Dubstep
Dubstep uses half-time drums, so the beat feels slow while the bass moves fast. Drops lean on warped, growling bass sounds. It has split into many branches since it started.
Neighbouring sounds
- Bass38 artists
- House14 artists
- Trap14 artists
- Riddim13 artists
- Drum & bass11 artists
- Future bass9 artists
Counted from artists tagged with both dubstep and the other sound.
Who plays it
Apocalypse: Zombieland, Bass Canyon, Dancefestopia, Decadence Colorado, and 11 more
Open on Spotify ↗Loads only when you press play · checked 2026-10-03
Apocalypse: Zombieland, Bass Canyon, Boo! Seattle, Countdown NYE, and 15 more
Open on Spotify ↗Loads only when you press play · checked 2026-10-03
AlsoHouse
Dancefestopia, Decadence Colorado, Forbidden Kingdom, Give Thanks Festival, and 11 more
Open on Spotify ↗Loads only when you press play · checked 2026-10-03
Bass Canyon, Elements Music & Arts Festival, Apocalypse: Zombieland, Dancefestopia, and 7 more
Open on Spotify ↗Loads only when you press play · checked 2026-10-03
Countdown NYE, Decadence Colorado, Give Thanks Festival, Lost Lands, and 6 more
Open on Spotify ↗Loads only when you press play · checked 2026-10-03
Escape Halloween, Forbidden Kingdom, Freaky Deaky, Wakaan Music Festival, and 5 more
Open on Spotify ↗Loads only when you press play · checked 2026-10-03
Apocalypse: Zombieland, EDC Orlando, Elements Music & Arts Festival, Escape Halloween, and 5 more
AlsoBassDrum & bass
Apocalypse: Zombieland, Dancefestopia, Decadence Colorado, HiJinx, and 4 more
Open on Spotify ↗Loads only when you press play · checked 2026-10-03
Apocalypse: Zombieland, EDC Orlando, Elements Music & Arts Festival, HiJinx, and 3 more
Open on Spotify ↗Loads only when you press play · checked 2026-10-03
Apocalypse: Zombieland, Decadence Arizona, Lost Lands, Boo! Seattle, and 2 more
Open on Spotify ↗Loads only when you press play · checked 2026-10-03
Also taggedYDG 7Adventure Club 7DJ Diesel 6Kompany 6ATLiens 5Crankdat 5HerShe 5Jkyl & Hyde 5Samplifire 5Virtual Riot 5EAZYBAKED 4Boogie T 4Cyclops 4Getter 4HOL! 4LAYZ 4Peekaboo 4Ray Volpe 4Space Laces 4Tape B 4Austeria 3Calcium 3Caspa 3Deathpact 3Distinct Motive 3Flux Pavilion 3GorillaT 3Green Matter 3HEYZ 3INFEKT 3Jessica Audiffred 3Mersiv 3Rusko 3Smoakland 3Vastive 3BARELY ALIVE 3Kai Wachi 2A Hundred Drums 2Bommer 2Borgore 2borne 2CØNTRA 2Dack Janiels 2DRINKURWATER 2Eliminate 2Grabbitz 2Hostage Situation 2HVDES 2Jantsen 2NERO 2Ozztin 2Riot Ten 2Skream 2Star Monster 2Steller 2The Resistance 2Truth 2Veil 2Wankdat 212th Planet 12DY4 1Apashe 1Aweminus 1Bear Grillz 1Bear Grillz + Bad News Bears 1Blanke 1Blankface 1BLVNKSPVCE 1Brainrack 1Chibs 1Crizzly 1Datsik 1Decimate 1DEM1GOD 1Destroid 1Dion Timmer 1Don Jamal 1EPROM 1Fieldz 1Figure 1FuntCase 1Hekler 1Integrate 1JMSCLVN 1Jordan Savage 1k?d presents: Kill The Kid 1Kill The Noise 1Midnight Tyrannosaurus 1Mongrel 1Moore Kismet 1Oliverse 1Paper Skies 1RIOT 1Shadow Cliq 1Shima 1Slushii 1Sqishi 1Taylor Hadden 1THA4SAKEN 1Tisoki 1Torcha 1VKTM 1Wolfie 1Zen Selekta 1
These artists are tagged with dubstep as their main sound, then ranked by how many festival lineups record them. A Spotify player is shown only when a confirmed embed already exists. Tags cover 739 artists. Names without a tag are left off this list.
Where it plays
HiJinx
67%Philadelphia, PA. Tagged lineup, 2026. 12 of 18 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Lost Lands
57%Thornville, OH. Tagged lineup, 2026. 4 of 7 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Forbidden Kingdom
53%Orlando, FL. Tagged lineup, 2026. 23 of 43 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Dancefestopia
52%La Cygne, KS. Tagged lineup, 2026. 24 of 46 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Wakaan Music Festival
52%Ozark, AR. Tagged lineup, 2026. 12 of 23 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Apocalypse: Zombieland
51%Long Beach, CA. Tagged lineup, 2026. 48 of 95 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Bass Canyon
50%George, WA. Tagged lineup, 2026. 3 of 6 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Give Thanks Festival
50%San Jose, CA. Tagged lineup, 2026. 8 of 16 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Decadence Colorado
43%Denver, CO. Tagged lineup, 2026. 9 of 21 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Elements Music & Arts Festival
25%Long Pond, PA. Tagged lineup, 2026. 13 of 51 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Get Freaky
23%Magna, UT. Tagged lineup, 2026. 6 of 26 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Nocturnal Wonderland
22%San Bernardino, CA. Tagged lineup, 2026. 17 of 78 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Boo! Seattle
21%Seattle, WA. Tagged lineup, 2026. 9 of 43 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Countdown NYE
21%San Bernardino, CA. Tagged lineup, 2026. 13 of 62 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Decadence Arizona
21%Avondale, AZ. Tagged lineup, 2026. 6 of 28 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Breakaway Music Festival
19%Houston, TX. Tagged lineup, 2026. 4 of 21 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
EDC Orlando
19%Orlando, FL. Tagged lineup, 2026. 14 of 72 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Lights All Night
18%Dallas, TX. Tagged lineup, 2026. 6 of 34 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Freaky Deaky
16%Austin, TX. Tagged lineup, 2026. 6 of 38 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
Escape Halloween
11%San Bernardino, CA. Tagged lineup, 2026. 10 of 94 tagged names play dubstep as a main sound.
20 of 20 rows use tagged names. A tagged share is used when at least 5 names are tagged and they cover at least 30% of the bill. The other rows use the genre mix in the festival file. Each row says which.