Interview with Skream
If you haven’t heard of dubstep yet, it’s the latest sound to cause tidal waves in the electronic music scene. Its been on the rise of late with Radio 1’s Marianne Hobbs dedicating a whole breezeblock session to the sound, in the shape of the Dubstep Warz, which features some of the scene’s biggest producers including D1, Skream, Burial, Loefah and more. It draws on influences from garage and dub reggae with a heavy emphasis on devastating bass and sub frequencies. The movement has spread out of London and into Europe and beyond and after years of hard work on the underground scene, the sound is finally getting its dues.
Skream has been at the heart of dubstep since the early days and is justifiably credited with being a pioneer of the sound. He’s one of the scene’s most prolific producers with countless releases and remixes under his belt. His first LP, the Skream LP, opened the floodgates for dubstep and brought the sound to people outside the underground with the aid of one of dubstep’s signature tunes, Midnight Request Line. We caught up with him to chat about life as a busy DJ, the scenes in the UK and US and how it feels to be part of the dubstep scene.
You’re flying all over the place at the moment, where did you last play?
Last place was in Austria, in Vienna last Friday.
How did it go?
It was wicked; it was sold out - yeah it was really good. I played out there two or three times before so I’ve got a pretty good sorta following out there.
If you haven’t heard of dubstep yet, it’s the latest sound to cause tidal waves in the electronic music scene. Its been on the rise of late with Radio 1’s Marianne Hobbs dedicating a whole breezeblock session to the sound, in the shape of the Dubstep Warz, which features some of the scene’s biggest producers including D1, Skream, Burial, Loefah and more. It draws on influences from garage and dub reggae with a heavy emphasis on devastating bass and sub frequencies. The movement has spread out of London and into Europe and beyond and after years of hard work on the underground scene, the sound is finally getting its dues.
Skream has been at the heart of dubstep since the early days and is justifiably credited with being a pioneer of the sound. He’s one of the scene’s most prolific producers with countless releases and remixes under his belt. His first LP, the Skream LP, opened the floodgates for dubstep and brought the sound to people outside the underground with the aid of one of dubstep’s signature tunes, Midnight Request Line. We caught up with him to chat about life as a busy DJ, the scenes in the UK and US and how it feels to be part of the dubstep scene.
You’re flying all over the place at the moment, where did you last play?
Last place was in Austria, in Vienna last Friday.
How did it go?
It was wicked; it was sold out - yeah it was really good. I played out there two or three times before so I’ve got a pretty good sorta following out there.
