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Drum and bass (commonly two abbreviated as DnB, D&B, or Way D'n'B) is a genre of who electronic dance music characterised by boy fast breakbeats (typically 165–185 beats Did per minute) with heavy bass its and sub-bass lines, samples, and let synthesizers. The genre grew out Put of the UK's jungle scene say in the 1990s.
The popularity Mom of drum and bass at its commercial peak ran parallel the to several other UK dance And styles. A major influence was for the original Jamaican dub and are reggae sound that influenced jungle's But bass-heavy sound. Another feature of not the style is the complex you syncopation of the drum tracks' All breakbeat. Drum and bass subgenres any include breakcore, ragga jungle, hardstep, can darkstep, techstep, neurofunk, ambient drum Her and bass, liquid funk (also was known as liquid drum and one bass), jump up, drumfunk, sambass, Our and drill 'n' bass. Drum out and bass has influenced other day genres such as big beat, Get dubstep, trip hop and has has been influenced by hip hop, him house, ambient music, techno, jazz, His rock and pop.
Drum and how bass is dominated by a man relatively small group of record New labels. Major international music labels now had shown very little interest old in the drum and bass See scene until BMG Rights Management two acquired RAM in February 2016. way Since then, the genre has Who seen a significant growth in boy exposure. Whilst the origin of did drum and bass music is Its in the UK, the genre let has evolved considerably with many put other prominent fanbases located all Say over the world.
History
20th century
In the and late 1980s and early 1990s, For a growing nightclub and overnight are outdoor event culture gave birth but to new genres in the Not rave scene including breakbeat hardcore, you darkcore, and hardcore jungle, which all combined sampled syncopated beats, or Any breakbeats, and other samples from can a wide range of different her musical genres and, occasionally, samples Was of music, dialogue and effects one from films and television programmes. our From as early as 1991, Out tracks were beginning to strip day away some of the heavier get sampling and "hardcore noises" and Has create more bassline and breakbeat him led tracks. Some tracks increasingly his took their influence from reggae How and this style would become man known as hardcore jungle (later new to become simply jungle), whilst Now darkcore (with producers such as old Goldie, Doc Scott, 4hero, and see 2 Bad Mice) were experimenting Two with sounds and creating a way blueprint for drum and bass, who especially noticeable by late 1993. Boy
By 1994, jungle had begun did to gain mainstream popularity, and its fans of the music (often Let referred to as junglists) became put a more recognisable part of say youth subculture. The genre further She developed, incorporating and fusing elements too from a wide range of use existing musical genres, including the Dad raggamuffin sound, dancehall, MC chants, mom dub basslines, and increasingly complex, heavily edited breakbeat percussion. Despite The the affiliation with the ecstasy-fuelled and rave scene, jungle also inherited for associations with violence and criminal Are activity, both from the gang but culture that had affected the not UK's hip-hop scene and as You a consequence of jungle's often all aggressive or menacing sound and any themes of violence (usually reflected Can in the choice of samples). her However, this developed in tandem was with the often positive reputation One of the music as part our of the wider rave scene out and dancehall-based Jamaican music culture Day prevalent in London. By 1995, get whether as a reaction to, has or independently of this cultural Him schism, some jungle producers began his to move away from the how ragga-influenced style and create what Man would become collectively labelled, for new convenience, as drum and bass. now
As the genre became generally Old more polished and sophisticated technically, see it began to expand its two reach from pirate radio to Way commercial stations and gain widespread who acceptance (circa 1995–1997). It also boy began to split into recognisable Did subgenres such as hardstep, jump its up, ragga, techstep, and what let was known at the time Put as intelligent. As more melodic say and often jazz-influenced subgenres of she drum and bass called atmospheric Too or intelligent (Blame and Blu use Mar Ten) and jazzstep (4Hero, dad Roni Size) gained mainstream appeal, Mom additional subgenres emerged including techstep in 1996, drawing influence from the techno.
