Ever since the early days of jazz and rock’n’roll, the musical connection between drums and bass has been core. Tastes, styles and interpretations come and go, but finding the perfect bass sound, that ...

The kick drum, or bass drum, is the powerhouse behind the music. In a club, it’s the kick that’s nailing the four to the floor, and at a rock gig it’s the kick that’s making your chest compress. This ...

Half a dozen signal processing tricks for turning a variety of sounds into bottom-heavy drivers When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Liquid has to be one of the most enduring and versatile staple sounds of the drum’n’bass menu. It comes in many forms and flavours, is home to many interesting and multi-skilled musicians and ...

For years, the truism ran that drum and bass, despite pockets of true believers across the nation, would, in America, remain a specialty taste within electronic music, never mind pop. But, over the ...

The Brussels-based producer fled the strictures of techno and drum’n’bass in search of a freer sound. On his astonishing ...

You might not know it, but you've heard a TR-808. Released in 1980 by Japan's Roland Corporation, the rudimentary drum machine supplied the bombastic beats of early hip-hop, the futuristic sounds of ...