Bit more syncopated version of the same concept, also with placeholder sounds.
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Tryna explain to my friend who made this, that this is not 7/8, it’s actually 7/4, haha. Dope song.
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@Mandrake here’s an actual release with a bit of a skewed time signature. I think the main bassline loops at 6/4.
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doesnt sound odd to me, then again that could just be because im used to odd time signatures, i like the vibe though! its like a tune not made on earth
iv started a half time 5/4 track by the way that i might slide in here if i feel like it 
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aight heres a wip of the thing iv been working on 
slow 5/4, i have officially contributed to dubstep (hopefully)
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Digging this A LOT!
We have a couple threads for tunes so once this is done post it up!
(They don’t get a lot of action these days but still worth posting)
We also run regular porduction competitions in the production section of the forum so get involved in those too. The most recent one closed for submissions today but I’ll be running new comps in the new year
Ninja Dubs Club - if you’re new, you’ll probably not be able to access this part of the forum yet…
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thanks mate! ill keep this in mind for any future dubstep related tracks i make as well, happy to contribute to the dubstep world
as for the production competitions ill consider it but it depends on how i feel
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No worries, they’re regular and zero obligaton to join. Just for funsies.
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this song is done! excited to see if rhythmically-unorthodox dubstep has a place, and if it does ill be happy to continue messing around with it
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sounds bang on 4/4 to me
good tune
Looool “wait how fast am I counting and where do I stop?”
Well, polymeter 6 bars then loop, then. It does not loop after 4 bars.
EDIT: not sure you can call it a polymeter, it’s more mixed meter I guess, since the drums follow the bassline riff, and also loops back after 6 bars.
Quarter notes versus 8th notes innit?
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i mean honestly 6/4 dubstep could probably go hard on its own because its an even number and even numbers usually go well in a dance context… might give that a try, 6/4’s one of my favorites
while im here ima ask mention; iv also been wondering if things like quintuplets (aka dividing beats into groups of 5) or septuplets (groups of 7) would work, the beat would be in 4/4 so you could probably still turn your brain off and vibe to it but would the odd groupings interfere with that? and more importantly is there any dubstep tunes out there that use quintuplets or septuplets?
I guess you haven’t seen this one? Terrible riddim fuckery, but ye.
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So yeah, I definitely think you could make tuplets (or even groups of nested tuplets) work in a dub / bass music setting, if structured in a way as to not confuse the listener too much.
This album by Granul, from March this year, is pretty close to what you’re talking about, kinda.
You also have this song by Gantz off the Pusher Acid EP, which has a riff going in a 5 over 4 polyrhythm.
I can say that this shit is incredibly hard to mix into a DJ set, I’ve tried.
There’s a lot of 2-step adjacent things having really skewed, off-kilter rhythms, but that’s more due to the extreme shuffle.
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Some inspiration:
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i actually have, and although i do like that track i actually prefer a different one by the same guy although as far as i can tell though its not dubstep but ill post it here as its relevant; still way too confusing for anyone who just wants to vibe, i just like really confusing stuff
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I’ve got a track I’m working on that sounded odd to my ears and then I realised I’d set it somehow to 3/4
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thats the first time iv ever heard of accidentally making a track confusing lmao