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6 unusual facts about drum and bass


Cleanin' Out My Closet

Two remixes of the song feature as European bonus tracks on the Straight from the Lab mixtape later released as a compilation: a Drum and bass remix and a "Religious remix" entitled "(God is) Cleanin' Out My Closet".

Dilemn

Coming from a classical-music education (piano and musicology studies), Dilemn got interested in electro music through different music styles such as hip hop, drum 'n' bass, techno, and breaks before stopping on electro at the age of 22.

Jungle music

Drum and bass, a name used to denote jungle since the mid-1990s, regarded as a successor or subgenre of Oldschool jungle

MixSCAN

Every type of DJ related music is offered on Dubset, from drum & bass, hip hop and open format to down-tempo, disco house and minimal techno.

Patashnik

Although Jenssen never regretted his approval for use of the track, he also never sought this kind of fame and subsequently turned down various requests by his record company and peers to collaborate with well-known techno and drum 'n bass artists or to create a follow-up album in the same style.

Rita Indiana y los Misterios

Many of their songs have a very fast tempo that reveals the influences of fast speed music genres such as Drum and bass.


Aborym

The album continued to expand on the band's experimentation with Electronica, with Aborym citing influences from drum and bass, jungle, techno, classical, EBM and industrial.

CFRU-FM

CFRU's music programs feature a variety of musical genres including hip-hop, punk, metal, salsa, drum and bass and reggae.

Courtney Pine

His recent music integrates modern British music like drum and bass and UK garage with contemporary jazz styles.

Hangable Auto Bulb

The records are influenced by the early EPs of fellow Cornish producer Plug (Luke Vibert), as well as other Drum and bass movements of the day.

Karmacoda

Karmacoda (whose name is an homage to Karmacoma, a song by British trip-hop collective Massive Attack, a nod to their impromptu formation (karma) and a description of their loop-based musical style (coda)), began as a studio project effort between founding members B. and Heather Pierce when they met in 2000 and realized their mutual interest in trip hop and drum and bass.

Low-frequency oscillation

Dubstep and drum and bass are forms of electronic music which employs frequent use of LFOs, often synchronized to the tempo of the track, for bass sounds that have a "wobble" effect, for example by modulating the cutoff frequency of a low-pass filter to create a distinctive opening-and-closing effect.

Mechanikal Element Foundation

The label was founded in 2003 by Randal Knight (a.k.a. Random Acts) and Nathaniel Hinds(a.k.a. Mechanikz), two like-minded individuals who shared a common goal: Propel stateside drum and bass to the same level it is in the UK and in Europe.

Modulations

Featuring: Rob Young on the pioneers of electronic music, Simon Reynolds on krautrock, Peter Shapiro on disco & post-punk, Kodwo Eshun on house, David Toop on hip hop, Mike Rubin on techno, Chris Sharp on jungle, Tony Marcus on ambient, Kurt Reighley on downtempo, and Michael Berk on the technology of electronic music.

Roberto Fonseca

This success encouraged him to work on two solo records: Tiene Que Ver and Elengo, combining latin jazz, drum and bass, hip-hop, urban music and Afro-Cuban rhythms.

Simon Bass

Directed by Laurence Boswell, this production featured aggressive drum and bass and thrash metal music and was loved and hated by audiences alike.

University of Sheffield Students' Union

These include pop music nights ROAR! (Wednesday) and Pop Tarts (Saturday), Drum and Bass/Dubstep night The Tuesday Club, Hip hop music night UGLY and chart/dance night Space.

Viper Recordings

Viper Recordings is a Liverpool drum and bass record label created by Futurebound and Jaquan in 2003.


see also

Atomic Jam

Room two is drum and bass and dub step, sometimes hosted by Broken Minds and featuring the likes of Grooverider, Andy C, Optical, and Jumping Jack Frost.

Blu Mar Ten

During 2005 and 2006, Blu Mar Ten returned to producing drum and bass with a number of releases on labels including Hospital Records, Nookie's Phuzion Records, Friction's Shogun Audio, Basement Recordings, John B's Tangent Recordings, Renegade Hardware, Subject 13's Vibez Recordings and Doc Scott's 31 Records.

DJ Marky

Marky got started in drum and bass in 1992, but by 1997, he went to London and met DJ Hype and Goldie.

DJ Patife

He had contact with the drum and bass scene through friend DJ Marky while working in a record store.

Don FM

Don FM has produced a number of today's highly respected jungle, drum and bass and garage DJs, MCs and artists, such as DJ Trace, Ed Rush, Matt Cantor of The Freestylers, Mark Force of Bugz in the Attic, DJ Dee Kline, Hyperactive, G-Force, and Stevie A.

God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners

The guitar loops for the five tracks were recorded live in concert during 1979, with drum and bass parts added later that year by Buster Jones (bass) and Paul Duskin (drums).

Grooverider Presents: The Prototype Years

Grooverider Presents: The Prototype Years is a 1997 drum and bass compilation album by DJ Grooverider on his label, Prototype Recordings.

Human resource

The Human Resource, a drum and bass compilation album presented by Dieselboy

Jon Briggs

Jon Briggs also provided the narration for the start of the drum and bass song "Blood Sugar" by Pendulum.

Jungle music

Oldschool jungle, an electronic music genre, which would later become primarily known as drum and bass

Junglist

Ali G, in collaboration with Shane Handley, could be seen as a parody junglist (e.g. dressing in camouflage and listening to loud drum and bass music in his car; M-Beat and General Levy's "Incredible" was played in the Ali G feature film and appearing on its soundtrack), though he could also be treated as a parody of an avid hip hop listener.

Kosheen

Their second album, Kokopelli—released in August 2003 on Moksha recordings/Sony and named after a mythical Native American spirit—focused less on drum and bass beats and more on guitar riffs and darker-toned lyrics.

Lodge Farm

A children's home used to lie on Stroud Avenue (Drum and Bass star Goldie being one of its ex-residents).

Lorraine Barrett

They have a son, Lincoln Barrett (also known as drum and bass DJ High Contrast) and a daughter, Satellite City actor Shelley Barrett.

Natalie Duncan

The programme was the brainchild of drum and bass pioneer Goldie; a three part series, Goldie's Band By Royal Appointment told each young musician's story, then set them all the task of writing 12 songs to be performed at a live concert in Buckingham Palace in front of special guest Prince Harry.

The Chills

Dave Mattacks of Fairport Convention and XTC's Dave Gregory provided drum and bass work for the album, with Phillipps the only other credited musician (aside from guest keyboards played by producer Craig Leon).

V Recordings

V Recordings has consistently featured some of the biggest names in Drum and Bass, with releases by Roni Size, DJ Die, DJ Krust, Ed Rush and Optical and Dillinja.

Vector Burn

Along with fellow Phoenix producer Castor, he formed a politically charged drum and bass group called The Riot in 2005, with releases on Bad Habit Recordings, Barcode recordings, and Force Recordings.

We Want Your Soul

The song has also been remixed by drum and bass duo Ed Rush & Optical.

Xtra Bass

2007 is the fifth year of the tour and features appearances by well established drum and bass djs such as Bailey, L Double, Fabio & Grooverider and Crissy Criss among others.