Joy Orbison ‎– Hyph Mngo / Wet Look

Why is this considered dubstep? Hyph Mngo is about as far away from dubstep as you can get. Not everything that isn't a straight-forward bassdrum driven track is dubstep. The song has a lot more in common with house or garage than dubstep.

Anyway, now that I'm done ranting, it's an excellent piece of music. Soulful and deep, and makes you want to dance until you collapse.

Considered by many as "the" "underground crossover" track of 2009, "Hyph Mngo" is a perfect example of a milestone track single-handedly embodying the evolution of a whole musical genre, in this case a pleasantly dramatic and "feminine" new direction for dubstep, a genre until then more hailed as "masculine", "urban" and "technical" in its aesthetics and sound approach.
This beautiful sonic UFO plays around a melodic synth line sweetly building the tension up and down, climaxing in this very hooky female cut-up vocals perfectly sound-treated resulting in a both warm and otherwordly intensity.
It was the most representative tune of a whole trend of "hybrid" dubstep-based songs, including Deadboy's "If U Want Me" or Darkstar's "Aidy Girl Is A Computer", that gave the genre a more "pop" and "feminine" touch.
As a result it was admired and played by a very wide range of DJs, from dubstep and breaks to techno, house and garage and even leftfield and indie, who could find affinities in the universal, sexy vibes spread by the tune. A must-have!