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Encyclopedia > Drum'n'bass
Drum and bass
Stylistic origins: Rave, Techno, Hip-hop, Reggae/Ragga, Dancehall/Dub, Funk, Breakbeat
Cultural origins: early/mid-1990s, London, Bristol
Typical instruments: Synthesizer - Drum machine - Sequencer - Keyboard - Sampler - Laptop
Mainstream popularity: Small, largely based in UK at first, now global
Derivative forms: Breakcore/Drill n bass
Subgenres
2Step - Clownstep - Drumfunk - Intelligent DnB - Jump up - Jungle - Liquid funk - Techstep - Neurofunk
Fusion genres
Jazz'n'Bass/Jazzstep
Regional scenes
Other topics
List of jungle and drum n bass artists

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Drum and bass (drum n bass, DnB) is an electronic music style. Originally an offshoot of the United Kingdom breakbeat hardcore and rave scene, it came into existence when people mixed reggae basslines with sped-up hip hop breakbeats. Pioneers such as Fabio, Grooverider, Andy C, Roni Size, DJ SS, Brockie, Mickey Finn, Kenny Ken, Goldie and other DJs quickly became the stars of drum and bass, then still called jungle. Electronic music - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Breakbeat hardcore (or rave) is a style of electronic music. ... A rave party, more often called a rave and sometimes called a free party, is typically an all-night dance event where DJs and other performers play electronic dance music and rave music. ... Reggae is an African Caribbean style of music developed on the island of Jamaica and is closely linked to the religion Rastafarianism, though not universally popular among its members. ... A bassline is a series of notes with tones that are low in pitch or frequency. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ... This article is about breakbeat, the genre. ... Fabio Cinquemani (born March 17 Nicholas Caivano got 28/32, 1959) in Milan, Italy, is a famous male fashion model. ... Categories: Musician stubs | Electronic musicians ... Categories: People stubs ... Roni Size, real name Ryan Williams, is a Bristol-based drum and bass producer known for working as part of Reprazent with Krust, DJ Die, Suv and MC Dynamite. ... See also Micky Finn (musician) Mickey Finn is a slang term for a drug-laced drink, given to someone without their knowledge in order to incapacitate them. ... Goldie at a rave in Springfield, Massachusetts (taken in 2003) Clifford Price, better known as Goldie (born December 28, 1965 in Wolverhampton) is a British electronic music artist, disc jockey, and actor. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Jungle music is one of the most deviant and punkish forms of electronic music, employing fast tempos (150-190 BPM is common), layering extended and mangled breakbeats on top of throbbing, authoritative basslines, originally borrowed from reggae. ...


There is no universally accepted semantic distinction between the terms "jungle" and "drum and bass". Some associate "jungle" with older material from the first half of the 1990s, and see drum and bass as essentially succeeding jungle with the newer, post-techstep developments. Others use jungle as a shorthand for ragga jungle, a specific sub-genre within the broader realm of drum and bass. In the USA, the combined term "Jungle Drum and Bass" (JDB) has some popularity, but is not widespread elsewhere. Probably the widest held viewpoint is that the terms are simply synonymous and interchangeable: drum and bass is jungle, and jungle is drum and bass.

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History

Beginnings in the UK

Early jungle (music) was an offshoot of rave (US readers may think of this as techno music but "rave" is very different from the stripped down Detroit "techno" sound) music (colloquially known as 'hardcore', as played by Spiral Tribe) that focused on the breakbeat. As stated previously it mixed basslines from dub tracks with fast hiphop breakbeats during the very late 80's as rave and ecstacy culture blossomed in the UK. As a more and more bass-heavy and uptempo sound developed, jungle began to develop its own separate identity. After being further developed by a number of pioneering producers, the sound took on a very urban, raggamuffin sound, incorporating dancehall "ragga" style mc chants, dub basslines, but also increasingly complex, high tempo rapid fire breakbeat percussion. By 1995, a counter movement to the ragga style was emerging, dubbed "intelligent" jungle, and was embodied by LTJ Bukem and his Good Looking label. Some say that the move to intelligent jungle was a conscious and concerted reaction by top DJs and producers against a culture that was becoming tinged with "gangsta" and violent elements. Intelligent jungle maintained the uptempo breakbeat percussion, but focused on more atmospheric sounds and warm, deep basslines over rough vocals or samples. Jungle music is one of the most deviant and punkish forms of electronic music, employing fast tempos (150-190 BPM is common), layering extended and mangled breakbeats on top of throbbing, authoritative basslines, originally borrowed from reggae. ... This article is about a form of party. ... Techno- is a prefix relating to technology. ... This article is about breakbeat, the genre. ... Dub can refer to: dub music, a sub-genre of reggae music a mostly-instrumental remix (usually without lyrics but still with chorus) Dubbing is the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... LTJ Bukem is the stage name used by the drum and bass musician Danny Williamson (born 1967, London). ...


