It's already time to celebrate the best of 2009, and we start with a look at the top records in the worlds of dubstep, wonky, grime, and funky. No summary of the year in dubstep would be complete ...

Lately it would be easy to assume that dubstep = halfstep. Indeed lots of recent dubstep sets are dominated by this style, which uses one snare per bar and is designed to give a slower, skanked out ...

More fire from dubstep golden boy Sepia, who turns in his latest 12” on Deep Dark & Dangerous. Where his past records have often looked to marry rough with smooth, opener ‘Sakura’ sets a darker tone ...

For the past 10 years, local collective Grime City has been transporting dancefloors to the bass-filled underground atmospheres of London 2-step and U.K. garage parties. Born in 2005 by a group of DJs ...

Dubstep and grime are among a number of recent musical genres that have entered the latest edition of the Chambers Dictionary. Grime, which has had a large following in the higher reaches of the ...

London-based dubstep pioneer Caspa first performed in Denver at Cervantes’ Other Side in 2009. Since then, he has played big stages at the Ogden Theatre and the Fillmore Auditorium. The intimacy of ...

A new sound is infiltrating nightclubs across the world. From humble beginnings in Croydon, its combination of heavy bass, minimal Detroit pulses and sombre rhythms has struck a chord with electronica ...

Croydon-born DJ and producer Plastician is a progressive figure in the UK music scene, one whose foundations were built on the golden eras of dubstep and grime. Plastician's career has blossomed from ...

A ghoulish set of system-rattlers on new imprint Sub:Clef, courtesy of Translation Recordings’ Cid Poitier. A-side ‘Zeitgeist’, all bleak and twisted industrial clatter, is powered by booming low-end ...