^this is along the lines of what I'm looking for. Wikipedia blows in this particular field of learning. I'm not really looking for recommendations per se, (I dig FSOL, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, etc...) I want to know where the branches of the tree go and not be a total dunce about what people are talking about when they say words like "acid dub" etc.
More!!
Well take Drum n Bass for example (my fav)
Squarepsuher are kinda Jazzy drum n bass with a bit of Avarte Garde.
DnB is just like metal really, lotsa different sub-genres.
Drum n Bass eveolved from Acid House in the 80's which was basically weird house music with different drum patterns to the norm. At first it was influenced a lot by reggae and "jungle" beats and was called Jungle music at first but eventually it evolved into DnB.
Drum n Bass is all about the back (or break) beat where as House is always bang on the beat.
I can recommend you some really dark and heavy Drum n Bass if your interested.
Nice to see your getting into Squarepusher & Aphex but there is a whole lot more out there.
Heres some sub genres of Drum n Bass:-
Jump Up - Basically party dance floor drum n bass with lotsa happy synths going on and hip hop influnced beats.
Liquid - Mellow relaxing trippy atmospheric drum n bass, more chillout stuff, basically the opposite to Jump up.
Tech - Basically the same as tech Death metal. heavy and technical and normally dark, my favourite kind!
Clown step - This is basically really cheesy stuff that most "real" drum n bass people hate, (kinda like nu metal for metallers)
There is also a whole lot more from Jazzy DnB to Funky DnB.
Basically Drum n Bass is like Jazz in the respect that it has a whole spectrum of styles and sounds and is influenced by so many other styles of music.
I think this is why I love it so much
