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offline WooferAttack from Milano (Italy) on 2002-03-20 11:33 [#00132294]
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.I like AFX, Autechre, BoC, Plaid, etc...

.I like melodies but I also like the acid sounds of the
universal indicator series, I like harsh songs as
Isopropanol / Metapharstic / Fantasia / etc...

I love Vorshosbn, Arched Maid Via RDJ, etc...

I like a difficult and innovative album as Confield... but
I'm not able to understand well "drill'n'bass".

Honestly I don't like this kind of music (apart few
tracks).
Now, I'm asking to my self... "why I don't like it?!?"...
"Why, a lot of people love it, here?"
"What do you feel when you listen a harsh drill'n'bass?"

...I need answers...


 

offline grm from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-20 11:35 [#00132297]
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what exactly do people mean by the term "drill'n'bass"???


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2002-03-20 11:35 [#00132299]
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give me an example, what is drill'n'bass for you ? []P ?
bogdan ?


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2002-03-20 11:36 [#00132301]
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aphex twin is the reason i got into drill&bass.


 

offline Fernz from A Scottish Wanker (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-20 11:36 [#00132302]
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Im the same as you man...
All I can say is well, for some reason a harsh beat appeals
to me. Something fast and gravelly but the melody's gotta be
good too. Somethin like Gyroscope by BoC. Its not too harsh,
fair enough but its a small example.


 

offline Meho Krljic from Beograd (Yugoslavia) on 2002-03-20 11:41 [#00132307]
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I thought pusher was the classic drill'n'bass example, along
with most of AFX from RDJ album on. Bogdan Raczynski and
Venetian Snares are therefore something you should not
tackle, Woofer.
For me harsh music (not only drill'n,bass but any harsh
music) is like shooting up pure adrenaline. Even when it
hurts it hurts so good.


 

offline Fernz from A Scottish Wanker (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-20 11:43 [#00132310]
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yeah.


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2002-03-20 11:46 [#00132313]
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i totally agree with you guys. drill'n'bass os not specific
a style like another, um, drum'n'bass, with the generaly
u-pf--u-pf-uu-pf


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2002-03-20 11:48 [#00132316]
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on the other hand (can i say that?), it's hard to produce
some drillish music..


 

offline Fernz from A Scottish Wanker (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-20 11:49 [#00132318]
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If I wanna make drill what I do is slllloooow the track
down, put in my loops (coz its easier to time them) then
speed it up again. It helps ME anyway...


 

offline REFLEX from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2002-03-20 11:49 [#00132319]
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For me 90% of Drill N' Bass = boring!


 

offline Phresch from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2002-03-20 11:49 [#00132320]
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drill'n'bass for me is; cut-up, distorted rhythms. i like
drill'n'bass and i like cute little melodies. therefore i
like Aphex Twin.


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2002-03-20 11:54 [#00132333]
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fernz, your methodology sounds like bogdan or []P, imagine
g



 

offline Fernz from A Scottish Wanker (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-20 11:56 [#00132334]
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I dont do drill vry often though so I tend not to make a
shitty attempt. :)


 

offline Archrival on 2002-03-20 13:04 [#00132399]
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"aphex twin is the reason i got into drill&bass." yeah,
something fast and gravelly but the melody's gotta be
good too thats very important.



 

offline sine707 from Frankfurt (Germany) on 2002-03-20 13:07 [#00132406]
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I define drill n bass as:

nice melodies with whacky and fast beats...
i.e. : 4, a journey to reedham, vordhosbn...


 

offline Murray from Southend, Essex (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-20 13:14 [#00132412]
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Drill n' Bass is less of music and more of art
Its the fact that an artist can make these lunatic break
beats that were originally derived from Drum and Bass
(Squarepusher especially) and yet still put something
melodic and meangingful around it. Its the ultimate contrast
of music just look at '4' (Like Sine707 said) and
Ziggomatic, the last two minutes of that is both mental and
beautiful with the carfeully mastered synth riffs


 

offline WooferAttack from Milano (Italy) on 2002-03-20 13:59 [#00132444]
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The AFX's drill'n'bass in often different from the others.
Songs like Arched Maid, Girl Boy Song, Vorshosn, has
superlative melodies in the background.

i.e. Go Plastic by Squarepusher
I love the track "I Wish You Coul Talk" but I don't love for
sure "Greenway Trajectory". In the first track I understand
the message of Tom Jenkinson, in the last track I hear only
fast rumors.

Probably, it's genetic but I really don't understand
drill'n'bass music.

Greenway Trajectroy from Go Plastic.
When I listen this song I hear only fast rumours, instead I
love the song I Wish you could talk, but it's different from
the others drill'n'bass songs.



 

offline WooferAttack from Milano (Italy) on 2002-03-20 14:00 [#00132446]
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Unforunately, a lot of drill'n'bass tracks hasn't melodies
(Apart most of the AFX songs).



 

offline kalaim badkaama from Apt 512 in Gilmour Orbiter (Re on 2002-03-20 15:19 [#00132521]
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stop.
"come to my selector" has no melody?
"Port Rombhus" has no melody?
"The body builder" has no melody?
Even "chin hippy" has melody, give it a ear and yu'll see.



 

offline raimons from Stockholm (Sweden) on 2002-03-20 15:39 [#00132552]
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drill n bass sounds silly.


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2002-03-20 15:53 [#00132557]
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I love tracks that have intense breaks and beautiful
melodies - dialectics innit.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-03-20 16:15 [#00132595]
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Mad drill and bass beats combined with subtle (and not so
subtle) melodies drives me crazy... Vordhosbn and stuff like
that. The mad beats could be taken out and there would be
some great melodies left over... but the mad beats are so
fucking great! Poorly done drill and bass is garbage, of
course. Poorly done ANYTHING is garbage, actually... :-/


 

offline WooferAttack from Milano (Italy) on 2002-03-20 16:18 [#00132602]
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Melody what ?!? kalaim badkaama, tell me the minute and
secon when the melodies starts in the songs "come to my
selector" and "body builder".

