Drumfunk

[DLaurent]

I have a ton of records from this era, say the early 2000s, before Dubstep.


Do you think like I do there was more mileage to this music? Or was it the death knell of Drum and Bass?

I speak to some people who don't like hardcore after 92 because there was too much Jungle. I can't see them liking this, as a post jungle music, but to me I come back to playlists like the tune above with Drum and Bass from the era like below... that's not quite pure drumfunk

 

[DLaurent]

I cringe when I hear a lot of Amen music now but to me this is basically one way it should be produced.

 

[DLaurent]

Drum and Bass DJ at heart.

 

[tyranny]

I have shelves and shelves heaving with this stuff, and never quite made the leap to Dubstep.

It's my happy place still really - modern drum and bass that stays true to the roots with breakbeats, samples and sub bass but that doesn't treat the whole thing as a nostalgia exercise.

It's surprising how well a lot of those old records still stand up, and it's even more surprising how well extremely non-drum and bassy crowds respond to them too. Also wild how pricy all those Paradox and Equinox and Nebula records from the mid 00s are on discogs etc.

If you've not checked in on this stuff in a while, you could do a lot worse than checking out Subtle Audio, Pinecone Moonshine and Omni Music.

 

[tyranny]

(of course there's a Subtle Audio tune in your first ffs I'm blind)

 

[tyranny]

 

[thirdform]

this is the one


and

 

[luka]

so its got got very New-Agey?

 

[thirdform]

so its got got very New-Agey?

nah like ambient jungle, but faster.

 

[luka]

nah like ambient jungle, but faster.

Pinecone Moonshine?

 

[Corpsey]

I saw Paradox live once and he spent half his set lecturing people in his lispy nerd voice about what real drum n bass/jungle was.

He did play this though which is a banger

 

[Corpsey]

I was never that into choppage/drumfunk etc. but I did like Breakage and some of the other stuff on Bassbin.

 

[Corpsey]

I feel like third would like this one but maybe I'm off and it's actually bedwetter music

 

[thirdform]

I feel like third would like this one but maybe I'm off and it's actually bedwetter music

This is the one.

 

[thirdform]

TBF this is all nerd jungle. and I embrace that. But it's more Kool Keith than el-p, who would be yer squarepushers and the like. It's more people who could not give up on jungles chopped breakbeats when the rest of dnb went 2step-y. Funny how 2step slowed down with soul was basically garage.

All time favourite this one.

 

[DLaurent]

Some good tunes here. I bought a ton of drum and bass between 2000 and 2005. Loads of Subtle Audio and Bassbin records. It's difficult to draw the line between this stuff and just drum and bass. Got a load of Klute and Certificate 18 stuff for instance.

I remember this was one of the last records I bought.