right around the time i was mentioning dub in every sentence and setting, on line that is, my friend jan henrik mentioned this tune to me. i had still not gotten into dubstep but jan henrik and one other guy was quickly on that and he played the tune one time in a mix and i thought it was quite nice. eventually i understood the dynamics and the structures of dubstep and how they used half-time and double-time respectivly and that it was all about the bass.
part of the fun of this track is those hardhitting snares and the heavy use on delays on the various samples. for most of those stabs except for the ghastly ones it's classic hiphop fragments. there is also a likelihood that the vocal bits are also stemmed from old hiphop but have been pitchbent and effected. "dubbers anonymous" starts like "midnight request line" with a vocal but here it's oliver jones aka skream himself that is on display. he uses the introduction from a.a. or n.a. but the twist of that he's a dubaholic.
then it launches into a fast driving rhythm with the lfo knob turned right to an eleven on the bass patches, which of course produces that wobbling effect. as he layers basslines on top each others it is interesting with the sub being the slow bass boom and a lurking fast one on top setting the pace. the third or fourth is on top of them and reacts accordingly to the kick and snares.
lucious lower frequency assualts in a timespan of four minutes and something really quick to the point. love it. bit of a shame that it wasn't available on more than the vinyl issue of "skream!" but then again it also is sort of "midnight request line" meets "lightning".
listen here (youtube)
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