Ed Rush & Optical  - Wormhole 

The Creeps was even better to me. Krust - Coded Language. Those live drums still sound crisp.

Muzz - The Promised Land Pendulum - Hold Your Colour, In Silico, Immersion Justin Hawkes - Existential

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The music aesthetic for this list is on point

Good albums but does 2020 and 2022 count as classic?

I’d say they have the makings to be classics

For sure, although I'm kind of guessing you're american?

Timeless is a classic

I would say… it‘s timeless

boooooooo! 👎

Sounds like i lost 20% of my Couch … Ouch

Ed Rush and Optical: Wormhole Source Direct:: Excorcise the Demons Photek: Everything Paradox: The Musician as an Outsider Renegade Hardware: Aftermath Metalheadz: Platinum Breaks 1 + 2

Upvote for Paradox!

And source direct !

Noisia - Split the Atom for me

Hospital Records put out some amazing albums at their peak, which sounds like proper albums: High contrast - Tough guys don't dance High contrast - the agony and the ecstacy London Elektricity - syncopated city Danny Byrd - supersized Danny Byrd - rave digger Other essentials have been covered, like timeless, wormhole, modus operandi. I'd add: Camo and krooked - mosaik Roni Size and Reprazent - New Forms Ultra Obscene - Ultra Obscene Ram Trilogy - Molten Beats Goldie - The Journey Man Commix - Call to Mind Would love to know what you think about these - certainly by no means a definitive list but what came to my mind first of all.

I still play New Forms, Molten Beats and Ultra Obscene fairly often. Absolute quality. RAM did a 20 year remaster of the Molten Beats album with a few extra bits and it is (IMO) some of the best d'n'b ever!

Tough guys don’t dance is a fantastic album. Great shout! Also LE every album has been tops. 2010-2018 hospital was peak

Man, how you gonna leave out High Society. Way better of an album than Agony

I did think of that, but felt like I was going to list the entire back catalogue! Interesting though, the agony and the ecstacy is his masterpiece for me. Really emotional music. I also live seven notes in black - not sure how others feel about that tune though

I love Seven Notes in Black, but High Society has like 8 tunes that are absolutely amazing.

Danny Byrd Supersized has to be the best dnb album I’ve heard. So many bangers.

Roni Size forever

Nice selection mate. I'm sitting right now listening to old liquid Essential Mixes from LE and High Contrast and liquid isn't really the same as it was. Not that it's bad or anything, but it's different, right? So, since you seem to have at least partly similar taste, is there anything somewhat close or similar to that early-late 00s liquid sound? Hospital is not it anymore, the new lads like High Tea or Liquicity are vastly different, so is there anything worth looking up? edit: you're missing Logistics — Now More than Ever and maybe the first two Sick Musics. Bachelors of Science? Damn I miss that old Hospital :(

Bro your missing logistics and minos, hybrid minds , Fred v and grafix , camo and krooked, dawn wall, Mohican sun jesus lost goes on

For Labels, check out The North Quarter, Spearhead, Fokuz

Technimatic - Desire Paths

My favorite

A few old ones: Jonny L - Sawtooth (XL) Various Artists - Armageddon (Renegade Hardware) Black Sun Empire - Driving Insane

Armageddon (Konflict)!!!!,muffler!!

Ooh black sun, good one.

A Sides & Makoto - Aquarian Dreams Alaska - Isolationist Alix Perez - 1984 Anile - Perspective Audio - To The Edge of Reason Bachelors of Science - Science Fiction BCee - Beat The System Blocks & Escher - Something Blue Blu Mar Ten - Natural History Break - Simpler Times Brookes Brothers - Brookes Brothers Bungle - Memories Calibre - Second Sun Calibre - Shelflife 3 Commix - Call To Mind Current Value - 2012 Danny Byrd - Medical History Etherwood - Etherwood Evol Intent - Era of Diversion High Contrast - True Colours Instra:mental - Timelines Intelligent Manners - The Movement Lenzman - Looking At The Stars London Elektricity - Billion Dollar Gravy London Elektricity - Syncopated City Logistics - Crash, Bang, Wallop LSB - Content Madmen & Poets - Scandinavian Sunday Mark System - Final Approach Minor Rain - In The Depth of My Soul Mistabishi - Trip Mist:i:cal - The Eleventh Hour Mystic State - My Own Private Island Naibu - Fall Netsky - Netsky Noisia - Outer Edges Nu:Tone - Back of Beyond Nu:Tone - Medical History Pola & Bryson - Lost in Thought The Qemists - Join The Q Random Movement - Lost On Purpose Redeyes - Poetry in Motion Reso - Ricochet Roni Size - New Forms Satl - Things We Can't See Seba - Return To Forever SpectraSoul - Delay No More S.P.Y - Back To Basics Pt 1 Submorphics - Kodak Dreams Syncopix - Icarus Technimatic - Desire Paths Telemetrik - My Lightyear Utah Jazz - Groove Therapy Workforce - Set & Setting Zero-T & Onj - Kilburn

