User:SchwansMans/Drumstep

Drumstep /"Drum And Bass Step" or "Half Time Dnb(Halftime)" is a subgenre of Drum and bass and Dubstep. It is sometimes confused with Jump Up and Clownstep (which are also drum and bass subgenres) and Dubstep.

The name Drumstep appeared in various posts on dnbfora by Myom, who made a mix of Dupstep influenced D&B (the term is a lame aggregation of "Drum & Bass" and "Dubstep"). The mix called "Myom - Drumstep (D&B is not dead - it just smells funny)" was made in march 2008.

The term "Drum & Bass Step" was publicly used by the highly respected Drum n bass dj "DJ Hype". He mentioned it in a mix where he composed tunes of this genre by well known artists as; "Distorted Minds", "Original Sin", "DJ Hazard", "St Files" and "Taxman". This mix was broadcasted on 10/06/2009 at "Kiss 100 FM".

Tempo & composition
The tempo lies between 80-90BPM or 160-180BPM. (Tracks at a certain BPM can be mixed into tracks with the double (or half) of BPM. This is because they have the same tempo but instead of using 4 kicks in a loop, 2 kicks will be used)

The usance of the snare is very important. With the right use, a snare gives the feeling of the tempo. The snare taps half of the time it does as in Drum & Bass. It is also mostly placed in between the two snares as with dnb.

Speeding up a dubstep track till 90BPM (or180bpm) will result in a drumstep track. Drumstep mainly uses growling and wobbling basslines as the ones in dubstep and drum n bass.

Some main artists
Has been producing and experimenting for some time with half time dnb tempi. Has been producing and experimenting for some time with half time dnb tempi.
 * Amit;
 * Instra:Mental;

Example tracks

 * Bassnectar - Heads Up (california style)
 * Benga - Night (Digital Soundboy Remix)
 * Calibre - Steptoe
 * Current value - drill
 * Current value - Bruja
 * Datsik - Southpaw
 * Dub Zero - My name is
 * D-style - t-10 (gangsta step rmx)
 * Dub Foundation - Modern Life
 * Fine cut bodies - beaver blink
 * Hazard - Wicked So
 * Heist - we need killers
 * Noisia - square feet
 * Original Sin - Step On
 * Pinch - Pepper Spray (2007)
 * Pleasure and Origin - The Dawning
 * Randomer - Blind
 * Silent killer - the great machine
 * Skream - midnight request line (zinc remix)
 * skream - deep concentration (zinc remix)
 * St Files - Crackden
 * Taxman - Look what you Done
 * Technical Itch - Claw

Peculiar tracks

 * Dirtyphonics - Quarks;

This track combines Drumstep and it's 2 main genres (Drum n bass and Dubstep) in one. other drumstep tracks by Dirtyphonics: Lottery, ...

Dubplates and Whitelabels

 * Bilsiac - Blood on the line http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETLRGmvFBfM
 * Eyegrade - amnesiastep http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_4J0inahd4
 * Fused Forces grease monkey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1gVpi0njo0
 * modosomo - swing em back http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YbY9FcGzng

Mixes (Dj Sets)

 * skream


 * Myom - Drumstep (D&B is not dead - it just smells funny) 2008/03..


 * DJ Hype - Live @ Kiss 100FM 2009/06/10


 * Future Drum n bass - Drumstep Mix mixcloud.com/drumstep/wwwfuture-dnbcom-drumstep-mix/


 * Radio 1 Drum & Bass show with Fabio and Grooverider 2009/12/06


 * BBC1Xtra Crissy Chris 2010/01/07

May also refer to
-Dance moves by eastern european youth, who think it is cool to do some sort of melbourne shuffle or Jumpstyle dance to drum n bass. A lot of these youngsters promote themselves along with their "drumstepmoves" on youtube.