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!
GDTV Sets
Benny Ill [Horsepower] – GetDarkerTV 298
Special guest Benny ill (Horsepower) with a selection of vinyl classics, live on episode 298. […]
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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
This Is Dubstep Christmas Party – Youngsta b2b Distance, 16 Bit, Jakes, Alley Cat, Darkside & Vivek, Kutz b2b Dismantle
GetDarker presents This Is Dubstep – Christmas Party 2011 at Cable, London with Youngsta b2b Distance, Jakes, V.I.V.E.K b2b Darkside, 16Bit, Kutz b2b Dismantle, Alley Cat with MC’s Toast & LX One […]
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.