Steve Aoki

There's a big gaping hole in the EDM space for songwriting. It's one thing to learn how to be a great sound designer and become big just on sound design. Especially if you're in the dubstep category, it's like, how much fatter and more interesting can you make those drops.

American Musician

Labrinth

My brothers came home with country, jazz, everything... it was always very normal to me to make any type of music. It was possible to fuse all the sounds, so it never sounded confusing to me to mix jazz and dubstep.

Sturgill Simpson

I want people to focus on listening, not the image. And I want to play to everyone: rednecks, dubstep kids, punk rockers, and people who like as-real-as-it-gets country music.

Thomas Bangalter

Skrillex has been successful because he has a recognizable sound: You hear a dubstep song: even if it's not him, you think it's him.

French Musician

Katy B

I don't think I represent all things dubstep. I just like clubbing, so those are the sounds I've chosen to work with.

British Musician

Skrillex

No one worries about genre when they're dancing. They're not asking themselves, 'Is this song a dubstep song?

Chandler Riggs

I'm really into, like, electric pop music and dubstep, things like that.

American Actor

Dhani Harrison

Live a Lie' is inspired by recent combinations found in dubstep.

English Musician

Lindsey Stirling

I want to make dubstep something beautiful.

Tech N9ne

Dubstep originated in London, understanding this helps recognize its cultural context when mentioned.

Genre Origins

Dubstep music often focuses on instrumental sound, vocals aren't always present.

Not Always Vocal

Dubstep is not just a music genre - it's part of pop culture associated with certain fashion and dance styles.

Cultural Impact

 Jazz? Classical? That's good, you guys have smart minds, that's good. What's great about DJing is that you can combine all these genres into one idea, and what I like to do is combine dance, hip hop, trap, dubstep, even movie samples,

Getting started as a DJ:...

 and even at 15 frames a second, that's a very long video so I cut that down and here is the edited version of that original Dubstep parasite music video.