What’s new in dubstep?

In this article I’ll highlight some of the newest and hottest dubstep stuff on late March 2011. You’ll hear new tracks from Dirtyloud, Subvert & Excision, Sluggo & Liquid Stranger, and Nostalgia.

Everyone is now familiar with Dirtyloud after the resounding success of their “Rock It Roll It” remix. It sat at the tip top of the Beatport dubstep charts for weeks and is still in a very good place at #6.
Now they have a new remix. It is of Byob’s “Chillin.” Buy it here on Beatport:
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/345922/Chillin%27
http://soundcloud.com/dirtyloud/chillin

Out now on Rottun Records is a new release from the duo of Excision and Subvert. It’s a two track record, titled “Rude Symphony / Darkness.” It’s doing very well, currently being supported on Beatports “Must Hear Dubstep” chart of the week.
Here’s the link so you can purchase it:
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/345153/Rude%20Symphony%20/%20Darkness

Sluggo is a strong up and comer in the dubstep scene, gaining some recognition along his friends in Helicopter Showdown with their collaborations (listen to “The Wrestler” and “Hostage”). But now Sluggo is pairing up with a different artist, Liquid Stranger. Together they have put out a banger of a dubstep track on Ultragore Recordings titled “Stalkers.” It was released coupled with Helicopter Showdown’s “Hostage,” and it is also featured in Beatports “Must Hear Dubstep” chart.
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/343269/Stalkers

Helicopter Showdown — new releases

Helicopter Showdown, a favorite of us here at Tunes & More Tunes, has a few new songs for the fans. Coming off of the huge success of their Ultragore Records debut, The Wrestler EP, Helicopter Showdown has not slowed down for one second.

(^^Helicopter Showdown with their buddy Sluggo^^)

Since the aforementioned Wrestler EP, they have put out two new singles on Beatport, “Get Tuff” and “Hostages” (the latter being yet another collaboration with Sluggo). By using the link below, you can purchase all of their releases.

https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/track/catalog/?contextType=artists&contextName=Helicopter%20Showdown&contextEntityId=169160

Helicopter Showdown is also known for their generosity, releasing a few tracks for free in the past. Well, just this week they released a new 7 minute banger, “Dramatron.” If you notice a similarity between this drop and Flux Pavilion’s new track “Bass Cannon,” you wouldn’t be the first. But, similarities aside, this Helicopter Showdown song is still huge. Here is the link to their soundcloud page where you can download “Dramatron” for FREE!

http://soundcloud.com/helicoptershowdown

Upcoming dubstep tunes from SKisM, Nostalgia, and Helicopter Showdown (preview clips)

While Excision & Downlink produced an absolute banger back in 2010 with “Heavy Artillery,” SKisM’s remix is looking to be incredible. Here’s the preview clip that he provided on soundcloud

http://soundcloud.com/weareskism/excision-downlink-heavy-artillery-skism-rmx-112kbps-preview

 

Almost completely unknown in the dubstep world, we have Nostalgia. He has one release on Beatport, Crackin Skulls EP, which had a nice variety of Dubstep and Drumstep, and definitely deserves recognition. However, the clip below is one of the dubstep tracks that I am most excited for in 2011. The Zelda sample at the beginning is an automatic plus for me since I am a nerd who loves samples like that, and then the heavy drop is reminiscent of late Flux Pavilion, which is an amazing compliment. It’s a melodic and poppy dubstep song that doesn’t pull any punches whatsoever.

 

Finally, Helicopter Showdown has been doing huge things in 2011. His Wrestler EP was a breath of fresh air for the genre, mixing the melodic hooks and gated vocals of Skrillex with the heavy wobbles of Doctor P. Now he is collaborating with Sluggo again (like he did in his EP’s best/title track “The Wrestler”). For whatever reason, the soudcloud player is not showing up for this link, but if you just follow it to the official soundcloud site, then you’ll be able to hear it.

http://soundcloud.com/helicoptershowdown/helicopter-showdown-sluggo