Dubstep is according to Wikipedia "a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals". Yesterday when spinning records in Stockholm a middle-aged woman came up to the booth telling us that her son liked dubstep. Mount Kimbie will tell you the rest of the story!
"The two unassuming blokes in hoodies prodding at banks of electronic gadgets are leading an exploratory breakaway from bass-heavy dubstep towards a lighter, hazier style of electronica rich with drowsy ambience and chopped-up found sounds. Mount Kimbie count their nascent genre's poster-boy James Blake as a friend and sometimes contributor, and have toured with the xx, whose success they are tipped to emulate. Their opener sails in on an echo-smothered cloud of disembodied female vocals, Campos tapping an intensifying beat on drum pads fed through a cavernous reverb. One number is pierced by a high-pitched whine and cascade of smashing glass samples, a jarring racket immediately contrasted by Maybes's washed-out soulfulness." Guardian
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