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I just listened to David bowie's 1997 "Earthling" album, is this where dubstep came from? (sh.itjust.works)

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or was there iconic scratchy rapid frenetic drum electronic scraping noises before Bowie?

listening to these songs. I kept thinking about Skrillex, but that wasn't for another 13 years.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

I’d say that sound was more on the side of industrial / hardcore jungle, blending in rock and pop, with touches of shoegaze. Dubstep grew out of grime, and drum and bass, etc grew out of jungle.

He’s a DJ Hype track from 1993 that gives you a taste of where jungle was at then which might help you see where dubstep came from.