South London dubstep veteran Benga operates on several (next) levels when he plants himself in front of a synthesizer keyboard and a hard drive of edited drum patterns. The producer’s Diary of an Afro ...

Dubstep doesn’t get much love these days, but that hasn’t stopped it from dominating the top 40 charts. Here’s the story of where dubstep came from and why there’s more to it than meets the ear.

A cascading synthesizer shimmers as a nondescript female voice starts to whisper stock phrases. The melody builds a little, there’s a brief pause, then the singer transmutes into a chipmunk and the ...

Earlier this year, I wrote about the wave of dubstep metal that is ruining everything. That might have led some readers to believe that I’m fundamentally against the idea of mixing synthesizers and ...