drum and bass
Noun
Meaning
drum and bass (uncountable)
(music) A style of electronic dance music focusing heavily on loud bass and fast-tempo drumbeats.
Coordinate term: jungle
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Examples
Nothing beats 2 guitars, drum and bass.
I love electronic music, and I love drum and bass.
There's a couple of tracks on the new record which is sort of using similar sort of rhythms as the drum and bass tracks but playing it all live. It's a new approach to it.
Drum and bass is dominated by a small group of record labels.
Drum and bass often makes an appearance as background music, especially in Top Gear and television commercials thanks to its aggressive and energetic beats.
The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer, produced 1980–1984, had a bass drum sound which became very important in Drum and bass.