Subliminal Sundaze

Celeb sensations David Beckham and Posh Spice aren't the only doses of coolness that England's been hurling across the pond lately. Witness the growth of dubstep, the darkly rhythmic and beyond-bassy EDM (electronic dance music) descendent of UK garage and grime birthed in London's underground. Championed by such Brit DJs...

By Benjamin Leatherman

July 26, 2007

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Celeb sensations David Beckham and Posh Spice aren't the only doses of coolness that England's been hurling across the pond lately. Witness the growth of dubstep, the darkly rhythmic and beyond-bassy EDM (electronic dance music) descendent of UK garage and grime birthed in London's underground. Championed by such Brit DJs as Skream and Digital Mystikz, the murkily melancholic genre flings kinky beats and syncopated rhythms, submerged in an overwhelming sub-bass thrum. Imported to the States by such turntablists as Baltimore's Joe Nice, dubstep's gonna get its due here in P-Town, thanks to Cruz Robles (a.k.a. CRUZ) and a slew of local spinsters who'll be blowing out the subwoofers at the Upstairs Bar of Homme, 138 West Camelback, on Sunday July 29, during Subliminal Sundaze. Along with DJ Terra, Steve Edwards, MC Redbird, and pair of jocks named Ultra Black (consisting of The One Spy and Adroit), CRUZ's crew will drop both dubstep hits and their own original genre tracks on the final Sunday of every month. Get to steppin' at 9 p.m. with no cover.

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music, and nightlife. He began writing for New Times in 2003 and joined the staff full-time in 2005. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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