DJ Hype “Fabriclive.03″ « Listen To The Danielle

DJ Hype “Fabriclive.03″

Seven years ago Luis Pena tried to explain to me the difference between House and Drum And Bass. I’m still not sure I get it.

From what I’m able to gather, DnB is any electronic track that uses the Amen Break.

Well, almost any track that uses it.

Actually I’m not entirely sure if one has anything meaningful to do with the other.

And does drum and bass have anything to do with “jungle”? Or with “breaks”? Or with “techno”? Especially when envelope pushers like Dieselboy and Aphrodite are involved? When does DnB become hip hop, or industrial, or when does a breakbeat track or a remix become DnB? And if I claim to like Drum and bass, and a track is technically DnB and it sounds like poo, does that mean I have to like it anyway?

Regardless, I’ve been listening to alot of DJ Hype lately. And DJ Hype is pretty much universally recognized as a leading DnB artist. Therefore I’ve been listening to alot of DnB lately. I guess.

DJ Hype has put out a couple live mix cds through some club in London called Fabric (some club? Okay, the only London club I’ve ever heard of, and everybody says it’s great, and all the other Fabriclive CDs I’ve listened to have rocked my world, except for the Jacques LuCont one). Fabriclive 03 is packed wall to wall with jump up, highly danceable, scratch heavy, DnB tunes hand picked by the Hypester himself.

Here’s the link to buy/listen

and DJ Hype’s Myspace

And History of The Amen Break video below

Doo, da da doot. dada doot da dootdoot. (If ya knowhadimean)
The Danielle