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dubstep en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdʌbstɛp/

Etymology

From dub + 2-step garage; originally dub step, from 2001.

Meanings

  1. (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.
    • ...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... 2006, Mary Gaitskill, Daphne Carr, Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006:
    • 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. 2008, Matt Mason, The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism:
    • "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. 2002 July 16, Tricia Romano, “Electro Trash”, in Village Voice:
    • ...reflect broader class strategies within English society, and the same can be said for more recent genre mutations such as dubstep and grime. 2007, Michael E Veal, Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae:
    • 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). 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The Onion AV Club:

Deriveds

meldub · dubstepper · brostep · post-dubstep · drumstep · chillstep

Descendants

Dubstep

Hyponyms

deathstep · brostep · melodic dubstep · tearout dubstep · neurostep · liquid dubstep · riddim · color bass · UK dubstep

Translations (18)

el dubstep (A genre of electronic music) · it dubstep (A genre of electronic music) · ar دبستيب (A genre of electronic music) · nl dubstep (A genre of electronic music) · tr dubstep (A genre of electronic music) · el ντάμπστεπ (A genre of electronic music) · mr डबस्टेप (A genre of electronic music) · hu dubstep (A genre of electronic music) · fr dubstep (A genre of electronic music) · ar دابستيب (A genre of electronic music) · th ดั๊บสเตป (A genre of electronic music) · pl dubstep (A genre of electronic music) · eo dubstepo (A genre of electronic music) · ko 더브스텝 (A genre of electronic music) · ja ダブステップ (A genre of electronic music) · de Dubstep (A genre of electronic music) · ru да́бстеп (A genre of electronic music) · ka დაბსტეპი (A genre of electronic music)