| Bass | |
| Stylistic origins | Dubstep, UK Garage, House, Trap, Techno, Industrial |
|---|---|
| Cultural origins | UK |
| Typical instruments | DAW |
| Subgenres | |
| Brazilian Bass, Bubblegum Bass, Colour Bass, Future Bass, Leftfield Bass, Melodic Bass, Midtempo Bass, UK Bass | |
| Fusion genres | |
| Bass House, Psybass | |
Bass (not to be confused with booty bass which is also often just called bass) is a developing and expanding new major genre in electronic music. Forming around the late 2000s as the Brostep scene declined it created many emerging sounds to fill the void. Post-dubstep was a softer and more experimental take on the genre that sought to challenge what dubstep could be. Post-Dubstep was a precursor and sign of things to come. While most still consider Post-Dubstep to still be dubstep bass moved in a different direction by incorporating many more genres to make a new sound. Gathering UK garage, house, and in some genres trap, techno, synthwave, or industrial made the genre what it is today. Bass is typically played in halftime like dubstep but incorporates breakbeat cut-up and off-kilter drum patterns typically with a snappier trap-influenced sound. The most important aspect of the music is obviously the bass. Bass in bass music is always low and resonates with a wide frequency that can creep up into the treble sometimes. This bass is typically made from digital 808s. The bass can be understood as a synthesis of basses from dubstep, UK garage, and trap.
Confusingly some consider bass music to also be just a catch-all term to mean any kind of electronic music that emphasizes or incorporates bass in any major way. However, bass, drum and bass, booty bass, and dubstep are all separate scenes with different origins and sounds that try to be different. Calling them all the same would be a disservice and unfair.