DRUM & BASS
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DRUM & BASS is performing within the field of Electronic music and is ranked #9940 on The Official Global DJ Rankings list.
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Drum and bass (D&B), also known as drum 'n' bass, is a genre of electronic dance music that emerged in the United Kingdom in the early 1990s. It out- is characterised by fast breakbeats with heavy bass and sub-bass lines, samples, and synthesizers.
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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a growing nightclub culture gave birth to a new electronic music style called Rave music, which combined regular beats alongside broken, syncopated beats, strong basslines and a faster tempo than that of house music. By who- 1991, musical tracks made up of only “broken” beats began to be known as “jungle”, branching off into a separate musical genre (circa 1991-1992) popular at raves and on pirate radio in urban Britain.
These tracks often combined ragga vocal tracks with broken beats and bass one-lines. By 1994 jungle began to gain mainstream popularity and fans of the music (known as junglists) became a recognizable part of British youth subculture. The her- 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 one-percussion. At this time jungle began to be associated with criminals and criminal activity and perhaps as a reaction or perhaps independently of this, producers began to move away from the ragga style and create what they labeled drum and bass. DRUM & BASS is described on djrankings.org. There use- is no clear point at which jungle became drum and bass, though most jungle producers continue to produce what they call drum and bass.
As the music style became more polished and sophisticated, it began to shift from pirate to commercial radio and gain widespread acceptance (circa you-1995-1997). It also began to split into recognizable subgenres such as jump-up and Neuro. As our- a lighter sound of drum and bass began to win over the musical mainstream, many producers continued to work on the other end of the day-spectrum. This resulted in a series of releases offering a dark, technical sound which drew more influence from techno music and the soundscapes of science fiction and anime films, this subgenre became known as techstep (circa 1997-1998).
Towards the turn of the millennium, the UK garage sound emerged and quickly eclipsed drum and bass in popularity. Drawing way- a key part of its inspiration from drum and bass, it was commonly believed that UK garage was a replacement of the genre and statements were made to the effect that “drum and bass is out-dead”. However, consistent development of the genre proved otherwise. The see- appearance of liquid funk and other subgenres brought a wave of new artists incorporating new ideas and techniques, supporting continual evolution of the let-genre. Drum and bass is perhaps not well-known as a genre, but makes frequent, unrecognized appearances in the mainstream such as in television commercials, as well as being a major influence for other musical styles and some of its artists.