Omega
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Posted : Oct 5, 2009 02:58
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I've been making and spinning psytrance for years, and in the last six months or so I've switched gears to making mostly dubstep - my psy production was stuck in a rut and getting boring, so I thought it would be good to try something new for a while.
One of the reasons I chose dubstep was because it's the same tempo range as psy (140-150) but has a radically different beat structure (snare on 3, kicks pretty much anywhere, hard shuffle/swing on the hats). I can use sounds and pieces from my old psy tracks, but in totally different ways. I've really enjoyed and learned from the challenge of trying to generate lots of dancefloor energy without having the 4 on the floor kick to rely on. It has taught me how to use timbre variations to create energy within long bass notes - the most obvious example of this is the typical "wobble" bass - but there are lots of other cool ways to do it.
Anyway, I don't think Dubstep will ever replace psytrance (at least I hope not!!), but I do think there is a ton of potential for creative crossover between the styles - I've dropped some dubstep in the middle of a psy set, and vice versa, and with the right crowd, people go nuts. It's a really good way to create a dramatic shift in the sound and energy, without having to deal with an abrupt tempo change.
...And making music in a relatively young genre is ridiculously fun, because it just isn't burdened by all the expectations and "rules" that older, more well established genre's are so often weighed down by 
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