4 ms·

Very cool. I suspect there is something unique going on with dubstep "drops" and dopamine release. There is a reason it engages peoples basest systems.

• overcast 8y ago
  "drops" have their equivalent in every other form of music. Breakdowns in hardcore, choruses in pop music, it's just a catchy part of any tune that people easily grab onto.
  • anamexis 8y ago
    Drops certainly have equivalents in other music, but I don't think those are good comparisons. I don't think the defining feature of drops is their catchiness, but the slowly building tension and sudden release.
    • cat199 8y ago
      > Drops certainly have equivalents in other music, but I don't think those are good comparisons. seriously? dubstep is just 'another' form of eletctronic dance music.. and, to be opinionated, basically rhythmically dumbed-down drum&bass which itself is rhythmically dumbed down jungle which itself is rhythmically more complicated hardcore techno minus the 4-to-the-floor bass drums of the 'main' tune... also: get off my lawn. :b
      • anamexis 8y ago
        I wasn't making any value judgments about dubstep or anything else, I was discussing the definition and semantics of what a 'drop' is.
    • overcast 8y ago
      That's exactly what breakdowns in hardcore do.