Drum and bass WikipediaDn. B redirects here. For the Norwegian bank, see DNB ASA. Drum and bass also written as drum n bass or drum bass commonly abbreviated as D B, Dn. B or DnB is a genre and branch of electronic music which emerged from rave and jungle scenes in England during the early 1. The style is often characterised by fast breakbeats typically 1. The popularity of drum and bass at its commercial peak ran parallel to several other homegrown dance styles in the UK including big beat and hard house. Drum and bass incorporates a number of scenes and styles. A major influence on jungle and drum and bass was the original Jamaican dub and reggae sound. Another feature of the style is the complex syncopation of the drum tracks breakbeat. Drum and bass subgenres include breakcore, ragga jungle, hardstep, darkstep, techstep, neurofunk, ambient drum and bass, liquid funk, deep, drumfunk, funkstep, sambass, dnbnoise, and drill n bass. From its roots in the UK, the style has established itself around the world. Drum and bass has influenced many other genres like hip hop, big beat, dubstep, house, trip hop, ambient music, techno, rock and pop. Drum and bass is dominated by a relatively small group of record labels. The major international music labels had shown very little interest in the drum and bass scene, until BMG Rights Management acquired RAM in February 2. Drum and bass remains most popular in the UK although it has developed scenes all around the world, in countries such as the United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, Canada, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Australia. HistoryeditIn the late 1. A faster subgenre was known as hardcore but from as early as 1. Jamaican music, were referred to as jungle techno, a genre influenced by Jack Smooth and Basement Records, and later just jungle, which became recognised as a separate musical genre popular at raves and on pirate radio in Britain. It is important to note when discussing the history of drum and bass that prior to jungle, the music was getting faster and more experimental. Professional DJ and producer C. K. states, There was a progression as far as the speed of music is concerned. Anyone buying vinyl every week from 1. And Reggae' title='And Reggae' />This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Rasta, Rastafari books, Jamaican men. Rastafarian Language Rasta Words. Thank you for taking the time to read my list of Rastafarian words and their meaning. By 1. 99. 4, jungle had begun to gain mainstream popularity and fans of the music often referred to as junglists became a more recognisable part of youth subculture. The genre further developed, incorporating and fusing elements from a wide range of existing musical genres, including the raggamuffin sound, dancehall, MC chants, dub basslines, and increasingly complex, heavily edited breakbeat percussion. 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Despite the affiliation with the ecstasy fuelled rave scene, jungle also inherited some associations with violence and criminal activity, both from the gang culture that had affected the UKs hip hop scene and as a consequence of jungles often aggressive or menacing sound and themes of violence usually reflected in the choice of samples. However, this developed in tandem with the often positive reputation of the music as part of the wider rave scene and dancehall based Jamaican music culture prevalent in London. By 1. 99. 5, whether as a reaction to, or independently of this cultural schism, some jungle producers began to move away from the ragga influenced style and create what would become collectively labelled, for convenience, as drum and bass. As the genre became generally more polished and sophisticated technically, it began to expand its reach from pirate radio to commercial stations and gain widespread acceptance circa 1. It also began to split into recognisable subgenres such as jump up and Hardstep. As a lighter and often jazz influenced style of drum and bass gained mainstream appeal, additional subgenres emerged including techstep circa 1. The popularity of drum and bass at its commercial peak ran parallel to several other homegrown dance styles in the UK including big beat and hard house. But towards the turn of the millennium its popularity was deemed to have dwindled as the UK garage style known as speed garage yielded several hit singles. Speed garage shared high tempos and heavy basslines with drum and bass, but otherwise followed the established conventions of house music, with this and its freshness giving it an advantage commercially. London DJproducer C. K. says, It is often forgotten by my students that a type of music called garage house existed in the late 1. He continues, This new garage of the mid 9. The beats and tempo that define house are entirely different. This did cause further confusion in the presence of new house music of the mid 1. Despite this, the emergence of further subgenres and related styles such as liquid funk brought a wave of new artists incorporating new ideas and techniques, supporting continual evolution of the genre. To this day drum and bass makes frequent appearances in mainstream media and popular culture including in television, as well as being a major reference point for subsequent genres such as grime and dubstep9 and successful artists including Chase Status, Netsky, and Australias Pendulum. Musical featureseditDrum and bass incorporates a number of scenes and styles, from the highly electronic, industrial sounds of techstep through to the use of conventional, acoustic instrumentation that characterise the more jazz influenced end of the spectrum. The sounds of drum and bass are extremely varied due to the range of influences behind the music. Drum and bass could at one time be defined as a strictly electronic musical genre with the only live element being the DJs selection and mixing of records during a set. Live drum and bass using electric, electronic and acoustic instruments played by musicians on stage emerged over the ensuing years of the genres development. InfluenceseditThe amen break was the main starting influence for Drum and Bass. Jungle has a distinct African flow which is dirty. Drum and Bass for mainstream UK was clean and formal. A very obvious and strong influence on jungle and drum and bass, thanks to the British African Caribbeansound system scene, is the original Jamaican dub and reggae sound, with pioneers like King Tubby, Peter Tosh, Sly Robbie, Bill Laswell, Lee Perry, Mad Professor, Roots Radics, Bob Marley and Buju Banton heavily influencing the music. This influence has lessened with time but is still evident with many tracks containing ragga vocals. As a musical style built around funk or syncopatedrock and rollbreaks, James Brown, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Ella Fitzgerald, Gladys Knight the Pips, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, the Supremes, the Commodores, Jerry Lee Lewis and even Michael Jackson, are funky influences on the music. Jazz pioneer Miles Davis has been named as a possible influence. Blues artists like Lead Belly, Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Muddy Waters and B. B King have also been cited by producers as inspirations. Even modern avant garde composers such as Henryk Gorecki have received mention.