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drill n bass

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Description

Drill n bass is an intense, hyperkinetic style of electronic music that emerged in the mid-1990s, fusing the complex breakbeat programming of jungle and drum and bass with experimental, often chaotic production techniques. Characterized by extremely fast, intricately chopped and manipulated drum breaks, abrasive textures, and unpredictable song structures, it pushes rhythmic complexity to provocative extremes. The tag represents a cerebral, avant-garde approach to dance music that prioritizes technical innovation and sonic experimentation over dancefloor functionality.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
36		1972	Various Artists	The Kamikaze Club 04	breakcore digital hardcore drill n bass gabber
49		1977	Various Artists	OXO:001	breakcore drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass idm	drill and bass # 37
80		1981	Flakes	Flakes	drill n bass
25		1994	Alec Empire	The Destroyer	breakcore digital hardcore	drill and bass # 11 digital hardcore # 44 breakbeat hardcore # 95
61		1995	Squarepusher	Conumber E:P	drill n bass electronic
86		1995	Duke of Harringay	Alroy Road Tracks	drill n bass drum and bass
91		1995-08	Luke Vibert	A Polished Solid	british drill n bass electro electronic electronica idm techno trip-hop
12		1996	Alec Empire	Cut The Pussies	breakcore cyberpunk digital hardcore drill and bass drill n bass hardcore hardcore techno rhythmic noise terrorcore	terrorcore # 39
39		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	drill and bass # 26 atlanta # 33 experimental techno # 34
66		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 # 53 experimental techno # 56 drill and bass # 58
59		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 # 45 experimental techno # 49 drill and bass # 52
79		1997	Alec Empire	Squeeze the Trigger	breakcore	breakbeat hardcore # 28 hardcore techno # 41
97		1997-05	Björk	Jóga	digital hardcore	glitch pop # 37 avant-pop # 82 digital hardcore # 83 rhythmic noise # 93 techno-industrial # 94 schranz # 99 technoid # 99
84		1997-06-09	Luke Vibert	Further Nuggets	british drill n bass electro electronic electronica idm techno trip-hop
90		1997-06-09	Luke Vibert	Do Unto Others	british drill n bass electro electronic electronica idm techno trip-hop
55		1997-06-10	Buffalo Daughter	Socks, Drugs, and Rock and Roll
96		1997-07-21	Squarepusher	Big Loada	idm electronic	drill and bass # 88
88		1997-11-10	AFX	Analogue Bubblebath 3.1	acid techno ambient techno drill n bass electronic	acid techno # 30
11		1997-11	No Safety Pin Sex	No Savety Pin Sex E.P.	breakcore drill n bass rhythmic noise
99		1997-12-01	Björk	Bachelorette	avant-pop breakbeat hardcore breakcore digital hardcore drill n bass glitch pop illbient industrial rhythmic noise techno-industrial technoid trip-hop	breakbeat hardcore # 5 breakcore # 53 glitch pop # 73 digital hardcore # 86 avant-pop # 98 rhythmic noise # 98 illbient # 99 technoid # 100 techno-industrial # 100
20		1998	Hecate	Hate Cats E.P.	drill n bass rhythmic noise technoid	technoid # 12
92		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 drill and bass # 81 experimental techno # 81
51		1998	DJ 6666	Death Breathing	breakcore death industrial digital hardcore drill n bass rhythmic noise
95		1998-05-05	µ-Ziq	Brace Yourself	idm
70		1999	Hecate	Negative World Status	drill n bass rhythmic noise technoid	technoid # 60
5		1999	Rotator Kids	Rotator Kids Vs. Slam	breakcore digital hardcore drill n bass jungle
81		1999-03	solar-x	Little Pretty Automatic	ambient drill n bass electronic electronica idm
82		1999-03	Solar-X	Little Pretty Automatic	ambient drill n bass electronic electronica idm
18		2000	Rotator	He Who Makes A Beast Of Himself Gets Rid Of The Pain Being A Man !	breakcore drill n bass technoid	technoid # 5
