N-Type, The Universal, Glasgow, 2 Mar

Dubstep remains on the lower periphery of underground music. The representation at Glasgow's Universal is evidence of this, and not necessarily in a 'Who stole the crowd' way - because the place is nicely full for the majority of the night. But when observing the crowd itself you can tell that these people live each tune and hanker for each and every reload. This is tough within this genre, which is hard to keep up with at the best of times. The bass is massive, each tune rattling the whole building with the Mungo's Hi Fi sound system only just warming up. Dubstep is truly a new culture, one which is beginning to infiltrate on the back of its pioneering producers like N-Type, the headliner of the evening. If you want something different, crave heavy bass and like to grind all night then keep your ears to the ground - you'll soon hear the Dubsteb vibrations loud and clear, winding their way to a dark place near you. [Jonny Ogg]