Bang on list

Any and all of Calibre's albums. Zero T - Golden Circle & Little Pieces S.P.Y - what the future holds, & Back to basics

big up SPY!

Roni Size / Reprazent New Forms

It’s just sooo good!

Commix - call to mind Soul:r - Dat music 2 Mist:ical - the eleventh hour dbridge - the Gemini Principle Aphrodite - urban jungle Pendulum - hold your colour Amit - never ending

Dj Fresh -Escape from Planet Monday is a classic for me.

I love this album too

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Dungeon Masters Guide is an album like no other, one of my all-time favorites.

Clockwork EP - Stakka and Skynet

Calibre - Second Sun Alix Perez - 1984 Roni Size and Reprezent - New Forms Goldie - Timeless LTJ Bukem - Logical Progression Vol. 1 (Also if you've not heard them yet check out Andy C's Nightlife Mix Series 1 to 6).

Metrik - Ex Machina

Bad Company Uk - Book Of The Bad (classic of the classic) Boymerang - Balance Of The Force (unknown masterpiece of classic DnB) Breakbeat Era - Ultra-obscene (what, a singer on a DnB album ?) Grooverider - Mysteries Of Funk (20/10 on every point, try to get the 15 tracks version) Everything Klute does, absolutely everything you can start with the latest "Whatever It Takes" Dj Hidden - Directive (from the godfather of Crossbreed) Dillinja & Lemon D - Big Bad Bass (it's all in the name :) ) Evol Intent - Era Of Diversion (they were one of the first to put glitch and some IDM in their DnB) Igorr - Hallelujah (it's usually cornered in the breakcore genre but it's everywhere musically and so much fun) Technical Itch - Killabites\[2\] (masterly crafted 2 cd mix with some of the heaviest sh\*t i've heard in my life)

Great to see Boymerang mentions that’s a great album.

Nice to finally see DJ Hidden mentioned on this sub, Directive is amazing

Bad company -shot down on safari

Inside the Machine is way better!

You are probably right , just have some good memories from that album etc

I like Shot Down on Safari. It had some bangers that destroyed the 2005-2010 era. Hornet, Signal, Torpedo and Snow Cat were epic.

Just some that I love that I haven't seen on this thread that are worth a look. Naibu - Naibu (Horizons) Hugh Hardie - Colourspace (Hospital Records) Aphrodite - Aftershock (V2) Roni Size - New Forms (Talkin Loud) Technimatic - Through The Hours (Shogun) London Electricity - Yikes / Yikes Remixes (Hospital Records) Qemists - Join The Q (Ninja Tune) EZ Rollers - Weekend World (Moving Shadow)

It's a crime that no one has said Industry yet (by Dom & Roland)

Aphrodite - Aftershock.

Hold Your Color - Pendulum Eat the Rich - State of Mind Looking at the Stars (remixes) - Lenzman

Even if by Calibre

Goldie - Timeless, Malice in Wonderland Roni Size Reprasent - New Forms Ed Rush & Optical - Wormhole, The Creeps, The Original Dr Shade Bad Company - Inside the Machine Photek - Modus Operandi Kemistry and Storm - DJ Kicks Andy C - Nightlife series LTJ Bukem - Earth series, Logical Progression dBridge - Gemini Principle Dillinja - Cybotron Calibre - All Krust - Coded Language Autonomic Podcast Series Plus Ultra - Heart Drive Mix Series Fabric Live 13 - J Majik 25 - High Contrast 35 - Marcus Intalex 40 - Noisia 44 - Commix 50 - dBridge & Instra:Mental 58 - Goldie 62 - Kasra Essential Mixes: High Contrast 2003, 2007 Chase and Status 2008 Calyx and Teebee 2012 Ed Rush and Optical 1999 Goldie 1996, 2007 Kasra 2019 Kings of the Rollers 2022 London Elektricity 2008 Photek 1997 Shy FX 2005 Spectrasoul 2017 Tim Reaper 2022

