So, yeah, this isn't dubstep, but it's kind of like it's dreamy little offspring, free of most of the angry free-wheelin', dropping and wobbling bass of conventional dubstep. It's almost happy, sunny music at times, but not quite. I'm told that some people have been calling this kind of music "step", but that's kind of like telling someone who has a mild case of down syndrome that they have an affliction of syndrome. Which just isn't right. Well, actually, it's nothing like that at all. But no matter, my point is that it's just not right, and maybe you can just take my word for it.
The song you can listen to above is by Mount Kimbie (the same chaps that did that swell remix of Foals' "Spanish Sahara"), a UK duo who, as I have been trying to circuitously point out with an insulting analogy, have a vaguely-dubsteppy take on ambient electronica. And no, don't worry, by ambient electronica I don't mean that it's all emotional and "deep" like that morbidly depressing Burial guy. Or that photo of the guys above. Anyway, suit up your best pair of earphones and give this track a lil' whirl if you fancy. It's pretty nice.
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