Top Three Best Jump-Up DnB Artists
This is probably one of the oldest Drum and Bass styles that is still alive and evolvin'.
1990s saw the emergence of jungle genre in a dance scene, particularly in Great Britain.
Jungle has been attracting ravers for its heavy bass lines and rough beats. With the time, the jungle started to transform itself into drum and bass, sounding even harder, dark and more industrial.
Jump-up is a subgenre of drum ‘n’ bass that was at first fashionable in the late 1990s. Approximately in 1997, one artiste in particular made waves - Aphrodite (Aphrodite Recordings
). He merged the essential basics of DnB and blended them with an extra light treatment, more similar to the some of the other cheery rave music that had come before jungle. Aphrodite’ own variety of drum ‘n’ bass was uncomplicated and energetic, and became known as jump-up, intended to club goers to jump up and go on the dance floor. Hence the name.
Others almost immediately followed Aphrodite and created the trend, such as The Prisoners Of Technology with their overwhelming The Trick Of Technology (Remix) and DJ Zinc's Super Sharp Shooter and his remix of the Fugees’ Ready Or Not, further pushing the limits of an energetic 2-step beat, as well as showing how unconventional a wobbly bass line, with heavy LFO treatment, could possibly be. That light-hearted qualities paired with loud bass lines with addition of hip-hop samples intended to make you jump up and dance.
The foreseeable repercussion a few years afterward was brutal. Far darker DnB albums overflowed the marketplace and jump-up was signed off as an outdated in the rise of such new artists as Bad Company and Ed Rush & Optical. As a result, for quite a few years, there were no important jump-up releases and the style seemed to be dyin' out. Nevertheless, some years ago, as technology developed and the typical DnB production advanced even more, a fresh cohort of artists entered in with a completely new take on jump-up.
This innovative jump-up approach, although energetic and intense, took on a tougher, darker, extra convincing character than that of the late 1990s. In a short time, updated jump-up conquered the dance clubs once more, inflicting a great deal of agony to its opponents. Artists such as Taxman, Clipz (Livin' Drumz
), Original Sin, DJ Hazard and TC (Watch the Ride
) ascended to the crown of drum ‘n’ bass genre by developing jump-up’ bold unevenness and eagerness, mastering the original techniques to take over the crowd with one of the most audacious music yet.
I conducted this survey during February on Twitter, Last.fm, FaceBook, SoundCloud, MySpace, and my personal musician' list to establish the best jump-up drum 'n' bass artists
and here's the combined result of that mission:
DJ Hazard topped the chart.
Aphrodite came second.
Original Sin - Dr Feels Good is a must if you following the style.
Aphrodite - Break in Reality
- Aphrodite is one of Gavin King' reincarnations, King of jump-up style.
Dj Hazard - Talk Like A Girl
Down the page you'll find the list of the artists who made that list.
I wanna say a big THANK YOU to all of you who participated in this survey.
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Here is the list of artists who made it, in alpha-beta order:
Aphrodite
Callide
Chase & Status
Clipz
DC Breaks
Dillinja
DJ Die
DJ Hazard
dj hype
DJ Moe Toe
dj phlat
Drumsound & Simon Bassline Smith
E-Z Rollers
Hamilton
Lemonde
N.W.A
Original Sin
Pendulum
Pixie
Pleasure,
question mark
Shy FX
Taxman
TC
The Force
The Militia
Xample
Don't you just love it when you weigh angels and your OGOGO gets jumped-up?
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