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Dubstyle Stylistic origins Hardstyle, breakbeat, dubstep, industrial, jumpstyle Cultural origins Early 2010, United Kingdom Typical instruments Synthesizer - Drum machine - Sequencer - Keyboard - Sampler - Laptop - Turntables Mainstream popularity Underground Derivative forms Breakstyle
(complete list)Dubstyle is a genre of electronic dance music, based on the fusion of hardstyle and dubstep. It was introduced to audiences by artists Headhunterz and Brennan Heart in March 2010, with the track "The MF Point of Perfection" [1] on the album Studio Sessions, which followed a formulaic dubstep bassline, but stuck with the Hardstyle melody and synthesizer. Another release was made by Zany for the event "The Great Zany Show".[2] The genre was also touched upon by Wragg & Log:One in 2009 with their remixes of Rodi Style's "We're Gonna Rock You" and Neal Thomas' "Pyrotechno", although these tracks are more Hard Trance than Hardstyle. The vast majority of Dubstyle producers are current/former Hardstyle producers, as opposed to Dubstep producers.
Dubstyle is a combination of hardstyle's melodic structure with dubstep's rhythmic structure. Unlike hardstyle's mostly straightened 4/4 rhythm, dubstyle incorporates hardstyle percussion (most notably hardstyle kicks) into a non-straightened breakbeat or 2-step pattern. As a result, any present bassline doesn't follow the strict offbeat pattern that regular hardstyle incorporates. In turn, this sometimes results in basslines bearing similarities to those found in dubstep. As with hardstyle, the melody is often written in triplet form using electro or supersaw synths, and its overall structure is very similar to hardstyle's. The term 'dubstyle' was coined not only as a conjunction between 'dubstep' and 'hardstyle' but also because the term 'hardstep' already existed as a distinctly different subgenre of music.
Some artists, such as Headhunterz and Unknown Analoq (aka Brennan Heart) have so far produced Dubstyle that merely contains 2-step rhythms on a Hardstyle track and so can be argued as not wholly fusing Dubstep with Hardstyle. The drums are produced in the same rhythm as 2-step garage and dubstep, but the kicks are known to be very raw compared to Dubstep. Bas Oskam, an established producer in the Hardstyle world, made his own Dubstyle appearance at the Dutch Hardstyle music festival Defqon 1. Bas Oskam branded his Dubstyle appearance as "Pavelow", and produced a remix of the festival anthem for that year.[3][4] Dubstyle made a large appearance at the Defqon 1 Festival that year, in the White Freestyle Area. Dubstyle was also mentioned in the Qlimax 2010 interview with Bas Oskam. Dubstyle attracted a lot of attention on the web. Dutch organisation: "Heart for Hard" developed a website[5] in the dubstyle genre to gather dubstyle producers and fans to host the only known dubstyle radio show, called "INDUS3".
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