#throwbackthursdays Rusko - Jahova

This massive anthem was probably THE first dubstep song I ever heard, and probably THE dubstep song that got me hooked to the sound several years ago. And I think that this tune just fits in with the summer vibes and the grimey, humid weather that has been blanketing Southern California the past couple of weeks now.

This had to be the song, at least when I first heard dubstep, that people had to (or at least, should have had to) know. When I first got into dubstep, this song had that whole "If you haven't heard 'Jahova' and you say you listen to dubstep, then you don't listen to dubstep" kind of impact. And I know there's a whole lot of political issues nowadays of what defines "dubstep," but that's for another day. But there's no denying that this song was and still made a huge impact on the dubstep scene today.

Enjoy!

-fabricated

P.S. Rusko, if you ever read this, PLEASE play Jahova at the next gig you have in Southern California. I was bummed that you didn't play it at the Palladium show NOR did you play it at EDC this year :(

HARD and SMOG present Dub Police Tour 2012 at House of Blues Hollywood 3/3/12 [Concert Review]

Photo credit: Timothy Norris/LA Weekly

The Dub Police Tour presented by HARD and SMOG made its stop in the LA area at the House of Blues Hollywood off Sunset Boulevard this past Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 with a massive line up that caused people to flock to the venue from everywhere – I saw cars from Maryland and Georgia in the parking lot, just to give you an idea of how far people probably traveled for this completely SOLD OUT event. I saw people who desperately wanted to get in asking everyone in line if they had an extra ticket to the event. The line to get into the event was insane, wrapping around the whole entire House of Blues and extending further down Sunset.

On the decks for the evening were Matty G, a surprise set from The Others, D1, a back-to-back set with Trolley Snatcha and Subscape, and Dub Police label founder Caspa headlining the show. The sound system for the evening was cranked up to floor-rattling volumes and you could tell that mostly everyone that attended the show were pretty huge fans not just of the Dub Police label and artists, but of dubstep and bass music in general – this was apparent as I was standing in the long line and saw people sporting Circus Records, Dub Police, Sub Soldiers, and Rusko shirts as well as blasting their favorite dubstep songs out of their tiny iPhone speakers. While the event did start an hour later than the ticket advertised (the event started at 9pm instead of 8pm), as soon as Matty G started playing, the sonic assault of basslines was just nonstop throughout the whole evening.

Full breakdown of the event after the jump!

Infrasonics – Volume 6

My schedule for school sucks, but for some reason, I'm still stoked for this semester. What does school have to do with this Infrasonics post? I have 4-5 hour breaks from Monday to Thursday and so I just have way too much time and one of the things I choose to do on that long break is...eat...and also, write this post. Anyways, let's continue on with some tracks for this week.

Caspa – Neck Snappah [Purchase: Beatport – Exclusive]

Here's a big track from Caspa, just released two days ago, it's the first release from Sub Soldiers for the year and for a few months now considering their last release was Caspa's Love Never Dies – Back For The First Time EP which included "Geordie Racer" featuring Sub Scape. Anyways, this track has a huge sub bass along with that heavy wobble that is akin to tracks by Skream (check out "Wibbler" and "WTF" by Skream to see what I'm talking about) along with punchy drums that hit as hard as the bassline.

dBridge / Instra:mental – From The Start / Detuned Heart [Purchase: Bleep | Juno | Beatport]

I really enjoy a lot of the stuff that dBridge and Instra:mental release just because their tracks sound minimalistic while at the same time having a huge atmosphere to work with that fills your ears with just the right amount of bass, reverberated drums with a lot of swing on it, and ambient pads to fill out the space. If you're big on more of the ambient/atmospheric sounding drum and bass, be sure to check this release out and also their Fabriclive release.

Various Artists – Pure Dubstep (unmixed tracks + continuous DJ mix by DJ Darkside) [Purchase: Juno | Beatport]

Just thought I'd put this release on here because I just picked it up a few days ago on Juno Download and I'm totally diggin' 20 tracks that come with this compilation. Plus, the DJ mix by DJ Darkside that comes with this is a pretty enjoyable 49 minute listen. It features more of the darker, what many people call "real dubstep" and it was definitely worth the 10 dollars I spent to download this in FLAC.

Phillysoundsystem – Can You Feel

PhillySoundSystem - Can you feel by PhillySoundSystem

I know I covered Phillysoundsystem in the last post, but I thought I would put this up because he just uploaded this track 2 days ago. I saw this track while browsing through my Soundcloud tracks feed for people that I'm following, and since I really enjoy this guy's productions and releases, I just thought I'd share another. This track has a vocal hook throughout with some guitar riffs and I know that I would drop this track in one of my sets. The build ups just get you up there and when the drops come, that's where the hands go up and the heads start bobbing (or headbanging, if that's how you roll). Check out Phillysoundsystem's Soundcloud for more sick dubstep and grime tracks.

Enjoy!

-fabricated