When a country is at war or in economic depression, underdevelopment or tightened security, it sets an affective tone or mood, which seeps through in…

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There is an uninformed myth circulating just now that makes dubstep way too important in the musical universe - don't believe the hype.

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Hyperdub started in 2001 as a web magazine, but we also did a few events in the early days before becoming a label.

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Dubstep didn't invent bass, it just zoned in on it. Bass, to varying depths, is the foundation to most dance musics.

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Both analog and digital developments have intensified the viral nature of sonic culture.

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Audio virology is not a metaphor. It is to be taken literally. It maps real processes of mutation, transmission, contagion and memory within music cu…

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A one-word book does appeal to me.

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The sound needed a hub to grow, and that hub was Big Apple.

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I wrote a short article called "Yardcore" for that issue, too, as an attempt to talk about the Jamaican influence on garage, grime and dubstep; as a …

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