Drumstep

If theres one style of music currently dividing opinion like never before, its the emergence of what is now being labeled as 'Drumstep', a mutated hybrid of Drum n Bass and Dubstep which seems to be spreading throughout the country at a rapid pace.

Half time Drum n Bass is nothing new and certainly no big new invention and has been around for quite some time, and one of my favorite producers of the early millennium was Amit, who was a pioneer of a completely different form of 170bpm nastiness to the 'Clownstep' that was so prevalent in the middle of the decade.



The difference with the half time stuff that is getting bandied around now is the huge and obvious influence from the 'Brostep' side of Dubstep, concentrating on mid range face melting and bass face inducing torridness, and it really is proving to be a marmite style of music, with people either absolutely despising it, or DJ's such as Grooverider (who is showing it major support on Radio One) calling it the next big thing.

Personally, I really like some of it, and I think it can certainly add a new dimension to both scenes, and some of you can't doubt will send gurning kids absolutely apeshit on the dancefloor. The recent Kanji Kinetic E.P on Tigerbeat6 is a fine example of how this style can be employed to devastating effect, and below you can find a video of the full track, and below it, how it went down when I dropped it a couple of weeks back when I went on to do an extra hour after Caspa at Thursday Club at The Masque (wait for the drop). I'll try and post a few mixes soon.