Drill ‘n’ Bass/Breakcore

Drill ‘n’ Bass/Breakcore:
Armed with a complete deconstruction and mutilation of the Amenand other breaks, and an ear for the experimentalism of the IDMmovement, Drill ’n’ Bass broke out in the mid 90s with a vengeance.Defined by the early works of Plug, Aphex Twin, and Tom “Squarepusher”Jenkinson, Drill ‘n’ Bass differs from Jungle in its rapid tempochanges, skittering, trip-over-yourself beats (almost sounding morelike a drill than a drum beat, hence the name), and penchant forexperimentation and complexity. Jungle and IDM producers like LukeVibert with his Plug project sped the Amen up to dizzying heights forthis sound. Aphex Twin avoided the Amen entirely in favor of moreoriginal drum programming, and Squarepusher injected live bass playingover the barrage of drums. Drill ‘n’ Bass took a practical strangleholdon the IDM scene in the mid to late 90s, and artists who didn’t adaptwere left in oblivion. Drill ‘n’ Bass soon gave way to IDM’s morefervent experimentation by the end of the 90s (sometimes becoming apart of the sound but rarely dominating it), and to the emergence ofBreakcore, a natural progression of Drill where the influence of gabberand hardcore shaped the sound more than IDM, and where the drum beatsreached almost silly, ear-bleeding speeds.
Sub/Related Genres:
Jungle, IDM
Noteworthy Artists:
Plug, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Venetian Snares, Doormouse
Noteworthy Albums:
Plug, Drum ‘n’ Bass for Papa (1997) Squarepusher, Feed Me Weird Things (1996) AFX, Hangable Auto Bulb (1995) Venetian Snares, Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett (2005) Jason Forrest, The Unrelenting Songs of the 1979 Post Disco Crash (2004)

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