Early heroes of dnb music include A Guy Called Gerald (seminal track "48 Gun Bad Boy") and 4hero ("Mr Kirk's Nightmare") who later developed their own styles, leaving the drum and bass mainstream. However most of the early producers and djs still produce and play, a decade on, forming a jungle old guard. Another characteristic of drum and bass music is that most producers dj and most djs produce. A Guy Called Gerald is the stage name for Gerald Simpson, a musician, record producer and DJ, and perhaps best known for his early work in the Manchester ( UK) acid house scene in the early 1990s and the track Voodoo Ray. At that time, he specialised in techno music produced... 4hero is a musical group consisting of Mark Clair & Dennis McFarlane, aka Mark Mac and Dego. ...


Jungle to drum and bass

At the same time that intelligent jungle appeared, the ragga jungle sound mutated into a more stripped down hard percussive style, Hardstep, and its more hiphop and funk influenced sister style Jump-Up (exemplified by artists like Mickey Finn and Aphrodite with their Urban Takeover label, and the Ganja Kru's True Playaz label), while other artists pushed a smoother, dubby style of tune, referred to as rollers. Jump-Up is a subgenre of jungle and drum and bass music that was popular with fans of drum and bass in the late 1990s. ... See also Micky Finn (musician) Mickey Finn is a slang term for a drug-laced drink, given to someone without their knowledge in order to incapacitate them. ... Aphrodite, real name Gavin King, is an UK jungle and drumnbass DJ/producer, who works along with Micky Finn on their joint Urban Takeover label. ...


Through 1996, Hardstep and JumpUp sounds were popular in the clubs, while Intelligent jungle was pushing a sound more accessible to the home listener. Stylistically things kept getting more and more diverse, as well as crossbreeding with other styles of jungle. In 1997, a funky, double-bass oriented sound came to the forefront, and gained some mainstream success with Roni Size Reprazent's New Forms album winning the UK's Mercury Prize. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Roni Size, real name Ryan Williams, is a Bristol-based drum and bass producer known for working as part of Reprazent with Krust, DJ Die, Suv and MC Dynamite. ... Reprazent is a British drum and bass act formed by Roni Size. ... The Mercury Music Prize is a music award given annually for the best British album of the previous 12 months. ...


The birth of techstep

On the other end of the spectrum, a new dark, technical sound in drum and bass was gaining popularity, championed by the labels Emotif and No U-Turn, and artists like Trace, Ed Rush and Optical, and Dom and Roland, and commonly referred to as techstep. Techstep took new sounds and technologies and applied them to jungle. It is characterized by sinister or science-fiction atmospherics and themes, cold and complex percussion, and dark basslines. Ed Rush is a prominent techstep/jungle DJ, who often produces tracks in collabaration with Optical. ... Optical is the pseudonym of Matt Quinn, a legendary drum and bass producer and DJ from England. ... Dom and Roland is drum and bass producer Dominic Angas and, well, his Roland sampler. ... Techstep is a dark, industrial-driven form of drum and bass. ...


