11 spot on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Album Sales chart. In January 2018, German DJ and producer Virtual Riot released his riddim-focused extended play German Engineering, which peaked at the No. Various other artists have been credited for having contributed to the rise of the subgenre, including Bukez Finezt, Coffi, The Monsters, Coki from Digital Mystikz, and Kromestar. From that wave, artists like Subfiltronik are credited for establishing what riddim is known as today. Jakes is credited by many as being the first riddim artist, and served as direct inspiration for the following wave of producers. Although not considered a riddim artist, Rusko originally produced dubstep that featured riddim-esque bassline patterns. Riddim can be traced back to several dubstep artists, including Jakes and Rusko. Īs all riddim works of music are dubstep, their histories and notable artists can be considered closely intertwined. As a subgenre, riddim started to gain mainstream presence in the electronic music scene around 2015.

Although the term was widely used by MCs since the early days of dancehall and garage music, it was later adopted by American dubstep producers and fans to describe what was originally referred to as 'wonky dubstep'.

The derived genre originally stemmed from dub, reggae, and dancehall. The term 'riddim' is the Jamaican Patois pronunciation of the English word ' rhythm', with the genre sharing a name with the genre it is primarily derived from. Originating in the United Kingdom, specifically Croydon, in the early 2010s as a resurgence of the style used by early dubstep works, riddim started to gain mainstream presence in the electronic music scene around 2015.ĭespite receiving criticism for its sometimes repetitive drops, it has grown in popularity due to various well-known electronic music DJs playing songs of the subgenre in their live sets as well as various well-known electronic music artists producing the genre. It shares the same name as the Jamaican genre that influenced both it and dubstep, which originally derived from dub, reggae, and dancehall. Riddim is a subgenre of dubstep known for its heavy use of repetitive and minimalist sub-bass and triplet percussion arrangements.

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