Techstep Topics

• jungle music
• ed rush
• musical elements
• musical structure
• bass sounds
• mdz
• penny black
• adulteration
• bassline
• u turn
• drum n bass
• timbre
• norms
• obsession
• torque
• compilation
• beats
• platinum
• genre

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Techstep, Techstep

However, it usually adheres to drum and bass norms in other regards, especially in terms of musical structure, with the emphasis on the "drop". Techstep saw jungle music's obsession with bass change from aiming for low and deep to exploring timbre, artists aiming to outdo each other with ever more distorted and "twisted" bass sounds.

Techstep was a reaction to more virtuosic and more pop musical elements in jungle and drum 'n' bass, which were seen as an adulteration of "true" or "original" jungle.

Recordings in 1995. This remix, co-produced by Ed Rush and Nico, features the trademark steppin' beats and distorted reece bassline which would become symbolic of the techstep genre. The Torque compilation (No U Turn), Breakage LP (Penny Black 1997), and Platinum Breakz 1, 2, and MDZ 01 ( Metalheadz) feature some of finest selections of techstep tracks.

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