For melody I mean: 1'13" of Vordhosbn (A beautiful sinth
melody start there)

3'05" of Girl Boy (an amazing melody light the song)

etc... etc...



 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-03-20 16:22 [#00132613]
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Yeah, Girl Boy has great melodies, too... Aphex is so good
at that. Even CockVer10 has some great melodies, behind the
percussion madness. Those brittle synths, sound like crying
machines or something... I LOVE when the melody starts in
that one. And the weird into with the breathy synths...
great stuff. And Mt St Michael has some delicious little
melodies thrown in there, too.


 

offline WooferAttack from Milano (Italy) on 2002-03-20 16:29 [#00132630]
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I totally agree with you.


 

offline KEN from BIRMINGHAM (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-20 16:53 [#00132648]
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man i bought a venetian snares album at lunch-never heard
his stuff before-i cant wait to get home!!!


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2002-03-20 16:54 [#00132649]
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Sorry, can someone tell me what ventian snares is again?


 

offline KEN from BIRMINGHAM (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-20 17:01 [#00132658]
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have you heard the new BOC album yet jonesy? it's terrific!!


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-03-20 17:03 [#00132662]
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I like some Drill'n Bass... Aphex Twin's stuff is always
good, cause he always has a gorgeous melody underneath...
Most of the crazy songs on Drukqs have wicked melodies
underneath, and even the ones that have very very subtle, or
short melodies (54 Cymru Beats, Taking Control) are very
funky, and I like em... I love The RDJ album though...


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-03-20 17:04 [#00132664]
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I have to ask... I noticed Murray made a distinction between
Drum and Bass, and Drill and bass... what is the difference?
All these terms are confusing me!!!! BLAH!!!!! :)


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2002-03-20 17:06 [#00132667]
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Ken: not yet. I'm broke until I get paid on Friday. I've
still to get Drukqs as well. FUCK STUDENT DEBTS!!!


 

offline WooferAttack from Milano (Italy) on 2002-03-20 17:28 [#00132716]
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I agree with you too.


 

offline Murray from Southend, Essex (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-20 17:33 [#00132729]
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Well The_Funkmaster, let me explain
Drum and Bass is a simple, straight forward fast breakbeat,
that actually has rythm and you can tap ure feet and hum to
it
Drill and Bass is a mental, crazy, 'lets go and tie sticks
to a cats legs and throw it out a window so its legs brake'
and un-predictable breakbeat, used alot by Ventian Snares
and Squarepusher in songs like 'Greenways tradjectory'
Its quite simple, i will give you an example of two songs
Drum and Bass: Squarepusher's 'Fat Controller' uses a
straight forward drum and bass beat
Drill n' Bass: Anything by Ventian Snares or Squarepusher's
'Greenway's tradjectory'
Hope this could be of some help


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-03-20 17:40 [#00132743]
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So would Drukqs and The RDJ album be Drill and Bass?


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-03-20 17:41 [#00132744]
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or Drum and Bass...


 

offline morphuze from Denmark on 2002-03-20 19:40 [#00132890]
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AFX HAB was the proto drill'n'bass release. Some magazine
made up the term to describe that record. Drums that sounds
like a drill. Nothing to do with melodies..


 

offline Darth manchu from Cambridge (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-20 19:53 [#00132895]
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I think a lot of aphex stuff (esp. off drukqs) is fast not
because it want to be drill and bass, but more because thats
how it pours out of RDJ's head. I think his music has always
had a certain tempo to it (apart from the ambient pieces)
and past the HAB series was him descovering how to do this
with help from squarepusher.


 

offline Junktion from Northern Jutland (Denmark) on 2002-03-20 20:42 [#00133011]
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is my music drill'n'bass or just electronic..
I actually don't know what style it is and some even say
drum'n'bass...? please help...
junktion.soundvault.net


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-03-20 21:11 [#00133081]
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which album you got?


 

offline corngrower from the fertile grounds of Iowa, w (United States) on 2002-03-20 22:08 [#00133169]
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Venetian Snares


 

offline zetre from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-03-20 22:56 [#00133292]
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i sorta like drill´n´bass when it´s stupid (which it
usually is)
big loada- stupid
stupid music is fun..
my interest in drill´n´bass started fading in about´97
though


 

offline Xanatos from New York City (United States) on 2002-03-21 03:32 [#00133796]
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If []< - Big Loada is drill 'n bass, then that's my genre.


 

offline Clic on 2002-03-21 05:57 [#00133991]
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There's something fascinating about harsh, extreme music. I
like it because it is ridiculous and random.


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-03-21 06:50 [#00134004]
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*whoa!*
i've been hearing the terms drill n bass being flung around
a lot around here, and feel that some ppl don't know what
their talking about.
I remember reading in some mag that HAB was drill n bass,
and i think that's the FIRST time i heard of it. And it was
to describe the drilly sounds

Also, (being a HUGE power electronics/rythmic noise fan) the
only other time i've heard the term was Winterkalte's
(ant-zen records [ www.ant-zen.com ]) abulm titled Drill N'
Bass, which is nothing but phatty distro noisey Drum and
bass beats. What made this significant, was that the Drum n
bass style was so shredded, and majorly distored (in the
whole power electronics fashion).

It wasn't until i started chillin at this board that i
started hearing squaerpusher as drill n' bass, and now i'm
hearing that some RJD abulm tracks are also?! I mean like
track 1? WTF?!

anyways......ODD! very odd indeed!


 


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