Dubstep, DnB, Breaks
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DRUM N BASS / DUBSTEP 2010s. Late 2000s - 2010s.
The DubStep and Drum n Bass (DnB) styles changed a lot after about 2007; the tempos and drops/jungalist rhythms respectively are kept, but the production style is amped up with "sawtooth" bass. It's an open air friendly sound aimed at mosher rave nights popular in USA & Europe.
GARAGE / GRIME BASSLINE. 2000s - 2010s.
Stripped down club tracks with a dark, brooding atmosphere, using just the bassline styles taken from Grime, this UK genre comes directly from classic DubStep (below).
CLASSIC DUBSTEP. Late 90s - early 2000s.
London originated genre using sub-bass (Wub) frequencies on the Jamaican sound systems that were getting popular at the time. 140bpm but since only beat 1 and 3 r kicked sounds like a "slow step", which is the 'Dub' step.
CLASSIC DRUM n BASS. Early 90s - 2000s.
Fast club & purist genre coming out of jungle & rave in early 90s UK. Really
complex percussion & bass rhythms. Some artists mellowed the tone of the blur of sounds til it is effectively a type of jazz improvisations.
EDM BREAKS (REVIVAL). Late 2000s - 2010s.
Literally just means breaking the beat, chopping it up, making complex percussion patterns. Started by Hip-Hop and Techno artists in the early 80s, and has gone in and out of fashion as a style ever since.
BREAKBEAT & JUNGALIST. 1980s - 90s.
Dance style using 'breaks' samples from funk, soul, disco etc but putting it over bass and chopping and changing and looping every which way to make a driving rave track. It's that classic sound of The Prodigy. Jungalist just means virtually pure percussion patterns & goes directly into early Drum n Bass (no real clear line)
CLASSIC BREAKS. 1980s.
Genre showing the MC'ing origins to breaks and breakbeats in general - coming from Hip-Hop culture in USA at the time. Chopping and sampling was pretty much pioneered by early eg Rap & House DJs of the 70s - 80s.
ELECTRO/ELECTRO-FUNK. 1980s.
Breaks in general borrows from funk
- so goes all the way to the likes of Little Richard
back in the 50s. In electro-funk, start 2 here the kinds of buzzy techno FX which would become rave. Distorted vocals sound quite emotionless similar to the delivery in 'New Wave' acts of the time.