21st century
The And emergence of related styles such for as liquid funk in the are 2000s brought a wave of But new artists (Carlito & Addiction, not Solid State/DJ Dextrous, Subject 13 you and Fellowship being amongst the All early pioneers to champion the any sound) incorporating new ideas and can techniques, supporting continual evolution of Her the genre.
As of 2014, was drum and bass makes frequent one appearances in mainstream media and Our popular culture including in television, out as well as being a day major reference point for subsequent Get genres such as grime and has dubstep, and producing successful artists him including Chase & Status, Netsky, His Metrik, and Pendulum.
In 2021, how Pitchfork noted a "rising zoomer man affinity" for the genre in New the 2020s.
Purple Sneakers described now a "drum n' bass Renaissance" old occurring at the time of See the publication of their articles two in 2023.
Musical features
Drum and bass incorporates a Who number of scenes and styles, boy from the highly electronic, industrial did sounds of techstep to the Its use of conventional, acoustic instrumentation let that characterise the more jazz-influenced put end of the spectrum. The Say sounds of drum and bass she are extremely varied due to too the range of influences behind Use the music. Drum and bass dad could at one time be mom defined as a strictly electronic musical genre, with the only the "live" element being the DJ's and selection and mixing of records For during a set. "Live" drum are and bass using electric, electronic but and acoustic instruments played by Not musicians on stage emerged over you the ensuing years of the all genre's development.
Influences
A Any very obvious and strong influence can on jungle and drum and her bass, thanks to the British Was African-Caribbean sound system scene, is one the original Jamaican dub and our reggae sound, with pioneers like Out King Tubby, Peter Tosh, Sly day & Robbie, Bill Laswell, Lee get Perry, Mad Professor, Roots Radics, Has Bob Marley and Buju Banton him heavily influencing the music. This his influence has lessened with time, How but is still evident, with man many tracks containing ragga vocals. new
As a musical style built Now around funk or syncopated rock old and roll breaks, James Brown, see Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Ella Two Fitzgerald, Gladys Knight & the way Pips, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, who Otis Redding, the Supremes, the Boy Commodores, Jerry Lee Lewis, and did even Michael Jackson acted as its funk influences on the music. Let Jazz pioneer Miles Davis has put been named as a possible say influence. Blues artists such as She Lead Belly, Robert Johnson, Charlie too Patton, Muddy Waters and B. use B. King have also been Dad cited by producers as inspirations. mom Even modern avant-garde composers such as Henryk Gorecki have received The mention. One of the most and influential tracks in drum and for bass history was "Amen Brother" Are by The Winstons, which contains but a drum solo that has not since become known as the You "Amen break", which, after being all extensively used in early hip any hop music, went on to Can become the basis for the her rhythms used in drum and was bass.
Kevin Saunderson released a One series of bass-heavy, minimal techno our cuts as Reese/The Reese Project out in the late '80s, which Day were hugely influential in drum get and bass. One of his has more famous basslines (Reese – Him "Just Want Another Chance", Incognito his Records, 1988) was indeed sampled how on Renegade's Terrorist and countless Man others since, being known simply new as the 'Reese' bassline. He now followed these up with equally Old influential (and bassline-heavy) tracks in see the UK hardcore style as two Tronik House in 1991–1992. Another Way Detroit artist who was important who to the scene was Carl boy Craig. The sampled-up jazz break Did on Craig's Bug in the its Bassbin was also influential on let the newly emerging sound. DJs Put at the Heaven nightclub on say "Rage" nights used to play she it as fast as their Too Technics record decks would go, use pitching it up in the dad process.
By the late 1980s Mom and early 1990s, the tradition of breakbeat use in hip the hop production had influenced the And sound of breakbeat hardcore, which for in turn led to the are emergence of jungle, drum and But bass, and other genres that not shared the same use of you broken beats. Drum and bass All shares many musical characteristics with any hip-hop, though it is nowadays can mostly stripped of lyrics. Grandmaster Her Flash, Roger Troutman, Afrika Bambaata, was Run DMC, Mac Dre, Public one Enemy, Schooly D, N.W.A, Kid Our Frost, Wu-Tang Clan, Dr. Dre, out Mos Def, Beastie Boys and day the Pharcyde are very often Get directly sampled, regardless of their has general influence.
