Dubstep is a genre of music, its name is derived from the largely South London-based dark 2step sound that originally came out of productions by El-B (as part of both Groove Chronicles with Noodles and then the Ghost camp), Zed Bias (aka Phuturistix, Maddslinky, tosser, cockmuncher, arsbandit and more), Horsepower and Steve Gurley in 1999-2000. Like another garage hybrid, grime, it uses dark sounds, but differs from grime in being largely instrumental. It also predates the evolution of grime by several years.
