Bassline is a type of music related to UK garage that originated in Sheffield in the early 2000's. It's style uses a 4x4 beat at around 135- 142 bpm. It has a strong bass and pop music aesthetic.
In the early days the night club Niche was prominent in the scene and was subject to contaversy due to a police raid wich resulted in the clubs closure in 2005. The club reopened in 2009, only to be closed down a year later, and then reopened a third time in 2017. Like grime, which was developing concurrently in London, bassline was associated with violence, anti-social behaviour and criminal activity during the time of its rise to popularity,which contributed to a general lack of willingness among venue owners and the police to accommodate bassline events.
Early bassline shares more similarities with its predecessor speed garage than the style that began to emerge in the latter half of the decade, with many people still referring to bassline house releases from the early 2000s as speed garage. This early style grew from the sound that was pushed in nightclubs in the North and the Midlands during the late 90s that played speed garage mixed with melodic vocal house.
Like dubstep and grime, bassline generally places a strong emphasis on bass, with intricate basslines (often multiple and interweaving) being characteristic of the genre. Bassline tracks use a four-to-the-floor beat. The music is often purely instrumental, but vocal techniques common in other styles of garage can also be present, such as female R&B vocals sped up to match the faster tempo, and also samples of vocals from grime tracks.
The genre has never fully had a home due to its associations with violence, but in the last few years it has become very popular through social media sites like facebook, the facebook group lengoland has gathered thousands of followers from starting out as a small platform for producers and fans of the music to share and discover songs. Streaming sites like Soundcloud have also been a great booster to baseline's popularity as small producer who don't play their music in clubs can get themselves heard. Unlike any other music genre baseline seems to have found a completely digital home.
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http://www.thegryphon.co.uk/2017/03/11/lengoland-how-the-internet-saved-bassline/
https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/bassline-still-vital-in-2017-jamie-duggan
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