anyone got any recommendations for Drum & Bass music?

[wasabi@raru.re]

@aeva For the melodic / liquid dnb, I highly recommend the Liquicity playlists and albums to find artists you'd enjoy, one of my favorite in this category would be Feint, he does stuff like this : https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=FKouzkSYwkI&si=9CiZvltEhWiw6fM6

I would also recommend Fox Stevenson, he also does some dubstep and rock too, and he likes to combine genres together, he also has a cool singing voice ! Here's my favorite from him : https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=N4rPHS2rdb8&si=5lFlmj_cP26t9LoV

Honorable mention, Luude, I love the vibe : https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=HRwYixLzpOQ&si=pML1sW5f4dsaYG0I

Then you have Dancefloor DnB, it's kinda like liquid DnB but usually with more synths, it's also a great vibe, if you enjoy driving a car at night under the rain, it's amazing, here's Sub Focus : https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4VywybNzXkE&si=lDf3kh1bW7lpluRx

Honorable mention, if you catch Wilkinson, Dimension, 1991, or Metrik, they have some similar vibes, they're cool too, here's my favorite from Metrik : https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=mGvx-tpbv8c&si=ZKR15RMvNAI-h8LL

Now I also recommend checking Rene Lavice, he goes a bit harder, he also hosts a show on BBC Radio One, worth checking out! And my favorite from him would be this one : https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4PX_c7ucR34&si=LdlED_0q6enKie6G

Similaresque vibes, a bit further on the neurofunk side, you can check Gydra (who's collabing on the Rene Lavice track I sent), Pythius, The Clamps, Mefjus, Qo, Trilo, here's an example : https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=48W2kYc3hCU&si=-0hQk-3gnWazXP0B

And finally, you might have heard about those, but some of the classics you can also check out would be Noisia, Pendulum, The Prodigy, The Prototypes, Culture Shock, Tantrum Desire, etc.

I could send so many more but I think it's a fair start, I hope you'll find something you like that will make you want to discover more!

[halcy@icosahedron.website]

@aeva oh also, you can listen to a lot of Venjent now, so that’s great. I particularly like https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tDWEpYGPHv4 even though it doesn’t come with as funny a video as most things

[jamesfmilne@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva Gosh where do you start... I got into D&B around 1997, so my tastes are quite oldskool.

Dom & Roland - Deckard's Theme
https://youtu.be/Pg0WfdaKGOQ?si=3gEiP5XDPg2fo9to

Digital & Spirit - Phantom Force
https://youtu.be/81Gq3qJ0azM?si=FVX8eXxcEea1pUZ0

Ed Rush & Optical - Gas Mask
https://youtu.be/Rn8HLKl6ptk?si=YUaJcXPbvM_MFJnc

Grooverider - Charade
https://youtu.be/2SC8H_5sO8w?si=zbAw8_bBCYZdYMa-

[pupxel@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8OELzmpgZo&list=PL7F37BB1A67E0238D&index=1

[soulthreads@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva Mitch Murder, who is normally a synthwave artist, has recently started to put out some nice atmospheric DnB, and I'm all for it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYkKhgh2vXg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lffi1eEge4o

Also just yesterday I've remembered about Bustre, they're great at melodic stuff: https://bustre.bandcamp.com/track/calamity-part-1

[jay@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva I recently got into a band named Hybrid Minds. it's good stuff. In the past, I liked ILS.

Hybrid Minds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJTN_Fal-bc&list=PLS4jAfE9d3aK7n9sqrX73Vj-MxG0n-Kk2&index=1

ILS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK-P2kbuuuA&list=PLBs2s7pRVf9qpPQ3cm5viY9YL3lq4Czhx&index=3

'Forgot about my own creation ✌😄
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@jay/115468581671606198

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@wasabi this is great, thanks!

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

thanks everyone for all the replies! this is a lot to sort through, but I'll try to give everything a listen <3

also I put all the youtube recommendations into a playlist, should anyone also be interested https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgu3yoT27_nImks9FxdnwYrulZzVqcKW_

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@halcy this is all fantastic <3 ty

[photex@icosahedron.website]

@aeva just in case nobody shared: https://youtu.be/YEmmY3wukQ4?si=MR8Gebvss1WPU4Bn

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@photex added, ty :)

[runevision@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva Lamb mixes various genres but is certainly DnB adjacent. Most of their tracks have prominent vocals but here's a fun instrumental track I really like (it evolves a lot over its duration).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1M2hfDMJHU

[keyj@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva A few artists I like in particular:
- Pendulum (probably the most famous DnB band, bordering on Alternative / Metal)
- Camo & Krooked, Mefjus (a bit "artsy" and experimental)
- Venjent (this guy can turn any random sample into a real banger)
- Koven, Fox Stevenson (actual lyrics there)
- Chase & Status, Sigma, Rudimental (for the true UK sound ;)
- various others: Feint, Friction, Maduk, Murdock

For a specific track recommendation, that's gotta be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oSxF0cNlNM - a true hymn!

[pupxel@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva could also like ... kpop :3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGsevnbItdU

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@pupxel could i?

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

i've got the amen break stuck in my head now lol

[lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva also listen to the track the loop is from. it's fantastic.

[scylardor@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva my favorite atmospheric DnB tracks recently:
- the Sensorium EP by arcologies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb4bARgep3E
- So old, but so gold: Inner-Vation - Key 2 Creation (1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2kEg6ng30s

I heard it first in one of the FIREWALKER many mixes, it was mentioned previously.