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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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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

yeah, I've been listening to drum and bass since posting this, and I definitely hear the similarities, especially with the classic drum and bass another comment or posted.