Basslines

UK bass house lives or dies on its low end: that bouncy, rubbery bass riding a shuffled groove, the sound

That squelching, screaming line running through acid house, acid techno and a thousand warehouse raves started life as a failed

The reese is the sound of drum and bass: a dark, detuned, slowly moving bass that has powered jungle, neurofunk

A weak bassline can sink a good techno groove, and a great one can carry a track on its own.

The rolling kick and bass is the engine of psytrance, and getting the two to lock together is the first