If alien robots were to land on earth in their mothership arc tomorrow, what tune would you play to them to introduce them to this global movement we call drum & bass?
The ultimate drum & bass tune. The tune that captures the essence and unique magic of this genre like no other. The tune that categorically screams This Is DRUM & BASS mate! This is the question Let It Roll – the world’s largest drum & bass festival – wants to pose to all drum & bass and jungle fans across the globe in the build up to their largest and most diverse open air event to date.
On paper the process is simple; visit top100dnb.com and enter your five all-time favourite drum & bass tunes or remixes.
In reality this is perhaps the hardest question you’ll ever face as a drum & bass fan. Boiling thousands and thousands of amazing tunes down to your go-to anthems, heaviest rotators, bangers of bangers, rollers of rollers is no mean feat. It’s the quest that keeps the sesh chat burning until silly o’clock. It’s the fuel of more social media fall outs than that black and gold dres. TOP100DNB will see once and for all which tunes the world’s drum & bass community loves the most.
From a festival that unites us all, it’s time to find out the tunes that unite us all. The rules are simple; any original track or remix is ligible for voting as long as it’s an official release. All styles and subgenres and eras under the drum & bass and jungle umbrella are welcome. Enter your five favourites in the TOP100DNB Hall Of Fame by <date> and Let It Roll will compile the results to discover which tunes resonate with us all the most, which tunes capture the essence and magic of the genre that’s brought us together. Which tunes we’d play to alien robots if they land on earth in their mothership arc.
The TOP100 will be revealed at this summer’s Let It Roll taking place in Milovice, Czechia from August 1 – 3 2019 where over 300 acts will perform across eight stages and headliners include Pendulum, Chase & Status, Andy C, Sub Focus, Wilkinson, Noisia and High Contrast. The results will be announced with a grand top 10 revealing ceremony on the festival’s second largest stage with a unique audio-visual show. If you’ve witnessed any of the event’s spectacular production and dramatic opening shows, you’ll appreciate the levels at play here. With added suspense and drama of 25,000 fans eager to see if their favourites have made the top 10, this will be yet another unique moment that brings us all together in the name of drum & bass.
Which tunes will make the TOP100? Which tunes will be revealed in the top 10 at the festival? Which tune will be number one? That’s for you to decide. Visit top100dnb.com and take part in the first ever quest of this scale to discover the most universal tunes in the last 30 years of our great culture. Time to go back over those collections and playlist.
H/T J.B.