Loefah - Mud
Mud by Loefah was selected by Chase & Status on the innaugural Skream and Benga show on April 6 2012. It's a half-speed (70 bpm) dubstep tune released on DMZ in 2006. I'd not heard it before it was featured on Skream and Benga's show being more into D&B, hence not dubstep, up until a year ago. I remember first hearing dubstep at D&B shows back in the early 2000s and not enjoying it. I felt it was too slow, and difficult to dance to, especially as my body and brain were expecting 160 bpm.
The tune features a slow pulsing bass and a reverby snare with a ghost like introduction and interlude. It's darker than much of the music I listen to these days, but that's just my taste. Perhaps "dubstep" is an incorrect description. More like dub.
