The Drum & Bass Thread (formally Drum 'n' Bass is dead?)
The Drum & Bass Thread (formally Drum 'n' Bass is dead?) Posted on: 19.08.2008 by Random X Every now and than, a musical genres foremost poet or pioneer will come forth claiming the style is dead.We've already seen it in punk, hip hop, metal, rock and opera already. Stupidest thing even, that this seems to be some kind of "retro- cycle" that passes along every decade. With the coming of styles like dubstep amongst others, purists are really keen on claiming that these styles are no derative or subgenre of our beloved DnB. Better yet, they utter the words "DnB is dead!" If your own creative impulses can't cope with a style any longer, why claim it is dead in the first place? Couldn't it just evolve into other (sub)styles? No, kill your idols instead! There seems to be no better way to start something new, than completely destroy any relations with the past. How can a genre with high BPM rates be dead, while comparing it to the ever so low BPM rates of the ever so vivid dubstep? Ofcourse, BPM rates are not a factor in this case, but people listening and enjoying DnB are. There are still heaps and heaps of bass-heads still jumping their shoes to the sounds of d&b pioneers as Krush, Bukem, Dom & Roland and all others still producing. Agreed that the old spirit needs to be revived. Still, it's no reason to don the old lass after that much joy she has given us. Drum and Bass is dead? It seems ever so vibrant as it was in 1996! | |
| Ryan Morales 05.03.2009 |
Originally Posted by Kaon
lol you can pick the Ewun track out easy as. I know what you mean by visionary. Its very... as you say, different. Slightly is awesome man, he comes from a metal background so he uses heaps of that, his tracks are deep as and mix so much shit into them. The more you listen the more your like 'oh fuck yes'. I'm working on a few tracks with him atm. Theres another track of his that you should listen to on his myspace called 'panic' probably more your style, while still very different ;] http://www.myspace.com/nefariousresidents |
| Virginia Ortiz 05.03.2009 | i dont know any of them by name cos i got em on my shuffle but the ewun track is crushing my brains. visionaries is... differernt, but i like it. wouldnt play it tho, i dont understand it |
| Ryan Morales 05.03.2009 | lol. What tracks stood out for you so far ? I like everything I sent but these ones stand out: Slightly - Visionary C&S - Against All Odds (Xample Remix) Ewun - Phone Tap Catacomb - Desert Storm Raiden & The Sect - Leffe Rawtekk - Respond |
| Virginia Ortiz 05.03.2009 | hahaha was listening to the tracks it was like. tech,tech,noisy,tech,OMFG!!! |
| Virginia Ortiz 05.03.2009 | got em bro gonna listen to em over lunch. ill post my awe soon |
| Virginia Ortiz 05.03.2009 | k lols |
| Ryan Morales 05.03.2009 |
Originally Posted by Kaon
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| Virginia Ortiz 05.03.2009 | k so i wont play that one out then? to avoid beheading? |
| Ryan Morales 05.03.2009 | Sic. PM'd you. I've only included 1 Ewun tune but theres heaps of other stuff there, can send you more Ewun. Pretty wide range of DnB/Jungle stuff, new and oldschool. Theres also one dub that I probably shouldnt have given you as its not mastered and completely unreleased (Slightly - Visionary). Its pretty fuckn cool. Kinda jungle, kinda dubstep, kinda metal/rock not really a banger but either way fk'n sic tune, . Just dont give it to anyone else.. |
| Random X 05.03.2009 |
Originally Posted by Kaon
Originally Posted by midian
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| Virginia Ortiz 05.03.2009 | most excellent i really want new ewun |
| Ryan Morales 05.03.2009 |
Originally Posted by Tekki
My parents just said that the property has had some stuff done to it so that it might not be legit for camping (other then the fact theres no power/water), but IMO fuckit we just roll there and camp on the beach if we have to if the weather is legit, it will still be mint there anyways. Oh and I've found you a nice selection of tunes. Ewun - Wiretap You WILL play this. Its fucking siic. 1/2 way between breaks, DnB and Godzilla stomping over downtown LA wearing high heels while talking on a cellphone. |
| Virginia Ortiz 05.03.2009 | almost, youre in the only comparably awesome place |
| Random X 05.03.2009 | Oh mannn, just for imagining how phat this one's going to be.... I can almost hate not being a Kiwi too! |
| Virginia Ortiz 05.03.2009 |
Originally Posted by midian
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| Ryan Morales 05.03.2009 |
Originally Posted by Kaon
Definately need some crafty party geometries! I'm believeing some party squares would be win. But circles could also be the go. we should stop hijaking the thread now and post some more epic DnB's ;D |
| Virginia Ortiz 05.03.2009 | chur chur youll have to get onto those tunes quick cos the gigs tomorrow evening
maybe we could get a generator? and some crafty party geometries |
| Ryan Morales 05.03.2009 | Yeah fair enough. I just cant miss Ewun Caspa or C4C tbh. Toys are win... cant wait for Ableton8 and the APC40! Yeah man should be fkn deeeep. Will find out if we can get power to the property today. If so... fuck yes! That would be mint! My parents have 2 properties near each other, one has a full on house on it etc which is where they are living and we can stay there (its fkn mean), but there is also the other property which is 10 seconds from their personal beach and there is pretty much no one around, but it has no house on it etc. If no power IMO we get a car with decent sounds and crank that. All depends on the Weather as well. I will hunt for some epic DnB tunes. I believe I have one or 3 in mind 4 u. |
