(idm) re: greetings idm/ drill n' bass

From gary liu
Sent Tue, May 18th 1999, 12:10

>>first, can someone explain what 'drill n bass' sounds like?

>It's like Drum and Bass taken to the insane extreme. >Like imagine the RDJ
>album if it was jungle.  It can be done well, but for >a lot of people, it
>gets annoying after a few minutes.

i've noticed a different extreme surfacing along drum n' bass dynamics as well that occasionally proves interesting. something that i've enjoyed labeling as "post-jungle" (har). not usually exploring the rapidly fluctuating, polyrhythmic nature of said "drill n' bass" as much, it can perhaps be best described as extremely clangy, metallic, almost void of melody, white-noise-ridden jungle. For those who've longed to dance energetically to Merzbow, perhaps. "ambush" is a label which has been releasing records to this effect. tracks where the metallic clatters just drop off into periods of sheer noise for a bit. not to mention tracks that are completely sheer noise. Christoph de Babylon seems to be working along similar lines as well somethimes. 
-other peculiar, loud mutations on the drum n' bass sensibility that have piqued my attention: LSR, and that wonderful Downpour 12" on drop beat.
there's certainly some volume going on here and there,
gary

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