Tell us the best albums in jungle, garage, D&B, and dubstep!

Posted by Rich in Music

When we launched our music community, we polled your favourite genres. We covered the best albums, artists, and videos in rock as a result, and now it's time to tackle the next genre. We're splitting electronic dance music into two categories: breakbeat vs four-on-the-floor. Breakbeat or syncopated subgenres are up first.

For this bounty, give us one of the best albums or most genre-defining albums in jungle, garage, grime, D&B, dubstep, or other breakbeat-based forms of EDM (not trance, house, techno, or anything characterised by four-on-the-floor beats; we'll do those later).

Be sure to explain why your nominated album is so influential. Links to images, songs, or music videos to further illustrate your answer will score bonus points!

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Created at 4:31pm, 2nd July, 2024. Page last updated at 11:05am, 11th July, 2024.
Deadline at 11:00pm, 10th July, 2024.

Submissions (5)

MURRRAAAAY7/10/2024

Won$2

I'm going for another one of my gym playlist classics from back in the day (ps thank you to this bounty for making me rediscover some of these bangers!), and that pick is Nero's first album from back in the 2010's i think it was released! "Welcome Reality" was the debut album by Nero and it is SOOOOOOO good!

Here is some of the tunes on YouTube for you to enjoy!

FirestormGamingTeam7/10/2024

Won$2

Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack U

The main songs for me are, Don't do drugs
Holla Out
Where Are U Now

Deffo is my fav album of theirs and it sold half a million copies worldwide.

Sturmer7/10/2024

Won$2

My response would be the same as I mentioned in the "Tell us the best artists" bounty - Black Sun Empire.

In my opinion, their best album is Driving Insane, with tracks like "Arrakis" and "Breach" being legendary. The rest of the tracks are great too. "Breach" starts slowly but then, at around the 2-minute mark, it unleashes a surge of energy that makes you want to tap your hand or leg, even if you're sitting in a crowded office.

Twenty years have passed, but the music still sounds fresh and modern.

Scrbzy7/9/2024

Won$2

Following a similar pattern to my entry RE artists, Portals by Sub Focus and Wilkinson is right up there for me. I think it's my number 1 D&B album, I tend to find D&B albums too much to listen to from start to finish as they can be rather samey...

Portals however, contains a nice mix of upbeat bass thumping tracks and melodic D&B. The big track of the album is Illuminate which has a catchy, memorable hook but my pick would be Air I Breathe, the melodic vocals and what I think is piano keys gives it an ethereal sound.

Konquest7/8/2024

Won$2

Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites from Skrillex. Being one of the earlier albums, his unique sound and genre blending have become a core influence to many artists and impacted electronic music as a whole.

I mean these sounds, the drop was amazing back in 2010 even in 2024.

Despite this album performing so so commercially, I think if this album did bomb, Skrillex might be totally different from what we know today. This album also won the Grammy Awards for Best Recording as well as Dance/Electronica Album.