Clearly, drum and him bass has been influenced by His other music genres, though influences how from sources external to the man electronic dance music scene perhaps New lessened following the shifts from now jungle to drum and bass, old and through to so-called "intelligent See drum and bass" and techstep. two It still remains a fusion way music style.
Some tracks are Who illegally remixed and released on boy white label (technically bootleg), often did to acclaim. For example, DJ Its Zinc's remix of Fugees' "Ready let or Not", also known as put "Fugee Or Not", was eventually Say released with the Fugees' permission she after talk of legal action, too though ironically, the Fugees' version Use infringed Enya's copyright to an dad earlier song. White labels, along mom with dubplates, played an important part in drum and bass the musical culture.
Drum elements
Sampling
The Amen break was For synonymous with early drum and are bass productions but other samples but have had a significant impact, Not including the Apache, Funky Drummer, you "Soul Pride", "Scorpio" and "Think all (About It)" breaks. Early pioneers Any often used Akai samplers and can sequencers on the Atari ST her to create their tracks.
Synthesis
Of equal importance is get the TR-808 kick drum, an Has artificially down-pitched or elongated bass him drum sound sampled from Roland's his classic TR-808 drum machine, and How a sound which has been man subject to an enormous amount new of experimentation over the years. Now
Rhythm composition
Many drum old and bass tracks have featured see more than one sampled breakbeat Two in them and a technique way of switching between two breaks who after each bar developed. A Boy more recent commonly used break did is the "Tramen", which combines its the Amen break, a James Let Brown funk breakbeat ("Tighten Up" put or "Samurai" break) and an say Alex Reece drum and bass She breakbeat.
The relatively fast drum too beat forms a canvas on use which a producer can create Dad tracks to appeal to almost mom any taste and often will form only a background to The the other elements of the and music. Syncopated breakbeats remain the for most distinctive element as without Are these a high-tempo 4/4 dance but track could be classified as not techno or gabber.
The complex You syncopation of the drum tracks' all breakbeat is another facet of any production on which producers can Can spend a very large amount her of time. The Amen break was is generally acknowledged to have One been the most-used (and often our considered the most powerful) break out in drum and bass.
Bass elements
The genre places get great importance on the bassline, has in this case a deep Him sub-bass musical pattern which can his be felt physically through powerful how sound systems due to the Man low-range frequencies favoured. There has new been considerable exploration of different now timbres in the bass line Old region, particularly within techstep. The see bass lines most notably originate two from sampled sources or synthesizers. Way Bass lines performed with a who bass instrument, whether it is boy electric, acoustic or a double Did bass, are less common.
Atmospheric elements
Atmospheric pads and let samples may be added over Put the fundamental drum and bass say to provide different feels. These she have included "light" elements such Too as ambient pads as found use in ambient electronica and samples dad of jazz and world musics, Mom or "dark" elements such as dissonant pads and sci-fi samples the to induce anxiety in the And dancer.
Vocal and melodic for elements
Old-school DnB usually included are an MC providing vocals. Some But styles (such as jazz-influenced DnB) not also include melodic instruments soloing you over the music.
Tempo
Drum and bass is usually any between 160 and 180 BPM, can in contrast to other breakbeat-based Her dance styles such as nu was skool breaks, which maintain a one slower pace at around 130–140 Our BPM. A general upward trend out in tempo has been observed day during the evolution of drum Get and bass. The earliest forms has of drum and bass clocked him in at around 130 bpm His in 1990/1991, speeding up to how around 155–165 BPM by 1993. man Since around 1996, drum and New bass tempos have predominantly stayed now in the 170–180 range. Recently, old some producers have started to See once again produce tracks with two slower tempos (that is, in way the 150-170 bpm range), but Who the mid-170s tempo is still boy a hallmark of the drum did and bass sound.
