SOUVIK CHAKRABORT Y
FIVE FANTASTIC
Dubstep has been predominantly a music revolution with
its epicenter in London. The Jamaican influence and other
experimentations and mixtapes turned out to be one of the
most satisfying musical revolution of the recent times, so
much so that BBC Radio 1 supported the movement and made
it a compelling sensation.
With the boom in the information technology, internet jetshot
the 'neo sound' of the age like a wildfire and soon there was
an instantaneous bombardment of content in the internet
with respect to the kind of independent music that was being
produced and the cultured environment ensured that there
were a lot of blogs written and materials read and studied
by the amateurs and enthusiasts of the upcoming trend of
making music on the go and that lead to the spreading of
the music to the countries which were so far not infused
by the new wave. In India the independent music scene
erupted grossly with different bands doing experiments in
their backyard. This transpired to more alternative music
as televised videos of music makers populated the minds of
young sound designers and musicians.
Thus, a microcosm was born which cared a lot about music
which was pure, raw and uncorrupted, unlike the filmy music
of the hard core mainstream music. Indian dub step artists
took the lead with both variations and innovations. These
own grown music had been successful in the national level by
the grace of their talents and skillsets, but nevertheless the
young and beautiful composers of the day, had a rolling mill
with the help of foreign composers, bands and artists. These
helped not only the composers in creating an emphatic track
record but also being an international label holders.
The future garage would reverb with an amalgamated
fuselages of post dub step tracks, trance, house and heavy
metal; all spiked in a drink of sound and magic and poured
in a glitzy glittery glass of sparkling and rip roaring
performances!
Dub step artists are growing up in smaller cities and more
and more are mushrooming with DJs toying their turntables.
Here are some of the most happening artists from India, who
are making all the right noises.
SICKFLIP , is best known for mixtapes and heavy duty
synth over bass, a solo project of a 22 year old kid Sarvesh
Srivastava. Sickflip is already making some veritable feast
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of bass and instrumentation. Sickflip has mastered the art
of throbbing speakers at a dance studio with his remarkable
blend of contrasting musical flavours ranging from the
melodious calm beats to the foot tapping heavy beats.
BREED , is a bass buster who has been working over the past
ten years out of Mumbai now, he has evolved from strengths
to strengths with his popular dance riots. Their absolute
rollicking tracks are Moon and Stars, Blame the Funk
etcetera. The Sunburn and Supersonic stars are ahead in the
race due to their impeccable combination of a two time DMC
champion classical pianist and a prodigally gifted composer.
They have already performed alongside international big
shots like Skrillex, Dillon Francis and Major Lazer etcetera.
OX7GEN , has a popular crop of drum and base music, and is a
big name in the international music community. His music
has been widely circulated in various labels. Aditya Ashok
has shot to fame as the ultimate glocal artist hailing from
Mumbai. This Weekender rockstar, also plays for the color
of compound. He is a chilled out music freak who has created
his music on his trips to Goa.
Sound Avatar aka Piyush Bhatnagar has been awarded the best
DJ producer by MyFav awards; just a couple of years back.
His audio production techniques are far flung and super
stylish when compared to the rest of his competitors. Hailing
from Jaipur, but now settled in Delhi this young musicians'
drums are certainly off the chains.
Su Real is an avant garde nano genre based DJ who is fast
changing the indie scene with his transcendental music
of oldy goldies fused with snackable disco beat and peppy
numbers.
Local artists have shot to great heights with the help from big
names of the international arena. Seven and Seven's Nischay
Sharma is another indie artist who got major boosts from the
likes of Xilent and Nghtmre.
The dub step artists herald a beginning of the age of an
independent movement of music which does not have a
dependence on the mainstream market to flourish and aspire
to be accepted, rather it has created an orb of the beautiful
flowers which could crown the best of the best of any other
genres of music in the free soul experiments of the days to
come.