Drum and bass

Drum and bass (often abbreviated DnB) is a style of Electronic Dance Music typified by fast, syncopated rhythmic patterns and predominant use of basslines. It formed out of the British Breakbeat Hardcore and Breakbeat scenes of the early 1990s through an emerging field of Jungle producers and DJs who utilized faster drum break patterns with more complex songwriting and sequencing. This development has since seen both significant mainstream attention and the creation of several subgenres, from the more traditional form of jungle to the more modern and synthetic styles of Techstep, Neurofunk and Dancefloor Drum and Bass, as well as the more subtle types of Atmospheric Drum and Bass and Liquid Drum and Bass. At 160-180 BPM, the tempo range is faster than most other forms of mainstream club music, and often features elements that are more complex in construction. Early drum and bass works often used sampled drum breaks, the most common being the Amen break - sampled from the The Winstons' "Amen, Brother" - usually looped or separated into multiple parts, the latter allowing for newer, more complex and syncopated beats to be constructed. The role of sampled drum breaks became more uncommon during the turn to the 2000s, as modern subgenres (namely Jump-Up, dancefloor drum and bass and liquid DnB) usually eschew this in favor of simpler, synthetic rhythms that are often built around programmed drum sounds. AKA: Drum & BassDrum 'n' BassDnBD 'n' BD&BDrum&Bass