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I just listened to David bowie's 1997 "Earthling" album, is this where dubstep came from? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Varyk@sh.itjust.works to c/music@lemmy.world

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or was there iconic scratchy rapid frenetic drum electronic scraping noises before Bowie?

listening to these songs. I kept thinking about Skrillex, but that wasn't for another 13 years.

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[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Dubstep was emerging around that time, way before Skrillex and the particular style of it that he popularized. I think I hear the similarity you pointed out, though. It may be just a coincidence or a deeper common influence - for example the first song on that Bowie album sounds like drum n bass which was a likely influence on early dubstep.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

yeah, I've been listening to drum and bass since posting this, and I definitely hear the similarities, especially with the classic drum and bass another comment or posted.