Drum n bass

Former Member

Hey, is neone a drum n bass head in here? If so, what sort? Liquid, jump-up, jungle..everything?!

Personally, I am really into the likes of pendulum, simon bassline smith, Dillinja and Lemon D, Adam F, Fresh, Friction, Baron, Die, Andy C...just about all the jumpy stuff..cant stand Hype tho, bloody chav!

Anyone into Mixing? If so, do u play ne where, what equipment u got etc.? I mix on a fairly basic set up...citronic direct drive decks and mixer...can't afford technics...I am gonna play a gig in a month or so tho in my University Halls...looking forward to it.

Finally, do u go to ne drum n bass clubs? Im in London so I am always at Fabric, the End, Herbal etc.

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I hate drum and bass but sadly in Bristol, the home of it, there's not a great deal else...

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well I let u in on something which may surprise u, I am also an ardent metal fan...the likes of Slayer, metallica, Napalm Death etc. I can only stand energetic music!!

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Do they have such a thing as chilled out drum and bass? That would be nice.

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LTJ Bukem :thumb:

Skive

Most of the D&B now is jank.
Much prefer jungle from 95 till 98. Lost it's magic in my opinion.

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Yeah of course...that's what liquid is all about...the likes of High contrast, DJ marky etc.

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Absououtly love it mate. Only really like Atmospheric DnB though. I'm into DJs like Nookie, AI, Bukem, Modemellow, P.B.K, Orange n Blue, Aquasky, J-Laze, Makoto, people like that.

Check out this mix, it's awsome. It's this type of Atmos DnB & MCing I'm really into. Right click, save as.

Nookie & MC System - Atmosphere Prologue Mix

I've got some nice mixes on my site, it's not finished yet but there is a fe won there.
http://www.crossfadewarfare.co.uk/mixes.html

Gina, you will like these.

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i like classic songs which are turned into drum n bass remixes

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Skive wrote:

Most of the D&B now is jank.
Much prefer jungle from 95 till 98. Lost it's magic in my opinion.

I agree, but I still make an attempt to go to dnb events, just because I like the buzz.
In answer to the question, I'm into stuff like Adam F, Andy C, Layo &n Bushwaka, and I like the whole hip-hop dnb fusion stuff like Scratch Perverts. Also like the commercial dancey stuff like 2manydjs and roni size.

Is anyone going to creamfields?

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Gotta tell ya, i went to a drum n bass nite for the first time ever l;ast nite. Wasnt really a fan but all my mates were going so i went. Struggled to enjoy for the first hour or two, then got used to music n fort fuck it im gonna dance and then for the rest of the night loved it and have been downloadin random dnb tunes since i got up lol
Am seeing Dj Hype ina few weeks apparently that'll make me like it more lol

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DJ hype is good I suppose to get u into it, but trust me, when u start hearing all these crazy Synth basslines from the likes of Pendulum, Dillinja etc. u wont wanna hear ne thing else...that's how I am at the minute...if u wanna hear some samples of DnB tunes, head to www.chemical-records.co.uk and go to the search engine....seriously look at tunes by Dillinja- feel my pain and in the grind VIP) and Pendulum - another planet...its got crazy synth in that...like some sort of German Beer hall festival

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Congo Natty

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My mate Pete is really in to drum n bass, but I never really listened to it...

As far as Bristol is concerned, I kinda like trip-hop. :thumb:

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-[MoonRat]- wrote:

My mate Pete is really in to drum n bass, but I never really listened to it...

As far as Bristol is concerned, I kinda like trip-hop. :thumb:

I love Trip-Hop. I've got a little mix I've done of unsigned artists, I'll give you a link to it when I upload it.

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Ok, here's the the Trip-Hop mix, it's only 36 minutes long, my hosting company doesn't give me much space so I had to keep it a shortish one.

1. Fidel Castro: The great survivor intro (Temper Audio - Carta Para Fidel // www.temperaudio.com)
2. Danny K feat. The Beat Chemist - Go // www.21stcenturysongs.co.uk
3. DJ Eurok - Horizon // www.djeurok.com
4. The Silk Demise - Corridor Fog // www.thesilkdemise.com
5. ProFusion - Reflection of Self // ??
6. Ikarus - Touched the Sun // www.ikarusmusic.com
7. Sudaka - Flow // ??
8. Moe Vibes - Too Many Centres // www.houseoflim.co.nr
9. George Katsiris - 1er Cru // www.lunaticworks.com

Sedo - Sound Styles Mix

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hey.. i might sound a bit mongish seeing as you lot are all experts.. but whats a good d n b cd to start out with? i wanna get into it, but i dunno how.