As the 1990s drew to a close, techstep came to dominate the drum and bass genre, with artists like Konflict and Bad Company UK amongst the most visible. Techstep was becoming more minimal, and increasingly dark in tone, and the funky, commercial appeal represented by Roni Size back in 1997 was waning. By 2000, there was an increasing movement to "bring the fun back into drum and bass". There was a new revival of rave-oriented sounds, as well as remixes of classic jungle tunes that brought things full circle back to the origins. Konflict is a legendary Drum and Bass production duo consisting of Kemal and Rob Data. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Since 2000

Since 2000, the scene has become very diverse, to the point where it is difficult to point to any one form as dominant.


In 2000, Fabio began championing a form he called Liquid funk, with a compilation release of the same name on his Creative Source label. This was characterised by influences from disco and house, and widespread use of vocals. Although slow to catch on at first, the style grew massively in popularity around 2003-2004, and by 2005 it was established as one of the biggest-selling subgenres in drumnbass, with labels like Hospital Records and Soul:R and artists including High Contrast, Calibre, Nu:Tone, Marcus Intalex and Logistics among its main proponents. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fabio Cinquemani (born March 17 Nicholas Caivano got 28/32, 1959) in Milan, Italy, is a famous male fashion model. ... Liquid funk is a style of drum and bass. ... Discothèque redirects here. ... House music refers to a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms beginning in the early- to mid- 1980s. ... Hospital Records is a UK drum & bass record label, specializing in the softer and funkier side of the music known as liquid funk. ... High Contrast is the stage name of Welsh drum and bass DJ and producer Lincoln Barret. ... The word caliber (American English) or calibre (British English) comes from the Italian calibro, itself from the Arabic quâlib, meaning mould. ...


The decade also saw the revival of Jump-Up. Referred to as "Nu Jump Up", or perjoratively as Clownstep, this kept the sense of fun and the simplistic, bouncing basslines from the first generation of Jump Up, but with tougher, harder production values. Prominent Nu Jump Up artists include Twisted Individual, Generation Dub, and DJ Hazard. Jump-Up is a subgenre of jungle and drum and bass music that was popular with fans of drum and bass in the late 1990s. ... Clownstep is a pejorative term used to describe a certain type of sound found in the electronic music genre drum and bass. ...


Sales figures for 2004 suggest that liquid funk and Nu Jump Up combined probably account for a significant majority of the drum and bass market.


The period also saw the rise of Dubwise in popularity. Although the dub-influenced sound was not new, having long been championed by artists like Digital and Spirit, 2003-2004 saw a significant increase in its popularity and visibility, with new artists like Amit at the forefront.


Similarly, whilst there has long been a niche dedicated almost entirely to detailed drum programming and manipulation, championed by the likes of Paradox, the first half of this decade saw a revival and expansion in the subgenre known variously as Drumfunk, "Edits", or "Choppage". Major labels include Inperspective and the new wave of artists in this style include Fanu, Breakage, and Fracture and Nepture.


The new millennium also saw a fresh wave of live drum and bass bands. The likes of Reprazent and Red Snapper had performed live drum and bass during the 1990s, but the re-creation of London Elektricity as a live band focussed renewed interest on the idea, with acts like The Bays and Ultra-Violet pursuing this avenue. Reprazent is a British drum and bass act formed by Roni Size. ... For the electronic music group, see Red Snapper. ... Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM... London Elektricity is the stage name for drum and bass producer Tony Colman, along with Chris Goss until 2002. ...


