Drum and bass (stylized as Drum & Bass) is a genre of electronic music, born from the rave scene in the early 1990s. It's also referred to as the the mother of Dubstep, Neurofunk, Hardstep, Darkstep and many more D&B sub-genres.
Background & History[]
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a growing nightclub and overnight outdoor event culture gave birth to new genres in the rave scene including Techstep, Neurofunk and Dubstep, which D&B was born along side. By the late 1990s D&B gain more popularity and attention in the rave scene and in the EDM community, as the genre became generally more polished, it began to split into recognisable subgenres like Dubstep, Neurofunk and Hardstep. These sub-genres begun when producers started focusing on darker and more aggressive sounds, which heavily popularized D&B during the 2010s.