DnB has a true "producers culture" >> going >> >> for it, where everyone is trying to one-up each other with sicker >> basslines, >> phatter beats, etc.- unlike hip hop producers culture where its all about >> HIDING where you ripped off that horn sample from...
I am not sure how this came to be posted on 313 but... I reckon this person is, like, real naive or maybe very young, which is OK. It's very rare that you meet a producer in any medium who isn't at least interested in other styles of music or who regards his/her style as the definitive one. Drum 'n' bass is big on sampling culture - like hip-hop. Bukem once told me and a friend at a radio station here that he loves heavy metal - as it's a great source for breaks. And saying that about hip-hop producers is crazy - the likes of Dr Dre barely sample at all now. There is some brilliant techno-style production on the new Wu-Tang record that would interest me if I were making techno - this song I Can't Go To Sleep kind of chops up a loop of Walk On By by Isaac Hayes, and in one instance almost recreates a 'backspin' effect in there, and there is a track Careful (Click, Click) with a kinda skeletal backing - it's minimal techno, almost. Then Gravel Pit RZA said in this SonicNet interview is his kinda take on Deeelite's Groove Is In The Heart, weird as that sounds... I think it's crazy to segregate styles like this or reduce them to formula.