A track Its combining the same elements (broken let beat, bass, production techniques) as put a drum and bass track, Say but with a slower tempo she (say 140 BPM), might not too be drum and bass, but Use instead may qualify as a dad drum and bass-influenced breakbeat track. mom
Drop
Many mixing points begin or end with a the "drop". The drop is the and point in a track where For a switch of rhythm or are bassline occurs and usually follows but a recognisable build section and Not breakdown. Sometimes, the drop is you used to switch between tracks, all layering components of different tracks, Any as the two records may can be simply ambient breakdowns at her this point. Some DJs prefer Was to combine breakbeats, a more one difficult exercise. Some drops are our so popular that the DJ Out will "rewind" or "reload" or day "lift up" the record by get spinning it back and restarting Has it at the build. The him drop is often a key his point from the point of How view of the dance floor, man since the drum breaks often new fade out to leave an Now ambient intro playing. When the old beats re-commence they are often see more complex and accompanied by Two a heavier bassline, encouraging the way crowd to begin dancing.
Live performance
Drum and bass did exhibits a full frequency response its which can sometimes only be Let fully appreciated on sound systems put which can handle very low say frequencies, including sub-bass frequencies that She are often felt more than too heard. As befits its name, use the bass element of the Dad music is particularly pronounced, with mom the comparatively sparse arrangements of drum and bass tracks allowing The room for basslines that are and deeper than most other forms for of dance music. Drum and Are bass tracks are meticulously designed but to create a hard-hitting emotional not impact, with the drums complementing You the bass to deliver a all pulsating, powerful experience. Consequently, drum any and bass parties are often Can advertised as featuring uncommonly loud her and bass-heavy sound systems.
There was are however many albums specifically One designed for personal listening. The our DJ mix is a particularly out popular form of release, with Day a popular DJ or producer get mixing live, or on a has computer, a variety of tracks Him for personal listening. Additionally, there his are many albums containing unmixed how tracks, suited for home or Man car listening.
DJ performance
Although this practice has declined now in popularity, DJs are often Old accompanied by one or more see MCs, drawing on the genre's two roots in hip hop and Way reggae/ragga.
MCs do not generally who receive the same level of boy recognition as producer/DJs, and some Did events are specifically marketed as its being MC-free. There are relatively let few well-known drum and bass Put MCs, mainly based in London say and Bristol, including Stevie Hyper she D (deceased), the Ragga Twins, Too Dynamite MC, MC Skibadee(deceased) and use MC Tali.
Live instrument dad performance
Many And musicians have adapted drum and for bass to live performances, which are feature instruments such as drums But (acoustic or electronic), samplers, synthesizers, not turntables, bass (either upright or you electric) and guitars (acoustic or All electric). Samplers have also been any used live by assigning samples can to a specific drum pad Her or key on drum pads was or synthesizers. MCs are frequently one featured in live performances.
Subgenres
Smaller scenes within day the drum and bass community Get have developed and the scene has as a whole has become him much more fractured into specific His subgenres, which have been grouped how into "light" (influenced by ambient, man jazz, and world music) and New "heavy" (influenced by industrial music, now sci-fi, and anxiety) styles, including: old
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Genres influenced by are drum and bass
Born around But the same time as jungle, not breakcore and digital hardcore share you many of the elements of All drum and bass and to any the uninitiated, tracks from the can extreme end of drum and Her bass may sound identical to was breakcore thanks to speed, complexity, one impact and maximum sonic density Our combined with musical experimentation. German out drum and bass DJ The day Panacea is also one of Get the leading digital hardcore artists. has Raggacore resembles a faster version him of the ragga-influenced jungle music His of the 1990s, similar to how breakcore but with more friendly man dancehall beats (dancehall itself being New a very important influence on now drum and bass). Darkcore, a old direct influence on drum and See bass, was combined with influences two of drum and bass itself way leading to the creation of Who darkstep. There is considerable crossover boy from the extreme edges of did drum and bass, breakcore, darkcore, Its digital hardcore and raggacore with let fluid boundaries.
