As dubstep continues along its assent/dissent (delete accordingly) into ludicrous all-out racous rave noise, I thought I'd post some of my current favourite dancefloor orientated dubsteppers. These are the great big dancefloor monsters, verging on electro in terms of sheer maximal bombast and clamour. This isn't the somber, often dark 2-stepper style we associate with Kode9's superb (and my favourite) Hyperdub label, but big bad anthems suitable for tearing excitable dancefloors up. Some of the best dubstep around right now is the quirky, kooky and downright weird stuff from the likes of Zomby, Scuba, Martyn, Ramadanman, King Midas Sound and Cotti. But for now I'll focus on the big room filth:
Residents of Trouble Vision, the Boog-A-Loo Crew's sets are always fun, inventive and diverse. And now they've bombarded their myspace with a throng of standout productions. Eurovision's been causing a stir (and appeared in Pelski's Top 15 this month) and this dubstep remix is sheer genius. Offering beefy drops galore, it switches between catchy dubstep hooks and the chiming circus house of ZDS's original (also worth checking out is 'Calling All Dancers'):
Here, another featuring of Pelski's Top 15 given a superb electro-dubstep makeover. By retaining much ofthe essence of the original and the focus firmly placed on those croaky, bellowed vocals, Caspa's remix does justice to the legendary English band Depeche Mode. Caspa's remix of Deadmua5 is a more relaxed track than the rest of this post of raoucous bangers. Reworking Deadmau5 vocal smasher 'I remeber', replacing thumoing house beats for warbling dub bass:
Depeche Mode - Wrong (Caspa Remix) [pelski highly recommends]
Deadmau5 - I Remember (Caspa Remix)
Canadian dubstep artist Datsik's put together this filthy slow-burner: all whining womps and groaning bass. The clattering percussion provides some forceful punch to all the bass; satisfying:
Datsik - Apples [pelski highly recommends]
This exclusive track from London's newcomer Herbdout landed in my inbox over a month ago. Herbdout started out making garage in the early 2-Step days but has since turned his hand to dubstep, rnb, garage, dnb and hip-hop. The track starts with a vocal prelude- a rant about the economy, crime and politics - insisting we've gotta 'get mad', before dropping into some hefty, angry dubstep. Madness:
Another YCCMP exclusive that landed in my inbox a couple of days ago, from the weird, wonderful and downright filthy High Rankin. A grating, growling remix of Kevin Rudolf and Kid Cudi's current single. Slamming drums crash between thick hums of gnarled bass:
Yet more driving dubstep here verging dangerously close to distortion-based electro from Nero. Props to
discodust for this banger:
Both Don Diablo and Doorly've been bombarding me with their big dancefloor bangers since the beginning of the year, and this is the first time I've got round to posting either of their productions, it's apt that it's a remix of the former by the latter. Other recent Doorly remixes worth a look-in are his Dizzee Rascal and Man Like Me remixes:
I received a throng of Last Japan remixes a while back, all focusing on thumping electro-house. But this remix is Last Japan's only stab at dubstep, and is, really, more of an edit than a remix retaining most of Skream's production until it drops into a more dubsteppy breakdown than Skream's drum'n'bassy take:
Guns 'n' Bombs' dirty electro smasher surely couldn't get any more filthy? 12th Planet and teaLong prove us wrong with this fun rework:
The nicest weather we've ever experienced in London, it's been a glorious weekend of Pimm's in the garden, dining al fresco and soaking up cosmic rays all about town. It's the perfect time, then, to revisit our most listened to summer anthem of last year, "Sleepyhead", through Run Toto Run's magical interpretation of the amazing Passion Pit original and our first ever release here at Neon Gold. Run Toto Run swap Michael Angelakos' helium falsetto for frontwoman Rachael Kichenside's honey-throated coo and offer a brilliant violin arrangement in the stead of the original's synthesizer outburst on the chorus, delivering perhaps the most winning version of "Sleepyhead" we've heard yet.
