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Yeah I guess you're right about entry points. I was aware that there had always been some degree of techno influence upon dubstep since its development out of dark garage. Obviously though my first clear realisation about an overt techno influence on dubstep was Vansan et al in the first few...

I get the impression that a lot of producers and DJs have, indeed, got over this battle. Personally, as someone who started 'following' dubstep at the end of 05 and as a bedroom DJ, rather than a producer or 'proper' DJ, I've lost interest in battling to maintain this idea that dubstep is still...

Big. On it!

Dunno if any of the following might be of any potential utility at all: - International spread of Jamaican folk music (i.e. ska, rocksteady, reggae, etc.) since the 60s/70s. - Hardcore continuum theory of constant import of foreign sounds to the UK and their subsequent mutation into new forms...

Gwarn, Dan! Get on Ableton and make us the perfect Wiley mix. Or get Bok Bok to mix it a la Blogaridims

Are there any funky remixes of 'Rolex Sweep'? Swear I've heard at least one, if not two, in a few sets. And if there are, are they out, etc?

No its official. Some of the enlightened folks on DSF said so.

R is for Rusko (singlehandedly ruining dubstep)

Need to listen to this set when i get home. Could well be the start of some very interesting cross-pollination between the 'good/deep/experimental' end of dubstep and funky. In the past few months, I've already seen Kode, Ramadanman, Ben UFO, Geiom, Pangaea, Ikonika/Optimum and Elgato play...

Would love to go to that but I'm in Berlin for Substance sadly (although I'm sure Kode, Martyn, Ramadanman will make up for it) As an aside, I love the way Appleblim's so last year already.

His stuff over the last couple of years has been pretty piss poor. But he used to make some really good tracks pre-circa 2006. Raindance, in particular, really stands out in my mind. I think in a way its interesting to witness the very divergent paths that a lot of the original grime...

I find with Rusko I go between absolutely despising some of his tunes and having to admit that some are pretty good. I've bought Mr Chips and Biggest Chopper in the last few months. But a lot of the rest is abysmal - Hammertime, Beta Max, and, in particular, 2 Far which struck me as perhaps the...

Ermmm do you want to maybe expand on that?

I guess so but the issue would have been on a far smaller scale within dubstep because you only really had Hatcha, Youngsta, Kode9 (who, I am presuming would be a little better off if he used to be a lecturer) and possibly Skream and N-Type. Whereas surely back in the 'old days', there were far...

I've been on for a good few years now. For me, it works best as an emailing facility (particularly for people you don't see too often) and to keep up to date with music events, parties, etc. In addition, I help run a club night and we do almost all the organising through a FB group. Indeed, I...

Right, I'm too young to remember 'ardkore (born 85) but it just dawned on me, reading a piece about pirate radio in The Wire, that back then if anyone wanted to play out an unreleased track they had to cut it to dubplate. There was no Serato or CD-Js. I'm well aware of the practice of lots of...

Two things Firstly, I know it was from ages ago but its generally regarded as a minor classic - Marcus Nasty b2b Mac 10 in September. Can anyone ID the tune around about 26:30 with the tuff female vocal and the MC (or is it Marcus/Mac?) uttering 'not boring'? Secondly, what do people think the...

I think that last bit came out sounding more critical than I meant it to. I meant that while its good that people are discovering that actually not all "trad" funky house should be dismissed, it doesn't change the fact that people do, and will always continue to do so, write off huge swathes of...

And, yet, this is perhaps an inevitability. 4x4 dance music is such a huge swarming (foreboding even) mass of sub-genres, labels and 'faceless' producers (the relatively common practice of using their full names rather than an alias can make it difficult, at face value, to remember who's who)...

Really looking fwd to Rinse 07. Hopefully, it'll sound as good as the tracklist looks