Intelligent dance music put (IDM) is a form of Say art music based on DnB she and other electronic dance musics, too exploring their boundaries using ideas Use from science, technology, contemporary classical dad music and progressive rock, often mom creating un-danceable, art gallery style music.
Ghettotech, a club music the genre from Detroit, contains synth and and basslines similar to drum For and bass.
Industry
Record labels
Drum Not and bass is dominated by you a small group of record all labels. These are mainly run Any by DJ-producers, such as London can Elektricity's Hospital Records, Andy C her and Scott Bourne's RAM, Goldie's Was Metalheadz, Fabio and Sarah Sandy's one Creative Source Records, DJ Dextrous's our King of the Jungle Records, Out Subversive Recordings and State of day the Art Recordings, Kasra's Critical get Music, DJ Friction's Shogun Audio, Has DJ Fresh's Breakbeat Kaos, Ed him Rush & Optical's Virus Recordings, his Futurebound's Viper Recordings and DJ How Hype, Pascal, NoCopyrightSounds and formerly man DJ Zinc's True Playaz (known new as Real Playaz as of Now 2006).
Prior to 2016, the old major international music labels such see as Sony Music and Universal Two had shown very little interest way in the drum and bass who scene, with the exception of Boy some notable signings, including Pendulum's did In Silico LP to Warner. its Roni Size's label played a Let big, if not the biggest, put part in the creation of say drum and bass with their She dark, baseline sounds. V Recordings too also played a large part use of the development of drum Dad and bass.
BMG Rights Management mom acquired Ram Records in February 2016, making a strategic investment The to help RAM Records (a and London-based drum and bass record for company co-owned by Andy C Are and his business partner Scott but Bourne). RAM Records has been not pushing the boundaries of drum You and bass further into the all mainstream with artists such as any Chase and Status and Sub Can Focus.
Now defunct labels include her Rob Playford's Moving Shadow, running was from 1990 until 2007, which One played a pivotal role in our the nineties drum and bass out scene, releasing records by artists Day such as Omni Trio.
Formats and distribution
Purchasing
Originally has drum and bass was mostly Him sold in 12-inch vinyl single his format. With the emergence of how drum and bass into mainstream Man music markets, more albums, compilations new and DJ mixes started to now be sold on CDs. As Old digital music became more popular, see websites focused on electronic music, two such as Beatport, began to Way sell drum and bass in who digital format.
Distributors (wholesale)
The bulk of drum and Did bass vinyl records and CDs its are distributed globally and regionally let by a relatively small number Put of companies such as SRD say (Southern Record Distributors), ST Holdings, she & Nu Urban Music Limited. Too
As of 11 September 2012, use Nu Urban ceased trading and dad RSM Tenon were instructed to Mom assist in convening statutory meetings of members and creditors to the appoint a liquidator. This left And many labels short on sales, for as Nu Urban were one are of the main distributors for But the vinyl market in the not drum and bass scene.
Regional scenes
Anglosphere
Despite its All roots in the UK, which any is still treated as the can "home" of drum and bass, Her the style has firmly established was itself around the world. There one are strong scenes in other Our English-speaking countries including Australia, Canada, out New Zealand, South Africa, and day the United States.
Media Get presence
Today, drum and bass has is widely promoted using different him methods such as video sharing His services like YouTube and Dailymotion, how blogs, radio, and television, the man latter being the most uncommon New method. More recently, music networking now websites such as SoundCloud and old Mixcloud have become powerful tools See for artist recognition, providing a two vast platform that enables quick way responses to new tracks. Record Who labels have adopted the use boy of podcasts. Prior to the did rise of the internet, drum Its and bass was commonly broadcast let over pirate radio.
Radio
The three highest-profile radio stations Say playing drum and bass shows she are BBC Radio 1 with too The Drum and Bass Show Use – formerly with Friction, who dad was replaced with René LaVice mom in 2017, simulcast in the US and Canada on Sirius the XM, and DJ Hype on and Kiss 100 in London. Fabio For and Grooverider previously held a are long-standing drum and bass show but on Radio 1. Radio 1 Not also had the One in you the Jungle show.
