> I still listen to them, but it's hard to reconcile that a lot of the original pioneers have moved on. There's a new sound now, more of a wobble - check out mixes from JVIZ and his podcast called JVIZ Presents: Earthquake Weather. It's still new generation dubstep, but it's more roots oriented, and has a fresh out the basement feel to it. [1]

I guess it really depends where you are in the US, because when I'm in the US I'm mainly in CO and this kind of set happens (Kahn and Neek) in Denver on a Tuesday nights [0] or half of Mystic State dropping 140 [1] like it was a night in London (prefect example of this thread @ 1:00 mark) because of how healthy the scene/community is thanks to Nicole and Sub.Mission. It's come a long way from the aggro-brostep noise that it was back when it first came to the US!

I think the sound progressed so much from the early days; but for me 2008-14 were the real glory days with so much talent and collabs from DnB/Dubstep/Grime/Purple etc... It also helped I had actually been working in Europe most of that time so I got to go to some raves in the EU/UK whenever I had the chance.

It's been a while since I've been to a 140/170 night since COVID messed up everything, but I'm glad to see it's back. Denver really was/is like a mini-London time capsule of that era and sound so if you can make it out to a night to re-live some of those nights, the system in the mainroom is RC1 spec and sound-management are a bunch of heads, and the bar/mezzanine room usually has DnB nights (ReCon) with a more tamed system but still a good spot to rave.

I'll drop you a line when I'm back state-side and we can try and go rave in Denver.

0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NMiZDTI0BA

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft8FbtCqZvE

Sounds good to me :) I'm in a rural area, it's all lagged behind by a few generations out here, so the denver scene is probably insane compared to what we have. By the time it got to us, Borgore and Rusko were having their time, but -every- once in a while, you'd catch a 'dubstep' track download that had a distinctly different sound that didn't leave your ears ringing, it left my soul ringing, and rattled the keyboard right off the desk. That's when I knew I found the right stuff. I think the first one that comes to mind was Loefah.

Btw Sarsy was a great recommendation.

reading your comments brings back memories of the good ole days..Denver still has the best scene in the US. the Midwest holds it down too but its slowed down in recent years, except for infrasound which is always worth the trip out. ill never forget seeing Quest in the basement of a bookstore in downtown Minneapolis when i was randomly there many years ago. I'd love to go to the UK to see some shows, your lucky to have been there. recently, the youngsta, ntype, hatcha project Trilogy has got me wanting to hop on a plane. speaking of ntype, he's got some US shows in a few weeks.. some day id really like to send it to Outlook too. the brostep movement is fading, or atleast from my perspective it is, can't say I didn't partake back in the day, but I grew out of that fad pretty quick. however I will say, the loudest show I've ever been to was excision in Madison Wisconsin the first year he toured with the 100k Watt PK rig, before his style got really out of hand. to this day I haven't felt my insides vibrate like that again..unsettling to say the least