What is Drill 'n Bass?

Information about Drill 'n Bass

Drill 'n bass is a genre name coined by fans for a type of electronic music that emerged from drum 'n bass in the mid-1990s. Artists like Luke Vibert, Squarepusher, and most famously, Aphex Twin created the sound in 1995.

The genre is characterized by extremely complex and detailed drum programming, often sampled from the famous "amen" breakbeat. Although inspired by early Jungle music, the complexity and attention to measure-by-measure detail found in drill 'n bass distanced it from the dancefloor mentality of early Drum 'n Bass.

Aphex Twin's 1996 release Richard D. James Album is thought to be of great influence on modern Drill 'n Bass. In 1998, Aphex Twin released his "Come to Daddy" single, which is mainly in the style of Drill 'N Bass, and which was commercially successful worldwide.

By 1999, the genre seemed to disappear. Only a few artists, such as The Flashbulb, still clung to the Drill 'n bass label. Newer artists, such as Venetian Snares and Doormouse, dubbed their evolution of the genre "breakcore".

Key early releases (1995)

Notable later releases

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Electronic music refers to music that emphasizes the use of electronic musical instruments or electronic music technology as a central aspect of the sound of the music. [1]
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Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated to d&b, DnB, dnb, d'n'b, drum n bass and drum & bass) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle.
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Luke Vibert is a Cornish recording artist and producer known for his work in many subgenres of electronica. He began his musical career as a member of the Hate Brothers, only later branching out into his own compositions.
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Squarepusher is the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, an English electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. He specialises in the electronic music genres of drum and bass, musique concrète, and acid, with a significant jazz influence.
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Aphex Twin (born Richard David James on August 18, 1971 in Limerick, Ireland) is an electronic music artist, credited with pushing forward the genres of techno, ambient, acid and drum and bass.
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A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. Drum machines are very useful instruments for a wide variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music.
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sampler is an electronic music instrument closely related to a synthesizer. Instead of generating sounds from scratch, however, a sampler starts with multiple recordings (or “samples”) of different sounds, and then plays each back based on how the instrument is
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"Amen break" (usually pronounced /ɑ:'mɛn/) was a drum solo performed by Gregory Sylvester "G.C." Coleman. The "Amen Break," "Amen," or imitations thereof, are frequently used as sampled drum loops in hip hop, jungle and drum and bass music. It is 5.
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Jungle music can mean:
  • Drum and bass - the current term used to encompass the entire musical genre of jungle and drum & bass
  • Oldschool jungle - a style specific to the earliest form of drum and bass, it is still produced to this day

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Richard D. James
(1996) Come To Daddy
(1997)

Richard D. James is an album by Richard D. James under his pseudonym Aphex Twin. Released in 1996 on Warp Records, the work features novel use of software synthesizers and is an archetype in the
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Come to Daddy
(1997) Windowlicker
(1999)

Come to Daddy is a 1997 EP by acid techno artist Aphex Twin, commonly known as Richard D. James.
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Benn Lee Jordan is an electronica musician operating under many pseudonyms. Since 1999 his most widely distributed and eclectic music has been released under the name of The Flashbulb.
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Venetian Snares, often abbreviated to Vsnares or similar, is the performing name of Aaron Funk, an electronic music producer and performer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is known for making experimental electronic music often in odd numbered time signatures.
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Doormouse is an alias of electronic musician and breakcore producer, live performer and DJ Daniel Martin born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, now living in Miami, Florida. He sometimes appears as Dan Doormouse. He began making music and DJing in the 90's.
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'Hangable Auto Bulb'

EP by AFX
Released EP1: October 16, 1995
EP2: December 11 1995
CD: October 31, 2005
Recorded August-October, 1995
Genre Drum and Bass / Drill and bass
Length EP1: 25:05
EP2: 09:04
CD: 34:47
Label Warp
Producer Richard D.
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Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more music than a single, but are too short to qualify as albums. Usually, an EP has around 10–25 minutes of music, a single has up to 10 minutes and an album has 25–80 minutes.
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Aphex Twin (born Richard David James on August 18, 1971 in Limerick, Ireland) is an electronic music artist, credited with pushing forward the genres of techno, ambient, acid and drum and bass.
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Squarepusher is the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, an English electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. He specialises in the electronic music genres of drum and bass, musique concrète, and acid, with a significant jazz influence.
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Alroy Road Tracks is an album credited to "The Duke Of Harringay", an alias for Squarepusher. The album was released on 12" vinyl format only. All tracks were later released on the Squarepusher compilation Burningn'n Tree.
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Plug 1 Visible Crater Funk is the first release by Luke Vibert under the alias Plug. "Visible Crater Funk" is an anagram for Luke Francis Vibert.

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Plug 2 Rebuilt Kev is the second release by Luke Vibert under the alias Plug. "Rebuilt Kev" is an anagram for Luke Vibert.

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  • "The second in the series of the weird and wonderful Plug saga.

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Plug 2 Rebuilt Kev is the third release by Luke Vibert under the alias Plug. "Versatile Crib Funk" is an anagram for Luke Francis Vibert.

Track listing

Side A
  1. "Brave Lick (Let's Get Down)"
  2. "Versatile"
Side AA
  1. "Tuff Rinse"

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Luke Vibert is a Cornish recording artist and producer known for his work in many subgenres of electronica. He began his musical career as a member of the Hate Brothers, only later branching out into his own compositions.
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Feed Me Weird Things
(1996) Port Rhombus EP
(1996)

Feed Me Weird Things is the debut album of British drum and bass/jazz musician Squarepusher. The album frequently uses elements of jazz grooves and breakbeat percussions.
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Richard D. James
(1996) Come To Daddy
(1997)

Richard D. James is an album by Richard D. James under his pseudonym Aphex Twin. Released in 1996 on Warp Records, the work features novel use of software synthesizers and is an archetype in the
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Come to Daddy
(1997) Windowlicker
(1999)

Come to Daddy is a 1997 EP by acid techno artist Aphex Twin, commonly known as Richard D. James.
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