Bass music takes over

I told you so - bass music is the future.

It's interesting to see that Dub Pack, the flyer pack that was all about dubstep, has now added the strapline 'bass music specialists' to its promotions.

Also Outlook Festival in Croatia - which looks utterly wicked - had previously classed itself as Europe's largest dubstep festival, but now has flyers calling itself Europe's largest dubstep and bass culture festival.

These may seem like minor moves to the casual observer, but they reflect a wider shift in the dance music scene.

Bass music is a catch-all term for UK sounds reaching from two-step to dubstep to breaksy electroey tech housey stuff - anything with a hefty bassline, basically. It really is splendid and there are lots of clubs in the capital where you can rave to it. And after more than a decade in which club nights had singled themselves out by a particular music genre, we're now back into an era of mish-mashed music styles in one room.

If you want to catch some bass music next weekend, try Numbers at Fabric on Friday 9 July. Alternatively that night you can toddle on down to the more grimey but equally stompin' Jamm in Brixton for the Dub Pack night. I'll be honest - I don't recognise most of the names on the lineup, but as Dub Pack is now the 'bass music specialist' I trust they will deliver.