Meanings
- uncountableentertainmentA subgenre of drum and bass music heavily influenced by techno and industrial music.
Although the more experimental edge encapsulated this darkness, the DJ-led sound called for simplicity. Standing out was the arrival of techstep; a sound that was heralded by DJ Trace's Mutant Revisited, a radical reworking of T-Power's Mutant Jazz.
2020, Martin James, State of Bass1 more example
Another area where I suspect there's some crossover, but I haven't poked around in much, is within death/black metal. Certainly some of what I've heard has the dark techy feel of techstep / darkstep like Technical Itch and whatnot, but it's not something I've had the time to look into properly.
2004 October 5, Phil Evans, “breaks / Drum and base / thrash metal”, in alt.music.drum-n-bass (Usenet)
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techstep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/techstep
“techstep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/techstep. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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