85		2000-06-09	Atari Teenage Riot	Live at Brixton Academy 1999	noise	harsh noise # 7 industrial hardcore # 77 noisegrind # 89 industrial noise # 91
16		2001	Supernal	Light As Night	breakcore drill n bass technoid	technoid # 4
9		2001	Richard Devine	Lip Switch 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
83		2001-03-12	Venetian Snares + Speedranch	Making Orange Things	noise	power electronics # 80
63		2001-03-19	Maladroit	Death To False Metal	breakcore digital hardcore drill n bass speedcore
89		2001-06-16	Squarepusher	Go Plastic	idm	drill and bass # 69 idm # 77
94		2001-11-21	Mouse on Mars	Agit Itter It It	drill n bass electronic glitch idm
56		2002	I:gor	Surely Abrasive	drill n bass industrial hardcore speedcore terrorcore	industrial hardcore # 43 terrorcore # 86
10		2002	Alec Empire	Root	drill n bass electronica idm illbient rhythmic noise technoid
35		2003	Raquel De Grimstone	FreeMansonicYouth	drill n bass horrorcore techno-industrial technoid	technoid # 30
98		2003	The Flashbulb	Lawn Funeral EP	breakcore drill n bass idm	breakcore # 16
67		2003-02-25	Hecate	At The Seven Gates	breakcore drill n bass technoid	technoid # 58
37		2003-10-22	AWT	Stiff	drill n bass jungle noise pop
46		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	drill and bass # 31 moscow # 36 lobit # 42
76		2004-02	Hecate	Ascension Chamber	breakcore drill n bass idm rhythmic noise technoid	technoid # 69
87		2004-03	Gangpol und Mit	Disque Compact, Pièces Détachées
64		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 and bass # 56 darkcore # 88
30		2005-02-01	The Flashbulb	Kirlian Selections	idm
54		2005-03-15	Venetian Snares	Winnipeg Is a Frozen Shithole	breakcore	breakcore # 26
27		2005-04-29	AWT	Winter and Spring (the c. re-m,r)		drill and bass # 67
65		2005-05	Rotator	Dissident Sound Maniak Part 1.0	breakcore drill n bass jungle
33		2006	unseelie	Unreleased	drill n bass idm
74		2006	unseelie	Polly Lop	drill n bass electronic glitch idm
69		2006-05-26	Sandpaperdemon	Dance Party	breakcore drill n bass idm
72		2006-08-19	Master Eveleigh	Plain Cats	boom bap drill n bass glitch glitch hop glitch pop idm instrumental hip-hop jungle mashup
77		2006-09-01	RENEGADE ANDROiD	This is my Manager	ambient breakcore drill n bass electronic experimental electronic glitch idm industrial	experimental electronic # 27
73		20061014	Veqtor	Zero Data Index	drill and bass drill n bass	drill and bass # 65
41		2007	Hecate	Summer Of Smoke	breakcore drill n bass illbient industrial rhythmic noise
78		2007-05-14	Digita'lis/Phlox	The Drummondii Days	ambient breakcore drill n bass electronic idm
62		2007-12	deadmau5	deadmau5 circa 1998-2002	breakbeat drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass house idm techno trance	drill and bass # 55
26		2007-12	Syndrôm	...Finally Released	drill n bass electronica idm
58		2008	Alvaro	Untitled Album	ambient breakcore breaks dance dark ambient detroit digital hardcore drill n bass drum and bass electro electroclash electronic electronica glitch hardcore house idm industrial mashcore mashup microhouse microsound noise post-rock shoegaze speedcore techno	microhouse # 20 mashcore # 65 microsound # 73
2		2008	ManSlaughter.	Behemoth	braindance dark metal drill n bass electro electronic industrial metal techno trance
47		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 and bass # 34 braindance # 48
4		2009	The Maggots In The Scarecrow's Eye	Ascension of Gore	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
44		2009	Various Artists	Fedor Konyukhov Tribute	drill n bass noise noisecore
48		2009-04-20	Syndrôm	Un Ragondin Dans Le Jardin	breakcore drill n bass jungle
19		2009-06-07	Veqtor	CF024 - Veqtor - Retrospective EP	breakcore chiptune drill and bass drill n bass electronic idm jazz	drill and bass # 7
50		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 and bass # 40
71		2009-12-06	Erothyme	Coincidentia Oppositorum	drill n bass electronic electronica idm psytrance
28		2009-12-08	Veqtor	Fragments / Nanotechnology	drill and bass drill n bass electronica idm	drill and bass # 16
32		2010-01-11	PharmaCore	Utopia	drill n bass idm
14		2010-01-25	Soul Scientist	Still Exist	america american american underground breakcore drill n bass electronica experimental electronic experimental techno glitch idm jungle spoken word usa	experimental techno # 3
52		2010-04-08	Tiruset	36 Feet Under	ambient braindance breakbeat breakcore breaks drill n bass dubstep electro electronica glitch hardcore idm jungle techno	braindance # 59
17		2010-04-11	Bouwakanja	Warrior Of Soul	ambient braindance breakbeat drill n bass dub electro electronica idm jungle
40		2010-04-11	Skrypnyk	Brainwork	ambient drill n bass idm
8		2010-05-01	Sam Pleater	The Black Limousine	breakcore drill n bass idm jungle techno
24		2011-06	Ricky Rabbit	Strictly Ricky	drill n bass rhythmic noise technoid	technoid # 14
34		2012-06-15	Le Perche Oreille	Triton À 5 Pattes	breakcore drill n bass idm
15		2012-09-17	Lantriperc	Walk Over The Sky	breakbeat drill n bass idm jungle
3		2012-10-02	Richard Devine	Wifof	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
23		2013-03-01	Laf-O	Lost And Fuct-Over	breakcore drill n bass idm
13		2013-06-08	Syndrôm	Earthbound EP	breaks drill n bass glitch idm
68		2014-03-31	Alvaro	STUFF	dance drill n bass electro electroclash electronic electronica glitch hardcore house idm industrial mashcore mashup microhouse noise speedcore techno	microhouse # 25 mashcore # 71
93		2015	µ-Ziq	Grush	braindance breakbeat breakcore chillout drill n bass electronic electronica idm techno	braindance # 98
57		2017-02-12	Waiting to Die	my pathetic existence: previously unrelease incomplete trash	breakcore drill n bass
6		2018	Zero Acid	Remain The Duration	breakcore drill n bass drum and bass idm noise rhythmic noise
7		2018-10	ManSlaughter.	ManSlaughter	braindance dark ambient drill n bass electronic fusion industrial techno
100		2021-04-02	DOWNHILL2k01	Butterfly Tetrad	drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass idm	drill and bass # 98
43		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	drill and bass # 29 atlanta # 35 experimental techno # 36
45		2022-02-18	tdstr	Etc. 1	ambient breakcore drill n bass idm
31		2022-04-26	CHAOS//BARISTA	MELTY DEPENDENCY UNLIMITED	chiptune drill n bass gabber glitch glitch pop hardcore indietronica noise power noise sound collage speedcore
22		2023	Various Artists	Sponic Mesh Two	breaks drill n bass electronic electronica idm
53			Isoproflex	Smile (Demo)	drill and bass drill n bass electronic idm	drill and bass # 47
60			ADSD	x	ambient breakcore breaks dance dark ambient detroit digital hardcore drill n bass drum and bass electro electroclash electronic electronica glitch hardcore house idm industrial mashcore mashup microhouse microsound noise post-rock shoegaze speedcore techno	microhouse # 21 mashcore # 66 microsound # 75
75			ADSD	FEAROFTHEVOID	ambient breakcore breaks dance dark ambient detroit digital hardcore drill n bass drum and bass electro electroclash electronic electronica glitch hardcore house idm industrial mashcore mashup microhouse microsound noise post-rock shoegaze speedcore techno	speedcore # 3 microhouse # 34 mashcore # 81 microsound # 83
1			Otrembu Eio	A Post-High School Compilation	chillwave drill n bass electro electronic idm noise techno
21			RedSK vs. endometrium cuntplow	Breathing In Outer Space With Satan's Albuterol	breakbeat breakcore coldwave digital hardcore drill n bass glitch grindcore hardcore harsh noise idm industrial nerdcore noise noisecore power electronics screamo
29			Super Tanker	The Inglorious Geniosity of Super Tanker The Mathematical Intelligence	drill n bass glitch idm
38			郭富城	Aaron Kwok Memorandom Compilation	c-pop drill n bass glitch idm
42			Aaron Bathurst	[50+1] An Electronic Swindle	ambient breakcore drill n bass dubstep electronica glitch idm jungle

Related genres

• idm
• breakcore
• electronic
• glitch
• electronica
• techno
• hardcore
• ambient
• drill and bass
• electro