That’s a GREAT idea. Why don’t you start us off?

Yeah same, I transferred all my reads to Bookwyrm a while ago and it’s pretty cool. The search function isn’t as good as Goodreads’, but openlibrary also helps.

Yeah, I mean… it’s from, like, 1997 or something?

The music scene in general was different back then, and DnB was no exception. This was 15 years before streaming, which gave us access to all the world’s music in an instant. I remember when a shop would have MixMag with a mix cd from a DJ I had remotely heard of… I would play them over and over. Not to mention music production without computers. Vinyl only mixes.

DnB, like dubstep after it, was also considered a local scene in London first, England second. Some big players would gatekeep what they considered “their” scene, not playing tunes from outsiders on their pirate radio shows and the like.

But it’s fascinating tracing origins and the evolutions of musical styles over time. DnB came from Jungle, which has had a bit of a revival in the recent years, and the heyday of jungle is considered to be just a part of 1994. If you want to check out what that is like today, I would recommend putting on Coco Bryce’s Boiler Room Amsterdam mix: https://youtu.be/pjAWLu7UTBM

But broken beat, acid jazz, rave… it’s all part of a culture. Some great music from that era. DnB is best experienced in a mix IMHO, but there are a lot of great tunes which are solid by themselves as well.

For a good mix, I would recommend Calibre’s mix from the same Boiler Room session. He is one of the greatest. Link: https://youtu.be/LuB29bL2kyI

Also dBridge is a personal favourite of mine. He was part of Bad Company, and their tune “the Nine” still gives me goosebumps.

Also listen to Goldie’s Timeless from start to finish. Time well spent.

Oh man, this tune just never gets old. Still one of my favourite tunes to this day