Genre Conventions

There are many different genre conventions when it comes to electro/dubstep music. This general genre cam about in the 1990's from this it evolved into all sorts of similar genres such as broken beat, 2-step garage, jungle, drum and bass, dub, reggae etc. The first music released under the title dubstep, was experimental and there was little or no emphasis on the vocals at this point in time as they focused more heavily on the bass and beats, however today you will hear a mix of vocals and dark instrumental beats. The online website AllMusic actually described dubstep as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals" which basically describes dubstep in a sentence. Many of which have already been mentioned. Dubstep was actually first established in the 2000's and mainly originated from the London grime/garage scene, despite this it took around 6 years for this genre of music to be properly established. Through this time Radio DJ's such as Mary-Anne Hobbs who put her efforts into spreading the word about this new type of music, began to present this music to electronica fans, through live sets which were performed up and down the country. When albums such as albums such as "Warrior dubz" were soon being released dubstep was soon  to be heard and loved in many high profile clubs and was soon part of the "overground scene". This a totally modern form of music is quite heavy in the bass frequencies that  can be heard as the beats vibrate through the club, it creates an almost "underwater" effect, which is due to the suppression of the bass. Dubstep is primarily instrumental and much darker than techno or other similar genres of music, it uses jarring chords, minor keys and a bass drop that you are likely to hear in bass and drum music. Dubstep in some ways is indie dance and grime music combined into a perfected mix of bass drops and a progression of beats which follows a "skip and beat" pattern. It is this genre of music which has gripped thousands. The term "Dubstep" was only used until just very recently, in 2002 by labels such as Ammunition and Tempa, it was at this point when the dubstep music genre really began to separate itself from other genres, purely through the changes and evolution that it was going through.