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Dubstep vs Dubstepper - What's the difference?

dubstep | dubstepper |

As nouns the difference between dubstep and dubstepper

is that dubstep is a genre of electronic music descended from 2-step garage, characterised by its dark mood, sparse, half-step and two-step rhythms, an average bpm of 140 and an emphasis on sub-bass while dubstepper is someone involved with dubstep music, as a performer, fan etc.

dubstep

English

Noun

(-)
  • A genre of electronic music descended from 2-step garage, characterised by its dark mood, sparse, half-step and two-step rhythms, an average bpm of 140 and an emphasis on sub-bass.
  • * 2002 , Tricia Romano, "Electro Trash," Village Voice , July 16
    • "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.
  • * 2006 , Mary Gaitskill, Daphne Carr, Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006
    • ...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...
  • * 2007 , Michael E Veal, Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae?
    • ...reflect broader class strategies within English society, and the same can be said for more recent genre mutations such as dubstep and grime.
  • * 2008 , Matt Mason, The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism
    • 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.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 26 , author=Genevieve Koski , title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=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).}}

    dubstepper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone involved with dubstep music, as a performer, fan etc.