Sounds like Brookes Brothers Essential Mix 2011

fussy-p · Sep 27, 2013

Hi all,

I'm wondering if people could point me in the right direction to find tracks/artists who sound like the Brookes Brothers on their Essential Mix of 2011. Pretty much the first, say 30 mins of it is awesome IMO and I'd like to find out other tunes that sound like this!

I've tried Netsky - not a huge fan tbh. Sounds Euro
Andy C - yes but not quite Brookes Brothers

the best I've found so far are random mixes on YouTube but there must be something more solid than that? What type of DnB would you consider Brookes Brothers to be anyway?

Please help and point me in the right direction!

Cheers in advance

jungle_fever · Sep 27, 2013

gotta love the noob first thread. i would try out high contrast, logistics, nu tone, s.p.y, culture shock, danny byrd

Protect Audio · Sep 27, 2013

Look at labels like Viper Recs, Mainframe Recs, Monstercat, Hospital Recs and Ember Breaks

jungle_fever · Sep 27, 2013

Protect Audio said:

LOL

DeeGun · Sep 27, 2013

fussy-p said:

Euro? WTF.

fussy-p · Sep 27, 2013

DeeGun said:

Yeah. The guy is from Belgium. There's always a notable difference whenever artists come from mainland Europe vs the UK. It's less clean, dark and the synth has that euro trancy sound (nothing in the brookes brothers essential mix has that).

Also I appreciate the n00b post... Yeah you must get tons of these posts. Sorry. I did check the sticky posts though and there wasn't anything in there about the sound I'm after.

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Jungle fever and protect audio I will deffo check out those guys. Thanks

Also what type of dnb would you consider Brooke's brothers to be?

fuuz3r · Sep 27, 2013

fussy-p said:

lol

Ollie G · Sep 27, 2013

try spearhead records

fussy-p · Sep 28, 2013

fuuz3r said:

care to elaborate? I am new and I'm learning.. that's just my perception of things at this stage. Give me a new one if you have one..

OneSeventy · Sep 28, 2013

fussy-p said:

Don't worry man, people here are super-negative towards people just getting into dnb. Some kind of elitist bullshit... 'I don't like the sound you're looking for so I'll just do my best to make you feel bad'.

People will respect you more for not liking Netsky though, most people are more into the techy/minimal/dark side of dnb on here.

Still, take the advice of some of the people above. Those labels and artists will be worth checking.

fussy-p · Sep 28, 2013

OneSeventy said:

Don't worry man, people here are super-negative towards people just getting into dnb. Some kind of elitist bullshit... 'I don't like the sound you're looking for so I'll just do my best to make you feel bad'.

People will respect you more for not liking Netsky though, most people are more into the techy/minimal/dark side of dnb on here.

Still, take the advice of some of the people above. Those labels and artists will be worth checking.

Thanks oneseventy

ill deffo be checking out the artists mentioned above.

fuuz3r · Sep 28, 2013

i wasn't being negative. i just found it quite amusing that you pidgeonhole dnb music and sound by producers country of origin. like for instance you found mainland europe producers sound to be "less clean, dark and synth having that euro trancy sound" ...have you got any reasonable comparison to give us to actually support this theory?

oneseventy here taking the liberty to speak for all dnbforum users. pretty bold thing to do i must say. are you our representative?

anyway, have you checked essential mixes by:

chase & status
blame
danny byrd
high contrast
london elektricity
sub focus
netsky

check out the tracklists, search for these artists and what labels have they released their material.

DeeGun · Sep 28, 2013

fussy-p said:

Mate..I don´t want to sound like a dick but this is wrong on so many levels. I could post literally hundreds of tunes from non-UK artists that do not fulfill your insights. Also, trance does exist in the UK. Netsky doesn´t sound anything like trance.

Are you from the US? Because I have never heard or read the term euro trance.

