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US DJ Top 30 · Dubstep

Dubstep rankings.

Provisional editorial placements. Read the artist’s profile for the music, career history and evidence behind the discussion.

  1. #1

    Subtronics ↗

    Subtronics makes detailed bass production part of an immediately recognizable public identity.

  2. #2

    Effin ↗

    Effin’s distinction is the collision between nostalgic source material and contemporary bass construction.

  3. #3

    Crankdat ↗

    Crankdat’s place in the bass field is grounded in a substantial run of released work and a highly direct performance identity.

  4. #4

    Wooli ↗

    Wooli’s identity depends on the tension between melodic openness and the dense physicality of dubstep and riddim.

  5. #5

    Ray Volpe ↗

    Ray Volpe’s breakthrough around Laserbeam gives his career a clear reference point, but the broader identity includes both heavy production and his own vocals.

  6. #6

    SVDDEN DEATH ↗

    SVDDEN DEATH has developed heavy dubstep into a complete theatrical language.

  7. #7

    LEVEL UP ↗

    LEVEL UP brings a battle-DJ foundation into contemporary dubstep.

  8. #8

    ALLEYCVT ↗

    ALLEYCVT’s strongest distinguishing feature is the integration of her vocal identity with heavy bass production.

  9. #9

    Sullivan King ↗

    Sullivan King makes the connection between rock and dubstep tangible through his own roles as guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer.

  10. #10

    Space Laces ↗

    Space Laces is a particularly clear case of a producer whose reputation rests on the construction of the music itself.

  11. #11

    Kompany ↗

    Kompany’s background in sound design helps explain the project’s unusually explicit relationship to production craft.

  12. #12

    Kai Wachi ↗

    Kai Wachi combines a heavy-bass identity with a pronounced interest in emotionally driven songs and hip-hop-inflected production.

  13. #13

    LAYZ ↗

    LAYZ has built a clearly focused role within contemporary heavy dubstep.

  14. #14

    Boogie T ↗

    Boogie T’s identity brings instrumental musicianship and a funk sensibility into dubstep and riddim.

  15. #15

    PEEKABOO ↗

    PEEKABOO’s identity centers on groove and the expressive use of space within bass music.

  16. #16

    Riot Ten ↗

    Riot Ten’s career has a clear turning point in Rail Breaker, following the Sullivan King collaboration Fuck It and his arrival at Dim Mak in 2017.

  17. #17

    Dirt Monkey ↗

    Dirt Monkey’s defining trait is the portability of a production identity across dubstep, house and drum & bass.

  18. #18

    Bear Grillz ↗

    Bear Grillz’s bass-chart identity is built around a sustained catalog and an immediately recognizable public character.

  19. #19

    TVBOO ↗

    TVBOO combines distorted bass production with a public personality that is central to the project’s appeal.

  20. #20

    ATLiens ↗

    ATLiens connects an extraterrestrial visual identity with a deliberately unsettling bass-music world.

  21. #21

    YDG ↗

    YDG’s identity moves between dubstep and experimental bass, with remixes providing an important route into a wider audience.

  22. #22

    GorillaT ↗

    GorillaT’s position on the bass chart is grounded in a developing body of released work, with Inner Mind providing a multi-track chapter beyond the project’s individual singles.

  23. #23

    Cyclops ↗

    Cyclops places experimental texture inside the physical framework of heavy bass.

  24. #24

    Vastive ↗

    Vastive’s background as a metal-band vocalist gives the project’s bass-and-metal combination a concrete personal foundation.

  25. #25

    VLCN ↗

    VLCN’s history shows an increasingly explicit connection between heavy production and melodic songwriting.

  26. #26

    Hairitage ↗

    Hairitage’s bass-chart identity is anchored in a sustained production catalog and a visible collaborative network.

  27. #27

    Emorfik ↗

    Emorfik’s position belongs to the contemporary bass generation whose identity develops through a direct relationship between recorded output and performance culture.

  28. #28

    Perry Wayne ↗

    Perry Wayne’s history is defined by a clear network of bass labels and collaborators.

  29. #29

    Calcium ↗

    Calcium’s identity is rooted in the specialist vocabulary of dubstep and riddim.

  30. #30

    RZRKT ↗

    RZRKT combines melodic material with heavy bass through a deliberately hybrid production identity.