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drill and bass

Last updated: Sat Oct 25 2025 13:17:30 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Drill and bass is characterized by hyperkinetic, fragmented breakbeats pushed to extreme tempos, often exceeding 160 BPM, combined with aggressive bass lines and chaotic rhythmic structures. Emerging from 1990s experimental electronic music, it takes jungle and drum and bass to their most abrasive, avant-garde extremes. The sound is deliberately disorienting and intense, favoring precision-programmed complexity over dancefloor accessibility.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
13		1972	Angel panic	Baslik Orn	drill and bass industrial
37		1977	Various Artists	OXO:001	breakcore drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass idm	drill n bass # 49
11		1994	Alec Empire	The Destroyer	breakcore digital hardcore	drill n bass # 25 digital hardcore # 44 breakbeat hardcore # 95
3		1994-09-00	Tom Jenkinson	Stereotype E.P.	idm electronic
26		1996	Eggplant	Anorak Twat	acid techno alternative ambient american atlanta blues breakcore detroit downtempo drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass dub electro electronic electronica emo experimental electronic experimental techno folk glitch hardcore hip-hop idm illbient indie rock industrial instrumental japanese jazz punk rock reggae rock roots reggae techno trip-hop	atlanta # 32 experimental techno # 34 drill n bass # 39
58		1996	Eggplant	Catgirl	acid techno alternative ambient american atlanta blues breakcore detroit downtempo drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass dub electro electronic electronica emo experimental electronic experimental techno folk glitch hardcore hip-hop idm illbient indie pop indie rock industrial instrumental japanese jazz punk rock reggae rock roots reggae techno trip-hop	atlanta # 52 experimental techno # 56 drill n bass # 66
52		1996-04-10	Richard Devine	Polymorphic EP	acid techno alternative ambient american atlanta blues breakcore detroit downtempo drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass dub electro electronic electronica emo experimental electronic experimental techno folk glitch hardcore hip-hop idm illbient indie rock industrial instrumental japanese jazz punk rock reggae rock roots reggae ska techno trip-hop	atlanta # 44 experimental techno # 49 drill n bass # 59
72		1996-05-31	Squarepusher	Feed Me Weird Things	idm electronic
90		1996-11-04	Aphex Twin	Richard D. James Album	idm electronic	idm # 98
79		1997-04-16	Squarepusher	Hard Normal Daddy	idm electronic	idm # 55
24		1997-06-30	µ-Ziq	Lunatic Harness	idm	idm # 38
88		1997-07-21	Squarepusher	Big Loada	idm electronic	drill n bass # 96
82		1997-10-16	Aphex Twin	Come to Daddy	idm electronic	idm # 99
81		1998	Richard Devine	Richard Coleman Devine EP	acid techno alternative ambient american atlanta blues breakcore detroit downtempo drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass dub electro electronic electronica emo experimental electronic experimental techno folk glitch hardcore hip-hop idm illbient indie rock industrial instrumental japanese jazz punk rock reggae rock roots reggae ska techno trip-hop	acid techno # 42 experimental electronic # 78 illbient # 78 atlanta # 78 experimental techno # 81 drill n bass # 92
63		1998-06-01	Amon Tobin	Permutation	electronic
66		1998-06-24	今堀恒雄	Trigun: The First Donuts	blues blues rock drill and bass soundtrack spiritual
44		1999-03-23	J.P. Buckle	Flyin Lo-Fi	drill and bass
69		2001-06-16	Squarepusher	Go Plastic	idm	idm # 77 drill n bass # 89
91		2001-07-30	AFX	2 Remixes By AFX	breakbeat breaks drill and bass edm electronic idm	breaks # 62
93		2001-08	Aphex Twin	Drukqs	idm electronic	idm # 92
36		2001-09	Venetian Snares	Doll Doll Doll	breakcore	breakcore # 44
28		2003-06-23	Shyft	Beat Shyfter	breakbeat breakcore breaks darkstep drill and bass drum and bass electronic electronica funk gabber goa hardcore house idm industrial instrumental jazz orchestral piano tech house techno trance	darkstep # 13
53		2003-07-23	Shyft	Drudge	ambient breakcore dark ambient darkstep drill and bass drum and bass electro house industrial instrumental jungle soundtrack techno trance	darkstep # 33
59		2003-10-29	Xanopticon	liminal space	breakcore	breakcore # 35
61		2003-11-03	Mendelayev	Xpom	drill and bass drum and bass idm
31		2004	Atarix	every picture tells a lie	breakbeat downtempo drill and bass drill n bass edm electronic experimental pop glitch glitch pop idm lobit moscow noise pop russia russian	moscow # 36 lobit # 42 drill n bass # 46
70		2004-04-06	end.	The Sounds of Disaster	big beat breakcore drill and bass drum and bass electronic idm
56		2004-04-15	Epsilon	now drill 3rd eye	breakcore darkcore darkstep digital hardcore drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass jungle	darkstep # 36 drill n bass # 64 darkcore # 88
50		2004-04	Decomposure	Taking Things Apart	breakcore drill and bass sound collage
41		2004-11-15	Venetian Snares	7sevens.med	breakcore drill and bass idm
74		2005-03-14	Venetian Snares	Rossz Csillag Alatt Szueletet	breakcore	breakcore # 91
75		2005-03-14	Venetian Snares	Rossz Csillag Allat Született	breakcore	breakcore # 92
76		2005-03-14	Venetian Snares	Rossz csillag alatt született	breakcore	breakcore # 93
67		2005-04-29	AWT	Winter and Spring (the c. re-m,r)		drill n bass # 27
39		2005-04-29	AWT	Winter and spring	ambient breakcore drill and bass drum and bass electronica idm jungle noise
60		2005-06-07	Decomposure	At Home And Unaffected	breakcore drill and bass experimental pop sound collage
38		2006-01	Jankenpopp	Candy Marx	breakbeat breakcore dance drill and bass electro pop techno zouk	zouk # 19
35		2006-04-21	Shyft	Her Dark Square	breakcore drill and bass idm orchestra orchestral piano
65		20061014	Veqtor	Zero Data Index	drill and bass drill n bass	drill n bass # 73
20		2007-09-16	Geprogrammeerde Celdood	The Great Conflict	breakcore cybergrind cyberpunk dark electronic drill and bass electronic electronica glitch hardcore industrial industrial hardcore jungle noise noisecore power noise rhythmic noise speedcore techno-industrial technoid	industrial hardcore # 8 technoid # 28 dark electronic # 49
64		2007-10-08	Venetian Snares	My Downfall (Original Soundtrack)	breakcore	strings # 12 breakcore # 64
55		2007-12	deadmau5	deadmau5 circa 1998-2002	breakbeat drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass house idm techno trance	drill n bass # 62
5		2008	Mesh Gear Fox	Mesh Gear Fox	ambient techno drill and bass electronic electronica idm
12		2008-01-10	Geprogrammeerde Celdood	Oh Fuck! (Another Shitty Internet Compilation)	drill and bass electronica hardcore speedcore
34		2009	Goatsniffer	Insect Drips	alternative ambient braindance breakbeat breakcore chillout drill and bass drill n bass electro electronic glitch hardcore idm trance trip-hop	drill n bass # 47 braindance # 48
43		2009-02-06	KOOLMORF WIDESEN	Melodies Fork Now	braindance drill and bass electro electronic electronica experimental electronic idm jungle	braindance # 54
7		2009-06-07	Veqtor	CF024 - Veqtor - Retrospective EP	breakcore chiptune drill and bass drill n bass electronic idm jazz	drill n bass # 19
25		2009-06-20	Jam's	Les chants de la solitude	ambient chillout drill and bass electronica glitch idm
14		2009-08-15	Sounds Of Umbra	Till Death Do Us Part	drill and bass drum and bass
40		2009-08-18	Shyft	The Magnificent Metalloid Man EP	8-bit breakcore darkstep drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass dubstep gabber hardcore industrial industrial hardcore	darkstep # 20 industrial hardcore # 34 drill n bass # 50
16		2009-12-08	Veqtor	Fragments / Nanotechnology	drill and bass drill n bass electronica idm	drill n bass # 28
92		2010-11-08	The Third Eye Foundation	The Dark	atmospheric drum and bass classical dance drill and bass drum and bass edm electronic electronica idm illbient	atmospheric drum and bass # 56 illbient # 96
17		2011	Idklang	Id	breakcore drill and bass indie rock post-rock
22		2011-12-21	Sonic DeadHorse	Everyone Can Beat a Deadhorse	breakcore drill and bass idm post-rock
33		2011-12-21	Jonas the Plugexpert	RANDOM	ambient beat big beat breakbeat dance drill and bass drone drum and bass electronica gabber glitch house idm jungle pop rap rave
42		2012	Jonas the Plugexpert	Jonas The Plugexpert Remixes	ambient beat big beat drill and bass drone drum and bass electronica glitch idm jungle rap rave
86		2012-08-01	goreshit	misdirection	breakcore drill and bass idm
