From early break beats through classic Drum n Bass and DubStep leading to present styles
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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.
Above & Beyond. Agressor Bunx. Alex Clare. Animal X. Audio. B. Bassnectar. Blawan. Blue Foundation. Bommer x Crowell. Break. Brookes Brothers. Burial. Burial & Four Tet. Calibre. Calibre & DRS. Calyx & TeeBee. Camo & Krooked. Children Of Zeus. Clipz. Cluekid. Commodo. Commodo & Lurka. Crissy Criss & Youngman. DC Breaks. DJ Fresh. DJ Madd. DRS. Dark Tantrums. David Arkenstone. Detboi. Distance. Dj Fresh. Dj Madd. Emeli Sande. Excision and Datsik. Flight Facilities. Fred V & Grafix. GHASTLY. Gantz. Gappy Ranks. High Contrast. Ishan Sound. J Majik & Wickaman. Jakes. Kahn. Kahn & Neek. Kahn & Rider Shafique. Krewella. Kromestar & Dark Tantrums. LSB. Major Lazer. Mala. Martyn. Modestep. Mount Kimbie. Mt Eden Dubstep. Nausika. Netsky. Noisia. OMFG. Objekt. Omfg. Pangaea. Pendulum. Peverelist. Phaeleh. Ramadanman. Rameses B. Redeyes. Rudimental. Rusko. SKRILLEX. Seba. Spor. Sqeepo. State of Mind. Sub Focus. Swatbot. TC. TMSV. Taiki & Nulight. Teddy Killerz. The Bug. The Prodigy. Tunnidge. Untold. V.I.V.E.K. Wen. Wilkinson. Wilkinson Wash Away. Wookie. Zeds Dead & Jauz.
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).
AC Slater. Big Shaq vs. Taiki Nulight. Blawan. Cause & Affect. Commodo. DJ Zinc X Shift K3Y. DJ Zinc x Chris Lorenzo. Flava D. Flava D & DevelopMENT. Ginz. Hybrid Theory. J. Javy Groove. Jay Robinson. Jaycen A'mour. Le Duke. Madd Again!. My Nu Leng & Flava D. My Nu Leng, Taiki & Nulight. Ne. Pangaea. Plump Djs. Ramadanman. Riddim Commission. Shaun Dean. TS7. Taiki Nulight & Mikey B. Talkre. Trends & Boylan. Tru Fonix. VOLAC. Wittyboy.
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.
All Soundbwoy Out. Appleblim and Peverelist. BENGA. Bassbin Twins. Benga. Benga & Coki. Boxcutter. Burial. Caspa. Cluekid. Cluekid Toadstep. Cluekid Weedsmokers. Coki. Cotti & Cluekid. Cragga. Digital Mystikz. Distance. Distance & Skream. El. Gemmy. Ghost. Good Old Days. Goth. Groove Chronicles. Headhunter. Hijak. Hindzy D. Horsepower Productions. Ikonika: Sahara Michael. J:Kenzo. Jack Sparrow. Jakes. Jakes & Joker. Joker. Joy Orbison. Kahn. King Midas Sound. Kode9 & The Spaceape: Kingstown. Kromestar. LAS. Level 67. Loefah. Loefah & Skream. Mala. Martyn. Martyn Natural Selection. Martyn: Mega Drive Generation. Menta. Mizz Beats. Mount Kimbie. PLAY DOE. Pangaea. Peverelist. Pinch. Plastician. Pulse X. Quest. Radikal Guru. Ramadanman. Requake. Rusko. Search & Destroy. Shackleton. Silkie. Sine of the Dub. Skream. Steve Gurley. Sukh Knight. TMSV. TRG. The Branch Is Weak. The Bug. The Others. The Widdler. Toasty. Toasty Boy. Tunnidge. Uncle Sam. Untold. V.I.V.E.K.. Vex'd. Zomby. rusko.
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.
88. Adam F. Air Freshener. Alex Reece. Andy C. Aquarius. Aquasky. Bad Check Dis. Company. Boymerang. Conquering Lion. Crew. Cyantific. Da Lick Deep Blue. Dillinja. DJ Krust. DJ Marky & XRS. DJ SS. DJ Zinc. D.Kay & Epsilon. Eat Static. Ed Rush. Everyday. E-Z Rollers. Future Forces. Gameover V.I.P. Gangster Kid. Goldie. Grooverider. Jungle Brothers. Hardware. Hyper on Experience. Ils & Solo. Jelly. Kosheen. LAOS. Leviticus. Logical Progression. Logistics. LTJ Bukem. London Elektricity. M Beat. MC Conrad. Mystery. Nu-Moon. Nu-Tone. One Day I'll Fly Away. Olive. Optical. Origin Unknown. Peshay. PFM. Photek. Pish Posh. Q Project. Ram triology. Raw Dogs Joker. Ray Keith. Renegade. Roll that Sht. Roni Size. Rudimental. Seven Wonders. Shimon. Shy FX. Sound Murderer. Sweet Love. Super Sharp Shooter. Stutter. Sy-Kick. UK Apache & Shy-FX. Tower Bass. Tom & Jerry. Topcat. T.Power. Wax Doctor. Wishing on a Star. World of Music.
