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
Croydub2b2b2b – Live Stream [Cluekid, Cyrus, Darkside, Distance, Horsepower, N-Type, Quest + more]
Sgt Pokes, Darkside, Cluekid, Distance, Cyrus, N-Type, Horsepower, Walsh, Kromestar, Tubby, Benton, Sepia, K-Man, Oneman, Cimm, Crazy D + more […]
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. […]
Premieres
Proxima – Trapped
Heavy direction from Proxima […]
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.