Notes on Music Genre Research: Dance; Dubstep

      Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London, England. It emerged in the late 1990’s as an offspring of 2-step garage, dub, techno, drum and bass. Broken beat, jungle, andreggae. In the UK the origins of the genre can be tracked back to the growth of the Jamaican sound system party scene in the early 1980’s.The music generally features sparse, syncopated drum and percussion patterns with bass lines that contain prominent sub bass frequencies.

      Mise en Scene

-          A single performer

-          Ordinary clothes, hoody and jeans

-          Features predominately outside

-          Still camera, focused on the performer

-          Akin to a Rock n’ Roll aesthetic

      Stars

-          - Skrillex

-          - Nero

-          - Zombov

-          - Rusko