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drill and bass

noun

Etymology

From drill (“tool for boring”) (typically producing a loud, harsh noise) and drum and bass.

Definitions

  1. A style of electronic music with fast, loud percussion and harsh noises.

    • The compositional applications of granulation run from stutters (tight repetitions at rhythmic or even pitched rates; think of Mantronix's Bassline (1985) or drill and bass), to disintegration and coalescence effects.
    • What the Squarepusher-type drill and bass artists have responded to and exaggerated ad absurdum is only one aspect of jungle: the music's complexity.

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