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In every genre of music, and especially in electronic music due to the nature of how it is performed live (mostly DJs), there are bound to be a few common threads at a show. Generally, those songs come in the form of anthems, tracks that are intended to instantly skyrocket the energy of the crowd simply because every single person knows them. This series of posts is intended for the flood of newcomers (or lazy veterans) to the EDM scene at the moment, in hopes that they can get down to these tracks as hard as everyone else at a show.
First up in the series is arguably the fastest rising genre in EDM – dubstep. The reason I have chosen dubstep as the first, although it is not by any means my favorite, is because it is by far the most applicable genre to this series. I have a theory about dubstep anthems at shows – at any given dubstep event/festival/house party, you will hear at LEAST one anthem every hour. Therefore, if you do not hear any the first hour, you will hear two the second hour, or three the third, etc etc. The only exceptions I can think of would be much smaller and more unique DJs, such as 6BLOCC, but even the smaller guys end up throwing a few in usually to get the crowd excited. Anywho, here goes:
Originally, I had planned to divide these by individual songs, but dubstep seems to have a few grandfathers that make just about all the anthems for the genre so it’ll be by artist. First up is Doctor P. If you have been to a dubstep show, you have heard a Doctor P track or remix. This is an undeniable fact and for good reason – all of his productions are bangers and his style is very easily recognizable. I think my favorite part about seeing a big dubstep show right now is hearing tens of thousands of people yell FUCK when anyone drops Tetris. Here are the most common ones:
Reasons (Doctor P Remix) – 12th Planet and Juakali
Next up is Flux Pavilion. He is perhaps not as godfathery as Doctor P, but nonetheless you’ll hear these tracks just as much. I think part of the reason these get played so much is because of their repetitive yet catchy lyrics. Instead of the Doctor P style of shouting out the vocals of the drop and yelling the tune, Flux Pavilion tracks live tend to get everyone singing all the lyrics because they’re so goddamn easy to remember (see I Can’t Stop). Aside from Blue Skies, which I don’t really hear much anymore, you’re bound to hear at least a couple of these at any show.
Cracks (Flux Pavilion Remix) – Freestylers
Blue Skies (Flux Pavilion Remix) – Jamiroquai
Gold Dust (Flux Pavilion Remix) – DJ Fresh
Although there are a few other artists that could be considered anthem producers, I’ll stick to those two, as they are probably the most common and influential. Honorable mentions:
All of the dubstep from my HARD LA review
Hold On (feat. Amber Coffman) (Sub Focus Remix) – Rusko
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