Styles

[dRiFT]

So what kinds of drum & bass is everyone into?
Types, tracks, labels, and artists plz

 

[sdm]

Types
I like all types of DNB, but I only play dark and heavy. I'm a big fan of amen / tramen breaks too! I'll also make exceptions for anthems like 'Shake Ur Body' etc. As they are pure crowd pleasers

Tracks
Typical tracks that I play are:

• Bad Company - Planet Dust
• Ice Minus - Babylon
• Alpha Omega - Klash VIP
• Zinc - Ska
• Total Science - Squash
• Trace - Sonar (Remix)
• Exile - 108 Down
• Universal Project - Haunted Dreams

Labels
My current fave labels include:

• Ice Minus
• Hardware
• TOV
• True Playaz
• Universal Project
• Valve

Artists
My top artists include:

• Trace
• Kemal
• Ray Keith
• Dillinja
• )EIB(
• Sketch & Code
• Ice Minus
• Zinc
• Universal Project

There ya go

 

[klusta]

Depends on my mood and the sort of people I'm playing to really....

Dark

Artists :
Kemal and Rob Data
Bad Company
Ed rush & Optical
Cause for Concern
Stakka & Skynet
Stratus
Rascal and Klone
Dom
Mampi Swift
Friction

Labels

Killhertz (or what ever it's gonna be called)
Bad Company
Virus
C4C
Industry
Underfire
Audio Blueprint
Negative
Some Moving Shadow stuff, some of the new ltd's r well good
Charge
Subtitles
TOV
Renegade Hardware

Tracks.....I aint even gonna start!

I also play a more chilled out style along the following lines:

Defunked material
Hospital
Beta
Some Invadez material
Infrared
John B
Jill Scott
J.Majik
V records - marky and patife

I like most types of dnb but try to stick to one or two types because otherwise it jusy eats all me bucks.

 

[Sassy]

I cant be arsed to list em like Stu and Klusta have

I mainly like the mad jump up bizniss, but I do like a fair amount of dark stuff, oh, and vocal stuff always goes down well with me

Labels : Joker, Fresh Kutt, V Recordings, Dope Dragon, Chronic (sub of V) Back 2 Basics, Full Cycle, C.I.A, Second Movement (sub of B2B)

Artists : Roni Size, Prisoners of Technology, Krust, Zinc, and alot more I cant think of hehe

Tracks : hmm, ones I've been pulling out of my box lately have been..
Delicious -Supply and Demand (Flava EP - V)
Ska -Zinc (True Playaz)
Bad Ass - Mickey Finn & Aphrodite (Urban Takeover)
The Reckoning - Ray Keith (V Classic) farkiiin tuuunnneee!
Breakbeat Era - Ultra Obscene (XL)
Echo Box - Brockie and Ed Solo (True Playaz)
Paranormal - Tungsten and Morph (Formation)
And 2 EP's on the Chronic Label by Supply and Demand

Gawd, I could go on forever

 

[sdm]

Gawd, I could go on forever

I know how you feel

 

[Serum]

I think my big thing at the moment is DEEP DEEP bass
So hence here's my faves

ARTISTS

DJ Hazard
Devize & 3A
DJ Daze
Sappo
Total Science
Dylan
Digital

FAVE LABELS

Too many to list really, but main ones are

3D MODE (brum's finest)
Structure / Radius / Second strike (Hazard and co's labels)
Reinforced
CIA / Advanced / Function
Cylon / Outbreak
Poison
Nu - Urban
East Side
True Playaz / Global Frontline etc

Generally tho I like to just buy a bit of allsorts, and lots of obscure promos and stuff. My tastes change weekly, I tend to say order a lot of oldskool style stuff, then a lot of jazzy, the next week then a lot of tech, then some with the big amens and stuff another week.

 

[Arrow Jay]

I like the dark stuff and jump up.

Jump Up:

Urban Takeover, Prisoners of Technology, True Playaz (hype & zinc...pascal I'm not too keen on) and the occasional Ganja Kru, Dread, Ed Rush, Doc Scott tracks.

The dark stuff has to be getting better IMO.

Renegade Hardware, 1210, Ram, Cylon, Liftin' Spirits, Virus, Undiluted, eMotif, Moving Shadow, Posion, Underfire

Artists: USUAL SUSPECTS! Cause 4 Concern, Dylan, Loxy, Ink, Digital, Andy C, Ed Rush, Brockie!, Rascal & Klone, Calyx, D-Kay, Dom & Keaton, Stakka & Skynet, Kemal & Rob Data

Favourite tracks have to be: Usual Suspects - Spawn & Killa Bees...Brockie & Ed Solo - Lost Bass and Ram Trilogy - No Reality

 

[2Bad]

My Go!!

Artists:
Goldie
Dillinja
J Majik
Ed Rush
Optical
Digital
Photek
Trace
Matrix
Decoder
Lemon D
Roni Size
Andy / Red One and the crew
LTJ Bukem
John B

DJs
Dillinja
Lemon D
Bryan Gee
Andy C
THE MIGHTY RIDER!!

Tunes .... OH SO MANY!!
Photek - The Form and Function Series
Alex Reece - Basic Principles (Dillinja Reprise)
Metal Headz - Terminator / Knowledge
Bukem - Horizons
I better stop before I go on a nostalgia trip! LOL!

 

[238]

Originally posted by stuuu
I'm a big fan of amen / tramen breaks too!

well.. could you please introduce me tramen? some producers, labels, tunes.. thanx

 

[MiL0]

tramen is the name of the drum loop originally invented by Trace. I think it's an "Amen" break (from Amen Brother) mixed with the "Tighten Up" break, plus a little extra secret ingredient... TR(ace)AMEN ---- gettit...
Check out almost all of Trace's tunes if you want to hear what it sounds like.


Or check out: http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~henninl/homemade_firefight.mp3 for an example of a home-made effort by someone on the Drum & Bass Arena Discussion Board.

PLUS check out my tunes: http://www.electronicscene.com/studioviper
...blatant plug...

 

[238]

thanks.. i ever thought it's a usual kind (or variation) of amen, even i heard it in other tracks than just the trace's ones.. but i love that break much, but classic amen is my favourite and amen brother is cool too.. the winstons drummer must be crazy

 

[sdm]

Also, check out Trace - 'Sniper' for sampling

 

[238]

Also, check out Trace - 'Sniper' for sampling

i know sniper.. but i prefer handmade breakz for my (although weak) tracks