Dubstep and Drum 'n' Bass go well together

[WatchYourStep]

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.

[_boring]

halfstep dnb?

[etzel]

That song is certified dog shit.

[WatchYourStep]

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.

[Alty]

Now I remember way I'm not going to bother with dnb...

[rhek]

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.

[syhr]

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.

[WatchYourStep]

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.

[kingcannibal]

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.

[apathesis]

Dark techy rolley drum and bass FTW

[stappard]

Dark techy rolley drum and bass FTW

This, dnb is at its best when its avoiding the hype shit and just rolling with the shuffles

[cosmic revenge]

Dark techy rolley drum and bass FTW

recommendations?

[akilles]

I was into electro house before i was ever into dubstep.

i've been into dnb about the same amount of time i've being into dubstep

[seckle]

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.

[akilles]

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.

[seckle]

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.

[WatchYourStep]

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.

[jeer]

Dark techy rolley drum and bass FTW

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.

[pidge]

Dark techy rolley drum and bass FTW

recommendations?

http://www.myspace.com/data1010 Muted
http://www.myspace.com/spectrasoul
http://www.myspace.com/exitrecords
http://www.myspace.com/commix justified
http://www.myspace.com/instramentaluk
http://www.myspace.com/lynxandkemo