Research, Information and Characteristics of my chosen Genre

According to Mixmag Magazine the tempo of UK drill is between 60-70 bpm. However some producers speed it up to 120 Bpm but most commonly between 130-140 Bpm

Drill music originated in the Woodlawn neighbourhood in Dro City and grew popularity after it started being created in the south of Chicago. UK Drill however became popular in South London in 2012. Uk drill is similar to American trap instead of Grime as it uses a similar range of instruments, sounds, but the tempo is slower. They usually rap about drugs, guns, sometimes sex, stabbing their opps and gang activity. Drill contains often angry, aggressive lyrics, heavy use of snares and snare rolls, a dark haunting melody, heavy use of hi hats and hit hat rolls and booming 808 kicks often with a sub bass layered over it.

(The history and tempo where I got this information from is listed below as well as some extra Information in case you are interested. They are both primary sources of research);


Link to online version of the magazine issue: https://mixmag.net/feature/the-sound-of-uk-drill-will-turn-a-rave-into-a-mosh-pit-in-seconds

Link of the online version of the newspaper where I got this information as well as some extra Information in case you are interested: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/what-drill-music-everyone-talking-13041323


No Porkies - (Cgm) Sav'O, Zk & Digga D; 

Tempo: 140 Bpm

• Snares
• Hi hats 
• Booming 808 Kicks
• Rhythmic Melody
•  Haunting Melody
• Ariana Grande vox samples
• Adlib Vox
• Lead Vox x3
• Producer Tag Vox

It starts off with the primary melody, police siren samples and a glass smashing sample followed by the one of the artists; (Sav'O) talking and the producer tag then comes in. Then on the 7th bar the Ariana Grande vocal sample comes in, followed by hi hats and snares on the 10th bar. The Bassline then comes in on the 3rd beat of the 11th bar. Then halfway through the 2nd beat on the 13th bar the rhythmic melody comes in. On the 17th Bar the first verse starts when one of the artists; (Sav'O) starts rapping. Then halfway through the 1st beat of bar 19 the kicks come in.



Golden Boot - Headie One;

Tempo: 143 Bpm

• Dark trappy type Melody
• Lead Vox
• 808 Kicks Layered with a heavy sub bass
• Snares
• Hi hats
• Ad-libs vox
• Backing shout Vox
• Reverse Reverb
• Producer Tag Vox

The song starts off with the producer tags and the Lead melody. The producer tags are repeated again and then on the 3rd beat of the 8th bar the artists vocals come in. Then on the 2nd beat of the 9th bar the hats, snares, and kicks come in with the bass layered underneath it with the artist (Headie One) singing the chorus. Then on the 3rd beat of the 11th bar a reverse Reverb is used which is continued everytime the chorus is repeated. Then a Ad-lib comes in halfway through the 3rd beat of the 14th bar. Throughout the song the melody is constantly played.

No Filter - 410 AM;

Tempo: 140 Bpm (My Guess as it doesn't say anywhere)

• Cymbals
• Snares
• Hi hats
• Booming 808 kicks with a heavy Sub bass layered underneath
• Sinister Lead Melody
• Two Rhythmic melodies layered over each other
• Lead Vocals
• Ad-lib vox
• Producer Tag Vocals
• Vox Sample

The track starts off with the lead melody and a Vox sample then the artist (AM) comes in on the 2nd beat of the 2nd Bar talking for like the intro. Then on the 4th beat of the 4th bar he raps a couple of lines as a Vox sample or possible an ad-lib comes in really quickly just before he starts to rap. As he is rapping those lines the producer tag comes in on the 2nd beat of Bar 5. Then on the 3rd beat of the 8th Bar the kicks with the heavy sub-bass layer comes in. He then starts rapping the verse halfway through the 4th beat of the 8th Bar. Then halfway between the 4th beat of the 8th Bar and the 1st beat of the 9th Bar the hi hats come in, then halfway through the 2nd beat of Bar 9 a treated snare comes in. Then on the 1st beat of the 11th Bar a normal snare comes in. Ad-libs are used all throughout the song often at the end of every line he raps one example of this is on the 2nd beat of the 36th Bar.
Later in the track there are open hats used. They have been panned so one goes into your right ear and the other one goes into your left ear. They are used more than once throughout the track but one example of them is that they come in on the 4th beat of the 33rd Bar. The two rhythmic melodies layered over each other come in on the 4th beat of the 53rd Bar. 

Peer Analysis;
I think that throughout Dan's live performance he played it well. There were no pauses, he didn't mess up, and he didn't stop at all. I feel like the song itself was good and the sounds he chose went well together and they suited the genre that he was doing. However I don't think there was much stage presence going on and he was too busy making sure he didn't mess up to start doing a little dance or anything. However he did bop his head a little as well as look at the audience now and again.