UK bass

UK bass, also called bass music, is club music that emerged in the United Kingdom during the mid-2000s under the influence of diverse genres such as house, grime, dubstep, UK garage, R&B, and UK funky.[1] The term "UK bass" came into use as artists began ambiguously blending the sounds of these defined genres while maintaining an emphasis on percussive, bass-led rhythm.[2]

This article is about UK scene and genre. For umbrella term, see Bass music.

UK bass
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsMid to late 2000s, United Kingdom
Other topics

UK bass is sometimes conflated with bassline or post-dubstep.[3][4] It is not to be confused with the hip hop and electro-based genre Miami bass, which is sometimes called "bass music" as well.[5]

Origins

The breadth of styles that have come to be associated with the term preclude it from being a specific musical genre. Pitchfork writer Martin Clark has suggested that "well-meaning attempts to loosely define the ground we're covering here are somewhat futile and almost certainly flawed. This is not one genre. However, given the links, interaction, and free-flowing ideas ... you can't dismiss all these acts as unrelated."[3] Dubstep producer Skream is quoted in an interview with The Independent in September 2011 as saying:

The word dubstep is being used by a lot of people and there were a lot of people being tagged with the dubstep brush. They don't want to be tagged with it and shouldn't be tagged with it – that's not what they're pushing... When I say 'UK bass', it's what everyone UK is associated with so it would be a lot easier if it was called that."[6]

In the United Kingdom, bass music has had major mainstream success since the late 2000s and early 2010s, with artists such as James Blake,[3] Benga, Burial, SBTRKT, Sophie, Rustie, Zomby,[7] and Skream.[8] The term "post-dubstep" has been used synonymously to refer to artists, such as Blake and Mount Kimbie whose work draws on UK garage, 2-step, and other forms of underground dance music, as well as ambient music and early R&B.[9][10][11][12][13] Outside of nightclubs, UK bass has mainly been promoted and played on Internet radio stations such as Sub.FM and Rinse FM.[14][15]

References
  1. Ryce, Andrew. "Bass / House". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. timi. "The Best UK Bass Music of 2012 (so far)". Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. Clark, Martin (4 May 2011). "Grime / Dubstep". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  4. Richards, Sam (14 June 2011). "The UK leads the way". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  5. See for example: Allmusic biography on electro act Dynamix II.
  6. Moir, Sam (13 September 2011). "Skream: "I want to make sure once this fad dies out, I'm still standing"". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  7. "Zomby: Ultra Album Review – Pitchfork". Pitchfork.
  8. Fitzpatrick, Rob (30 June 2011). "Example: 'I have a formula now'". The Guardian.
  9. Aaron, Charles (4 March 2011). "10 Post-Dubstep Artists Who Matter". Spin.
  10. Moore, Thad (12 July 2011). "SBTRKT adds to post-dubstep genre". The Daily Gamecock. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  11. Guidry, Jake (19 May 2011). "Blawan takes post-dubstep and UK house out of its comfort zone". XLR8R. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011.
  12. "Fantastic Mr Fox (No 910)". The Guardian. 6 January 2011.
  13. "A profile of James Blake – post-dubstep artist". BBC News. 6 January 2011.
  14. Tidey, Jimmy (5 April 2008). "The Rise of Online Radio". Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  15. Clark, Martin (17 November 2010). "Grime / Dubstep". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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