Ain't got shyt on clownstep!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpOH-mQGuJ8

 

Let me clarify...

Would any of you mind taking the time to write out some differences between the various styles in order to enlighten those of us who aren't into this kind of music? I would appreciate it. I like a lot of this stuff, but I don't know anything about it.

 

When I get a bit of time I will try to elaborate the differences, the way I see them; much of it is subjective, as you may notice if you look at Youtube comments for many of these tracks, there is a lot of "this is dubstep" "no this is wobblestep" "no this is just dub" etc. etc.

For now here are some more tracks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYuaVEE3jto
(something different)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzaT6KWKnGs

 

bpm = beats per minute

Trance:
Standard: Usually 120-140bpm'ish, usually higher tones, synths what have you. Usually "lighter".
Progressive: Same as above, but you a/some climaxes that is less subtle
Vocal: Either of the two; plus vocals.

Goa:
'Psychadelic' at usually same pace as trance. A lot of Indian/Middle Eastern influence in some of the ambients or background, and generally a lot more deeper synths.

Techno: North of 150 bpm, usually 175. Think fast and furious.
Rave: Same as above but on cocaine
Hardstyle: One stupid bass beat looped 25 times, and some guy saying HEY!
HappyHardcore: Rave + Ketamine and adrenaline

Drum & Bass: Sort of self explanatory; it's all over the place in bpm.
Dubstep: Clips of songs, with lots of "bass drops" and "wobbles"; aka your sub goes nuts. There's usually some sort of constant bass going.
Chillstep: Influenced by above, but much more subdued. It's much more ambient/elegant imo.
Basically anything with a step in it is going to inclued a constant bass beat to 'step' to.
Industrial: Well industrial sounds. Some consider it electronic goth, I disagree. Darker though; musically I don't know how to describe it

I'm not really good at explaining jungle, and I don't know what else I'm forgetting but I'm

 

Jungle/Drum'n'bass is unlike a majority of EDM (electronic dance music) and is different in two major ways.

First, the rhythm is carried by the breakbeat (collection of snare/kick/hi hats, not necessarily in that order, heeh). In other words, a breakbeat is the collection of drum sounds you here to make a hiphop beat. In jungle/DNB, this break is usually sped up twice as fast (165ish-175ish, depending on if it's a studio mix, or live show). The way the rhythm is carried is different because house/trance/techo and all their sub-sub-sub-genres all use the bass kick to judge the tempo/rhythm (boom...boom...boom...boom...etc). Whereas in jungle, the snare (and overall 'groove' of the breakbeat) tends to identify the tempo. (kick, kick, snare...kick, snare....kick, kick, snare....kick, snare)

Secondly, the bass is freed up and not governing the tempo of the track, so the bassline in jungle/dnb tracks is used to fulfill the melody. Hence the name, drum and bass, because those two elements are the most essential to creating jungle tune. The bass now has full reign over whatever it wants to do and sound like, and typically takes on a rolling, 'liquid' sound.

There are plenty of other differences between jungle/dnb and house/techno/trance, but they share a huge similarity and that is the fact these genres have undergone a transformation and evolution we've not seen in traditional, organic music.

Just like the other 'parent' EDM genres of house, trance, & techno, jungle/dnb has a multitude of sub-genres. These are mostly defined by the specific sounds and equipment used in creating the song. 'Vibe', or overall feel, vocal samples, danceability (that a word? lol), plus many other factors can help differentiate between sub-genres. Some jungle/dnb sub-genres include, techstep (futuristic/computer sounds), liquid (rolling basslines, minimalist), intelligent/atmospheric (lots of trance elements, large, complicated build-ups, epic, emotional synths), ragga (jungle with reggae-type vocals, often associated with Jamaica and Brixton, UK), darkstep (more dark/evil sounds, a la heavy metal), drumfunk (heavily re-arranged drum loops edited to create hyper-breaks no real drummer could emulate)...the list goes on.

 

And then, there's clownstep! (derogatory term)

 

Highly recommend all of the Skreamizm albums:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc0MfSXKqiI



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl1AJnJfCPc

 

still a classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nge9ObY2tvQ

this was the first time i heard a remix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjW4SwjiQlk

 

Dub step is only good if i'm drunk. Other than that, I like to be in a state of TRANCE!

http://youtu.be/BbEbqRJoyaE?hd=1

 

a little excerpt from a mix I made a few months back.

salsabass! see? sub-genres are everywhere!


http://youtu.be/Ra0Y0kqShd0