| Virginia Ortiz 05.03.2009 | phat moon is too expensive for a one evening
er gig, itll cost like 2 weeks pay all up and i just cant do that right now cos i want toys effin keen for the beach ay! thats gonna be epic, mike said you might have power? we should take up my pa and make some loud noizes in the wild! and na i havent heard that tune yet, mikes got it im guessing, along with that dirty remix of 'no matter what' if you have any new slammingly massive epic dnb tracks id be keen but we got the lectros and the step ready to go. we been postering hard so hopefully that paid off. keen to see what a surging pill-pit is like from the booth |
| Ryan Morales 05.03.2009 |
Originally Posted by Kaon
What tunes you got ready ? I might have something for ya if you let me know what ur lookn for. Btw did u listen to that new High Rankin tune? Decent. Yeah man, keys are the win. Cant wait to get my monitors back (stil a month away :[ ). Oh btw you rollin' with up north to my parents bay @ the end of april? Will be decent. Oh and Phat moon (C4C, Caspa, Ewun, SoM & Truth FTW) |
| Virginia Ortiz 05.03.2009 | na we just been practicing hard out for sat evening
. got some slammers lined up i want my axiom49 first. really cant be bothered until i get a physical interface to bash on |
| Ryan Morales 05.03.2009 |
Originally Posted by Kaon
Hows the studio roll'n bro? Produced anything yet ? I havnt had time to do shit. Been at work til 1am for the past few days :/ |
| Virginia Ortiz 05.03.2009 | yea itll neva be a classic, but it still makes me want to hunt down and slay some mermaid poon or somethin |
| Virginia Ortiz 05.03.2009 | hard, thats the best reveiw ever. the tune may be shallow, but you got to admit, any tune that sounds like -Shakira had sex with the singer from Evanescence and produced a gremlin which cut it's own throat with a rusty blade and then sung into a toy microphone in the helium filled bathroom of a derelict Romanian towerblock, -is fucking good. it would have taken a long time to create such a noise, and a lot of...magic... and money |
| Ryan Morales 05.03.2009 | That description is fucking gold. Made me lol IRL. Yeah I believe it actually makes the music sound good ;] |
| Roberto Viccione 05.03.2009 | That is the most awesome review ever. It actually sounds like a good thing to me. (I mean, I wouldn't complain seeing Shakira have sex with the lead singer from Evanescence) |
| Ryan Morales 05.03.2009 | lol, this tune is getting some hate over on Dogs on Acid "This sounds like Shakira had sex with the singer from Evanescence and produced a gremlin which cut it's own throat with a rusty blade and then sung into a toy microphone in the helium filled bathroom of a derelict Romanian towerblock." That sounds like a quote from you Kaon. Gold. TBH I can kinda see where they are coming from. I liked the tune at first but then the more I listen the more shallow I see it is when comparing it to true classics. |
| Virginia Ortiz 05.03.2009 | lame it has no windows media player function |
| Ryan Morales 05.03.2009 | Pretty sure its Bassdrive. Its also on the Hospital Records podcast #77 |
| Virginia Ortiz 05.03.2009 | what station is that b-complex track off? |
| Virginia Ortiz 04.03.2009 | indeed. we have every kind of naturally occuring environment in the world all our little island. and our humans have a stranger culture thean most of the rest of the world (ive travelled) which i put down to our isolation |
| Ryan Morales 04.03.2009 | ^ what this evil techno-hippie said. Also we have some of (if not 'the') best natural environment in the world. Pristine beaches, tropical islands, snow, epic rain forests, awesome diving and water stuffs, crazy canyons / sounds. Pretty much everything... and its all within a few hours of each other. (Less if you fly). Awesome. |
| Virginia Ortiz 04.03.2009 |
Originally Posted by gfocus
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| Random X 04.03.2009 | Cool man, big ups to the Collective than. (And also to you for being a masochist pickup artist. ) |
| Adolf Hit 03.03.2009 | Went to an awesome mid week d&b gig last evening
. Its the 1st week at Uni this week so the biggest club in our city (confusingly also the largest in NZ) got concord dawn in, which is fucking wierd coz they are by no means a dance bar and have never done anything like that before. But it fucking went off! 800 tickets sold before the gig and there would of been well over 1000 people there. + we had The Collective on all the posters because one of our crew (evade) opened for Concord. Makes up for the countless hours I spent there while at uni trying to pick up while dancing to r&b |
| Random X 03.03.2009 | Teh wrath of teh Evil One! Sorry guys, just couldn't resist. Had to take this post. |
| Random X 03.03.2009 | 1 more dammit! |
| Random X 03.03.2009 | Yups. Thats why it was called Nieuw Zeeland at first. That has been translated to the english equivalent/translation New Zealand. |
| Sasha Alexander 04.03.2009 |
Originally Posted by Tekki
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| Random X 03.03.2009 | OMG, who will make post 666 in this epic thread? :eek: |
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