im into dnb but i dont really have any preference to style. i find listening to all dark dirty reecey dnb can get samey. not really into photek that much. he can get a bit coffee table dnb sometimes. you know? i prefer dancefloor oriented dnb whereas photek just seems...like...sometimes its more suitable to listen to around a coffee table to appreciate its complexity and its depth.
theres a couple of tunes though (all fairly recent) that i just think are amazing though and you should all check em out! i guarantee some of these tunes will change your opinion of dnb for the better
raiden - fallin'
[used to be on renegade hardware -specifically the air EP. middle eastern vocal that will take you away. ethnic percs. never heard a dnb tune like it. never heard one like it since. my undoubted favourite dnb tune. you CANNOT find the air EP anywhere now. ive tried ebay for the past year.]
hive - neo
[violence records. what can i say...]
exile & temper d - warehouse
[used to be on the renegade hardware earth EP back when that was out around 2002. this tune *destroys* dancefloors. ive seen it happen ^___^]
black sun empire - smoke (sinthetix remix)
[bought this one years ago. one of the few records i plaid to the point of totally wearing it out. i dunno what it is. i just keep playing it. all the time. dont get bored of it either.]
concord dawn - morning light (klute remix)
[timeless recordings. some people dont like the klute mix but the break is sick. the track builds so much better than the original. the slightly anxious dark kind of tone is lost on the original in favour of something a bit more uplifting.]
pendulum - back 2 you
[timeless recordings. sort of trance and bassy. but it gets rude. ooooooh man does it get rude...]
rawthang - epilogue
[black sun recordings. uplifting but DARK. beautiful vocal that slides in and out of this solid bassline. complete bitch to mix though because the amount of time it spends breaking down to almost silence.]
technical itch and kemal - the calling VIP [moving shadow. filthy. theres a vanguard artificial pleasures preset for the one of the dirty arps. you may recognise it. filthy filthy tune from the nu skool]
dom & roland - cant punish me
[moving shadow. recently reissued and its just as good now as it was years ago. has a really anxious, bassy kind of feel. in club the bass is so thick you feel funny just walking around.]
omni trio - renengade snares (high contrast mix)
[on moving shadow. kind of dark but with a really chilled out, laid back piano melody. the vocal you will have heard. its pretty famous. quite slow for dnb too - its just a nice change]