DNB
It starts with a six-second drum break from a 1969 B-side. Sped up and chopped over sound-system bass at the hardcore raves of the early nineties, it became jungle, a music built in London bedrooms, cut to dubplate, and broadcast from tower-block pirate stations before any label would touch it. By 1995 it had a canon of its own: Goldie, LTJ Bukem, Photek, Roni Size. Then it split and kept splitting, the dark precision of techstep and neurofunk, the melodic warmth of liquid, the rolling weight of jump-up, and turned into an unusually label-shaped music, where Metalheadz, Hospital, RAM and V Recordings each stood for a sound. This is that whole arc: the raves, the records, the MCs and pirate radio, and the festivals from Rampage in Antwerp to Let It Roll.
A chronological documentary of 585 moments on Loreline.
Curated by Olivier · last updated 2026-08-22
Eras
- Hardcore & Jungle, The breakbeat hardcore raves of the early nineties and the jungle that grew out of them, sped-up breaks, sound-system bass, ragga vocals, and the pirate radio that carried all of it before the industry noticed.
- Jungle, The 1993-97 canon. Goldie and Metalheadz, LTJ Bukem’s Good Looking, Photek’s programming, Roni Size winning the Mercury, the records that turned a rave subgenre into its own music.
- Techstep & Neurofunk, The dark turn. No U Turn’s distorted basslines, Ed Rush & Optical’s Wormhole, and the precision-engineered neurofunk that followed from Virus, Noisia and Black Sun Empire.
- Liquid, The melodic, soulful end of the spectrum, Good Looking and Hospital, Calibre and High Contrast, and the producers who put songs and singers back into 174 bpm.
- Jump-Up, Loud, funny and built for the room: big basslines, ragga vocals and the rolling sound that fills a dancefloor, from Aphrodite and DJ Hype through to Hazard, Bou and A.M.C.
- Labels, Drum & bass is an unusually label-shaped music. Metalheadz, Hospital, RAM, V Recordings, Full Cycle, Critical and Shogun each stood for a sound, and signing to one told you what you were about to hear.
- Festivals, Where the scene gathers now, Rampage in Antwerp, Let It Roll in Czechia, Hospitality, Sun and Bass, Liquicity and Outlook.
- Pirate Radio & Jungle, The MCs and the pirate stations, the dubplate, the Amen break itself, and the documentaries that recorded a scene the mainstream ignored for a decade.
- - Black Sun Empire ft. Multiplex DJ Set | Get in Step. & Zorel) ↬ Blackout label-bosses & legendary neurofunk trio, Black Sun Empire, smash the Nexus Club during an epic Get in Step edition.
- - Wilkinson & Becky Hill - Here For You. & Becky Hill's recording, first released 2022-02-11.
- - Netsky [GLASSHOUSE] 360° Live at Lotto Arena: Antwerp, Belgium. 360° [GLASSHOUSE] show, debuted in New Zealand, to Lotto Arena in his hometown of Antwerp.
- - SunandBass 2022 (unofficial aftermovie). ), the official film of that edition, released by Bass Village.
- - Let It Roll 2022 | Official Aftermovie
- - Rampage 2022 Weekend: The Aftermovie
- - RAMPAGE OPEN AIR 2022 - THE AFTERMOVIE
- - Noisia @ Noisia Invites 2022 [Final Edition]. 10 years after our first event, at the same venue @MelkwegAmsterdamOfficial What a night.
- - Pendulum Live @ Reading Festival 2022. 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:50 Driver 0:04:53 Propane Nightmares 0:11:08 Come Alive 0:15:16 Blood Sugar / Voodoo 0:21:32 - 0:25:30 The Island Pt.
- - "Atmospherical Horizon" (Tribute/cover of LTJ Bukem classics). ), published by Spinscott. "Atmospherical Horizon" is an unofficial tribute/cover of a couple of my favorite LTJ Bukem tunes!.
- - Camo & Krooked & Mefjus (DJ Set), Live From A Boat Presented by Gloryfy Unbreakable - UKF On Air. & Krooked & Mefjus return to UKF On Air for some no-nonsense nautical beats, taking us on a scenic boat ride of the Danube in Vienna, Austria to celebrate their signature sunglasses release with gloryfy unbreakable eyewear.
