Rubin Farr Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 A lot of this sounds like stuff Vibert, Burial or Boxcutter were doing 10-15 years ago, before the onset of brostep. Is there any real difference anymore? It also ignores Akkord, who I think of as one of the top bands around producing those slow dubby grime type groove based tracks. HTDNB sounds like a marketing term designed to attract the youth of today. Damn kids! lol https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/05/11/best-halftime-drum-bass-list/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 This was called drumstep 10 years ago, neurohop has also been used. I'm pretty sure there's some overlap with autonomic/minimal DNB. I'm surprised there's no mention of Kursa. Half-time DNB just sounds dumb, obviously trying to make it sound like it's something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Some of these tracks are alright. Don't really hear any burial/vibert vibes in there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Just glancing at it I think the main technical difference (besides all the scene context - sometimes genres are arbitrarily different because of the time and place they emerge) is the BPM. Dubstep was a 70 / 140 BPM, in fact early on most dubplates were 138-142 BPM. Future garage / bass went down to 130s and some techno / dubstep crossover was a bit more diverse BPM-wise but in general 140 BPM was the basis. Also dubstep came out of 2-step / UK garage, not the d'n'b scene directly, although it was informed by it. Coki and Mala were Metalheadz fans and the DJ Zinc song 138 Trek was a early proto-dubstep release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatorin Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Halfstep is not a new term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidrodi Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Just glancing at it I think the main technical difference (besides all the scene context - sometimes genres are arbitrarily different because of the time and place they emerge) is the BPM. Dubstep was a 70 / 140 BPM, in fact early on most dubplates were 138-142 BPM. Future garage / bass went down to 130s and some techno / dubstep crossover was a bit more diverse BPM-wise but in general 140 BPM was the basis. Also dubstep came out of 2-step / UK garage, not the d'n'b scene directly, although it was informed by it. Coki and Mala were Metalheadz fans and the DJ Zinc song 138 Trek was a early proto-dubstep release. Was Horror Show the first ever half step track btw? I remember someone from dubstepforums saying it was some other unreleased Loefah dubplate from 2004 but I completely forgot which one, Encona maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDtPjPHtD3s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Dnb "pulse" and production techniques mixed with modern trap/witch house samples. Some of it sounds like the wonky hip hop thing that was happening like 6 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peace 7 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 I've actually used "half time drum n bass" without hearing the term before (to refer to the "same genre") cuz it's really what it is, but indeed, this is an extension of drumstep (aaand of course original dubstep). I'm glad this is more mainstream now... Cuz I really liked the vibe of it 5+ years ago, and I still like it. Solid examples on that random hype train bandwagon article. It's a pretty legit genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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