Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.
Darkstep is a subgenre of drum and bass that fuses elements of darkcore with uptempo breakbeats and ambient noises (similar to those characteristic of neurofunk). Darkstep music is typically composed in a chromatic scale. The amen break the firefight break and the other breakbeat samples feature prominently. Darkstep comes from techstep whereas neurofunk relies on science fiction soundscape and really clean production.