Drum & Bass
Emerging from jungle roots in the 90s, this genre is synonymous with frenetic energy and rhythmic complexity. It is characterized by extremely fast "broken beat" rhythms, generally moving between 160 and 180 BPM. The key to its power resides in combining these accelerated drum patterns with deep, heavy, and intricate basslines that vibrate physically. It is a style that challenges technical production and offers a constant adrenaline rush, being perfect for high-intensity environments and urban culture.
At nineteen, Will Keen was signing to Hospital Records; four consecutive top-25 entries on the Official Dance Albums Charts and over 125 million streams later, he walked away in 2022 to build Keeno Music on his own terms. 'LIGHT / DARK' is...
The question this selection answers best isn't what sounds huge at midnight — it's what you open with. Jorja Smith's 'What's Done Is Done', at 101 BPM in Eb minor, is the obvious starting point: vocal, restrained,...
Opening the doors with 'Elevate' by Sub Focus and Sota says plenty about this festival selection's ambitions: Nick Douwma, the Guildford producer who entered RAM Records' orbit in 2003 after one of his demos landed in Andy...
Twenty-five cuts and no name repeated except Okee: before you play a single track, the cast already sketches what Nothing But is about. On Beatport the label operates as a factory of volume-numbered series covering half the electronic spectrum —...
Three cuts locked in Gb minor between 87 and 88 BPM —'Mind Breaker' by Lernis, Al Storm's 'Dusk Til Dawn (Jump Up Mix)' and Standpoint's 'Path of the Druid'— draw the most comfortable corridor in this volume:...
Of the sixty cuts in this closing selection, the shortest runs 2:23 —'Singularity' by UKato, in and out— and the longest stretches to 6:22: 'Still The Same', where Goldie revives his Rufige Kru alias alongside Submotive and puts...
Thirty of the forty-two titles in this selection live in minor keys. Before you glance at a single BPM, that is the figure that draws the terrain: 'Crate Diggers 2026: Drum & Bass' —the latest instalment of the series Beatport uses to...
Woozy drops willow_pitch WZY5.5: deep dispatches from the bass underground UK imprint Woozy returns with the fifth instalment of its willow_pitch compilation series, and once again the label demonstrates a rare editorial clarity: twelve artists,...
Scare Tactics! – Cause4Concern: A Chart That Maps Contemporary Drum & Bass Cause4Concern, veterans of the drum & bass scene with over two decades of experience, present Scare Tactics!, a chart that works as a sonic blueprint of the genre at...
Nothing But... D&B Grooves, Vol. 12: Underground Drum & Bass in Full Spectrum The twelfth instalment of the Nothing But... D&B Grooves series arrives as a wide-ranging snapshot of underground drum & bass in its current state....
Nothing But… Drum & Bass Floor Shakers Vol. 33: Fifteen detonations for the dancefloor The Nothing But… Drum & Bass Floor Shakers series reaches its 33rd instalment with a compilation that fully earns its title. Fifteen tracks spanning the...
Nothing But... Drum & Bass Revolution, Vol. 15: A Compilation That Reasserts the Genre's Pulse The Nothing But... Drum & Bass Revolution series reaches its fifteenth installment with a selection spanning from the most atmospheric...
Miscellany EP: A Genre-Spanning Collection That Celebrates Electronic Diversity The title says it all. Miscellany EP is exactly that — a deliberate collection of disparate sounds united under a single release. Four tracks, four distinct artists,...
In The Remix: Drum & Bass 2026 — Reworks From Every Corner of the Scene Few formats in electronic music are as revealing as a well-curated remix compilation. In The Remix: Drum & Bass 2026 arrives as a sonic map of the current landscape,...
Secret Weapons 2026: Drum & Bass — The Year's Arsenal Beatport's annual Secret Weapons series returns with its 2026 drum & bass edition, and the result is a 36-track compendium that charts the genre's current state with...