Recommend Me Some...

[Steeb]

So yeah, recommend me some DnB. Stuff like Pendulum. It has to sound professional, like that, none of this Amateur-Shy-FX-sounding bollocks.

Go!

[Cactus Drags]

Balls, I was going to recommend Penduluum, all other D&B is shit from my experience. Hold Your Colour is a good album, specially the title track.

[Steeb]

So far, all the Pendulum tracks I've aquired are excellent. Not a bad one. Hold Your Colour and Slam are both probably my favourites.

[fineintent]

Erm, I guess you could try Freestylers and Squarepusher. Freestylers are a bit more commercial sounding, and have a live-band set up, Squarepusher is experimental (and cool) as fuck.

[Liam]

Black Sun Empire

LTJ Buckem (I think thats what they are called)

Can't think of anymore off the top of my head.

[Bushmeister]

Venetian Snares

Toecutter

Soundmurderer

Hellfish

DJ Stahlin

DJ Nosferatu

Those would be my recommendations.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Squarepusher is amazing.

Also Roni Size is a true dnb king and his side project "Breakbeat Era" are a fantastic breakbeat group.

Breakbeat > DnB

[Toe]

I am not sure by what you mean. Do you mean groups that are just a drummer and a bass player?

If thats what you mean, then check out Death From Above 1979. Even if it isn't what you mean, check them out. "Romantic Rights" is a great song.

[Liam]

No, Drum And Bass isn't that...it is pretty much mixing desk, electronically based music. I'm not always sure the distinction between some of the electronic music, but D'n'B always seems a bit heavier and often a bit dancier, using more bass (thus its name). Someone could probably do a better job of describing it though.

[fineintent]

Can't believe I forgot Venetian Snares and Roni Size, Bushmeister and CSAMH rock for those.

DnB is, according to my A-Level Music Tech, fast paced, heavy drum beats with intricate, loud bass lines. DnB also incorporates a load of other styles, like jazz (Squarepusher in particular), funk, reggae, techno and jungle.

Dillinja is also a good shout if you want some heavier jungle style DnB.

[Liam]

General Levy

WICKED, WICKED, JUNGLE IS MASSIF~!

Yeah, so he does Jungle, get that song, old school.

[Cactus Drags]

Drum & Bass features million-mile-an-hour electronically-produced drums. And usually a generic chick or DJ singing cliché dance lyrics.

Who of the listed acts is most similar to Penduluum? I don't feel like getting a headache from shitty sub-par stuff.

[fineintent]

Freestylers, Dillinja and General Levy all have MC'ing/female vocalists. Freestylers is a bit more crossed-over with some mellow Hip-Hop and RnB, so might not be that offensive.

[Steeb]

For some more relaxed DnB tracks, try Esthero, specifically 'Innocence [DnB Remix]' and the track she did with Saul Williams, 'Tao Of Now'.

I've noted down all the suggestions thus far - apart from DFA1979, who kick ass, but aren't what I'm looking for - and will thank those whose suggestions I like when I pick some up.

Oh, and I already got some Roni Size, because I read an interview with Cedric, quoting him as an influence, which brought me through to this whole DnB thing in the first place

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

There's a certain bpm rate that makes something 'dnb' in the same way that techno, trance, rnb and the like can be classed.

dnb is usually between 160-180 beats per minute

techno is 130-140bpm

jungle is 180-190bpm

rnb is 90-100bpm

trance is 140bpm

hardcore techno is 160-300(?!)bpm

Edited June 18, 2006 by ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster

[Steeb]

hardcore techno is 160-300(?!)bpm

[Bushmeister]

I know these aren't electronic hardcore (on a second look-around, I found almost no hardcore/breakcore material on my comp that would have even gone near like 200 bpm. Maybe Hammy should've said speedcore and/or gabber?) but since you mentioned Nile and Cradle Of Filth... These are the fastest drummers (humans & machines) I could find on my playlist. This should give you an indicator about a 300 bpm assault.

Drum machine:

Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Ark Of Ecoterrorism

Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Contaminated Drug Supply

Human drummer:

The Berzerker - No One Wins

The Berzerker - Pure Hatred

[Godfatha]

I really like a lot of the Propellerheads' songs, "Take California" in particular. "Velvet Pants" is also a decent track.

They also did a James Bond remix which is actually quite decent as well.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Ahh hthe Propellorhead's album "Decksanddrumsandrockandroll" was quite good. A bit all over the place though...

For gimmick dnb try some Aphrodite.

"King of the beats", "Man of steel", "Rockafella skank remix", "Summer breeze remix", "Wishing on a star" and even the "No diggity remix" are good. "Underwater Love" and "Top drop caddy" are great. Their remix of "Smack my bitch up" is one of the better Prodigy remixes (along with Aphex Twin's "Breathe", Chemical Brothers "Voodoo People" and Underworld's "Out Of Space")