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! | |
| Xavier Emanuels 05.01.2009 | That sounds like one hell of a soundsystem - your ears must be absolutly minced after that ! |
| Adolf Hit 04.01.2009 | Benga was playing after Skream but just appeared on stage and eventually so did a mic! Skream dropped "Not over yet' that was huge. I believe I would have to say that was the best set/s I have seen in my life, it was like listening to music for the first time or something. It was a weird gig, it had rained the evening before so the entire dance floor was 4" of mud, hence you couldnt really move your feet. Every time they dropped a new bass line rather than the energetic cheer you get from a crowd there was a delayed moan which was a cross between a "wow" and and groan The bass was spastic, it was actually causing me to loose balance when it dropped, and when you had your eyes shut you got this tripy synysthesia from the bass pushing your eye lids flat and distorting all the stage lighting that was coming through. |
| Vernice Aclan 03.01.2009 | Woot! Never seen Benga Mcing, apparently his sets with Skream are amazing though, those two play well together. Were they supporting each other or did he just turn up? Saw Caspa and Rusko do a huge set at the Big Chill this year and Skream and Benga were up there dancing around on stage, the Dubstep community is really tightknit and friendly over here |
| Virginia Ortiz 03.01.2009 | i just saw Benga MCing over Skream. does anyone know if this has happened before? or will it ever happen again PHAT we get the exclusive |
| Vernice Aclan 25.12.2008 | I wouldn't say drum n bass is dead, or that it will ever die. I believe every music genre in the world evolves and changes with the times. From my perspective as an Old-Skool Junglist, I've seen my favourite genre evolve into Drum n Bass through the 90's. Now everyone back then said Jungle had died and that Drum n Bass had taken its place. Nonsense! If you listen to DnB tunes, you can clearly hear all the things that have been taken from Jungle and just merged into something new and fresh. The beauty of this is that a lot of the things people love about Drum n Bass can be found in Jungle, which is why it as a genre has never died. Especially now with the slight decline in popularity of DnB, loads of Junglist movements have started up again to my delight! The same process can be seen within Dubstep, it seems the most popular Dubstep tunes are ones that share the same characteristics to DnB tunes. Which is why you see the likes of Chase n Status and Pendulum delving into the Dubstep arena and gaining mainstream success. While on the subject of Dubstep, can I just say I'm really disappointed atm with the amount of crap tunes there are about. I've followed it avidly for the past 4 years and seen a very shakey musical progression. I LOVE the concept and tbh the dirtier the better with me () But just because it's dirty doesnt mean it cant be musical, or intelligent, or even a song. I'm tired of going to Dubstep gigs where they just play a really boring tune really loud just to make it interesting. Now I'm all for simplicity, take Skreams remix of the Klaxons - Not over yet. Simple dubstep remix, but at the same time there's a melody, theme and simple progression through the song. Perfect bassy bliss, gets everyone jumpin. So many Dubstep tunes just dont seem to have anything going for them other than Bass these days, some not even melodic bass, just sub and snare! Ok haha I could go on, rant over! But by god, when I get my studio back watch this space for some decent dubstep. I love it so much, it just needs to be done well! Happy xmas all, great community |
| Tianna Laguerre 25.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by Tekki
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| Ryan Morales 24.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by Kaon
Never has a truer word been spoken. lol. |
| Random X 24.12.2008 | Congrats K! And idd, spor is awesome! |
| Xavier Emanuels 24.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by obsidiance
Originally Posted by Kaon
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| Dj Daxsen 23.12.2008 | Got a nice Spor collection recently, DAMN SOME OF THAT SHIT IS FRESH! |
| Virginia Ortiz 22.12.2008 | wo post 250 on this thread was my 250th personal post. its like 2 birthdays at once |
| Virginia Ortiz 22.12.2008 | [{drum and bass is dead because compared to late ninties early 00's it was a much more popular genre.}] --i dont believe popularity has any relevance to the death of any given genre, in fact above all things i believe popularity is the biggest killer of genres known to man. [{there isn't much development or progression anymore.}] --What have you been listening to? Come to New Zealand oi :P I personaly believe dnb has gotten better with age (like a fine fine wine). [{dubstep is often compared to or described as a sub genre because the roots of both styles are in dubois muisc}] --every genre is a sub-genre of something else, dubstep just needs more subs than all the others sublime! |