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. <TOO MUCH REPETITION>
Aggresivnes. Alex Wicked. Archa. Arsa Ketoma, Mask Yo!. Austin Digo. Basstyler. Blowkers. Bombo Rosa. Born Dirty. Bubble Couple. Colbreakz. Colombo. CoolTasty. DJ Bross. DJ Kilian. Daka. Danny Dee. Danny Dee, Under Break. Destroyers, BBK. Detach, MC INTIMIDATOR. Disperto Certain. Ed Breaks. Face & Book. Face & Book, The DropStarz. Firestar Soundsystem. Freestylers. Freq Boutique. Gypsy Bull. Hankook. Hankook & Suga7. Huda Hudia, Sweet Charlie, Monikkr, Si. Kill the Noise. Kuplay. MIAU. MIAU, Ping�ino. MURIX. Mad Joker. Mike G, Blakjak. Mutantbreakz. NGHTMRE & Ghastly. Obscene Frequenzy. Paket. Peter Paul. Plump Djs. Pray For Bass. Psychopaths. Pyramid. Rage King. Resistor. Rubi Dan, Martin Flex, Alekay. SevenG. Shade K. Shade K, Terrie Kynd. Shade k. Shade k, Terrie Kynd. Si. Stakato. Staxia. Strongbass. Suga7. Sunsha. Tedy Leon. Terrie Kynd. The Brainkiller. The Push. The Push, MotivBreaks. ThenoPower. Tryall. Under Break, Puo. Wardian, The Brainkiller. Wavs. Wes Smith. Wlady & Luke DB. Yo Speed. ilLegal Content, Mushino.
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)
Al Naafyish. Apollo Two. Baby D. Bassbin Twins. Babylon Timewarp. Bay. Bomba Club Medder Remix. CRYS012. Code Red. Conquering Lion. Cutty Ranks. Dead Dred. Deekline & Wizard. Deep Blue. Dillinja. Freq nasty. General Levy. Goldie. Jamie Bostron. Jungle Buddy Bye. Kosheen. Krak In Dub. Leftfield. Mala. Marvellous Caine. Metal Heads. New Blood. Omni Trio. Out in da streets. PMT. Plump Djs. Ratpack. Rebal MC. Rebel With A Cause. Remarc. Renegade. Rico Tubbs. Rudimental. Shut Up & Dance. Shy Fx. Sickman. Sonique. Sound Of The Future. Splash. Studio Pressure. Surrender. Tango & Ratty. Tessela. The Prodigy. The Ragga Twins. Toasty. Vex'd. Worries In Da Dance.
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.
1988. A Tribe Called Quest. BS 2000. Big Daddy Kane. Black Sheep. Bomfunk MC's. Breakout. Buffalo Gals. Cypress Hill. Das EFX. Das Efx. Dj Premier. Eric B. & Rakim. Eruption. Frankie Cutlass. Fred Karlin. Freestylers. KRS. Kraak & Smaak. Kurtis Blow. M.O.P.. Marscruiser Vs Andy Page. Masters Of Illusion. Nice & Smooth. Pete Rock and CL Smooth. Roxanne Shante. Run DMC. Shut Up & Dance. Strafe. Tha Pharcyde. The Poets of Rhythm. The Crystal Method. Uptown.
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.
2 Live Crew. Afrika Bambaataa. Aphex Twin. Art Of Noise. Cause & Affect & Stanton Warriors. Claro Intelecto .Peace Of Mind. Cybotron. Cybotron & Kraftwerk. Dexter. Ghetto Bass. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. Hot Streak. Hashim. Herbie Hancock. Kill the Noise. Kraftwerk. Marc Romboy & Stephan Bodzin. Mike Oldfield. Neneh Cherry. Newcleus Computer Age Push the Button. OMFG. Old School Electro Hip Hop. REZZ. Ramadanman. Soul Sonic Force. Stefan Vincent. The Art of Noise. Various Production. Visage.