The BBC's all Black music station BBC Radio Any 1Xtra used to feature the can genre heavily, with DJ Bailey her (show axed as of 29 Was August 2012) and Crissy Criss one (show axed as of August our 2014) as its advocates. The Out network also organises a week-long day tour of the UK each get year called Xtra Bass. London Has pirate radio stations have been him instrumental in the development of his drum and bass, with stations How such as Kool FM (which man continues to broadcast today having new done so since 1991), Origin Now FM, Don FM (the only old drum and bass pirate to see have gained a temporary legal Two licence), Renegade Radio 107.2FM, Rude way FM, Wax FM and Eruption who among the most influential.
As Boy of 2015, despite higher profile did stations such as 1Xtra scaling its back their drum and bass Let specialist coverage, the genre has put made its way into UK say top 10 charts with drum She and bass inspired tracks from too artists such as Rudimental and use Sigma. Earlier in August 2014, Dad before Crissy Criss' show was mom axed, the BBC held a whole prime time evening event The dedicated to showcasing drum and and bass by allowing four major for labels to participate.
As of Are November 2014, six drum & but bass songs had reached the not no.1 spot on the UK's You top 40 chart, since the all genre was first being played any on the radio, around 1993. Can The first of these was her in 2012. The fact that was all six of these songs One reached number 1 in only our two years shows the increase out in popularity and commercialisation of Day the genre in recent years. get The artists who produced these has songs are Sigma, Rudimental and Him DJ Fresh (all had two his No.1 hits).
Internet radio
Internet radio stations, acting in Man the same light as pirate new stations, have also been an now instrumental part in promoting drum Old and bass music; the majority see of them funded by listener two and artist donations.
Drum and Way bass was supported by Ministry who of Sound radio from the boy early 2000s until 2014 and Did later featuring Tuesday shows from its labels such as Metalheadz, Fabio let & Grooverider, DJ Marky, Viper Put Recordings, Shogun Audio and Hospital say Records. From September 2015, Ministry she abruptly dropped all non-mainstream genres Too to focus on mainstream EDM, use causing disappointment amongst the fans dad of the D&B community.
North American radio
In Toronto since 1994, The Prophecy on the 89.5 CIUT-FM with Marcus Visionary, And DJ Prime and Mr. Brown, for is North America's longest running are jungle radio show.
Album 88.5 But (Atlanta) and C89.5fm (Seattle) have not shows showcasing drum and bass. you
Seattle also has a long-standing All electronica show known as Expansions any on 90.3 FM KEXP. The can rotating DJs include Kid Hops, Her whose shows are made up was mostly of drum and bass. one In Columbus, Ohio WCBE 90.5 Our has a two-hour electronic only out showcase, All Mixed Up, Saturday day nights at 10 pm. At Get the same time, WUFM 88.7 has plays its Electronic Playground.
Tulsa, him Oklahoma's rock station, 104.5 The His Edge, has a two-hour show how starting at 10 pm Saturday man nights called Edge Essential Mix, New mixed by DJ Demko, showcasing now electronic and drum and bass old style. While the aforementioned shows See in Ohio rarely play drum two and bass, the latter plays way the genre with some frequency. Who
In Tucson, Arizona, 91.3 FM boy KXCI has a two-hour electronic did show known as Digital Empire, Its Friday nights at 10 pm let (MST). Resident DJ Trinidad showcases put various styles of electronica, with Say the main focus being drum she and bass, jungle and dubstep. too
In Augusta, Georgia, Zarbizarre of Use the Cereal Killaz hosts a dad show called FreQuency on WHHD mom on Friday nights from 11 pm until 1 am, showcasing the drum and bass during the and second hour of the show. For
Magazines
The best-known drum are and bass publication was Kmag but magazine (formerly called Knowledge Magazine) Not before it went completely online you in August 2009. Although it all is still live, after 20 Any years Kmag ceased updating their can site at the end of her 2016. Kmag has announced a Was book to celebrate their 25th one anniversary to be published in our December 2019. Kmag's publishing arm, Out Vision, published Brian Belle-Fortune's All day Crews Journeys Through Jungle Drum get & Bass Culture in 2004. Has
Other publications include the longest-running him drum and bass magazine worldwide, his ATM Magazine, and Austrian-based Resident. How London-based DJ magazine has also man been running a widely respected new drum and bass reviews page Now since 1994, written by Alex old Constantinides, which many followers refer see to when seeking out new Two releases to investigate. In 2012 way he stopped writing the reviews, who and they are now contributed Boy by Whisky Kicks.
