Benga

Sat., June 13, 10 p.m., Subdivision Warehouse Party with Plastic Little, Flufftronix and RX, $10, 941 Theater, 941 N. Front St., 215-235-5603, radsummer.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman

dubstep/electronica

Twenty-two-year-old Beni Uthman is one of dubstep's few genuine superstars: Both a pioneer and a popularizer, he helped spearhead the genre as a young teenager, making tracks on his Sony PlayStation, and he scored one of its defining hits with 2007's "Night," a legitimately massive crossover smash in the U.K. But the South London-based producer also stands somewhat apart from the shadowy, semi-anonymous (and largely Caucasian) dubstep scene with an upfront and visible persona — his 2008 album Diary of an Afro-Warrior features an elegantly tough cover portrait — that matches the visceral urgency of his highly varied and infectious grooves. These draw on everything from hard-hitting techno and house to minimalist electro in addition to typically moody grime, jungle and reggae elements, and sometimes boast surprisingly soulful synth melodies along with the bleeping riffs, stark, edgy percussion and intoxicatingly heavy bass for which the genre is best known.

Sat., June 13, 10 p.m., Subdivision Warehouse Party with Plastic Little, Flufftronix and RX, $10, 941 Theater, 941 N. Front St., 215-235-5603, radsummer.com.