Beatdown

Beatdown is a production style that cross pollinates several other genres and styles, but
it firmly lives under the Electronic genre as a production style that is almost
exclusively used in DJ / Electronic Dance Music productions. The production process
involves taking sampled or edited material that has existing drums in it and then adding
other drum elements to it by layering them on top of the existing drums. These elements
would typically be Kick, Snare, Hi-Hat, Crash, but could also include Toms and various
percussion instruments. The existing drums are greatly diminished by a variety of
techniques that include (but are not limited to) EQ & Filtering, while the layering
process is aided by Side Chain Compression of the sampled / edited material keyed by the
new Kick Drum. The end result is a very thick and full sounding production especially in
the low end of the frequency spectrum. You would typically see Beatdown listed (in tandem)
on releases with genres & styles like (but not limited to) Disco, Funk, Soul, Boogie,
Nudisco, House, Downtempo and Techno, but the production style could be used in almost any
style or genre.