
Electronic
What Is Dubstep? A History Explainer
Dubstep is the South London sound that went from a 100-capacity club night to global festival main stages — then split in two.
Electronic traces the sound of the music and the tools behind it: drum machines, samplers, synthesizers and studio technique, alongside the histories of house, techno, garage, trance and bass. Records are described by texture and arrangement. For listeners, producers and DJs who care how a track was actually built.
House, techno, bass, trance and their offshoots traced through the machines that made them: drum machines, samplers, synth presets, studio habits.

Dubstep is the South London sound that went from a 100-capacity club night to global festival main stages — then split in two.

Drum and bass is UK dance music's fastest-living engine — here is how it works, who built it and which subgenres matter.