Crossover Genres in Electronic Music - Yay or Nay?

[Ed Paris]

Read 'popularity' as 'mainstream appeal'.

i did and excuse me if i´m wrong but doubt that dnb was played in the "mainstream" venues back in the 90s. so it´s popularity is still and maybe more present like back then.

[MrPopinjay]

great track. the genre is called darkcore, which is technically a d'n'b subgenre, but it overlaps with hardcore. fascinating little detail in my opinion, because when you hear tracks like what you posted you can actually tell how the two genres blend. otherwise darkcore is mainly much faster, more discordant gabber.

Not sure I would agree with that, darkcore is a genre of jungle from the 90s :P

[DJZILCH]

i know several old skool dnb djs over here who hates drumstep and claims that drumstep is not dnb, i mean i understand the purist point of view but i think as long as it sounds good theres no need to hate right?

[racoon]

i like it to play tracks which have parts where a completely different music-style is used for drops, breaks and things like this.

and that can be anything that makes fun, parts of some funkey music of the 1930's or charlie chaplin style filmmusic or country or some kind of folk-music or even dubstep, anything funny ^^

(i am djing psychedelic electronic dance music)

[0.0]

i did and excuse me if i´m wrong but doubt that dnb was played in the "mainstream" venues back in the 90s. so it´s popularity is still and maybe more present like back then.

It's absolutely still relevant within the scene, and I would imagine it has a lot more staying-power than dubstep will.

I think there was a lot more exposure for DnB in the mid-late 90's. I know plenty of people who listened to LTJ and Goldie that weren't necessarily EDM enthusiasts. It doesn't seem that there are any casual drum and bass fans these days.

[Jack Rabid]

If it's appropriate, yay. If it sounds like a 7 year old attempting quarter beat cuts (complextro), nay.