2. Early years
• In it‟s early days drum and bass started out as
sped up garage and hard dance styles that turned
into „jungle‟, with it‟s followers being called
„junglists‟. This was recognised by it‟s rhythms,
effects and old Jamaican samples.
• This was mainly found in the rave scene that
started as festivals and parties
3. Evolution
• Jungle got pretty big, and then it became
more commercial and was transformed into
the diverse style that it is nowadays.
4. Modern D’n’B
• These days D‟n‟B, as it‟s formally known,
has many varying styles ranging from soft
“liquid” drum and bass to the hard-hitting
styles known as „Jump up‟ and
„Dark/Neurofunk‟.
• These last two sub-genre‟s are the ones that
will usually be played at raves/events.
5. Sound systems
• For drum and bass raves, the sound systems
that are used are huge, usually home built
speakers that come together to make rigs that
have excess of 10,000 watts of power. Making
these goliath rigs is hard, but the raw power
upon output blows it all away. It is
recommended that people only stand in front
of these for 10 or 15 minutes at a time but
people dance in front of these systems for
hours while the DJ‟s crack their sets out.
6. Pictures of sound systems used today
The Mighty Collision Sound
System from Bolton
The Gash Collective rig
The Switchin‟ Sounds rig
NOTE: All of these
systems need to be tied
together with thick ropes
so they don‟t shake
themselves apart!
The Tsunami Bass
Experience rig
7. Drugs and Drum „n‟ Bass
• These is quite a heavy connection between drugs and drum
and bass because drugs were a big part of the rave
scene, from which drum and bass was born. Raves will not be
short of drugs as there will always be people taking them to
the event to either consume themselves or sell off to others.
So it’s no wonder people are able dance for six hours solid at
raves!
8. Examples of old and new D’n’B
The Archangel & Dub V Dainjah - Ganja Tune – YouTube This
is some old school jungle.
Dub Elements - Black Ninja – YouTube This is one of the
newer styles known as ‘Dark’
10. Sources
I would like to thank the marvellous Google for all of it’s information,
websites and pictures that I have used in my presentation....
DNB Wallpaper -
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=drum+and+bass&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=ofcV8_DVuK_9fM:&imgrefurl=http://hdw.eweb4.com/out/747339.html&docid=Sasmg4771IY0VM&imgurl=http://hdw.eweb4.com/m
edia/wallpapers/1/1/454.jpg&w=1920&h=1080&ei=gGLdUej3Jaev0QXomIHwDA&zoom=1&biw=1440&bih=703&iact=rc&dur=109&page=1&tbnh=139&tbnw=239&start=0&ndsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0,i:113&tx=19
8&ty=44
Background for slides –
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=drum+and+bass&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=Z9jLo6iIc7N2QM:&imgrefurl=http://wallnwalls.com/img-influence--drum-and-bass-
4813.htm&docid=lGpe_o9NFN1QBM&imgurl=http://wallnwalls.com/data/media/3/influence__drum_and_bass.jpg&w=1600&h=1200&ei=gGLdUej3Jaev0QXomIHwDA&zoom=1&biw=1440&bih=703&iact=rc&page
=2&tbnh=146&tbnw=214&start=27&ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:35,s:0,i:200&tx=131&ty=36
Roots CD cover –
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=drum+and+bass+roots&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=703&tbm=isch&tbnid=R6Z7ar-CcjvwdM:&imgrefurl=http://boomkat.com/cds/30113-various-trojan-strictly-drum-bass-the-roots-
of-sly-and-robbie&docid=wa4vaduSj8O7lM&imgurl=http://assets.boomkat.com/images/49455/333.jpg&w=333&h=333&ei=GWXdUbr-
L5Ka0AXO44HQDA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=372&vpy=185&dur=172&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=128&ty=131&page=1&tbnh=141&tbnw=145&start=0&ndsp=31&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:88
Junglist Movement –
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=junglist+movement&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=WJ5lrX5VtAn2bM:&imgrefurl=http://aerosoul.co.uk/index.php/junglist-movement-babe-t-shirt-
black.html&docid=jkPbYHaQRBZmpM&imgurl=http://aerosoul.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/_/d/_dsc9699.jpg&w=2000&h=1600&ei=m2bdUf7MMKaH0AW
aooCoAw&zoom=1&biw=1440&bih=703&iact=rc&dur=94&page=1&tbnh=139&tbnw=196&start=0&ndsp=33&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:88&tx=59&ty=65
DNb 160-190 cover -
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=drum+and+bass+160-
190&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=hub2NQig9wCOcM:&imgrefurl=http://freevocals.com/acapellas/genres/dnb/&docid=EzLOfTj4MnjWzM&imgurl=http://freevocals.com/wp-
content/uploads/2013/02/dnbbox.jpg&w=1000&h=1000&ei=Y2fdUcWhDMaM0AXS7IDYAg&zoom=1&biw=1440&bih=703&iact=rc&dur=94&page=1&tbnh=128&tbnw=128&start=0&ndsp=33&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0,i:9
1&tx=67&ty=69
neurofunk gold -
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=neurofunk+gold&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=2-NqKZLJeklYSM:&imgrefurl=http://soundcloud.com/djgold/neuro-funk-ep-promo-
mix&docid=_weQ7sFuqFoH3M&imgurl=http://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000024533846-vuu3y6-original.jpg%253F69e2a4e&w=960&h=960&ei=xmfdUZynI-
ml0wX124Bg&zoom=1&biw=1440&bih=703&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=143&tbnw=149&start=0&ndsp=38&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:82&tx=61&ty=75
Free party picture –
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=free+party&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=07NzdRqTFfOupM:&imgrefurl=http://openanthcoop.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-vision-of-excess-
techno&docid=Qep3ddbnATvgQM&imgurl=http://api.ning.com/files/*nTn9YIInVBHxgQbHrkXDEc1Gc5WxKXUVdk-XOfIkyNBfMhaky9hBKyCFueK7F9BhG-szEiAhIpK6IotnH1Z2om62Ytsd-
KE/1828.jpg&w=1500&h=1125&ei=sGjdUZfcJ4ev0QXYsICwDQ&zoom=1&biw=1440&bih=703&iact=rc&dur=78&page=1&tbnh=143&tbnw=183&start=0&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:88&tx=117&ty=72
Indoor rave picture -
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=drum+and+bass+rave&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=EgYe_kogB1hAgM:&imgrefurl=http://www.torontojungle.com/&docid=fpMNmmOWQFdRyM&imgurl=http://i.imgur.com/JnCA
RPu.jpg&w=480&h=318&ei=IGndUaG_K-
bW0QXM7YC4Cg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=624&vpy=247&dur=1157&hovh=183&hovw=276&tx=30&ty=87&page=3&tbnh=144&tbnw=204&start=68&ndsp=40&ved=1t:429,r:96,s:0,i:378&biw=1440&bih=703
Borat picture -
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=thumbs+up&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=qSVaILVuI8NkqM:&imgrefurl=http://blog.b92.net/text/22570/Faza-
prosvetljenja/&docid=zktVLU30rDp7qM&imgurl=http://blog.b92.net/user_stuff/upload/649/1291131680_two-thumbs-
up.16649.jpg&w=248&h=320&ei=PmjdUb_nL_KY0QWMj4DwCA&zoom=1&biw=1440&bih=703&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=146&tbnw=122&start=0&ndsp=34&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:0,i:122&tx=78&ty=93
