"You know we come through to reck the diskoteck"

Dubstep is unfortunately one of those genres where music videos seem to be extremely few and far between.

In the instance of a video release they can either be a major hit or a major miss.
Perhaps more often that not they are a major miss and in some eyes an example of this would be Benga and Coki's Night
The extremely tiresome animation of a multi-coloured, flashing octopus swimming about aimlessly did not really live up to the sheer magnitude of the anthem itself and the intense impact it had in its early days in dancehalls across the nation.

With all that aside I did a little bit of research to find some recent and not so recent dubstep tunes that have either had professional videos made for them or have served as a soundtrack to somewhat fitting edited clips. I have made an extra effort to select an eclectic mix that attempts to showcase a variety of styles from the dubstep scene.

1) This official video comes from Distance with a track called Night Vision. It was released on Planet Mu quite a while back now. It is clear that even back then his style was definitely going to stand out in the ever emerging scene. Nowadays we are often treated to heavy guitar riff samples influenced by huge bands like Sepultura and Pantera. Look out for the release of his album coming in November!



2) Not an official video but quite a fitting selection of monochrome images documenting a journey through a seemingly urban area serves as the back drop to a massive collaboration track between Caspa and The Others. Both sides come together on this tune to provide an absolutely devastating sound that causes mosh pits when ever it's dropped.



3) This gem from Skream has been getting excessive airplay over the past few months especially on Plastician's Rinse FM show. The track in question is 10 Bit Dreams which also appears on the Rinse 06 mix by Plastician as well which is terrific.
The video for this one isn't particularly fascinating nor impressive. Perhaps neither are the others I have featured. But if abstract is something you are fond of then start staring at this one.



4) This next one is another release from Skream called Tapped. This particular version features vocals by JME which I don't think particularly improves the track at all. Needless to say the monochrome approach has been adopted once more which creates a moderately interesting illustration to this gem from one of Croydon's finest.



5) Hailing from Tokyo, Goth Trad never ceases to amaze with his huge releases. His signature style of stomach convulsion wobbles and blackened bass lines comes out in Cut End. Perhaps it could be said that the video by Diagram Design is a slightly obscure accompaniment. But never the less don't let it draw away from the sound.