Darkstep Darkstep is a sub genre of Drum and Bass which became popular in the late 1990s . It is the result of a combination of the dark elements of Darkcore with highly energetic breaks like the amen break and the firefight break . A typical tune from this genre is characterized by intense drums , odd ambient noises , as well as the very notable `` reese '' bass sound . It generally does not follow any scales tending to throw in many chromatic scale elements to get a very `` dark '' feeling . Darkstep Artists Dylan Loxy Technical Itch Ink Twisted Anger SPL Limewax Spor Stampede Kryptic Minds Evol Intent Noisia Resonant Evil Desimal Sinthetix Counterstrike Calyx See also Darkcore Techstep Breakcore List of jungle and drum n bass artists Drum and bass Clownstep - Darkcore - Darkstep - Drumfunk - Hardstep - Intelligent - Jump-Up - Liquid funk - Techstep - Neurofunk Other electronic music genres Ambient | Breakbeat | Dance | Drum and bass | Electronica | Electronic art music | Hard dance | Hardcore | House | Industrial | Synthpop | Techno | Trance  This article about a music genre is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : Drum and bass | Music genre stubs In other languages : Česky 