vinyl record, but pioneered by reggae
10" dubplates
dubplate cutting at a cutting house
Dubstep
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Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the early 2000s. The style, whose roots trace to the Jamaican sound system party scene in the early 1980s, emerged as a
Dubplate
…pioneered by reggae sound systems as a way to play exclusive music. They became an important facet of the jungle/drum and bass, UK garage, grime and dubstep music scenes. According to David Toop, the "dub" in dubplate is an allusion to the dubplate's use in "dubbing" or "doubling" the original version of a…
The Big Apple Records shop in Croydon, South London
Mala of Digital Mystikz, one of the pioneers of dubstep music
Dubstep producer Skream, one of the most widely known names on the scene since the beginning of the dubstep movement
Dubstep Section at Black Market Records, Soho, London