And the drums, the drums, the drums

I was just thinking about Benga's 'Night'. What is it that makes it such a good tune. Then I thought "I think you could play Night to some one that dislikes Grime and on the whole they'd say they liked Night" Yet... Dubstep shares a lot of characteristics with Grime.

There's the sub bass which is probably more crucial to D.S. as with Grime the focus can shift to the word if either the music isn't up to par or isn't being played on powerful enough speakers (for example phone speakers). The drums in both are important and often use irregular patterns and rhythms, sometimes veering towards like glitch music.

I have noted that in Night instead of the Sub bass being an aggressor as in a lot of Grime it is actually quite soothing. I haven't heard much dubstep but my detective powers lead me to believe this might be a common difference. I also think that while both genre's employ unusual drum patterns, the same rule applied in terms of feel. The drums in Night are very laid back and smooth while grime drums are often the opposite. It should be noted that while Night at first sounds like an alien song it is infact (im 99% sure) in standard 4/4 time.

The thought that originally made me write this was that it is in fact more the lovely rolling drums in Night that draw me to the song and note the keyboard hook that runs throughout. That and the bass.