"Forgiven" is like a ghost's soul caught in a traveling locomotive, who's song is filtered through the engine's steam. This is the definitive new London-street sound that permeates the thick night air. As a Burial track, all that is missing is the signature clickety-clack of the train-rails. Is this Dubstep; is their a step to this dub? Maybe not, but it's more than worth a listen; your ears will thank you for it later.  

Ok, so Dubstep, the U.K. genre known for it's whompy, get-your-ass-on-the-floor, vibrating basslines and its shuffled half-time rhythms, is beginning to get old, some say. I beg to differ. Artists like DJ Joker, Burial, and Starkey are allowing the genre to transcend other genres such as House, creating an overlapping of sound waves and making room for new fans. Still skeptical? Check out Emalkay's newest tune "When I look at You" from Dub Police Records. The song was featured on none other than Caspa's essential mixes. Sounds legit' to me.  

Now its time for something heavy and booming like Emalkay's "Explicit". As I played this tune in my dorm room with my subwoofer, it began to thunder, but even mother nature couldn't outdo this tune's bass! The song starts with provocative vocal samples "I Beat Mother Fuckers"....ahhh the abrasiveness of Dubstep!

Bassline drops

A booming echo

Sub vibrates

Writhing in sound-induced trance

Shaking my bones

Moving my body

Hips Pivoting

Swaying

Rattles my sternum

Anticipation

Heavy and deep

Cavernous sounds

Earthquake for my eardrums

Grimey and wobbly 

Beats a' rockin

Down low to the floor

Drenched in sweat

Dank

The air is thick

Chaotic sound waves

Noises ricochet off walls

Boom, boom, boom

This is not the usual Dubstep noise, though there is the clack of a steady drum-kick. The tune floats along instead of sinking immediately to the grime-filled ground. This is a departure from the havoc-wrecking, warped bassline of 'bloodline'. 'Mako' is an edgy and refreshing tune, indeed.