Drum and bass

Cromulent · Thursday at 20:40

I occasionally hear some drum and bass tracks I really like the sound of but I don't know enough about the genre to go out and find new artists. I tend to like the dark and heavy stuff. Can anyone recommend some artists to look into? A lot of stuff I used to listen to was from the 90s and 00s. If I can get a few playlists made in Apple Music that'll give me a. good start to go exploring on my own.

Sirrel Squirrel · Thursday at 22:51

Chase and Status are a good start

sigma · Thursday at 23:21

Cromulent said:
I occasionally hear some drum and bass tracks I really like the sound of but I don't know enough about the genre to go out and find new artists. I tend to like the dark and heavy stuff. Can anyone recommend some artists to look into? A lot of stuff I used to listen to was from the 90s and 00s. If I can get a few playlists made in Apple Music that'll give me a. good start to go exploring on my own.

There's a whole thread somewhere

Noisia are hard to beat for dark and heavy

Black Sun Empire

sigma · Thursday at 23:23

Sirrel Squirrel said:
Chase and Status are a good start

Decent but not exactly dark and heavy, still worth a listen

imtoooldforthis · 2026-01-02T02:58:33+0000

Dom & Roland, Ed Rush & Optical, Bad Company, Noisia, Phace, Blocks & Escher, Technical Itch, Current Value, Teebee, Calyx, Icicle, Mefjus, Kemal & Rob Data, Black Sun Empire, Future Prophecies, DLR, Enei, Konflict

Rroff · 2026-01-02T03:05:55+0000

It is a funny genre for me - I don't like a lot of DnB but then tunes like this come along:

Not really dark and heavy though.

Cromulent · 2026-01-02T11:27:50+0000

Thank you all! Some good suggestions

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Nabinium · 2026-01-02T12:42:14+0000

@sigma aren't you a drum and bass artist yourself?

sigma · 2026-01-02T15:45:02+0000

Nabinium said:
@sigma aren't you a drum and bass artist yourself?

My art is my posting history on the beautiful canvas that is the ocuk forum. You get to read it for free!

adidan · 2026-01-02T15:49:54+0000

Grooverider

SupraWez · 2026-01-02T16:56:12+0000

Might find some tracks amongst this you like

~>Dg<~ · 2026-01-02T18:38:36+0000

Cromulent said:
I occasionally hear some drum and bass tracks I really like the sound of but I don't know enough about the genre to go out and find new artists. I tend to like the dark and heavy stuff. Can anyone recommend some artists to look into? A lot of stuff I used to listen to was from the 90s and 00s. If I can get a few playlists made in Apple Music that'll give me a. good start to go exploring on my own.

basically most drum n bass now days is all commerical stuff like chase and status and the likes...liquid drum and base like pop drum and bass basically. not many people actually do the proper dark dnb sound of the 90s which is a shame.

Electronic Dave · 2026-01-02T18:54:32+0000

I have very few DnB albums in my vinyl/CD collection...but I do have LTJ Bukem...Roni Size...Goldie.

Some others off the top of my head Ed Rush & Optical...Adam F...Photek...A Guy Called Gerald...I think some artists just did one DnB album and then moved onto other electronic genres (breakbeat/techno)

sigma · 2026-01-02T20:26:16+0000

~>Dg<~ said:
basically most drum n bass now days is all commerical stuff like chase and status and the likes...liquid drum and base like pop drum and bass basically. not many people actually do the proper dark dnb sound of the 90s which is a shame.

It goes through phases but there is some darker stuff out there but it's not the same as the 90s because that was the 90s. Times change, the classics remain, tastes and tech change.

The difference is at least not as bad as hip hop/rap when compared to the 80s/90s.

Nabinium · 2026-01-02T20:34:01+0000

You're going to find a lot of the 'dancefloor' or pop DNB or whatever you want to call it stuff these days, as that's the trend and taste these days. There is other darker stuff out there though, just have to look for it.