to drum or not to bass

There are few musical styles I love more than really deep rolling dnb. I find it hypnotic, complete ffrr, depth, colour and groove. Not eveyone feels the same and once again that has been proved in Laguna. I don’t play much dnb here, just a smattering, and so far it’s been provoked more reaction than anything else I’ve played. Comments have included the simple ‘I love this’ to the more sarcastic ‘ how old are you?’

The analogy I draw is that of a shock jock radio DJ. You love them or hate them, but at least they provoke a reaction, at least you’re engaged. Having made a career out of being what I describe as ‘audio wallpaper’, the playing of marathon five hour sets in non dancefloor based bars, I find this rather amusing. All I know is that when I look up behind my laptop, people are tapping their feet, bobbing about, clearly liking the groove.

My conclusion is that unless there is a campaign to stop me playing quality dnb… I’m gonna keep rolling it out. It sits well will inst. hip hop, jazz, and soul, it’s a perfect bridge to and from loads of different styles of music, and In my opinion it’s great.

To drum or not to bass?

I’ll take two.

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~ by barroombeats on April 20, 2008.