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Substep Infrabass | |
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| Also known as | SI |
| Born | Robert Zbigniew Hurlak |
| Origin | Silesia, Poland |
| Genres | Dubstep, deathstep, dark ambient |
| Occupation | Music producer |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Substep Infrabass (also styled SI), the recording name of Robert Zbigniew Hurlak, is a Polish electronic-music producer based in the United Kingdom. Active from 2008, he is associated with the early Polish dubstep scene and with the heavy, metal-influenced strain of dubstep later known as "deathstep".[1][2]
Background
[edit]Hurlak comes from the Silesia region of Poland. Before producing electronic music he was active in the Polish death metal, slam and grindcore scene as a guitarist and drummer, in the bands Rectal Sludge and Hybrid Exoneration.[3] He later relocated to the United Kingdom.[2]
Career
[edit]Hurlak began producing bass-heavy electronic music in 2008.[2] Polish music press of the period covered the project: DJ Mag (Polish edition) ran a release review of the Monotonium / Memories split in November 2008[4] and, in 2009, a full feature on the Polish dubstep scene that described the project and its founder as a Silesian former death-metal musician who had relocated to the United Kingdom.[2] The same split release was also reviewed in the Polish club-music magazine Life!.[5]
In 2010 the Rooted in Immense Brutality EP was released by the Swedish/UK label Bass Punch Records. The Polish webzine Nowamuzyka reviewed it, describing the work as an innovative project by a former death-metal drummer combining heavy bass with audible death-metal roots.[1] In 2012 Hurlak released the concept album Brutbiental Narkogorium on Crude Records, with cover artwork by illustrator Jon Zig. Polish music journalist Marcin Flint cited the album in a 2012 column for dustyroom.pl.[6]
Deathstep and attribution
[edit]Hurlak states that he coined and defined the term "deathstep" in late 2008 or early 2009.[7] Accounts of the subgenre's origins differ. The producer Bratkilla, frequently described as a pioneer of deathstep, has publicly stated that he first encountered the style and the term through Substep Infrabass around 2007–2008, and has declined sole credit for originating the genre.[8] Later commentary by other writers instead dates deathstep to around 2014 and associates it primarily with the producer Code:Pandorum.[9]
Musical style
[edit]The project's early sound has been characterised as distorted dubstep wobble bass combined with metal-influenced drumming and death- and black-metal themes, titles and artwork, with occasional symphonic elements, produced entirely through synthesis rather than recorded instruments.[1][7]
In film
[edit]A remixed edit of Hurlak's track "Brutbientum" (the "Ben Fowler Remix") appears on the official soundtrack of the 2017 science-fiction film MindGamers (Red Bull Media House). The composition is credited to Robert Zbigniew Hurlak.[10]
Selected discography
[edit]EPs and albums
- Rooted in Immense Brutality (EP, Bass Punch Records, 2010)
- Brutbiental Narkogorium (Crude Records, 2012)
- Inverturial (EP, Darkfloor, 2023)
Notable singles and tracks
- "Monotonium" / "Memories" (split with Flatmate, F4T Music, 2008)
- "Voices From God" (Bass Punch, 2009)
- "Voices From God (Deathstep VIP)" (Bass Punch, 2010) — cited as among the earliest deathstep tracks[1]
- "The Satheist" (Bass Punch, 2010)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Substep Infrabass – Rooted In Immense Brutality EP". Nowamuzyka.pl (in Polish). 4 November 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ^ a b c d Piątyszek, Marcin (2009). "Dubstep po polsku" [Dubstep in Polish]. DJ Mag (Polish edition) (in Polish). p. 53.
- ^ "Hybrid Exoneration". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ^ "Substep Infrabass / Flatmate – Monotonium / Memories review". DJ Mag (Polish edition) (in Polish). November 2008.
- ^ "Substep Infrabass / Flatmate – Monotonium / Memories (m3t4 version) review". Life! Polish Club Music Magazine (in Polish). 2008.
- ^ "Siedem Cali: Marcin Flint". dustyroom.pl (in Polish). 24 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ^ a b "Substep Infrabass". Bandcamp. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ^ "Bratkilla – statement on the term Deathstep". Facebook. 25 April 2016.
- ^ "Deathstep". Namuwiki. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ^ MindGamers (Original Soundtrack) (Media notes). Substep Infrabass – "Brutbentium (Ben Fowler Remix)". Red Bull Media House. 2017.
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