alz · Sep 28, 2013

Here's the track list, just look the artists up

01 // Willie Hutch — Brothers Gonna Work It Out
02 // Brookes Brothers — Good Burger
03 // Topcat — Special Dedication (Sigma Remix)
04 // Interface — Go To Bed
05 // Mattix and Futile — Corkscrew
06 // Brainstorm — Mastered
07 // Klute — Hell Hath No Fury
08 // London Elektricity — Meteorites (Danny Byrd Remix)
09 // Brookes Brothers and Culture Shock — Rework
10 // Brookes Brothers and Danny Byrd — Goldrush
11 // Smooth — Calling
12 // Wilkinson — Refugee
13 // Trei — Mumbo Jumbo
14 // The Original Sins — Move
15 // MIST vs High Contrast — 3 Am
16 // Grafix and Fred V — One of These Days
17 // Furlonge — Time Remains
18 // Rusko — Hold On (Subfocus Remix)
19 // Metrik — T 1000 (Vip)
20 // Tantrum Desire — Higher
21 // TC feat Dread MC — Burning Starlight
22 // Wickaman — Destruct
23 // Brookes Brothers — Warcry
24 // Inside Info — Sneaker (Smooth Remix)
25 // S.P.Y — Sabotage
26 // Noisia vs The Upbeats — Dustup
27 // Culture Shock — Ohmworm
28 // Peter Nero — New Life
29 // Wolfgang Gartner — Illamerica (Loadstar Remix)
30 // Shinichi Osawa — Star Guitar (Brookes Brothers Remix)
31 // Chase & Status — Blind Faith (Loadstar Remix)
32 // Brookes Brothers and Futurebound — Dawn Treader
33 // Subfocus — Follow The Light
34 // Culture Shock — Bad Red
35 // Camo & Krooked — Shoreless
36 // Brookes Brothers — Last Night
37 // Culture Shock — Protection
38 // Brookes Brothers — Not Just Yet
39 // Wilkinson — Overdose
40 // Wickaman — Na Fool Me Again
41 // James Blake — Limit To Your Love
42 // Brookes Brothers — Snowman
43 // Breakage — Fighting Fire (Loadstar Remix)
44 // Metrik and Futurebound — Brave New World
45 // Chase & Status — Let You Go (Brookes Brothers Remix)
46 // Brookes Brothers and Danny Byrd — Paperchase
47 // Pendulum — Girl In The Fire
48 // Brookes Brothers — Tear You Down
49 // Commix — Be True
50 // Danny Byrd — Ill Behaviour VIP
51 // Logistics — Together
52 // Brookes Brothers — Beautiful
53 // Nero — Guilt (Culture Shock Remix)
54 // Loadstar — Kaoss
55 // Genetic Bros — Build
56 // Fred V and Grafix — Room to Breathe
57 // Brookes Brothers — Mistakes
58 // Lenzman — Lazers
59 // Xilent — Evolutions Per Minute
60 // Inside Info feat Nyx — Real World
61 // Enei and Riya — No Fear
62 // Joe Syntax feat Jono McCleery — Sightlines
63 // Brookes Brothers — Daybreak
64 // Agent Black — Real Good
65 // Toddla T feat Roots Manuva — Watch Me Dance
66 // Daft Punk — Face To Face
67 // Tasha Baxter — Ebb And Flow
68 // Wadsworth — Lime And Pink
69 // Henrik Schwarz — Leave My Head Alone
70 // Photek — Mine To Give
71 // Jamie xx — Far Nearer
72 // Instramental — 8
73 // Mord Fustang — Lick The Rainbow
74 // Skrillex — Rock n Roll
75 // Feed Me — Grand Theft Ecstasy
76 // Brookes Brothers — Corpse Bride
77 // Nathan Fake — Charlies House (Apperat Remix)
78 // SBTRKT — Pharoahs
79 // Simon Baker — No Pressure
80 // Jazzanova — Coffee Talk (Yukihiro Fukotomi Remix)
81 // Pépé Bradock — Deep Burnt
82 // A Made Up Sound — Demons
83 // Akabu — Another World (Andre Lodemann Remix)
84 // MJ Cole — Sincere
85 // Shola Ama — Imagine (Garage Remix)
86 // Brookes Brothers — Untitled
87 // Redlight feat Ms Dynamite — Whatchu Talking About
88 // Nero — Crush On You
89 // Shockone and Phetsta — Crucify Me (Dubstep Edit)
90 // SBTRKT — Wishes
91 // sPINAL — Draw the Line
92 // 501 — Vm3000
93 // 501 — 8 bit Dreamer
94 // Example — Stay Awake (Alvin Risk Remix)
95 // Chase & Status — Blind Faith
96 // Specimen A — Jaws
97 // Cazio — Jaguar Paw
98 // Cassius — I Love You So
99 // Nero — Promises (Skrillex and Amp Remix)
100 // 2000F and Kamata — You Don't Know What Love Is
101 // Seven & Elvee — Crime Doesnt Pay
102 // Angel Eyes — Submotion Orchestra
103 // Earthbound — Cyclone
104 // Ali Love — Diminishing Returns (Alvin Risk Remix)
105 // Mord Fustang — A New World
106 // Magnetic Man — I Need Air
107 // Chase & Status — Eastern Jam
108 // Brookes Brothers — In your Eyes
109 // Evol Intent — Paradize City
110 // J Majik & Wickaman — In Pieces (Xilent Remix)
111 // Joker — Stuck In The System
112 // Rack N Ruin — Righteous (True Tiger Remix)
113 // Nosaj Thing — Voices (Dorian Concept Remix)
114 // Cozy D and Eric Volta — The Gift (Planas Remix)
115 // Brookes Brothers — Souvenir

DjTiesticles · Sep 29, 2013

DeeGun said:

Should I be embarrassed to admit that I have heard of euro trance?

fuuz3r · Sep 29, 2013

haha, all this euro talk reminded me this again

DeeGun · Sep 29, 2013

DjTiesticles said:

If you´re embarassed to admit that you have heard of EDM, probably.

fussy-p · Oct 1, 2013

cheers fuuz3r that list of essential mixes was super helpful!! Especially High Contrast, London Elecktricity and Subfocus. After a bit of research I'm finding that the sound I like is actually a little bit older.. 2005 to 2010-ish. The newer stuff I think is a little different (maybe more dubstep-esque...? is that a fair assessment?).

Re what I meant about the Euro sound... there is definitely a theme to electronic music producers that come from mianland Europe compared to the UK. Not always but there's, like i said, generally a common theme (I find anyway).
The sound is more synthy and can become 'cheesy' in some instances (think the pop synthy sound that comes from something like 'Special D'

). I found Netsky when compared to Brookes Brothers to have more of a Euro Synthy sound and hence sometimes a little cheesy tbh.

Btw to the other posters, I was born in Australia but lived in London for 2 years a few years ago and lived in the US and Canada for 2 years after that. A lot of people know what you're talking about when you say 'Euro Trance'.. maybe not in Europe obviously but definitely in US/Canada/Australia.

fuuz3r said: