music What's the difference between dubstep and brostep?

[CosmicHooves 2,705]

I've listened to much dubstep before.

I've gotten it confused with house, but I think I have a pretty good idea.

 

My new favorite artist, Skrillex, is known for making mostly brostep.

 

Honestly, I don't see a major difference though.

Does anypony know the big difference between brostep and dubstep?

Edited June 9, 2014 by Emerald Starlight

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

I thought Deadmau5 made house?

And the best answer I could find online

 

Dubstep evolved out of Jamaican dub and UK 2-step garage, characterized by sub-bass (below 90Hz) and the 2-step kick-kick-snare pattern in each successive measure. Early producers predominantly created the music to be played on huge sound systems because the sub-bass was meant to be experienced and not just listened to. It was essentially as much a culture as it was music.

 

There are many producers of traditional dubstep, but here's just a few:

 

- Skream

- Benga

- Digital Mystikz (Mala and Coki)

- Loefah

- Kode9

 

Brostep has exploded in popularity in the past couple years with a focus on wobble bass (ie: wub, wub, wub....), excessive midrange bass, and often an increasing emphasis on dirty and robotic sounding tracks. This is a derogatory name used by some because they think brostep has tainted or even killed the dubstep genre. Many think it's no longer about the culture and musical experience, but outdoing other producers with dirty tracks. I believe Rusko's Cockney Thug was one of the main dubstep songs that propelled the brostep style.

 

A few examples of brostep are:

 

- Doctor P

- Flux Pavilion

- Nero

- Excision

- Datsik

 

http://forum.grasscity.com/music-genres-bands-artists/972309-what-difference-between-brostepdubstep.html-quote cited so no evil "u stole dat" police.

[CosmicHooves 2,705]

I thought Deadmau5 made house?

And the best answer I could find online

Dubstep evolved out of Jamaican dub and UK 2-step garage, characterized by sub-bass (below 90Hz) and the 2-step kick-kick-snare pattern in each successive measure. Early producers predominantly created the music to be played on huge sound systems because the sub-bass was meant to be experienced and not just listened to. It was essentially as much a culture as it was music.

There are many producers of traditional dubstep, but here's just a few:

- Skream

- Benga

- Digital Mystikz (Mala and Coki)

- Loefah

- Kode9

Brostep has exploded in popularity in the past couple years with a focus on wobble bass (ie: wub, wub, wub....), excessive midrange bass, and often an increasing emphasis on dirty and robotic sounding tracks. This is a derogatory name used by some because they think brostep has tainted or even killed the dubstep genre. Many think it's no longer about the culture and musical experience, but outdoing other producers with dirty tracks. I believe Rusko's Cockney Thug was one of the main dubstep songs that propelled the brostep style.

A few examples of brostep are:

- Doctor P

- Flux Pavilion

- Nero

- Excision

- Datsik

http://forum.grasscity.com/music-genres-bands-artists/972309-what-difference-between-brostepdubstep.html-quote cited so no evil "u stole dat" police.

This sounded like dubstep to me.

Either that or I'm confused.

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

This sounded like dubstep to me.

Doesn't sound like it goes bass heavy enough to really be modern dubstep. Sounds kinda housy to me still, but then again, I don't listen to much EDM.

 

and as for differences, the list I posted seems to work pretty well.

[Magical Anarchy 177]

No, Deadmau5 is categorized as House. People like Loefah (awesome music maker) and some Monster Cat artists (Tut Tut Child, Pegboard Nerds, etc.) make proper Dubstep.

[Ribbonfree 2,383]

One of the key means of discerning the difference between dub and house is the rhythm of the drums. Dubstep and it's various off shoots like drum and bro rely on a heavily syncopated beat with a lot of emphasis on 'shuffling' the drums off the standard 4/4 with 'lazy' drums with a relative amount of swing. You can hear the difference in this one mau5 song, which is one of the only times he has experimented in dub:

 

 

Listen very carefully to the drums in the song. Up until 4:06ish the beat is very regular. 1. 2. 3. 4. You can easily count along with it.

 

When it hits that drop the drums are suddenly all over the place and you couldn't keep up a steady count to it. That's dub.

Edited June 9, 2014 by Puerto Princessa

[CosmicHooves 2,705]

Hey guys.

Just letting you know I corrected the post.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

Brostep has more of a psychedelic trippy style, which is what made Skrillex famous.