Dubstep Vs House Music
House music is a genre that began in the United States in the city of Chicago. This music began in the early 1980’s and spread to other major cities beginning in 1985, including London and Paris. It then began to influence the popular music in Europe. About ten years later, house music was blended into mainstream pop and dance music all over the world.
House music was influenced by disco music. Generally, house music was dance based and characterized by repetitive beats, rhythms that focus around drum machines, hi-hat cymbals, and synthesized basslines; and though it displays a lot of similarities to disco music, house is much more electronic and minimalistic. House music’s main focus is the repetitive rhythm rather than the song itself. As …show more content…
This was mostly experimental remixes of the 2-step garage tracks while trying to incorporate breakbeat. Dubstep originated in Europe and made its way to the United States. Being influenced by its sound it evolved into what the classic dubstep listeners decided to label brostep. The differences between the two are outlined by the fanatics, but they also have a lot of similarities. Although the term dubstep wasn’t used until around 2002 when the genre started to become more noticeable and clear-cut from 2-step and other elements of previous garage styles of music, they still wanted to segregate the different style of dubstep that evolved in the United States from the early experimental music. To be honest, we could go on for hours about subgenres, but I think it could have to do with different definitions of dubstep. A lot of people would restrict the dubstep title to original UK style like early Skream and Benga. However, I'd consider it to encompass the new wave of American dubstep as well. I hate the word 'brostep' and refuse to use it because of the negativity attached to it. It describes a kind of culture as opposed to the music itself. But this new Skrillex style of dubstep has changed a little of what defines dubstep hence why I'm not sure if you could say that all dubstep is restricted to 140. I think this kind of comes down to difference of opinion regarding a genre that is a little in
House music was influenced by disco music. Generally, house music was dance based and characterized by repetitive beats, rhythms that focus around drum machines, hi-hat cymbals, and synthesized basslines; and though it displays a lot of similarities to disco music, house is much more electronic and minimalistic. House music’s main focus is the repetitive rhythm rather than the song itself. As …show more content…
This was mostly experimental remixes of the 2-step garage tracks while trying to incorporate breakbeat. Dubstep originated in Europe and made its way to the United States. Being influenced by its sound it evolved into what the classic dubstep listeners decided to label brostep. The differences between the two are outlined by the fanatics, but they also have a lot of similarities. Although the term dubstep wasn’t used until around 2002 when the genre started to become more noticeable and clear-cut from 2-step and other elements of previous garage styles of music, they still wanted to segregate the different style of dubstep that evolved in the United States from the early experimental music. To be honest, we could go on for hours about subgenres, but I think it could have to do with different definitions of dubstep. A lot of people would restrict the dubstep title to original UK style like early Skream and Benga. However, I'd consider it to encompass the new wave of American dubstep as well. I hate the word 'brostep' and refuse to use it because of the negativity attached to it. It describes a kind of culture as opposed to the music itself. But this new Skrillex style of dubstep has changed a little of what defines dubstep hence why I'm not sure if you could say that all dubstep is restricted to 140. I think this kind of comes down to difference of opinion regarding a genre that is a little in