- - Mefjus - Zenith (ft. flowanastasia). ), Mefjus's recording, first released 2022-09-07.
- - Dj APHRODITE live in New-York. The Jungle Cruise. #APHRODITE #newyork #drumandbass 3 legendary NYC promoters team-up for an unforgettable night of music on a 2-level boat circling the island of Manhattan New-York!.
- - Ed Rush & DJ Trace with MC Navigator (No U Turn Experience) One In The Jungle BBC Radio 1 (02.07.97). ), published by 117audio.
- - LTJ Bukem - Cosmic Twilight Vol.2 @ Tipper & Friends, Spirit Of Suwannee Music Park // 03.04.22. 'Avid' Bolz.
- - Calibre | Boiler Room Festival Amsterdam: SYSTEM. 's recording, first released 2023-02-01.
- - Kara | Live From DnB Allstars 360°
- - Friction | Live From DnB Allstars 360°
- - Calibre - Wirly. 's recording, first released 2023-04-19.
- - Current Value DJ Set 📍 Petit Bain, Paris | Bass Music, Drum & Bass, Neurofunk | STUDIO Invites. / The Glitch Mob, Ivy Lab, Emperor, Oskar & Flyøu | 📆 08.11.25📍Paris 🎟 → Into bass music?.
- - Classic Jungle Pads From Scratch (Source Direct Pt.6). ), published by Groovin in G. A complete walkthrough into recreating those classic 90's style jungle pads in Logic X.
- - Hybrid Minds DnB Set @ Snowbombing 2023. 60 minute DJ set from the Racket Club during Snowbombing festival 2023.
- - Let It Roll 2023 | Official Aftermovie
- - RAMPAGE OPEN AIR 2023 - THE AFTERMOVIE
- - Chase & Status - Baddadan (feat. IRAH, Trigga & Takura) | Spotify 2023 Wrapped Live in London. & Status.
- - Liquicity Winterfestival 2023 Aftermovie
- - Sub Focus & Dimension at Printworks 30th Of April 2023 (Totally not a reupload). ), published by Madmanslayer. This is a re-upload of the "Sub Focus & Dimension - Printworks Closing Weekend x UKF On Air (DJ Set)" mix.
- - Calibre Live at Dekmantel Festival - Drum and Bass - 2023. 2023 Drum & Bass mix Recording of Calibre's set at Dekmantel Festival 2023.
- - Outlook Origins 2023 - Official Aftermovie
- - Fabio & Grooverider & The Outlook Orchestra performing "In Love", live at Southbank Centre | Jan '23. 1, the pair have helped forge a vast range of styles, including liquid, jump-up, technical, minimal and half-time.
- - Dimension - DJ Turn It Up (Live From Printworks). ), published by Dimension. DJ Turn It Up as played by Dimension at the closing weekend of Printworks.
- - Maduk only set | Liquicity Festival 2023 🦆. 🦆, Maduk only set's recording, published on Liquicity.
- - Chase & Status & Hedex - Liquor & Cigarettes (ft. ArrDee). ), Chase & Status & Hedex's recording, first released 2023-09-15.
- - Sub Focus | Live From DnB Allstars 360°
- - Pendulum - 'Colourfast' (live for Like A Version). ), published by triple j. Pendulum perform 'Colourfast' live for triple j's Like A Version.
- - Shogun Sessions - Makoto & MC Conrad. 's recording, published on Shogun Audio.
- - Kanine - Light It Up. 's recording, first released 2023-12-08.
- - Proximus presents: Celebration by Netsky (Live from an LA rooftop). ), published by Netsky. In association with Proximus Pickx, Netsky brings a very special DJ Set to a rooftop in downtown LA, tune in before midnight on New Years Eve (CET) to experience the full thing with us.
- - Hybrid Minds - Drum n Bass Listening Liquid Set. 's recording, published on Y☯LØ Official.
- - Urban Jungle mixed by Aphrodite (full album stream). ), published by GravelGhost. #Jungle #drumandbass #hiphop mix by the legendary DJ Aphrodite for Priority Records.