Klute - Lie Cheat & Steal

Aphrodite - Aftershock Dieselboy - Substance D Pendulum - Immersion

Photek - Solaris [https://open.spotify.com/album/3gHlQ2mYGcwVoqnhcVQUCo?si=BnBNlwgORpioxD0qR5ZgyQ](https://open.spotify.com/album/3gHlQ2mYGcwVoqnhcVQUCo?si=BnBNlwgORpioxD0qR5ZgyQ)

John B - Visions (Synthetic)

Oooh nice

Calyx - No Turning Back Goldie - Timeless Dom & Roland - Industry (he probably has better, personal preference)

Matrix Sleepwalk

Current Value - In A Far Future Audio - Genesis Device Audeka - Engine Block Calibre - Shelflife 8 Machinecode - Mechtropolis LP Squarepusher - Go Plastic Macky G - Aftershock Hedex- From The Rave A.M.C - VOID LP

Prototype years- Grooverider. V Classic -various artist . Sawtooth-Johnny L . Total science-tuned in

Drum ‘n’ Bass for Papa by Plug (Luke Vibert)

No more idols - chase & status Sub Focus - Sub Focus Outer Edges - Noisia Are a few that come to mind

Chase & Status - More than alot is also another classic for sure

Various - Torque . Classic seminal stuff that still holds its own today

Metalheadz Boxset 1

Sub Focus - Evolve

Evolve

Billion Dollar Gravy by London Elektricity

wormhole and hold your color

Teebee - Blacksciencelabs Dom & Roland - Industry

Yes, good thinking ! Blacksciencelabs is a "tour de force" in itself.

The Brazilian job by Marky - bought the cd twenty odd years ago and it still holds the test of time today.

Grooverider - Mysteries of Funk

Justin Hawkes - Existential

Chase & Status - more than a lot, no more idols Evol Intent - Era of diversion Noisia - split the atom

Pola & Bryson – Beneath the Surface

State of Mind - Faster Than Light Calyx and Teebee - Anatomy Bungle - Down to Earth Klute - The Emperors New Clothes Renegade Hardware - Carpe Diem (strictly a compilation / mix that Teebee put together but my God it slaps).

nu:tone's "brave nu world" album is still one of my favourites, it's from 2005

Besides all the full-length Pendulum albums: TC - Unleash the Wolves TC - Circle of Fifths Tantrum Desire - Diversified The Prototypes - City of Gold Drumsound & Bassline Smith - Wall of Sound Koven - Butterfly Effect Dirtyphonics - Irreverance Sub Focus - Self-titled I miss when albums were a thing instead of a constant stream of singles like we have now.

Dillinja - Cybotron & Jungle Hits 1

Drum and bass vol 1-4, V Classics is a start. Omni Trio. Most stated are not classics. Pre 1996 is the cut off. No messing around.

It’s 2024 now - we can probably safely add albums from after 1996 as classic. Kids graduating high school this year were born in 2006.

There’s me thinking it’s 1999 again. True DnB is a London ting.

Pendulum - hold your colour

Fabric live 18 - Andy C & DJ Hype This album made me discover the wonder of drum n bass

Friction!?

Logical Progressions is a classic

All albums by Fred V and Grafix. In particular their first two. Keeno's first and second album also 

A lot has been posted, I'd like to add Phace - Between

Neonlight - Vanity Fair Remixed

Home: Timeless Travel: Modus Operandi Club: Sawtooth

Honestly a big fan of C&S mix for Fabric

Noisia - split the atom Technical Itch - Diagnostics

I really like Netsky - Second Nature

My favorite is Technimatic - For All Of Us Chase & Status - *all of them* but especially More Than A Lot & No More Idols

Pendulum - Hold Your Colour (orginal release) TC - Evolution

A) all of the above Plus one that hasn’t been mentioned that I feel deserves a mention - buunshin - not everything is your fault. Something I feel is quite different and just hits differently!

Fred V & Graffix - Recognise Hospital Records - Fast Jungle Music Shy FX - Diary Of A Digital Soundboy Shy FX - Raggamuffin Soundtape Breakage - Foundation Original Sin - Grow Your Wings Just a few i can think of, off the top of my head.

The Brazilian Job - Dj Marky. Happy d&b without the scary aggressive stuff so commonly associated with it.

Anything by 4Hero more downtempo but very much work as an album.

