Though it’s often been suggested that the fundamentals of dubstep descend from a lyrical prophesy in Morris Day and the Time’s 1984 hit “The Bird,” in which Day intimates that “you don’t need no ...

One of the most prohibitive – or exciting, depending on your perspective – aspects of UK urban dance music is dubplate culture: the circulation of unreleased tracks between tight-knit circles of ...

Of all genres with complex legacies, dubstep ranks as one of the strangest. It’s less than 20 years old, yet already feels like it’s been through more ups and downs than a low-frequency oscillator. A ...