| Virginia Ortiz 22.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by heathledger
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| Random X 20.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by heathledger
Originally Posted by BentoSan
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| Xavier Emanuels 20.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by midifidler
I imagine someone like AndyC could manually beatmatch alot faster and more reliably than beat detecting\ beat matching Vinyl decks could(if such a thing even existed). |
| Mostafa sharifzade 19.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by Tekki
drum and bass is dead because compared to late ninties early 00's it was a much more popular genre. there isn't much development or progression anymore. dubstep is often compared to or described as a sub genre because the roots of both styles are in dubois muisc. |
| Adolf Hit 19.12.2008 | Me & Kaon went to this gig our mate was playing at the other evening
and went for a spliff with the MC. He said a lot of interesting things as he has worked with most of the worlds biggest D & B DJ's over the last 15 years, but one thing he said was super interesting, that Andy C uses decks which auto beat match. I know some decks have BPM counters on them, but I have never heard of any decks which actually sync themselves. Does Andy C use DVS now? |
| Virginia Ortiz 15.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
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| Random X 15.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
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| Da Sunlounge 15.12.2008 | drum n' bass is getting younger! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHmIHALIeq4 __ |
| Virginia Ortiz 15.12.2008 | fuck they look like trailer trash. they are the shit tho, first time ive ever seen the guy on the right without a ciggarette |
| Xavier Emanuels 15.12.2008 | Who needs midi controls when you have a preset playlist, just play with the line faders and eq's on the mixer that have no audio passing through them anyway ! |
| Random X 15.12.2008 | Ghahahahahaha... Damn dude! You nailed it, I was believeing what it reminded me of, but this is it. |
| Roberto Viccione 15.12.2008 | I believe his face says "I'm a drunk who always wanted to be in the Village People" :-) |
| Random X 15.12.2008 | I am still waiting for the story that he was wondering why his MPD wasn't working. The look on his face is just that wasted. If this wasn't the case, I would say the last one DvlsAdvct. |
| Roberto Viccione 15.12.2008 | Dude, I always wanted a wireless MPD24. You believe they have a modification for it or they are just tools? ;-) |
| Random X 15.12.2008 | Well.. When talking of line problems, I still believe of Justice and their "wireless" performance: |
| Xavier Emanuels 15.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by B33SON
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| Random X 15.12.2008 | Ghahahaha, this thread gets better and better. Time to break out the popcorn yet? |
| Hannes Deburchgraeve 15.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
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| Virginia Ortiz 14.12.2008 | haha the title is somewhat oxymoronic (is that the right word??) we all love morons here. and oxen |
| Fady Soliman 14.12.2008 | i sure hope its not dead!!! would like to get back in it, dont have much but faith massive and culture shift are awsome d & b artists!!! |
| Virginia Ortiz 14.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
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| Random X 12.12.2008 | Niiiiiiice! |
| Adolf Hit 12.12.2008 | @BEESON Nelson is a pretty cool little city, has a pretty decent d&b scene for its size @ TEKKI Just brought Ganja Man, that bass line is dope! |
| Random X 12.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by B33SON
Originally Posted by B33SON
Originally Posted by B33SON
Originally Posted by B33SON
These guys have d&b genetically encoded. |
| Hannes Deburchgraeve 12.12.2008 | ...Did you know I was actually born in Nelson, NZ? |
| Hannes Deburchgraeve 12.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
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| Xavier Emanuels 12.12.2008 | Any place that has Drum and Bass as the last mention on their flier has a sucky electronic music scene Come to Perth, now here is a real electronic music scene - we are one of the drum and bass capitals of the world. Here D&B takes up the whole flier and Electro House doesnt even rate a mention |
| Hannes Deburchgraeve 12.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
...Maybe you're just too isolated on that little island down there and haven't heard the glorious sounds of banging electro house? |
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