:Future bass
{{short description|EDM music genre originating in the 2010s}}
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{{Infobox music genre
| name = Future bass
| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|Purple sound|dubstep|trap|footwork|other forms of electronic dance music}}
| cultural_origins = Early 2010s, Australia, United Kingdom, United States
| instruments = {{hlist|Digital audio workstation|keyboard|synthesizer|sampler|music sequencer|guitar}}
| subgenres = {{hlist|Kawaii future bass|Futurecore}}
| other_topics = {{hlist|Future house|future garage|Rage (music genre)}}
}}
Future bass is a style of electronic dance music which developed in the 2010s that mixes elements of dubstep and trap with warmer, less abrasive rhythms.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/future-bass-get-familiar-with-edms-sound-of-2017-w466963|title=Future Bass: Get Familiar With EDM's Sound of 2017|last=Turner|first=David|date=February 14, 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=April 29, 2017}} The genre was pioneered by producers such as Rustie, Hudson Mohawke, Lido, San Holo and Cashmere Cat,{{Cite web|url=http://runthetrap.com/2016/12/23/top-future-bass-songs-2016/|title=Best Future Bass Songs of 2016|date=December 23, 2016|website=Run The Trap: The Best EDM, Hip Hop & Trap Music|access-date=April 29, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.youredm.com/2016/02/29/flume-delivers-the-ultimate-chill-mix/|title=Flume Unleashes Spectacular New Mix & We Just Can't Stop Listening|last=Lucas|date=February 29, 2016|website=Your EDM|access-date=June 5, 2017}} and it was popularised in the mid to late-2010s by artists such as Flume, Martin Garrix, Illenium, Louis the Child and Mura Masa.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thissongslaps.com/2015/09/make-future-bass-music-like-flume-singular-sounds-sample-pack/|title=Make Future Bass Music Like Flume With Singular Sounds' Sample Pack – thissongslaps.com – Electronic Dance Music & Hip-Hop Media|website=www.thissongslaps.com|language=en-US|access-date=June 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604002211/http://www.thissongslaps.com/2015/09/make-future-bass-music-like-flume-singular-sounds-sample-pack|archive-date=June 4, 2017|url-status=dead}} 2016 was seen as the breakout year for the genre.{{Cite news|url=https://www.magneticmag.com/2017/01/the-10-best-future-bass-tracks-of-2016/|title=The 10 Best Future Bass Tracks of 2016|work=Magnetic Magazine|access-date=June 5, 2017|language=en-us}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/10-great-future-bass-tracks-for-people-who-dont-know-shit-about-future-bass/|title=10 Great Future Bass Tracks for People Who Don't Know Shit About Future Bass|last=Andy Hermann|date=2017-08-30|website=LA Weekly|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-21}}{{Cite web|url=http://relentlessbeats.com/2016/10/why-future-bass-is-the-future-of-bass-music/|title=Why Future Bass is The Future of Bass Music|last=Richardson|first=Annie|website=Relentless Beats|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-21}}
History
The genre was pioneered by Scottish producers Rustie and Hudson Mohawke, who began producing future bass tracks in 2010.{{Cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-is-future-bass-anyways/ |title=What Is Future Bass, Anyways?|last=Garber|first=David|date=November 19, 2015|website=Thump|language=en-us|access-date=April 29, 2017}}{{Failed verification|date=January 2025}} One of the first popularity-fueling releases in the genre was Rustie's album Glass Swords, released in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6744 |title=Dusted Reviews: Rustie - Glass Swords |last1=LaBonte |first1=Brad |date=October 11, 2011 |website=Dusted Magazine |access-date=February 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705130226/http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6744 |archive-date=July 5, 2019 |url-status=dead }} Later, in 2013, the Flume remix of Disclosure's song "You & Me" brought the genre into the mainstream,{{cite web |url=https://edmidentity.com/2017/09/10/wwl-future-bass/ |title=What We Like {{!}}{{!}} Future Bass |last1=Dutta |first1=James |date=September 10, 2017 |website=EDM Identity |access-date=February 5, 2019}} and through the mid-2010s future bass became popular in the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, China, Korea and Australia.
Characteristics
The sound waves are often modulated using automation or low-frequency oscillation controlling the cutoff of an audio filter (typically a low- or high-pass filter), or the wave's amplitude, to adjust the waveform (to create a ‘wobbly’ effect on its parameters). In addition, it is common to utilize a somewhat "twinkly"-sounding gradual rise in pitch during "risers" (gradual pre-drop buildups of white noise), and arpeggio chords, vocal chops, or vocoders.
Tracks commonly feature a 4/4 time signature with BPM set between 130BPM to 175BPM.{{Cite web |last=Ivo |title=Future Bass - Genre History, Artists and What It Actually Stands For |url=https://www.stereofox.com/articles/future-bass-genre-history-artists-songs/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Stereofox Music Blog |language=en-US}}
Subgenres
= Kawaii future bass =
{{Infobox music genre
| name = Kawaii future bass
| cultural_origins = Early-to-mid 2010s, Japan
| instruments =
| stylistic_origins = Future bass, Chiptune, Denpa song
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Kawaii future bass (also known simply as kawaii bass) is a subgenre of future bass, known for its happy and cute timbre and strong Japanese pop culture influences. Often, chiptune sounds, soft square waves, samples from anime or video games, percussion instruments, and door and bed squeaks are incorporated into such songs. Snail's House and other producers have produced tracks of this subgenre,{{Cite news|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/2018/03/23/kawaii-japanese-electronic-feature/|title=Eight Kawaii Artists Using Grotesque Sounds to Redefine "Cute" Japanese Music|date=March 23, 2018|work=Bandcamp Daily|access-date=October 27, 2018|language=en-US}} with the former being credited as the genre pioneer after releasing the extended play Kirara in 2015.{{Cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-05-15/future-bass-music-gets-a-kawaii-makeover/.88173|title=Future Bass Music Gets a Kawaii Makeover|work=Anime News Network|access-date=October 30, 2018|language=en}}
= J-future core =
{{Infobox music genre
| name = J-future core
| cultural_origins = Late 2010s, Japan
| instruments =
| stylistic_origins = Future bass, Hardcore, Chiptune, Denpa song
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J-future core (also known simply as Future core), refers to hardcore styles mixed with melodic content and the characteristic sound design of future bass.{{Cite news|url=https://tips.audiostock.jp/entry/new%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AB%E3%80%8Cfuture-core%E3%80%8D%E3%82%92%E3%81%94%E7%B4%B9%E4%BB%8B |title=Newジャンル「Future Core」をご紹介|accessdate=June 6, 2023|publisher=Audiostock事務局 }} Its name comes from the "FÜGENE" compilation album on SoundCloud in the first half of 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://soundcloud.com/lapixmusic/fugene-crossfade |title=Megarex - Fügene 01 }} Often, chiptune sounds, active square waves, edited vocals, samples from future bass and Hardcore (electronic dance music genre), percussion instruments, make the genre sounds more like a Future products. The compilation led some music producers from Japan to recognize it as a new musical genre.{{Cite news|url=https://linkco.re/XRuRv8rH |title=FUGENE 01, by MEGAREX }}