In honour of the current new bands issue of NME – and in particular the feature on Magnetic Man and how dubstep is set to take over the world in 2010 – here’s the inaugural (and probably last) Daily Download Dubstep Downloads Awards. Each track clicks through to a free download (some hosted by NME, some by third parties – all working at time of writing).
Best Original Dubstep Tracks
Skream – ‘Midnight Request Line’
Skream – ‘Calous’
Caspa – ‘Lion’s Roar’
Best Dubstep Remixes
Toddla T – ‘Rebel (Skream Remix)
Miike Snow – ‘Black And Blue (Caspa Remix)’
Little Boots – ‘Remedy (Rusko Remix)
Zero 7 – ‘Everything Up (Zizou) – Joker & Ginz Remix
Skream – ‘Midnight Request Line (Zinc Remix)’
Most Dubstep-By-Numbers Remix
The Prodigy – ‘Take Me To The Hospital (Benga Remix)’
Best Dubstep With Bass So Big Your Headphones Jump Off Your Head
Skream & Benga – ‘Trapped In A Dark Bubble’
Best Crossover Dubstep Hit
La Roux – ‘In For The Kill (Skream Remix)’
Best (Only?) Hook-Up Between Dubstep And Folktronica
Four Tet & Burial – ‘Moth’
Best Use Of Dubstep For Comedy Purposes
The Snowman – ‘Walking In The Air (Dubstep Remix)’
16 Bit – ‘Funhouse’
Snoop Dogg – ‘Snoop Dogg Millionaire’
Best Use Of Dubstep To Patch Up A Questionable Artist
Sean Paul – ‘So Fine (Joker Remix)’
Best Dubstep Track That Doesn’t Seem To Be Available For Free Download Legally But Is Worth Paying For
Vex’d – Killing Floor
What did we miss? Send us more categories / tips and we’ll add them to the post.
NB, there’s a fair amount of decent dubstep you just can’t find on the blogs, so if you’re into any of this go get 12″s from the likes of Horsepower, Digital Mystikz, the 5 Years Of Hyperdub album and go from there…
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