The global scene in 2005

The other major development largely occurring since the turn of the millennium is geographical: from firmly UK-orientated beginnings, drum and bass has firmly established itself worldwide. There are strong scenes in other English-speaking countries including the USA (home to Dieselboy, Hive), Australia (Pendulum), New Zealand (Concord Dawn) and South Africa (Counterstrike). It is popular across Europe, especially in Benelux (home to Black Sun Empire, Rawthang), Germany (Typecell, Simon V, Panacea), Scandinavia (Teebee, Polar, Future Prophecies), Hungary (Tactile) and into Poland Ostro, Croatia (Lekke, Gekko) and Russia (Paul B, Prode, Subwave, Sunchase). It is also popular in South America, with DJ Marky and XRS hailing from Brazil. Sao Paolo is sometimes called the drum and bass Ibiza. Brazilian drum and bass is sometimes called Sambass. Dieselboy (left) and Alkivar (right) at a rave in Springfield, Massachusetts. ... A gravity pendulum is a weight on the end of a rigid rod, which, when given some initial lift from the vertical position, will swing back and forth under the influence of gravity over its central (lowest) point. ... Concord Dawn, Matt Harvey & Evan Short, are a popular drum and bass duo originally from Auckland, New Zealand. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... Benelux is the region of Europe comprising Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. ... Black Sun Empire is the stage name of a team of Dutch disc jockeys and drum and bass producers Rene Verdult and brothers Milan and Micha Heyboer . ... Teebee or DJ Teebee is a Norwegian DJ and producer of the drum and bass style of dance music. ... Tactition is the sense of pressure perception. ... Classification of genus Gekko: Gekko athymus Gekko auriverrucosus Gekko badenii Gekko chinensis Gekko gecko Gekko gigante Gekko grossmanni Gekko hokouensis Gekko japonicus Gekko kikuchii Gekko mindorensis Gekko monarchusv Gekko palawanensisv Gekko palmatus Gekko petricolusv Gekko porosusv Gekko romblon Gekko scabridus Gekko siamensis Gekko similignumv Gekko smithii Gekko subpalmatus Gekko swinhonis... Paul B. is a Drum and Bass DJ and producer that hails from Russia and his label Step2Zero is quickly gaining popularity, with releases from Purple Unit, Sta, and Paul B. himself. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... DJ Marky DJ Marky is a Brazilian drum and bass DJ. His real name is Marco Antonio Silva. ... XRS aka XRS Land, real name Xerxes de Oliveira, is a name which has been familiar and drawn admiration from Brazillian Drumn Bass circles for quite a few years now. ...


Musicology of drum and bass

There are many views of what constitutes "real" drum and bass as it has many scenes and styles within it, from heavy pounding bass lines to the relaxed vibes of Liquid funk. It has been compared with jazz where the listener can get very different sounding music all coming under the same music genre, because like drum and bass, it is more of an approach, or a tradition, than a style. As such, therefore, it is difficult to precisely define; however, the following key features may be observed. Liquid funk is a style of drum and bass. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ...


Defining characteristics

Breakbeats

The breakbeat is what loosely speaking defines the music as drum and bass. A breakbeat, musically speaking, is characterised by an element of syncopation, in contrast to the straight 4-beat found in techno, trance and house. This article is about a break as a section of a musical work and break beats. ... Techno- is a prefix relating to technology. ... Trance music is a subgenre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. ... House music refers to a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms beginning in the early- to mid- 1980s. ...


Many breakbeats are directly sampled or are produced from drum fills found in old soul and funk records. However, since the mid-nineties, many producers use 2-step or other break beats programmed from individual drum samples that emulate the sampled funk breaks, but are often starker and heavier sounding. It is also common to create drum tracks using a combination of both techniques.


Particularly common breakbeats used within drum and bass include:

The amen break is one of the most-used sampled drum loops in jungle and drum and bass music, together with the funky drummer drum loop. ... The Winstons are a funk and soul music outfit from the 1960s who are most notable for recording a track called Amen Brother (a B-side to the single color him father recorded in 1969). ... The funky drummer break is one of the most used sampled drum loops in hip-hop and drum and bass music, together with the amen break, which is more related to drum-and-bass. ... James Brown, otherwise known as Soul Brother Number One, Mr. ... Lyn Collins (12th June 1948 - 13th March 2005) was a soul / R&B singer best known for working with James Brown in the 1970s. ... The Commodores was a highly successful soul/funk band in the 1970s. ...

Tempo

Drum and bass is usually between 160-180 BPM, in contrast to other forms of Breakbeat such as Nu skool breaks which maintain a slower pace at around 130-140 BPM. A general upward trend in tempo has been observed during the evolution of drum and bass. The earliest Old School rave and breakbeat-descended jungle was around 155-165 BPM, whilst 21st Century material rarely falls below 170BPM, and often hits 180BPM. This article is about breakbeat, the genre. ... Nu Skool Breaks is a form of breakbeat. ... (20th century - 21st century - 22nd century - other centuries) Definition In calendars based on the Christian Era or Common Era, such as the Gregorian calendar, the 21st century is the current century, as of this writing, lasting from 2000-2099. ...