32		2013-08-26	Tsar Poloz	Redhead Bastard	drill and bass drum and bass idm rap rave techno
48		2014-08-13	umio	fake fur seeds	drill and bass glitch idm
85		2014-09-19	Aphex Twin	Syro	idm	acid techno # 69 idm # 97
97		2014-11	AFX	Hangable Auto Bulb	idm	idm # 15
99		2015-10-30	Iglooghost	Chinese Nü Yr	bubblegum bass dance drill and bass edm electronic footwork glitch hop idm	edm # 18 glitch hop # 35 bubblegum bass # 39 footwork # 93
62		2016-01-18	M.E.R.S	Mechanic Paradox	breakcore drill and bass idm
77		2016-02-05	dgoHn	All The Fuckin' As	breakcore drill and bass
6		2016-03-05	Wizard Glue	chelm_sfrd;[acid]	braindance breakcore drill and bass idm
73		2016-09-30	dgoHn	Ralph	drill and bass
49		2016-10-07	Nmesh	Hard Classiks, Vol. 1
57		2017-05-08	Bethas	Drown	breakbeat breakcore darkstep drill and bass drum and bass	darkstep # 38
15		2017-05-10	Ambivalence.	Ambivalence.	breakcore drill and bass
100		2017-09-29	Iglooghost	Neō Wax Bloom	drill and bass glitch hop	future bass # 12 glitch hop # 18 footwork # 75
78		2018-03-08	dgoHn	So be it, Lumbricina
95		2018-09-14	Aphex Twin	Collapse EP	idm electronic	footwork # 51 idm # 52 acid techno # 54
19		2019-01-25	Le Perche Oreille	Obsessive Lacework	drill and bass
80		2020	gupi	puppeteer my corpse at the renegade please	drill and bass idm
94		2020-03-27	Nine Inch Nails	God Break Down the Door	acid techno art rock dark jazz drill and bass experimental rock industrial rock	acid techno # 83 dark jazz # 86
10		2020-04-12	Syglit	Cophee	ambient atmospheric drum and bass drill and bass jungle
89		2020-08-12	A. G. Cook	7G	bubblegum bass alternative rock	glitch pop # 19 bubblegum bass # 42
4		2021-03-01	Girl Animusica	GCVBNMK<NBHVYGTCHBKN? YHSVVH	drill and bass drum and bass electronic glitch idm
98		2021-04-02	DOWNHILL2k01	Butterfly Tetrad	drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass idm	drill n bass # 100
29		2021-05-07	Richard Devine	Richard Devine EP	acid techno alternative ambient american atlanta blues breakcore detroit downtempo drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass dub electro electronic electronica emo experimental electronic experimental techno folk glitch hardcore hip-hop idm illbient indie rock industrial instrumental japanese jazz punk rock reggae rock roots reggae ska techno trip-hop	atlanta # 34 experimental techno # 36 drill n bass # 43
87		2021-06-04	Squarepusher	Feed Me Weird Things (Remastered)	idm
2		2021-07-25	CDR	Live @ Osakajo kouen Heliport	braindance breakcore drill and bass idm
30		2021-08-20	tdstr	Some More Files	breakcore drill and bass jungle
51		2021-10-17	Moth Pylon	ㅏㅔㅜ	drill and bass electronic glitch noise pop
83		2022-01-07	gupi	paper eater	drill and bass
68		2022-07-31	usoqu	accept the emptiness within yourself	drill and bass
84		2022-09-16	Mild Sorrow Integrated	arbol.	drill and bass drum and bass electronic glitch pop idm indietronica pop	glitch pop # 16
45		2022-09-16	Mild Sorrow Integrated	Eye Girl	ambient drill and bass electronic glitch idm
54		2022-09-16	Mild Sorrow Integrated	Eye Kid	breakcore drill and bass drum and bass electronic glitch idm
18		2022-11-04	Sigmatus	3 3 3	breakbeat breakcore drill and bass hardcore
27		2023-06-02	apollo bitrate	you in amethyst spheres	drill and bass neo-psychedelia
96		2024-05-10	Iglooghost	Tidal Memory Exo	deconstructed club drill and bass experimental hip hop	electro-industrial # 5 deconstructed club # 81
8			Pulsos	el ángulo de separación	ambient argentina breakbeat buenos aires drill and bass drum and bass electronic idm instrumental	buenos aires # 22
47			Isoproflex	Smile (Demo)	drill and bass drill n bass electronic idm	drill n bass # 53
1			oceanozero	Oceanozero	breakcore drill and bass idm
9			fzx	Stickverse Remixes	acid house braindance drill and bass drum and bass experimental electronic grindcore progressive electronic
21			Endomizer	Visitors	ambient broken beat chillout dance downtempo drill and bass drum and bass electronic electronica industrial lounge techno
23			Great Pueblo	CRIADERO	drill and bass
46			Medici Daughter	Medici Daughter	drill and bass
71			不覚にもムエタイ	その話にはまだ続きがあって	drill and bass

Related genres

• idm
• breakcore
• electronic
• drum and bass
• glitch
• electronica
• drill n bass
• ambient
• hardcore
• industrial