dubstep
noun
dub·step
ˈdəb-ˌstep 
: a type of electronic dance music having prominent bass lines and syncopated drum patterns
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North Coast Music Festival has announced the first of its lineup for summer 2025, including a return for deadmau5, the Grammy winner ZEDD, dubstep artist Excision, Chris Lake, Kaskade and Louis The Child.
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Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
Additionally, dubstep and EDM pose as more complex categories under which artists hope to differentiate themselves.
—Spin Contributor, SPIN, 30 Oct. 2024
In the early 2000s, dubstep originated near South London, United Kingdom, supplementing the decades-old dance genre that clubgoers had grown to adore.
—Spin Contributor, SPIN, 30 Oct. 2024
Usher deepened his experimentation into electronic music, with forays into Euro-pop and dubstep, on Looking 4 Myself.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2024
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Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
Additionally, dubstep and EDM pose as more complex categories under which artists hope to differentiate themselves.
—Spin Contributor, SPIN, 30 Oct. 2024
In the early 2000s, dubstep originated near South London, United Kingdom, supplementing the decades-old dance genre that clubgoers had grown to adore.
—Spin Contributor, SPIN, 30 Oct. 2024
Usher deepened his experimentation into electronic music, with forays into Euro-pop and dubstep, on Looking 4 Myself.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Dubstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dubstep. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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