Photo: Arnold Jaeger Werner, CC BY 2.0. Illustrative, not from the story
These five releases are the milestones Wikipedia's drum and bass entry points to. Read in order they show a scene moving from clubs and pirate radio to the album charts and the top of the singles chart.
Timeless, Goldie, 1995
Goldie's Timeless, from 1995, is the first of the albums the entry lists as notable. Goldie is also tied to Metalheadz, one of the labels the entry names as key.
New Forms, Roni Size and Reprazent, 1997
New Forms won the Mercury Prize, one of the UK's best known album awards, which put a drum and bass record in front of a national audience.
Two Pages, 4hero, 1998
4hero's Two Pages was nominated for the Mercury Prize the following year. The group's label, Reinforced Records, is one of the labels the entry names as central to the sound.
Hold Your Colour, Pendulum, 2005
Pendulum's Hold Your Colour is described as the best selling drum and bass album.
Hot Right Now, DJ Fresh, 2012
DJ Fresh's Hot Right Now was the first drum and bass single to reach number one in the UK. By November 2014 six drum and bass songs had topped the UK chart.
Where it is now
Our Fifty Cuts Deep list picks fifty tracks from across the sound, and our October Top 10 follows the Beatport chart, so you can hear where it has got to.
A few seconds of drums on the B-side of a 1969 soul single became the backbone of jungle and drum and bass. Here is where it came from and who got paid.
