New York Times Covers Dubstep
Juakali and D1 at Dub War
An article in the New York Times covering the debut of West-Londoner D1 at Dub War ends with the following words: ” (…) by the end of the set, the term dubstep was starting to seem too big, or too vague.This is cellular music, and it grows by dividing. How long will dubstep stay whole?” Isn’t all music cellular? Music evolves by dividing itself, creating different forms and representations. Is the term dubstep too big, too vague? Not yet, according to the international dubstep forum. Does it matter? No. Dubstep was a word someone assigned to a certain musical observation, it is not a strict defined strategy to create music. Artists like Kode9 and Mala don’t like to use the term dubstep. Unfortunately we need to label musics in order to have some sort of an understanding when we talk about it. Let’s call Kode9’s music Hyperdub, Burial’s Hypersoul and Mala’s Rastafuturism. Ya dun know.
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