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I wouldn't mind an answer to that (FilthyChav) too as I'm a newcomer to d&b...so far though I only really like the liquid d&b like High Contrast, Nu:Tone, Logistics etc (OK, OK - anything on Hospital ) as I tend to find some of the harder more original drum & bass quite harsh to listen to. Also went to see London Elektricity at Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff on Friday night, they are an absolutely awesome live drum & bass group with one of the best drummers ever - check out their album Billion Dollar Gravy if you like the more liquid, funky styles of drum & bass. Other than that I'd say check out some of the specialist programmes on Radio 1 like Fabio & Grooverider's show, also Annie Mac tends to play some wicked d&b (Thursday nights from 9pm)...Bobby Friction and Nihal (sp?) do too - their d&b stuff is usually Asian/bhangra-influenced.
Anyway FilthyChav my suggestion might be to get one of the CDs in the Fabric Live compilation series, or one of Hospital Records' "Plastic Surgery" compilations.

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FilthyChav wrote:

hey.. i might sound a bit mongish seeing as you lot are all experts.. but whats a good d n b cd to start out with? i wanna get into it, but i dunno how.

Anything on Good Looking Records. GLO is a class label. Also have a look for some stuff on Covert Operations, Camino Blue.

Have a look at this thread, and look up some of the guy's I mentioned.

http://vbulletin.thesite.org.uk/showthread.php?t=82569

Skive

Get some proper fucking proper jungle on people.
Some Congo Natty and some old skool Mickey Finn etc.

The standard of D&B over the last couple of years has really dropped.

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Felix Da Housecat wrote:

Nookie & MC System - Atmosphere Prologue Mix

Hey felix, this is pretty good, thanks for the link

I've always prefered more ambient D&B to be honest...

I enjoyed the red mix you posted a while ago too, is the blue mix out yet?

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Skive wrote:

Get some proper fucking proper jungle on people.
Some Congo Natty and some old skool Mickey Finn etc.

The standard of D&B over the last couple of years has really dropped.

Yep, its all about Congo Natty :thumb:

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used to go to a few jungle raves, then realised it was fucking shit and stopped going

Skive

john_g wrote:

used to go to a few jungle raves, then realised it was fucking shit and stopped going

What a clever chap you are.

Former Member

I am trying to get into Drum n Bass (which is a friends' fault) and a friend of mine keep going on about Fabric Live. What's the best one to get? And is the Freestylers one any good?

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Skive wrote:

What a clever chap you are.

sorry i meant raves not the music, i still love a bit of jungle, i however do not love sweat little grimepits full of twats with attitude though

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john_g wrote:

sorry i meant raves not the music, i still love a bit of jungle, i however do not love sweat little grimepits full of twats with attitude though

Each to their own.

Personally, being there in the middle of it all enhances the music (well, considering it's not a shite sound system). I'll always remember when Zinc I think dropped Roni Size - Brown Paper Bag at Energy '04, which is a good tune anyway but when it came on fuck me, I was blown away. Same with that Butterfly VIP tune, one of my favourite tunes at the minute and I can listen to it all day long at home and appreciate it's a wicked tune, but when I hear it out and about...

And I agree with the general consensus, the vast majority of modern drum and bass (bar a couple of artists, namely Pendulum) is bollocks, much much prefer older jungley style stuff - Adam F, Mickey Finn, Aphrodite, Alex Reece, R-Type, Krome & Time etc.

Six million ways to die, dontcha know.

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I agree with the general opion here that most modern drum and bass is nowhere near as good as that from the 95-98 era. I like the stuff that doesn't rely on having to max out the speakers to be good.

High Contrast, Calibre and the Future Engineers produce some really nice stuff. Teebee is also a great artist.

I do a bit of mixing and have the following kit:-
2x Numark TTX1 direct drives (better than technics in my opinion)
Allen and Heath Xone 32 mixer (the bol**cks! Undoubtedly the best piece of equipment I have ever owned)
I've also spent alot of money on the cabling - people often don't realise how much of a difference a high quality lead can make.

If you fancy listening to some Drum and Bass online, then www.bassdrive.com is a good place to go.

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Am goin 2 a drum n bass nite on saturday!! am well excited!! just thought id share that with y'all!!
Its only my 2nd time but am tryin to convince my mates to take me with them to a rave next time they go, they being a bit over protective of me tho!! R they that bad then??

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Try The Drum & Bass Arena for more general info on d&b and some good downloads too.

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ne drum n bass arena CD compliations are good...they have a nice mix of tunes so u can figure out what u like