Donkey Cum Collective

Jump up is a high-energy, dancefloor-focused subgenre of drum and bass characterized by bouncy, instantly memorable bass riffs, playful samples, and a party-first attitude. It typically runs around 170–176 BPM, with crisp two-step drum patterns, punchy snares, and simple, hook-led midrange “wobble” basslines that cut through club systems. Aesthetically it leans toward bright, cheeky motifs—brass stabs, hip‑hop or dancehall MC phrases, and call‑and‑response bass hooks—designed for rewinds, double drops, and big crowd reactions. While rooted in jungle’s breakbeats and sound system culture, jump up pares back complexity for maximum bounce and impact, prioritizing groove, movement, and memorable motifs over intricate harmony.

Colour bass is a melodic, harmony-forward branch of dubstep and bass music that emphasizes bright, prismatic timbres and expressive chord movement. It keeps the rhythmic engine and sound-design intensity of dubstep, but replaces monotone, minimal drops with lush progressions, lead motifs, and chord-driven bass patches. Producers achieve its "colorful" feel through vowel/formant-rich wavetables, animated filters, and vivid spectral motion—often combining supersaws with talking basses, glassy plucks, and sparkling arpeggios. Typical tempos sit around 140 BPM with a halftime backbeat, though four-on-the-floor sections and hybrid drops are common. The aesthetic is cinematic and emotive: major-key palettes (frequent Lydian flavors), add9/maj7 chords, and melodic call-and-response share space with aggressive growls and detailed automation. The result bridges festival energy with euphoric, game/anime-influenced melodicism.

Dubstep is a bass‑centric electronic dance music genre that emerged in South London in the early 2000s. It is typically around 140 BPM and is defined by a half‑time rhythmic feel, sub‑heavy basslines, sparse yet impactful drums, and a strong emphasis on space, tension, and sound system weight. Hallmark traits include syncopated kick patterns, snares on the third beat of the bar, swung/shuffly hi‑hats inherited from UK garage, and modulated low‑frequency bass (“wobbles”) shaped with LFOs, filters, and distortion. Influences from dub reggae (echo, delay, and minimalism), jungle/drum & bass (bass science and sound system culture), and 2‑step garage (rhythmic swing and shuffles) are central. The style ranges from deep, meditative “dub” aesthetics (often called deep dubstep) to more aggressive, midrange‑driven variants that later informed brostep and festival bass. Atmosphere, negative space, and subwoofer translation are as important as melody or harmony.

Riddim dubstep is a minimalist, loop-driven branch of dubstep that emphasizes hypnotic repetition, half‑time drums, and lurching mid‑range bass motifs. Instead of flashy, constantly changing sound design, it focuses on a few tightly sculpted “wub” phrases that evolve through modulation, filtering, and subtle rhythmic variation. Rooted in UK sound‑system culture and the Jamaican concept of a reusable “riddim,” the style typically sits around 140 BPM, pairing a powerful sub with syncopated, percussive bass stabs. The overall feel is dark, bouncy, and relentlessly dance‑oriented—built for double‑drops, blends, and long DJ transitions on large rigs.

Meme is an internet-native umbrella genre for songs and audio clips that are created for, shaped by, or propelled through online meme culture. It blends humor, parody, and fast-turnaround production with infectious hooks designed to spread rapidly across platforms. Stylistically, meme music is eclectic. It can be rap, pop, EDM, rock, or mashup-driven collage; the common thread is comedic framing, referential lyrics, exaggerated vocal processing, and recognizable samples that cue shared online in-jokes. Tracks often favor short runtimes, bold punchlines, and instantly loopable sections optimized for social media. Because it thrives on virality rather than a fixed instrumentation set, meme functions as a meta-genre. It borrows techniques from mashup culture, YTPMV, soundclown, nightcore, and novelty/comedy traditions, while using platform-specific aesthetics from YouTube, SoundCloud, Vine, and TikTok.