PULSE / Music
written by: James Stegeman
MIXTAPE: THE PARTY, THE POLITICS Dubstep Bass Lines Infiltrate the SWFL Music Scene
dubstep — n a genre of electronic music conveying a dark and brooding atmosphere through prominent bass lines [C21: from dub1 (sense 6) + step]
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oday’s fast-paced society has seen a rise in electronically created music, and that genre has become even more prominent since the advent of the computer age. Whereas traditional
music is created through the use of strings, brass, woodwinds, and other instruments, electronic music is created within the circuits of computers themselves. Using mixing boards, computer software, and synthesizers, DJs over the last few decades have etched a new niche in what once was an art form for the few. Today’s electronic music scene, once populated by trance and techno, has been overwhelmed by a fast growing and immensely popular subgenre known as dubstep. With driving bass lines, samples of popular songs mixed and
remixed into almost unrecognizable versions of their original form, and the occasional bone rattling bass drop thrown in for good measure, dubstep is quickly becoming the king of electronic music nationwide and Southwest Florida is no exception. Every Tuesday night at The Indigo Room in downtown Fort Myers, crowds of 20somethings dance to this pervasive and addicting new genre of music. Called Mixtape: The Party, it has rapidly become one of the area’s most popular weekly events. Initially an 18+ event, Mixtape had to raise its entry age to 21+ due to local police intervention and city law, but the event’s organizers and in-house DJs remain positive and are looking to rewrite the rules
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yet again. Pulse Magazine SWFL caught up with main organizer, Christopher Dobson, to get more details behind one of the most electrifying evenings in the Fort Myers’s nightlife scene. Dobson is a local who grew up in the area and graduated from
Mariner High School in Cape Coral. After college, he returned to the SWFL area, and soon became interested in becoming a DJ. Growing up with a musical background that included piano and violin, Dobson found that creating sounds through electronic equipment provided a new avenue for musical exploration. At that time, only rich kids were DJing because vinyl and turntables, the staple of the DJ for years, were just too expensive for the average person to afford. With the advent of
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