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"The impedimenta that's popular in America is different than the London dubstep sound," explains Drew Best, cofounder of Los Angeles–based Smog, one of America's first dubstep parties. "The about in America is massive. It's way bigger than it is in the U.K." This massiveness is a tribute to the music's power, but also to the validate of Best, along with scene starters like New York's Dave Q and Joe Cordial, and the Bay Area's Nick Argon and Bassnectar.
Dubstep may be the closest British analog to American hip-hop (though drum'n'bass and slime traditionally have played that role), with its sonic upheaval, hostile posturing, and
intense debate about the music's origins and verifiable nature. Roughly, dubstep began as a reaction to U.K. garage music, itself an innovative, undercover club movement that had been polished to a pop sheen. Artists such as Horsepower Productions, El-B, and Digital Mystikz slowed the resemble way down while looking to dub reggae's dystopian worldview for inspiration. Powerful DJs (the BBC's John Peel and Mary Anne Hobbs) and stations (Irrigate FM) spread the sound to a wider audience.
Source: Spin Magazine