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
VIDEO – Youngsta interview for XLR8R – 2007
Youngsta schools XLR8R on dubstep & explains the evolution of the genre, its key players and which records should be on your turntable. […]
Video
VIDEO – DMZ 10th Birthday
Last tune of Zed Bias, Kode 9 & Benny Ill and the begin of Digital Mystikz & Loefah w/ Sgt Pokes at Electric Brixton, UK […]
Mixes
Hatcha & D1 – Kiss FM – 25/11/2009
Hatcha and Dubpolice family D1 are in the Kiss FM studios! […]
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.