To clarify any rumours or whispers, the first EVER dubstep tune was a remix of Elephant Man’s ‘Log On’ remixed by Horsepower Productions back in 2001.
Elephant Man – Log on [Horsepower Remix] – First ever dubstep track!
Interviews
The Story of Dubstep – BBC 1xtra – December 2010
The Story of Dubstep narrated by Mista Jam (Includes both parts 1 & 2). Dubstep and it’s creation. A two-part story focusing on dubstep, tracing the genre from its pioneers to the first supergroups. […]
Posts
Headhunter – Initiate EP
Massive doublepack from Headhunter, with “Locus Lotus” opening the set with an infectious carnival reduction complete with squashed stabs and staggered snares – the kind of propulsive 4/4 dubstep that’s primed for peak time. […]
GDTV Sets
J:Kenzo & Selah – GetDarkerTV 029
JKenzo & Sun Of Selah, live on GDTV, September 2009 […]
This isn’t dubstep. It’s Garage.
If I was to take a stab at “first ever dubstep tune” I’d say even Benga’s first release on Big Apple is a bit of a stretch.
Still a little bit more “dubstep” than the garage music that Horsepower was doing, which is basically where dubstep spawned from… http://www.discogs.com/Benga-Skank-Dose/master/15304
It’s hard to pinpoint where garage going dark and bassy ends and dubstep began… it was around 2002-2004 tho. imo.