![]() ![]() Ace Aura’s creativity is also a product of his faith. “I feel that that kind of sound has a ton of potential to evoke a wider range of emotions,” he says. “I take inspiration from my time in high school marching band, using drumline elements and percussion instruments like the marimba.” His writing process is also highly conceptual - Instead of treating melody and intensity as separate entities, he tries to combine them into one element. ![]() “I had received a demo version of Pro Tools as a Christmas gift from my parents the year prior, so I started watching tutorials on YouTube and researching what software I needed - the rest is history.”įierce yet lively melodies are a key part of Ace Aura’s signature style, but his listeners may not realize how much his experience as a drummer has influenced his sound. But dubstep pushed him towards learning how to make electronic music. It was the Dirtyphonics remix of ‘Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites’ by Skrillex, and from that moment on, I was hooked!” As a drummer in his middle school band, Ace Aura already considered himself a musician. “I was sitting next to him in the cafeteria at lunch and he put his earbuds in my ears. He’s even inspired an entire movement for young producers around the world, and has been picked up by labels like Disciple, Circus, Monstercat, and more.Īce Aura stumbled upon dubstep when he was an eighth-grader thanks to a friend. The 22-year-old Texas producer has an instantly recognizable sound, which fuses glittering pads and headbang-worthy bass. Meet the face of what’s known today as melodic riddim. Thankfully, the next generation of dubstep producers seem to both honor the roots of dubstep while stretching its boundaries to the limits, and see inclusivity and diversity as central to the evolution of the sound. Recent efforts to educate newcomers to the EDM scene about bass music’s Black history are admittedly overdue, but these conversations have pushed the dubstep community to be more vocal about where the scene has fallen short for its creators and its fans. ![]() Following its formative years in the early to mid-2000s, which birthed classic cuts like Skream’s “ Midnight Request Line” in 2005 and Benga’s “ 26 Basslines” in 2008, the post-dubstep era was born, introducing the world to acts such as Kode9, Chase & Status, and Flux Pavilion.īy the 2010s, dubstep had landed in the United States, and artists like 12th Planet and Skrillex rocketed to fame with their punk rock-infused, ear-splitting take on the sound, which some called “brostep.” Older fans and artists who didn’t like the new bigger-is-always-better approach formulated by Skrillex and others soon dropped away, but new mutations of dubstep continued emerging as time went on.īeyond the classic versus commercial debate, modern dubstep has never been recognized as a champion for inclusivity, or diversity. Born in ‘90s South London, the original dubstep sound was a mixture of UK garage, two step, grime, breakbeat and Jamaican dub. ![]()
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