Dieselboy
Damian Higgins, better known by his stage name Dieselboy, is an American DJ, producer, remixer, founder of the Human Imprint music label (drum and bass) in 2002, and co-founder of its sublabel SubHuman : Human Imprint (dubstep, electro) which launched in September 2010. Known for decimating dance floors through complex, dynamic live mixing of cutting edge underground bass music on three CDJ's, he acquired the nickname "The Destroyer" in 2012.[1][2] In February 2012, Higgins co-founded Planet Human as the umbrella label for Human Imprint and SubHuman.[3][4] On New Year's Eve 2009 headlining a 3D Productions event at Club 24 in Washington, D.C., Dieselboy played a 3-hour multi-sub-genre set including drum and bass, dubstep and electro. The enthusiastic crowd response encouraged him to continue experimenting with this new format into 2010. Currently based in Brooklyn, New York, Dieselboy has also performed at rock festivals and extreme sports exhibitions. Biography[edit] Career[edit]
Dubstep
Towards the end of the 2000s and into the early 2010s, the genre started to become more commercially successful in the UK, with more singles and remixes entering the music charts. Music journalists and critics also noticed a dubstep influence in several pop artists' work. Around this time, producers also began to fuse elements of the original dubstep sound with other influences, creating fusion genres including future garage, the slower and more experimental post-dubstep, and the harsher electro house and heavy metal influenced brostep, the latter of which greatly contributed to dubstep's rising mainstream popularity in the United States.[9] Characteristics Musical score of the above recording. The music website Allmusic has described Dubstep's overall sound as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals Rhythm Dubstep rhythms are usually syncopated, and often shuffled or incorporating tuplets. Wobble bass
Roni Size
Roni Size (born Ryan Owen Granville Williams, 29 October 1969, Bristol)[1] is a British record producer and DJ, who came to prominence in 1997 as the founder and leader of Reprazent, a drum and bass collective. That year they won the Mercury Prize for their album New Forms. He resurrected Reprazent in 2008 with the release of a deluxe edition of New Forms on Universal. Early life[edit] His future musical partner, Krust, had been a member of the Fresh 4, whose "Wishing on a Star" reached the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart in late 1989.[4] Williams, Krust, Suv and DJ Die founded Full Cycle Records. Aided by Chris Lewis, Roni Size founded the record label WTP ("Where's The Party At?") Williams is an avid Bristol Rovers fan and turned out for them in the charity match vs rivals Bristol City on May Bank Holiday Monday, 2013.[5] Musical style[edit] Much of the acclaim centred around Size's melding of the propulsive jungle beats accompanied by live drums and double bass. Career[edit] Albums[edit]
Hip house
Hip house, also known as rap house or house rap, is a musical genre that mixes elements of house music and hip-hop. At its core, hip-house is an emcee rapping over a house beat.[1] The style rose to prominence during the 1980s in Chicago and New York.[2] Hip house originated in Chicago and quickly became popular across the U.S. and in the UK, with tracks like "Rok Da House" by UK producers the Beatmasters featuring British female emcees the Cookie Crew. Minor controversy ensued in 1989 when a U.S. record called "Turn Up the Bass" by Tyree Cooper featuring Kool Rock Steady claimed it was the "first hip house record on vinyl". The Beatmasters disputed this, pointing out that "Rok Da House" had originally been written and pressed to vinyl in 1986. The outfit then released "Who’s in the House?" featuring British emcee Merlin, containing the lines "Beatmasters stand to attention, hip house is your invention" and "Watch out Tyree, we come faster". UK garage[edit] 1980s/1990s[edit]
DJ Dara
DJ Dara performs at a rave in Springfield Massachusetts. DJ Dara (Darragh Guilfoyle, Brooklyn, New York) is an Irish drum and bass DJ who performs mainly in North America. He is also a co-founder, with DJ DB, of Breakbeat Science, North America's first drum 'n' bass-dedicated music store and drum 'n' bass label in New York.[1] He is also a member of the d 'n' b group known as the Planet of the Drums. This group consists of AK1200 (Dave Minner, Orlando, Florida), DJ Dara, Dieselboy (Damian Higgins, Brooklyn, New York), and MC Messinian (James Fiorella, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Discography[edit] Singles[edit] (1995) Schizophrenia (12") – Smile Full Albums[edit] Related links[edit] Planet of the Drums External links[edit]
Folktronica
Folktronica or electrofolk is a genre of music comprising various elements of folk music and electronica, often featuring samplings of acoustic instruments—especially stringed instruments—and incorporating hip hop or dance rhythms.[1][2] Typically, computers are used during the recording process.[3] History[edit] References[edit] Jump up ^ Smyth, David (April 23, 2004).
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Grindie
History[edit] Grime producer Statik is one of the main proponents of the genre and also one of the first to release an album containing only grindie tracks, on Grindie Vol. 1.[1][2] References[edit]
Nu jazz
Nu jazz is a genre of contemporary electronic music. The term was coined in the late 1990s to refer to music that blends jazz elements with other musical styles, such as funk, soul, electronic dance music, and free improvisation.[1] Also written nü-jazz or NuJazz, it is sometimes called electronic jazz, electro-jazz, electric jazz, e-jazz, jazztronica, jazz house, phusion, neo-jazz, future jazz or Jazz-hop and electro-lounge. According to critic Tony Brewer, “Nu Jazz is to (traditional) Jazz what punk or grunge was to Rock, of course. [...] Overview[edit] Nu jazz typically ventures farther into the electronic territory than does its close cousin, acid jazz (or groove jazz), which is generally closer to earthier funk, soul, and rhythm and blues, although releases from noted groove & smooth jazz artists such as the Groove Collective, and Pamela Williams blur the distinction between the styles. History[edit] Notable artists[edit] See also[edit] Sources[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]
Underground hip hop
Aesop Rock performing at Irving Plaza NYC in fall 2007 Underground hip hop is an umbrella term for hip hop music outside the general commercial canon.[1][2] It is typically associated with independent artists, signed to independent labels or no label at all. Underground hip hop is often characterized by socially conscious, positive, or anti-commercial lyrics.[3] However, there is no unifying or universal theme – Allmusic suggests that it "has no sonic signifiers".[2] "The Underground" also refers to the community of musicians, fans and others that support non-commercial, or independent music. Music scenes with strong ties to underground hip hop include alternative hip hop and horrorcore. Many artists who are considered "underground" today, were not always so, and may have previously broken the Billboard charts.[4] Style[edit] History[edit] Early[edit] In hip hop's formative years, the vast majority of the genre was underground music, by definition. 2000s[edit] Indie hip hop[edit]
