Dubstep and Drum 'n' Bass go well together

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Dubstep and Drum 'n' Bass go well together

Post by WatchYourStep » Fri May 29, 2009 3:13 am

I was into electro house before i was ever into dubstep and i had a small collection of songs that had a slow breakbeat section worked into the middle of the song which were my favourites:

Headshotboyz - Runin' The Show
Kanye West - Homecoming (DJ Kue remix)
Shopliftas - Nasty In The Shade
Calvertron, Banga - Whoop (Rudder's There It Isn't remix)
The Rogue Element, Tom Real, Disco Of Doom - Loud & Clear
Aniki - Hip Hop Thrilla
Aston Shuffle - For Everyone

(all great tunes btw, check them out if you still like electro house)

The other day i found a dnb song that incorporated dubstep into the middle and the end result sounded great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKqyOrUnw48
(not the part at 1:00, the part at 2:48 )

Let me know what you think of dubstep mixed with drum n bass. i think it should happen a lot more.

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Post by _boring » Fri May 29, 2009 7:45 am

halfstep dnb?
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Post by etzel » Fri May 29, 2009 7:59 am

That song is certified dog shit.

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Post by WatchYourStep » Fri May 29, 2009 8:00 am

-boring wrote:halfstep dnb?
i hope artists don't get carried away with half time beats and ruin the novelty, b/c i love them. i'm even seeing them in house lately.

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Post by Alty » Fri May 29, 2009 10:06 am

Now I remember way I'm not going to bother with dnb...
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Post by rhek » Fri May 29, 2009 10:56 am

No shit. You don't need to play out the halfstep stuff just up the tempo at whatever point, proper steps any mix up when you step up to some neuro roller.

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Post by syhr » Fri May 29, 2009 11:26 am

just smacks of trying too hard to be everything at once really.


Halfstep d&b's been around for ages though, check Amit's album for the best examples.

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Post by WatchYourStep » Fri May 29, 2009 4:27 pm

Interesting to hear everyone's (mostly negative) opinions on something i thought was so great.

has everyone officially given up on dnb? i've been into dnb about the same amount of time i've being into dubstep, so maybe i haven't been around to experience all that sucks about dnb.

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Post by kingcannibal » Fri May 29, 2009 4:54 pm

eriegz wrote: has everyone officially given up on dnb?.
no, if you try a drum & bass forum you'll find you'll get the same sort of replies but they'll be slagging off the dubstep instead of dnb.

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Post by apathesis » Fri May 29, 2009 5:01 pm

Dark techy rolley drum and bass FTW 8) :D

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Post by stappard » Fri May 29, 2009 5:22 pm

Apathesis wrote:Dark techy rolley drum and bass FTW 8) :D
This, dnb is at its best when its avoiding the hype shit and just rolling with the shuffles

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Post by cosmic revenge » Fri May 29, 2009 5:42 pm

Apathesis wrote:Dark techy rolley drum and bass FTW 8) :D
recommendations?

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Post by akilles » Fri May 29, 2009 5:47 pm

eriegz wrote:I was into electro house before i was ever into dubstep.
eriegz wrote: i've been into dnb about the same amount of time i've being into dubstep

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Post by seckle » Fri May 29, 2009 5:48 pm

syhr wrote: trying too hard to be everything at once really.
which is state of the dance music business in general these days. everyone's a dj, and a lot of them want to be "everything, all the time". the software makes it easier too. with so many dj's taking their itunes library and bpm'ing it.....you have to work really really really hard to stand out from the pack, when you choose to have everything in the kitchen sink in one set.

martyn and kode 9 , do it really well imo. they play nearly everything in one set, sometimes. music from 1960 to 2009.

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Post by akilles » Fri May 29, 2009 6:00 pm

seckle wrote:
syhr wrote: trying too hard to be everything at once really.
which is state of the dance music business in general these days. everyone's a dj, and a lot of them want to be "everything, all the time". the software makes it easier too. with so many dj's taking their itunes library and bpm'ing it.....you have to work really really really hard to stand out from the pack, when you choose to have everything in the kitchen sink in one set.
Down here there's a bit of a DJ clique, where they all play at each others nights and are all electro/dubstep/breaks/rave djs.

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Post by seckle » Fri May 29, 2009 6:08 pm

Akilles wrote:
seckle wrote:
syhr wrote: trying too hard to be everything at once really.
which is state of the dance music business in general these days. everyone's a dj, and a lot of them want to be "everything, all the time". the software makes it easier too. with so many dj's taking their itunes library and bpm'ing it.....you have to work really really really hard to stand out from the pack, when you choose to have everything in the kitchen sink in one set.
Down here there's a bit of a DJ clique, where they all play at each others nights and are all electro/dubstep/breaks/rave djs.
fair play to them though. there's nothing wrong to playing everything. the point i'm making is that you have to work twice as hard to stand out, because there's literally thousands of dj's doing that sort of thing these days.

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Post by WatchYourStep » Fri May 29, 2009 6:52 pm

Interesting. the track didn't strike me as trying to be everything at once. i thought it worked well from a creative point of view. i think it sounds fresh.

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Post by jeer » Fri May 29, 2009 6:56 pm

thirdandarmyst wrote:
Apathesis wrote:Dark techy rolley drum and bass FTW 8) :D
recommendations?
Check Spor, Apex that sorta stuff, anyone on Lifted basically.
Masheen, Misanthrop, Prolix is pretty sick....
Demo, Evol Intent

Endless list of this sickness.

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