Supreme importance of drum and bassline elements

The name "drum and bass" should not lead to the assumption that tracks are constructed solely from these elements. Nevertheless, they are far and away the most critical features, and usually dominate the mix of a track. The genre places great importance on deep sub-bass which is felt physically as much as it is heard. There has also been considerable exploration of different timbres in the bassline region, particularly within techstep. In music, timbre is the quality of a musical note which distinguishes different types of musical instrument. ... Techstep is a dark, industrial-driven form of drum and bass. ...


Context

For the most part, drum and bass is a form of dance music, designed to be heard in clubs. It exhibits a full frequency response and physicality which often simply cannot be fully appreciated on home listening equipment. Dance music is music composed, played, or both, specifically for social dancing. ... A nightclub (often dance club or club, particularly in the UK) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ... If a sound is said to have Full Frequency Response, then the sound is comprised of sounds from across the entire audible spectrum. ...


Drum and bass is therefore typically heard via a DJ. Because most tracks are designed to be mixed by a DJ, their structure typically reflects this, with intro and outro sections designed for a DJ to use while beat-matching, rather than being designed to be heard in entirety by the listener. The DJ typically mixes between records so as not to lose the continuous beat. This is often referred to as the "mix and blend" style of DJing. In addition, the DJ may employ hip-hop style "scraching," "double-drops" (where two tracks are synchronized such that both tracks drop at the same time), and "rewinds." DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ...


Most mixing points begin or end with the "drop". The drop is the point in a track where a switch of rhythm or bassline occurs and usually follows a recognisable build section and "breakdown". Frequently the drop is used to switch between tracks, layering components of different tunes. Some drops are so popular that the DJ will "rewind" or "reload" by spinning the record back and restarting it at the build. This is a technique which can easily be overused as it breaks the continuity of a set. In Bluegrass_music, a Breakdown is a type of instrumental, such as a Hornpipe, a Jig, or a Reel_(dance) in Traditional Irish music. ...


DJs are typically accompanied by one or more MCs, drawing on the genre's roots in Hip hop and Reggae/Ragga. A Master of Ceremonies or MC is the host of a staged event or other performance. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ... Reggae is an African Caribbean style of music developed on the island of Jamaica and is closely linked to the religion Rastafarianism, though not universally popular among its members. ... Raggamuffin (or ragga) is a kind of reggae that includes digitized backing instrumentation. ...


Relationship to other electronic music styles

Recently, smaller scenes within the drum and bass community have developed and the scene as a whole has become much more fractured into specific sub-genres. Some major sub-genres of drum and bass include:

  • Clownstep
  • Drumfunk (or "Choppage", "Edits")
  • Intelligent DnB (or "Atmospheric DnB")
  • Jazz step (or Jazz'n'Bass)
  • Jump Up
  • Jungle
  • Liquid Funk
  • Techstep (or neurofunk)

As will all attempts to classify and categorize music, the above should not be treated as gospel. Many producers release albums which touch into many of the above styles. Clownstep is a pejorative term used to describe a certain type of sound found in the electronic music genre drum and bass. ... Jungle music is one of the most deviant and punkish forms of electronic music, employing fast tempos (150-190 BPM is common), layering extended and mangled breakbeats on top of throbbing, authoritative basslines, originally borrowed from reggae. ... Techstep is a dark, industrial-driven form of drum and bass. ... Neurofunk is a sub-genre of the electronic music style of Drum and Bass. ...


