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The franchise alternated monthly with a house and techno twin, fabric , that reflected its Saturday night lineups. The mix was rejected. December loomed, and a new release was needed. They were familiar faces in the club and the office, having signed a publishing deal with the label earlier in the year. And they were, crucially, considered reliable. Caspa and Rusko were given three days to deliver their mix.
It was, in many ways, just like any other show—except the club was empty, it was 4 p. The final recording was mastered on Tuesday morning, burned to CD on Wednesday, and promo copies were in the post by Friday. The unusual time pressure meant the tracklist was selected from a limited pot. No easy task: By , dubstep had coalesced from its initial pairing of dark garage and jungle into a recognizable style, and it was already beginning to mutate.
Sub-shoots were spreading outward—first by word-of-mouth, then online—from London, where it had originated. Factions were forming, each with their own devoted advocates and critics. Caspa and Rusko were flying the flag for their very own variant of the sound: loud, rude, and rowdy, with a dash of dub sensibility Rusko styled his debut EP cover on photos of Haile Selassie.
It was also a premonition of a cultural shift that would soon prioritize attention over everything: The listening equivalent of scrolling through social media, presented with an unending, increasingly bewildering stream of content designed to not just to shock or entertain you, but to keep you rolling your thumb back for more. Now, hits are minted on TikTok. Scenes no longer crystallize on mix CDs. On July 1st, , smoking in pubs, restaurants, and nightclubs became illegal in the UK.
Playing more daring tunes now carried the added risk of half the dancefloor departing for a roll-up. For dubstep in particular, a sound that in its early days attracted a distinctly red-eyed crowd, this represented an especially significant shift.
The jury was in the smoking area. At the same time, in Cambodia, there were raids and clampdowns on the production of safrole oil—a key component in the production of MDMA. By , it was the fourth most popular drug among clubbers in the country. Its white-powdered appearance, extreme moreishness, and attractive price point at a tenner a gram, it was at least four times cheaper than the going rate of what was being sold as MDMA at the time all contributed to the boom.
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