Drum & Bass and Electronica

Jay P

Okay, so this is my first time visiting this forum so I hopes Im in the right place! Basically, I'm looking for some drum and bass artists. I listen to early Pendulum stuff and The Prodigy so any similar artists would be great, or even some you think would be good as well!

Secondly, some electronica! I love Daft Punk, Aphex Twin and all that kind of thing so some new artists would be fantabulous! Thanks!

electrofilth

i have used www.discogs.com for the last two years.it is a cross referrenced website the lists all releases according to artists, labels or albums.its unbelievably HUGE!!between that,www.juno.co.uk and beatport.com thats where i find out most my new tunes, along with some blogs.

if you are new to a genre, as you seem to be to drum n bass, search the album or single by the artist you like or know already on the discogs homepage,( in your case pendulum the link is http://www.discogs.com/artist/Pendulum+(3) ) then find out what label released the tune you are into.generally, labels produce similar quality/style tunes....sometimes not. then , having found some tunes/artists/labels you think you might be into, you can search these on youtube.com or beatport.com to listen, or else google then track name along with "mp3" , sometimes you might find a handy link.

breakbeat kaos is a good drum n bass label to start with
bomb city records are class,really really heavy though
chronic records are cool too http://www.discogs.com/label/Chronic

concord dawn are pretty good

remarc is a good starting point for "amen" drum n bass.

old tune called "black" by dj SS is savage,its on this page http://www.juno.co.uk/search/?header_search_for=m_4&q=dj+ss+black&x=404&y=17&precision=any&column=all&music=yes&merchandise=yes&genre_id=0000

check out this back catalogue called "skool of hard knocks" the link is https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/20579/skool_of_hard_knocks

and when you have a listen to the clips from skool of hard knocks,click on the label "renegade hardware" listen to some of the other tracks from that label.

funny thing is i dont even dj that much drum n bass, more into techno and dubstep, yet it doesnt take long to find good tunes using the 'ol interweb , just a bit of effort and patience

manfist

if your lookin or drum and bass , id recomend going for burial ,
and the only genres id say aphex fits into are the two that were based around his music , idm and briandance, ,
if your into the more melodic side of this ,go for autchre , boards of canada or future sounds of london , and if your into more uptempo go for the tuss, cylob or bogdan raczynski.

anything on Warp , Rephlex or planet Mu are mainly all good too.

Executive Steve

for drum and bass - tune in to my show on radio na life 106.4 fm every wednesday at nine pm (if you're in the greater dublin area)


i've a nice mix up at my virb page http://www.virb.com/tyrannyexecutivesteve

we also have loads of mixes from our other residents as well as recordings from overseas heads we've had over in the past two years over at
http://www.virb.com/reachdrumandbass

my personal picks at the moment:::

seba
calibre
paradox
d:bridge
martsman
instra:mental
naibu
break
fanu


if you like pendulum you might like:::

bad company
sub focus
high contrast
calyx
teebee
break

Jay P

Jay P wrote: »

early Pendulum stuff and The Prodigy so any similar artists would be great, or even some you think would be good as well!

Secondly, some electronica! I love Daft Punk, Aphex Twin and all that kind of thing so some new artists would be fantabulous! Thanks!

What I'd nearly do is go on something like Youtube and guage what grips you and what doesn't by going from link to link. Because frankly I'm not sure I would label the Prodigy drum n bass at all. Furthermore, the Aphex Twin covers a huge range of styles, from drill n bass to techno to ambient to just about anything. I love Aphex Twin, for example, and could give you a few pointers but I don't like Daft Punk at all and when you link the two I'm not sure what pointers one could give and whether you want IDM, or some electro house thing as favoured by Daft Punk.

Jay P

Thanks a mil for the replies guys! About the vaguness: I was only really giving an idea of what I listen to, which is a bit of everything! Sorry about the confusion.

I found DJ Fresh, Sub Focus and a few others from discogs.com. Thanks a million for that one!

Scubadevils

Lots to recommend but check out Kettel for now if you like Aphex Twin -

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kettel

http://www.myspace.com/captainkettel (loads of stuff to listen to here)

Heres another couple of examples of his tracks, really excellent producer (but may not be your cup of tea!!!) -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3oNo83wRew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcotpfFSgtg

yummycake

ed rush and optical
decoder
technical itch

here's some cheese for ya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14x0Xpz0ysE

jonny68

I'm a big Jungle/Drum & Bass fan, some of my fav artists are


Goldie
DJ Hype
LTJ Bukem
Mickey Finn
Fabio
Grooverider
Roni Size
Jumping Jack Frost
Bryan G
Shy FX

Etc the list goes on, D & B lost it's way there for a few years but there is some really cool new stuff about right now, there are some good Irish artists on the scene as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSFDEYcpTco

My fav Jungle/Drum & Bass tune tune and album of all time is this absolute masterpiece.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8u7MNG-ug8




if yiu want anymore recommendations let me know:)

jonny68

This too is one of my fav tunes, serious tuneage this:cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DogEZGeloOE