HISTORY OF DRUM & BASS
DRUM AND BASS (COMMONLY ABBREVIATED TO DNB, D&B, DRUM N BASS, AND DRUM & BASS) IS AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC GENRE THAT ORIGINATED IN THE UK RAVE SCENE, HAVING DEVELOPED FROM BREAKBEAT HARDCORE (AND ITS DERIVATIVES OF DARKCORE AND HARDCORE JUNGLE). THE GENRE WOULD GO ON TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GENRES OF ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC, BECOMING INTERNATIONAL AND SPAWNING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DERIVATIVES AND SUBGENRES.
DRUM AND BASS EMERGED IN THE MID-1990S UK AS A SHIFT FROM BREAKBEAT HARDCORE AND RAVE, EVOLVING OVER TIME TO INCORPORATE ELEMENTS FROM DANCEHALL, ELECTRO, FUNK, HIP HOP, HOUSE, JAZZ, AND TECHNO. ORIGINATING FROM THE UK HARDCORE SCENE (1989-1993), IT CONTINUED TO EVOLVE IN COUNTRIES LIKE BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS, AND GERMANY, THOUGH THOSE SCENES MOVED TOWARDS TRANCE AND TECHNO. LONDON AND BRISTOL ARE THE KEY CITIES MOST ASSOCIATED WITH THE GENRE.
THE DRUM AND BASS AWARDS (DABAS) THE ULTIMATE EVENT HONORING THE FINEST IN DRUM AND BASS MUSIC HAVE BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCENE SINCE IT'S INCEPTION IN 2007. DRAWING THOUSANDS OF ATTENDEES, THE AWARDS CELEBRATE THE GENRE'S MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS WITH UNFORGETTABLE PERFORMANCES. THE DABAS HAVE GARNERED WIDESPREAD NATIONWIDE MEDIA ATTENTION AND OVER THE YEARS, THE EVENT HAS FEATURED WORLD-RENOWNED ACTS LIKE CHASE & STATUS, ANDY C, SUB FOCUS, SHY FX, WILKINSON, AND MANY OTHERS.