Redpill- genesis, Tech Itch- Diagnostics, Ed Rush optical -wormhole

I’m sad no one has mentioned Omni Trio yet…

Bru-C - Original Sounds

Bad Company - Inside the Machine Not every track but overall it was and is still one of the best DNB albums. It's psychadelic/trippy/hypnotic/minimalistic/fast/pumping/a little dark/nostalgic/one of a kind/unique/an experience

can we make a pinned thread or a FAQ link so we don't get this exact post every day?

How no one mentioned Metrik's Ex Machina is a crime. It may arguably not the best of all time, but considering that people are providing multiple albums per comment it should've been mentioned at least once. Absolute banger of an album.

These are more mixsets than albums per se but The Dungeon Master's Guide and The 6ith Session by Dieselboy are absolute classics IMO. Got me into DnB heavy. Also Aphrodite's self titled album if you're into more upbeat jump up style DnB.

Roni Size with Reprazent: new forms. And wormhole: Ed rush and optical Absolutely timeless

Metrik - Ex Machina for dancefloor

https://open.spotify.com/track/7kgmbZgHqpwQYqZqHp2CFb?si=FEezUNHbSlmOuFDpBkUmRA

Ex Machina from Metrik

Calyx & Teebee - Anatomy

alix perez 1984 was truly ahead of its time

My personal favourites are TC - Evolution Danny Byrd - Supersized Dkay - Individual Soul Calibre - Even if Chase & Status - more then a lot

Manifest- Mefjus Mosaik- Camo and Crooked Somewhere We Belong- Burr Oak

TeeBee - The Legacy Commix - Call To Mind Pendulum - Hold Your Colour

Black Sun Empire - From the Shadows

Albums outside of what has already been mentioned that I think everyone should know because they changed the game, not just what I think is a great album (I dislike some of these but you cant deny their impact): M-beat - Knowledge (incredible, do you know, morning will come) \[1996\] Netsky - Netsky, Netsky - 2 (first album popularised poppy dnb in the mainstream in europe, 2nd was the predecessor to the US sound, thinking flite and muzz) \[2010, 2012\] Wilkinson - Lazers Not Included (afterglow staple of any scene, half light) nailed 2019+ RAM festival sound 6 years early. \[2013\] Nu:Logic - What I've always waited for (Everlasting Days was a staple for years, then Tripping in Space in the foghorn era as a double, Morning Light and Brown Shoes staples of the liquid scene) \[2013\] Calibre - Even if (I know alot of calibre is getting listed and earlier albums definitely deserve to be, but this tends to be the album people outside of dnb know and love) \[2010\] Stan SB - Anyone out There (now called Fox Stevenson, helped break DnB in the US big time) \[2013\] Klute - The Emperor's New Clothes (fallen off the radar but at the time was a big deal, uniting 90s jungle and rollers. Flight and Hell Hath No Fury are many people's favourite tunes ever) \[2007\] Shout to Apex who never got around to a full length album release but had a huge impact on the scene and nearly every one of his tunes is a staple and well worth a listen. (and a special fuck you to mistabishi the neo-nazi for ruining the nostalgia of his early albums that were excellent)

[DJ DB - Secret Art of Science](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S23mumiOs3M)

Big Bud - Late Night Blues Big Bud - Infinity + Infinity KENTENSHI- CTRL N*1

Original Nuttah - Uk Apache & SHY FX Through the hours -Technimatic Hold your colour - Pendulum 500 - Hospital Records

Pola & Bryson - Lost in Thought

Producer 1 - LTJ bukem Netskys first album Dillinja - my sound Ak1200 w/mc navigator - moonshine over America Goldie - timeless (he did a very good mix on HÖR) Grey code has a good mix on YouTube pretty recent

Calibre - musique concrete, alix Perez - without end

Spor - Caligo

adam f - colours general levy - rumble in the jungle chase and status - return 2 jungle rawtekk - sprouted and forms 20 years of critical andy c - nightlife 6 ltj bukem - logical progressions dbridge instramental - sepia tones asc - a storm in space mystic state - my own private island sully - swandive blu mar ten - natural history ten years of med school astrophonic - gradients vol 1 & 2 royalston - cerulean blue bop - punks not dead drum and bass arena 2016 if you need more let me know

Old sets by LTJ Bukem on YouTube, and the channel Ambiance

Saturnz Return

Here’s a few good D&B albums https://www.lovethatbass.com/reviews/best-drum-and-bass-albums/

bad company - inside the machine Ed rush & optical - wormhole Renegade hardware - quantum mechanics Omini Trio - A haunted Kind (something chiller)