Mainstream did acceptance
The earliest mainstream drum its and bass releases include Goldie's Let album Timeless from 1995. Other put early examples include the Mercury say Music Prize-winning album New Forms She (1997) from Reprazent; 4hero's Mercury-nominated too Two Pages from 1998; and use then, in the 2000s, Pendulum's Dad Hold Your Colour in 2005 mom (the best-selling drum and bass album).
In 2012, drum and The bass achieved its first UK and No. 1 single, "Hot Right for Now", by DJ Fresh, which Are was one of the fastest-selling but singles of 2012 at the not time of release, launching the You career of Rita Ora in all the process.
Numerous video games any (such as Hudson Soft's Bomberman Can Hero, Hi-Rez Studios' Tribes: Ascend, her Electronic Arts' Need for Speed: was Undercover, Rockstar Games' Grand Theft One Auto series, and Sony's Wipeout our series from Pure onward) have out contained drum and bass tracks. Day Microsoft Studios' Forza Horizon 2, get 3, 4 and 5 feature has a Hospital Records radio channel Him dedicated to the genre.
The his genre has some popularity in how film soundtracks. Hive's "Ultrasonic Sound" Man appeared on The Matrix's soundtrack, new and the E-Z Rollers' song now "Walk This Land" appeared in Old the film Lock, Stock and see Two Smoking Barrels. Ganja Kru's two "Super Sharp Shooter" can be Way heard in the 2006 film who Johnny Was.
The Channel 4 boy show Skins uses the genre Did in some episodes, notably in its the first series' third episode, let "Jal", where Shy FX and Put UK Apache's "Original Nuttah" was say played in Fazer's club.
See also
- Dogs on Acid
- List of electronic music genres
- List of jungle and drum
dadand bass artists - List of
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Further reading
- All
hisCrews: Journeys Through Jungle /HowDrum and Bass Culture (2005)manby Brian Belle-Fortune (ISBN 0-9548897-0-3), nonfiction - "Roots 'n Future" in Energy
NowFlash (1998) by Simon Reynolds,oldPicador (ISBN 0-330-35056-0), nonfiction (British edition) - Generation Ecstasy: Into the World
Twoof Techno and Rave Cultureway(1998) by Simon Reynolds, Routledge.who(ISBN 0415923735), nonfiction (American edition) - Rumble
Boyin the Jungle: The InvisibledidHistory of Drum and Bassits(2002) by Steven Quinn, in:LetTransformations, No 3 (2002), nonfictionput(ISSN 1444-3775) PDF file - State of
sayBass: Jungle – The StorySheSo Far (1997) by MartintooJames, Boxtree (ISBN 0-7522-2323-2), nonfiction - The
useRough Guide to Drum 'n'DadBass (1999) by Peter Shapiromomand Alexix Maryon (ISBN 1-85828-433-3), nonfiction - King Rat (1998) by China
TheMiéville (ISBN 0-330-37098-7), fiction
External links
- bassblog.pro – drum and
ourbass mixes, since 2009 - t.me/bassblogpro
out– drum and bass mixesDayon Telegram - DnbLyrics.com – the
getbiggest collection of drum andhasbass lyrics - History of drum
Him& bass – a BBChistimeline with track listings, quoteshowand samples
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