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EDM / Dance

Drum 'n' Bass / Jungle

Era
1992–present
Origin
London · Bristol
Student playlists
None yet

About this supergenre

Sped-up Amen breaks meet deep sub-bass. Born in early-90s UK from the rave/sound-system meeting of Jamaican dub and electronic dance.

Canonical reference: musicmap.info / dnb

Inside drum 'n' bass / jungle · 10 subgenre s on a mini-timeline

Each subgenre at its emergence year, oldest at top. This is what students curate playlists for — the granular level. Click any subgenre chip from the main map and you land on its row here.

  1. Jungle

    1992

  2. Drum & Bass

    1994

  3. Jump Up

    1995

  4. Tech Step

    1996

  5. Neurofunk

    1998

  6. Drumfunk

    2000

  7. Dubstep

    2001

  8. Liquid Funk

    2001

  9. Brostep

    2007

  10. Halftime / Future DnB

    2015

Connective tissue · 3 link s

How drum 'n' bass / jungle relates to the rest of the map. Click any genre to follow the line.

Primary lineage

Direct parents and direct children — the main line.

Student curations

No playlists for drum 'n' bass / jungle yet.

This supergenre is waiting for a curator. If you're in MUSA 266 or MUSA 220 and this is your assignment, build a 5–10 track YouTube playlist and submit it through the course form.

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