- - Nu:Tone / Logistics / Commix（ニュートーン/ロジスティックス/コミックス. （ニュートーン/ロジスティックス/コミックス, published by essential records. Title:The Future Sound Of Cambridge Artist: Nu:Tone / Logistics / Commix （ニュートーン/ロジスティックス/コミックス） Label：Hospital Records, NHS74🇬🇧/Format:12×2 Condition(Jkt/Vinyl)EX- /VG 2004’s Drum n Bass 名門ドラムンベースレーベル「Hospital」の人気コンピ・シリーズ第1弾.
- - Ed Rush & Optical FULL SET @ Virus Bristol - Neurofunk Drum and Bass - March 23rd 2024. & Optical taking it back to the roots for the Neuroheadz crowd!.
- - Orchestra turns DnB DJ | LIVE DRUM & BASS MASHUP (Sub Focus, Pendulum, Macky Gee). ), published by Polyphonic Orchestra. Last year, Polyphonic blew away The Netherlands from Melkweg Amsterdam to RAMPAGE.
- - DJ HAZARD LIVE @ DNB CLASSICS 2024
- - Mefjus - Live from Kasberg, Austria | Bass Mountain x UKF On Air. & Electronic Music Day Festival on Kasberg, Austria.
- - DnB / Aphrodite Nostalgia Mix (Jump Up DnB). ), published by Dj Alexandr Ivlev. #aphrodite #музыка #music #electronicmusic #электроннаямузыка #новинка #новинкимузыки #лайк #врекомендации #вреки #ростовнадону #александривлев #alexandrivlev #djmix #dji #dnb #edm.
- - Andy C | Live From DnB Allstars 360°
- - Bay Of Islands (feat. Logistics). ), published by Nu:Tone - Topic. Provided to YouTube by Hospital Records Bay Of Islands (feat.
- - Countdown (feat. Logistics). ), published by Nu:Tone - Topic. Provided to YouTube by Hospital Records Countdown (feat.
- - Bleeper (feat. Logistics). ), published by Nu:Tone - Topic. Provided to YouTube by Hospital Records Bleeper (feat.
- - Shy FX and UK Apache - Original Nuttah. 's recording, first released 2024-06-07.
- - Shy FX & UK Apache-Original Nuttah. & UK Apache's recording, first released 2024-06-07.
- - Outlook Origins 2024 - Official Aftermovie
- - Chase & Status | Live From Milton Keynes Bowl (2024). ), published by Chase & Status.
- - Official SUNANDBASS 2024 Aftermovie - XX Years edition - Relive the Magic
- - Chase & Status, Becky Hill - Disconnect (Live At The BRITs 2024). ), published by Chase & Status. Listen to the new C&S mixtape ‘2 Ruff Vol.
- - SUB FOCUS @ EDC LAS VEGAS 2024 | circuitGROUNDS
- - BLACKLIST x RAMPAGE OPEN AIR 2024 [AFTERMOVIE]
- - Uncle Dugs & Brockie feat. Mc Det | Rinse Live From Boomtown 2024. 2024 edition. As genres, artists and scenes evolve and fragment, so Rinse remains locked to the pulse of the underground.
- - Spinscott - LIVE @ Boomtown Fair 2024 - FULL SET!. ! published by Spinscott, recorded at the 2024 edition. Watch Spinscott, the Original Live Jungle & Drum & Bass Finger Drummer DJ, deliver a unique set in front of thousands of ravers at Boomtown Fair 2024!.
- - Liquicity Festival 2024 Aftermovie (Unofficial). ), the official film of that edition, released by The Mosh.
- - DIMENSION @ ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL MIAMI 2024 | UMF
- - [IVY] - Live @ Boomtown Fair - 4x4 DnB Full Set 2024 (Origin). ), published by [IVY], recorded at the 2024 edition. [IVY] Live video full set at Boomtown Fair 2024, on the Origin stage.
- - DJ Andy C With MC Skibadee, Shabba, Navigator, Fearless & Eksman @ Accelerated Culture Vs One Nation
- - Shogun Sessions - Friction & SP:MC. 's recording, published on Shogun Audio.
