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Drum N’ Bass is a rockin’ the clubs!

Drum and Bass is an urban musical style that was originated both from hardcore techno, raves and jungle.

It was born in the 90’s in London, United Kingdom and even today it is in the UK that drum and bass is more active and vibrant with an underground dnb scene that is very intense and popular .

The main feature of Drum and Bass is the heavy and powerful basslines and the really fast rhythms and beats. A beat can sometimes go up to 220 BPM, but are usually at 170BPM.

Obviously these are incredible forward tempos if we compare them to house or electro music which is usually around 133 BPM .

This is of course the type of music one enjoys listening to in clubs, raves, parties and festivals.

It is associated with some drugs (ass all dance music genres are…) mainly because of the parties and the frenetic beats.

The drum n’ bass genre has merged itself over the years with many other musical styles like reggae, electro, dancehall, pop, house, jazz, hip hop and dub…

Sub-genres and variations of Drum and bass include: techstep, drumfunk, neurofunl, liquid funk, drill n’ bass, breakcore, jazzy, hardstep and dubcore.

If you go to a Drum n’ Bass live-act what you’ll probably see os a dj playing the track and changing it (making a rhythm more powerful and faster, repeating parts of the music, scratching, etc) and an MC (Master of Ceremonies) that performs over the music in his own style.

Most Drum n’ Bass mcs perform in the ragga and hip hop style. Lately the most commercial hip hop has had the voice of women with catchy lyrics, but this is more chart-oriented and mainstream drum n’ bass.

It’s very likely that you go into a club and it’s playing a drum n’ bass track or with dn’b inspiration.

If you want adventure yourself in the world of Drum n’ bass production you got to be total master of your gear (hardware and/or software).

You have to know how to make the most powerful beats and beable to perform them live.

If you’re looking for ways to make great Drum n’ Bass tracks, go check out Future Loops’ Nuclear DNB.

They have the phattest drum and bass loops available in the market. With Future Loops drum and bass beats you’ll be making brutal tracks. Go get real drum and bass samples, get your gear ready and start making some heavy sounds!