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
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
Post-dubstep is an umbrella term applied to a range of musical styles that have been influenced by the sparse, syncopated rhythms and heavy sub-bass of the UK dubstep scene.
Dubstep
…fuse elements of the original dubstep sound with other influences, creating fusion genres including future garage and the slower and more experimental post-dubstep. The harsher electro-house and heavy metal-influenced variant brostep, led by American producers such as Skrillex, boosted dubstep's popularity in the…
James Blake, a post-dubstep artist, at Melt! Festival, 2013