History Main / DrumAndBass

The genre eventually faded out from mainstream popularity during the late 1990's, but still lingered on here and there. Most notably, the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube demo discs and [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance Nintendo e-Reader]] of all things prominently featured [=DnB=] soundtracks on their menus, helping introduce the genre to a new audience and giving it a new association outside of the club scene alone, while British [=DnB=] record label Hospital Records and its co-founders Tony "London Electrikity" Colman and Chris Goss[[note]]London Electrikity is a double act before it became Colman's solo act[[/note]] became known for their appearances as the perpetual in-game label-based radio station in Creator/PlaygroundGames and Creator/XboxGameStudios' ''VideoGame/{{Forza}} Horizon'' series from ''Forza Horizon 2'' onward,[[note]]Degs replaced Colman for ''Forza Horizon 5'', though,[[/note]] keeping [=DnB=] alive in the gaming world. This in turn would prompt a reemergence of the genre in the underground electronic music scene by the start of the 2020s, thanks to Gen Z artists such as Cacola and Sewerslvt having grown up during [=DnB's=] gaming-driven afterlife.

* Sigma

* Music/Rudimental

* Rudimental

* Cause4Concern

* ShockOne

* BCee

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* Music/{{Pendulum}} (combined with AlternativeRock, and the genre's most commercially successful act by a country mile)

* Music/{{Pendulum}} (combined with AlternativeRock)

Originally, [=DnB=] sounded pretty much like acid house and breakbeat hardcore, but with heavier bass and {{Reggae}} samples. Now, however, apart from the tempo, the breakbeats, and heavy emphasis on bass frequencies, there are few restrictions on what you can do within the genre. Drum and bass can be and has been combined with everything from jazz and [=RnB=] to funk, rock, and metal. Its intensity and mood can vary wildly from song to song, spanning from the lush, atmospheric sounds of LTJ Bukem to the intense, frenetic tracks of Shy FX, the Qemists and Pendulum.

* Machine Girl (mixed with HardcoreTechno and many other genres)

* Spor

The genre eventually faded out from mainstream popularity during the late 1990's, but still lingered on here and there. Most notably, the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube demo discs and [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance Nintendo e-Reader]] of all things prominently featured [=DnB=] soundtracks on their menus, helping introduce the genre to a new audience and giving it a new association outside of the club scene alone, while British [=DnB=] record label Hospital Records and its co-founders Tony "London Electrikity" Colman and Chris Goss[[note]]London Electrikity is a double act before it became Colman's solo act[[/note]] became known for their appearances as the perpetual in-game label-based radio station in Creator/PlaygroundGames and Creator/XboxGameStudios' ''VideoGame/{{Forza}} Horizon'' series from ''Forza Horizon 2'' onward,[[note]]Degs replaced Colman for ''Forza Horizon 5'', though,[[/note]] keeping [=DnB=] alive in the gaming world. This in turn would prompt a reemergence of the genre in the underground electronic music scene by the start of the 2020s, thanks to Gen Z artists such as Cacola having grown up during [=DnB's=] gaming-driven afterlife.

* 2 Bad Mice
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* 4hero (one of the [[TropeMaker Trope Makers]])
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* Grooverider
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* A Guy Called Gerald (another TropeMaker)
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The genre eventually faded out from mainstream popularity during the late 1990's, but still lingered on here and there. Most notably, the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube demo discs and [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance Nintendo e-Reader]] of all things prominently featured [=DnB=] soundtracks on their menus, helping introduce the genre to a new audience and giving it a new association outside of the club scene alone, while British [=DnB=] record label Hospital Records and its co-founders Tony "London Electrikity" Colman and Chris Goss[[note]]London Electrikity is a double act before it became Colman's solo act[[/note]] became known for their appearances as the perpetual in-game label-based radio station in Creator/PlaygroundGames and Creator/XboxGameStudios' ''VideoGame/{{Forza}} Horizon'' series from ''Forza Horizon 2'' onward,[[note]]Degs replaced Colman for ''Forza Horizon 5'', though,[[/note]] keeping [=DnB=] alive in the gaming world.

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* A Guy Called Gerald (another TropeMaker)[[index]]

The genre eventually faded out from mainstream popularity during the late 1990's, but still lingered on here and there. Most notably, the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube demo discs and [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance Nintendo e-Reader]] of all things prominently featured [=DnB=] soundtracks on their menus, helping introduce the genre to a new audience and giving it a new association outside of the club scene alone.

* London Elektricity[[note]]Initially a duo act of Tony Colman and Chris Goss, co-founders of [=DnB=] label Hospital Records, but not long after it became just solely Colman. Both men and their label are well-known to gamers for their appearances in the ''VideoGame/{{Forza}} Horizon'' series from the second game onward, though Colman was replaced by Degs in ''Forza Horizon 5''.[[/note]]

* London Elektricity

* Music/{{Noisia}} (one of the genre's most famous groups in recent years - also thanks to their contributions for numerous videogames; TropeCodifier for neurofunk)

* Photek (as well as many other genres like techno, lounge and acid house)

* Music/{{Noisia}}

* Photek

* The Qemists

* Shy FX

* Music/{{Squarepusher}}

* Music/VenetianSnares

Originally, [=DnB=] sounded pretty much like acid house and breakbeat hardcore, but with heavier bass and {{Reggae}} samples. Now, however, apart from the tempo, the breakbeats, and heavy emphasis on bass frequencies, there are few restrictions on what you can do within the genre. Drum and bass can be and has been combined with everything from jazz and [=RnB=] to funk, rock, and metal. Its intensity and mood can vary wildly from song to song, spanning from the lush, atmospheric sounds of LTJ Bukem to the intense, frenetic tracks of Shy FX and Pendulum.