Editing UK bass (section)

==Origins==
The breadth of styles that have come to be associated with the term preclude it from being a specific musical genre. ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' writer Martin Clark has suggested that "well-meaning attempts to loosely define the ground we're covering here are somewhat futile and almost certainly flawed. This is not one genre. However, given the links, interaction, and free-flowing ideas… you can't dismiss all these acts as unrelated."<ref name=P /> [[Dubstep]] producer [[Skream]] is quoted in an interview with ''[[The Independent]]'' in September 2011 as saying: <blockquote>The word dubstep is being used by a lot of people and there were a lot of people being tagged with the dubstep brush. They don't want to be tagged with it and shouldn't be tagged with it – that's not what they're pushing... When I say 'UK bass', it's what everyone UK is associated with so it would be a lot easier if it was called that."<ref>{{cite news|title=Skream: "I want to make sure once this fad dies out, I'm still standing" |url=http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/13/skream-%E2%80%98i-want-to-make-sure-once-this-fad-dies-out-i%E2%80%99m-still-standing%E2%80%99/ |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=2011-09-13 |access-date=2012-01-04 |location=London |first=Sam |last=Moir |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226221922/http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/13/skream-%E2%80%98i-want-to-make-sure-once-this-fad-dies-out-i%E2%80%99m-still-standing%E2%80%99/ |archive-date=2011-12-26 }}</ref></blockquote>

In the [[United Kingdom]], bass music has had major mainstream success since the late 2000s and early 2010s, with artists such as [[James Blake (musician)|James Blake]],<ref name=P/> [[Benga (musician)|Benga]], [[Burial (musician)|Burial]], [[Sbtrkt|SBTRKT]], [[Sophie (musician)|Sophie]], [[Rustie]], [[Zomby]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22322-ultra/|title=Zomby: Ultra Album Review – Pitchfork|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] }}</ref> and [[Skream]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/30/example-uk-bass|title=Example: 'I have a formula now'|first=Rob|last=Fitzpatrick|date=30 June 2011|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> The term "[[post-dubstep]]" has been used synonymously to refer to artists, such as Blake and [[Mount Kimbie]] whose work draws on UK garage, 2-step, and other forms of underground dance music, as well as [[ambient music]] and early [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]].<ref name="S">{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2011/03/listen-10-post-dubstep-artists-who-matter/ |title=10 Post-Dubstep Artists Who Matter |last=Aaron |first=Charles |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=4 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailygamecock.com/mix/item/1538-sbtrkt-adds-to-post-dubstep-genre |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716210144/http://www.dailygamecock.com/mix/item/1538-sbtrkt-adds-to-post-dubstep-genre |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 July 2011 |title=SBTRKT adds to post-dubstep genre |last=Moore |first=Thad |work=[[The Daily Gamecock]] |date=12 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2011/05/bubblin-blawan-takes-post-dubste |title=Blawan takes post-dubstep and UK house out of its comfort zone |last=Guidry |first=Jake |work=[[XLR8R]] |date=19 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902065804/http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2011/05/bubblin-blawan-takes-post-dubste |archive-date=2 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/nov/16/new-band-fantastic-mr-fox |title=Fantastic Mr Fox (No 910) |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=6 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/a-profile-of-james-blake-post-dubstep-artist/11912.html |title=A profile of James Blake – post-dubstep artist |work=[[BBC News]] |date=6 January 2011}}</ref> Outside of nightclubs, UK bass has mainly been promoted and played on [[Internet radio]] stations such as [[Sub.FM]] and [[Rinse FM]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thethingis.co.uk/2008/04/05/the-rise-of-online-radio |title=The Rise of Online Radio |last=Tidey |first=Jimmy |date=5 April 2008 |access-date=29 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719113614/http://thethingis.co.uk/2008/04/05/the-rise-of-online-radio/ |archive-date=19 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Clark|first1=Martin|title=Grime / Dubstep|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/grime-dubstep/7901-grime-dubstep/|website=Pitchfork|access-date=10 September 2017|date=17 November 2010}}</ref>