- - I Miss The Old Macky Gee - DJ set (Belgium Pop-up Party). ), published by JUC Drum & Bass. I Miss The Old Macky Gee DJ set ( Belgium Pop-up Party) A few weeks ago, we hosted an exclusive Macky Gee pop-up party in Belgium to celebrate his latest release, I Miss the Old Macky!.
- - Bou, IRAH, Kanine & Trigga - Wicked & Dark | JUMP UP DNB. & Trigga's recording, first released 2024-11-15.
- - Hybrid Minds Liquid Drum and Bass Mix (VOL 1). ), published by Find Tunes. Find Tunes- Personnel Favourites Of Production duo "Hybrid Minds".
- - Kanine | Live From DnB Allstars 360°
- - The Sound of Calibre's Shelflife Series (Volume 1) #calibre #drumandbass #dnb #djmix. 20 years, bringing that unique soulful sound which can not be replicated!.
- - SERIAL KILLAZ ft. NAVIGATOR - Jungle Cakes 360 | Live from Hootananny Brixton. 't miss out on the next epic adventure, hit that notification bell to be the first to know when we drop new content!.
- - Goldie Presents Rufige Kru - Terminator (2025 Remastered). ), Goldie Presents Rufige Kru's recording, published on Metalheadz.
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- - Goldie presents Rufige Kru - Still the Same (feat. CASISDEAD) [Official Video]. 's recording, published on GOLDIE.
- - A.M.C - There In 10. 's recording, first released 2025-02-27.
- - Mel b2b Optical b2b Bailey - Virus @ Steelyard London 05/04/25. 5th April 2025 for Virus Recordings @ The Steelyard in London featuring Mel b2b Optical b2b Bailey with MC Rymetyme!!!.
- - Rufige Kru - Goldikus (feat. Cleveland Watkiss) [Visualiser]. 's recording, first released 2025-05-16.
- - RAMPAGE Open Air - My Aftermovie (2025): Inside the Chaos. 91.
- - Drum and Bass Mix songs Live Set 6 2025 🔥 Subfocus - Netsky - Dimensions - Delta Heavy - Andy C
- - Liquicity Festival 2025 l Official Aftermovie
- - Sub Focus @ IICON, Glastonbury 2025
- - Crossy Presents: Elements @ Boomtown 2025 ft Trafic MC.. 2025 edition. Recorded live at Boomtown 2025 in The Hidden Woods.
- - [IVY]’s Boomtown Secret Set 2025 (Full Video). ), published by [IVY].
- - Samurai Breaks b2b Napes w/ Blackeye MC (Live From Boomtown 2025). ), published by CriticalMusic, recorded at the 2025 edition. Critical Sound Events → Recorded live on 9th August at the Critical Sound takeover of the Anara Forest Stage, Boomtown.
- - Let It Roll 2025 | Official Aftermovie
- - Liquicity Festival 2025 | Official Trailer 👩🚀. 👩🚀, the official film of that edition, released by Liquicity Events.
- - DIMENSION @ ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL MIAMI 2025 | UMF
- - Liquicity Festival 2025 Aftermovie (unofficial). ), the official film of that edition, released by The Mosh.
- - LIQUICITY 2025 | Drum And Bass Festival | Unofficial Aftermovie
- - Black Sun Empire @ Liquicity Festival 2025. 2025 edition. Bringing neurofunk to Liquicity Festival;) Liquicity is celebrating 10 years of Liquicity Festival on July 24-26 2026.
- - A Little Sound @ Boomtown 2025 - Lion's Gate Stage. 2025 edition. A Little Sound live at Boomtown 2025 #dnb #drumandbass #alittlesound ____________________________________ IG: TT: FB: SC:.
- - Rareman & Truant FT. SP:MC, Jammz & Crazy D [Live From Outlook Origins 2025]. & Truant stepped up to the Olive Grove with SP:MC, Jammz & Crazy D in tow on opening night of OO25.
- - METHOD Liquicity Festival 2025 Live Set | Best Drum and Bass Mix (ft. Sub Focus, Andromedik, Metrik). ), published by METHOD // DRUM & BASS MIXES, recorded at the 2025 edition. Next year, Liquicity is celebrating 10 years of Liquicity Festival on July 24-26 2026!.