Drill and bass, a sub-genre of Intelligent dance music (also known as "IDM"), popularized by Aphex Twin, features many of the same types of rhythms used in drum and bass and is generally focused on complexity in programming and instrumentation. Amongst its main proponents include Squarepusher, Amon Tobin, Animals on Wheels, Venetian Snares, Hrvatski and many others. Drill n Bass is a type of electronic music that emerged from Drum n Bass in the mid-1990s. ... IDM, short for intelligent dance music, is an electronic music genre which began as a style of techno in the early 1990s and moved on to include the textures and sound manipulation methods of Musique concrète and early, true industrial bands such as Coil and Nurse With Wound. ... IDM is an acronym that can refer to different things, depending on context: In music, intelligent/intellectual dance music In medicine, infant of a diabetic mother Integrated Diagnostic Modem Integrated Document Management This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... Richard D. James, aka Aphex Twin Aphex Twin (born Richard David James, August 18, 1971, Ireland) is a UK-based electronic music artist, credited with pushing forward the genres of techno, ambient, IDM, acid, drum and bass (specifically drill n bass). ... Tom Jenkinson a. ... Amon Tobin performing live. ... Venetian Snares is the performing name of Aaron Funk, an electronic music producer and performer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Canada. ... Hrvåtski is an alias of musician Keith Fullerton Whitman. ...


Appearances in the mainstream

Certain drum and bass releases have found mainstream popularity in their own right, almost always material prominently featuring vocals. Perhaps the earliest example was Goldie's Timeless album of 1995, along with Reprazent's New Forms in 1997. More recently, tracks such as Shy FX and T-Power's Shake Your Body gained a UK Top 40 Chart placing. Goldie at a rave in Springfield, Massachusetts (taken in 2003) Clifford Price, better known as Goldie (born December 28, 1965 in Wolverhampton) is a British electronic music artist, disc jockey, and actor. ... Timeless is the debut album (1995) from Goldie, a groundbreaking release which is still often nominated as the finest album ever in drum and bass. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Musician stubs | British musicians | 1976 births ...


On the other hand, pop music has also occasionally co-opted elements of drum and bass, albeit in watered-down fashion. Examples include Puretone and Girls Aloud. Drum and bass also often appears in advertising and TV. Depending on context, pop music is either an abbreviation of popular music or, more recently, a term for a sub- genre of it. ... Puretone (an alias of musician Josh Abrahams) is an Australian electronica/drum and bass artist. ... Girls Aloud is a UK all-girl band which was created out of television show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. ...


Key record labels

The following are some of the major labels within drumnbass:

31 Records is a drum and bass record label owned by a performer known as Doc Scott. ... Full Cycle Recordings is a record label based in Bristol, England which specialises in drum and bass. ... Hospital Records is a UK drum & bass record label, specializing in the softer and funkier side of the music known as liquid funk. ... Metalheadz is a legandary, uk based drum and bass label. ... Moving Shadow is a drum and bass and Jungle record label that was started in 1990 by Rob Playford. ... Renegade Hardware is one of the pioneer record labels in the drum and bass music industry. ... Violence Recordings is a drum and bass record label based out of San Francisco, USA. Hive is the owner. ...

Accessing drum and bass

Pursuing drum and bass involves searching specialized record shops or searching the net. An interesting development of the last few years is online record shops specializing in drum and bass which sell MP3s and other digital formats including Chemical Records and Beatport. The best known drum and bass publication is Knowledge Magazine. An online music store is an Internet service that sells audio, usually primarily music, on a per-song and/or subscription basis. ... Beatport is a U.S.-based online music store based in Denver, Colorado that specializes in dance music and remixes. ... Knowledge Magazine is a monthly publication, based in the UK although available worldwide, primarily associated with the drum and bass genre of dance music, although also covering breakbeat and hip hop. ...


External links

See also: List of jungle and drum n bass artists & List of jungle and drum n bass record labels This is an alphabetical list of some jungle and drum n bass artists. ... 0-9 31 Records 720 Degrees A Advance://d Recordings Audio Blueprint B Barcode Recordings BC Authorised BC Presents BC Recordings Beta Recordings Bingo Beats Black Sun Empire Recordings Breakbeat Koas Breakbeat Science Recordings C Cargo Industries Cause 4 Concern Recordings Charge Recordings C.I.A Records Citrus Recordings Commercial...

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2Step - Hardcore - Breakcore - Brokenbeat - Drill n bass - Drum n' bass - Jungle - Techstep
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