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Lots of older drum and bass does sound very similar. Some of the newer stuff, like Pendulum, Sub Focus, and The Qemists, have taken the genre to the next level.

Lots of older drum and bass does sound very similar. Some of the newer stuff, like Pendulum, Sub Focus, and The Qemists, have taken the genre to the next level. It's much more interesting and exciting than in the past. Pendulum - http://www.youtube.com/user/pendulumlive#p/u/9/X6BKBIOtRXw http://www.youtube.com/user/pendulumlive#p/u/9/X6BKBIOtRXw Sub Focus - http://www.youtube.com/user/subfocustv#p/a/u/1/MYO_0Xfh58k http://www.youtube.com/user/subfocustv#p/a/u/1/MYO_0Xfh58k The Qemists - http://www.theqemists.com/youtube/video/OTGJW0-QPuw/ http://www.theqemists.com/youtube/video/OTGJW0-QPuw/

yangyang 15y ago
There have always been loads of sub-genres. The stuff you mention there is very commercial. Looking at some of my vinyl from over 10 years ago, you can compare Jonny L http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qo1aoR96oI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qo1aoR96oI with Goldie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8u7MNG-ug8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8u7MNG-ug8 or PFM feat Conrad (from '94) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxcMPPoZI7s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxcMPPoZI7s, or Roni Size / Reprazent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwI0gbGEyuI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwI0gbGEyuI.
empika 15y ago
BBC radio one recently had a pretty good programme on the Amen: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011nyd1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011nyd1 It is a shame that the true pioneers of the break were only briefly mentioned. They would be Equinox, Bizzy B, Breakage, Fracture and Neptune, Chris Inperspective et al. Around 2006 there was a boom in what has become the "choppage" subgenre of drum and bass, revolving around the Scientific Wax, Inperspective, Bassbin and Mu record labels and the Technicality and Bassbin nights run at Herbal in London. It is a shame the R1 programme did not focus on any of this at all as alot of what came out of that pushed the break to it's listenable limits (Breakcore just baffles and confuses me). If you want a regular dose of Amen, catch Equinox and the Scientific Wax show playing on jungletrain.com every other Sunday. He will draw some of the ruffest badman tunes you'll ever hear. He is one of the worlds most highly regarded connoisseurs of the Amen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRTeToyyYwQ&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRTeToyyYwQ&feature=relat...
empika 15y ago
Also there are newer artist still wrecking shop with the amen such as Dub One and Nebula. Much more soulfull and heartfelt music than most drum and bass.

yangyang 15y ago

There have always been loads of sub-genres. The stuff you mention there is very commercial. Looking at some of my vinyl from over 10 years ago, you can compare Jonny L http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qo1aoR96oI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qo1aoR96oI with Goldie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8u7MNG-ug8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8u7MNG-ug8 or PFM feat Conrad (from '94) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxcMPPoZI7s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxcMPPoZI7s, or Roni Size / Reprazent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwI0gbGEyuI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwI0gbGEyuI.

empika 15y ago

BBC radio one recently had a pretty good programme on the Amen: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011nyd1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011nyd1 It is a shame that the true pioneers of the break were only briefly mentioned. They would be Equinox, Bizzy B, Breakage, Fracture and Neptune, Chris Inperspective et al. Around 2006 there was a boom in what has become the "choppage" subgenre of drum and bass, revolving around the Scientific Wax, Inperspective, Bassbin and Mu record labels and the Technicality and Bassbin nights run at Herbal in London. It is a shame the R1 programme did not focus on any of this at all as alot of what came out of that pushed the break to it's listenable limits (Breakcore just baffles and confuses me). If you want a regular dose of Amen, catch Equinox and the Scientific Wax show playing on jungletrain.com every other Sunday. He will draw some of the ruffest badman tunes you'll ever hear. He is one of the worlds most highly regarded connoisseurs of the Amen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRTeToyyYwQ&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRTeToyyYwQ&feature=relat...

empika 15y ago

Also there are newer artist still wrecking shop with the amen such as Dub One and Nebula. Much more soulfull and heartfelt music than most drum and bass.