- - Hedex b2b bou @ rampage open air 2025. / A4 Kiingzrr, recorded at the 2025 edition. I do not own the video, captured from the rampage livestream!.
- - Pendulum Live Lokerse Feesten 2025. 93. Pendulum perfroming live at Lokerse Feesten 2025.
- - Dimension @ EDC Las Vegas 2025 - kineticFIELD
- - Crossy B2B Gray w/ Carasel @ The Temple, Glastonbury Festival 2025
- - Goldie Presents Rufige Kru - Kemistry feat. Diane Charlemagne (2025 Remastered). ), Goldie Presents Rufige Kru's recording, published on Metalheadz.
- - Goldie presents Rufige Kru - Sinister (2025 Remastered). ), Goldie presents Rufige Kru's recording, published on Metalheadz.
- - Original Sin - Back To You (ft. Gracie Van Brunt). ), Original Sin's recording, published on Husky Records.
- - Shogun Sessions - Pola & Bryson w/ Carasel | Boomtown 2025. 's recording, published on Shogun Audio.
- - Ed Rush (DJ Set) - Virus @ Steelyard London - 05/04/25. 5th of April 2025!!!.
- - DANNY P B2B HYDES: LIVE @ MACKY GEE X TOUCHBASE - NOTTINGHAM 📍 ( FULL SET ). ), published by Danny p. Big ups to everyone that was there, it was absolutely crazy ❤️ #dnb #newmusic #dj #drumandbass #nottingham #rave #fyp #viral.
- - Mefjus & Camo & Krooked - Sientelo (Red Bull Symphonic Johann Strauss 2025 Edition). ), Mefjus & Camo & Krooked's recording, first released 2021-08-31.
- - Dimension & Karen Harding - Guardian Angel. & Karen Harding's recording, first released 2025-10-31.
- - THIS IS HOW CAMO & KROOKED AND MEFJUS DO IT (CRAZY DNB)!. )! published by Letsynthesize. This video dives deep into the Camo & Krooked and Mefjus inspired world of neurofunk and modern drum and bass.
- - Sub Focus presents 'Circular Sound' Live From Alexandra Palace
- - Koji Aiken | Live Drum & Bass Set @ Bou x Kanine (Vancouver). ), published by Koji Aiken. Live drum & bass set from Bou x Kanine in Vancouver.
- - Current Value DJ Set 📍 STUDIO Invites | Drum & bass. (18.04) with EPROM x G Jones, Buunshin, ROI OS, and M.A.D.
- - Current Value - What It Be [NeuroPlague Music] * (Drum And Bass//Neurofunk). ), Current Value's recording, first released 2026-03-13.
- - Dimension & bbyclose - Once In A Lifetime. & bbyclose's recording, first released 2026-03-31.
- - Hybrid Minds with Tempza - Live @ Rampage Open Air (04.07.25) REUPLOAD. 2026 edition.
- - DJ HAZARD LIVE @ DNB CLASSICS FEBRUARY 2026
- - VISLA - Chrome Heights. 's recording, first released 2026-06-12.
- - ANDY C live from the Worldwide Stage, Ultra Miami 2026 [Drum & Bass DJ Set]
- - Sub Focus @ EDC Las Vegas 2026 (kineticFIELD). ), published by Sub Focus.
- - INFEKT B2B Samplifire (Trench Time) At Rampage Open Air 2026
- - Macky Gee - McDonalds DnB Rave | Live set Belgium. & Bass. We threw a Drum & Bass rave in McDonald's 🍔😤 | Macky Gee Full Set with MC- B-Line!.
- - Camo & Krooked & Mefjus - Redemption (ft. Joe Killington). ), Camo & Krooked & Mefjus's recording, first released 2026-07-21.
- - Dimension | Live From DnB Allstars 360°
- - Mara live at Subset festival (Dancefloor DNB: Sub Focus, Dimension, Kanine, Rova, Loboski, Pirapus). ), published by Mara. what a great time:D Thanks Subset and to all my Swiss fellas for this magical moment x3!.
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