The Drum & Bass Thread (formally Drum 'n' Bass is dead?)

[BentoSan]

Whoa, dude that sick !

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[tekki]

Might be doing some more d&b production work on Friday!

[djxsquizet]

whats a good website to stream dnb mixes

also whats the difference between jungle and dnb or are they just the same thing just diff names

[Morbido]

nope, jungle was invented before dnb and jungle actually uses chopped samples from the famous "amen break" (or the "apache" break, or .......), some funk record from the 60s (i think) - search youtube for it, there's a really good video with explanations about that.

therefore the drums of most jungle tunes feel somehow similar.
also the break of jungle is a little bit more chopped, complex, more glitchy (sorry, i speak german so i don't know how to express myself in english )


the drums of dnb are somehow more electronic (mostly) and they (mostly - with exceptions like neuro) all have the same kind of 2-step beat.


that's my explanation as one dnb-n00b, but i'm sure the heads living in this thread can give you much better explanations!

[Damien1138]

whats a good website to stream dnb mixes

dnbsets.de
dnbradio.com
myspace.com/damien1138

[evade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTz9cIO6q2A

this tunes pretty bad, got my copy on order

[evade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxLoQ_hoolM

Another decent Sub Focus track... lookin forward to hie ep release... june sometime i hear

[Nephew]

Could some one please explain the appeal of DnB? It still sounds the same to me from when I first started DJing to now, so it doesn't seem like much has evolved. A lot of DnB DJ's (and break DJ's at that) are really only into DnB or breaks, but they only play the same songs every time I see them so there doesn't seem to be much new stuff coming as well.

But I will say this about the DnB clubbers, dedicated as they come! But a lot of them are still trying to relive their raver days it seems so that might have something to do with hearing the same tunes time and again.

And this isn't me trying to wind you or anything, just genuinely curious.

[Rumblejazz]

Could some one please explain the appeal of DnB? It still sounds the same to me from when I first started DJing to now, so it doesn't seem like much has evolved. A lot of DnB DJ's (and break DJ's at that) are really only into DnB or breaks, but they only play the same songs every time I see them so there doesn't seem to be much new stuff coming as well.

But I will say this about the DnB clubbers, dedicated as they come! But a lot of them are still trying to relive their raver days it seems so that might have something to do with hearing the same tunes time and again.

And this isn't me trying to wind you or anything, just genuinely curious.

open-mindedness fail


*facepalm*

you need to use your imagination a bit dude. I could say pop sounds the same, i could say rock music sounds the same!

"all they use is two guitars, bass and drums on every track!"

If you actually listened to stuff on this thread you can hear progression and different styles.

Sometimes you need to put some effort in to appreciate a genre of music, hell you need to put some effort in for anything you dont understand.

you should try it, it's very rewarding. You wont suddenly appreciate it because someone lists "reasons why drum n bass iz well good" on a forum.

[Nephew]

It's responses like that that keeps people who are genuinely interested from wanting to learn more.

I come in here and explain my previous experience with DnB, and I was maybe hoping some one would be able to explain the finer points and give examples of DnB tunes that are taste makers per se and just help some one out trying to maybe get into it a bit more.