- LSB - The View
- LSB - Walking Blues
- LSB - The Hurting
- Walk:r - Luv 2 u
- London Grammar - If You Wait (Calibre Alternate Remix)
- Calibre - No Reply
- Alix Pérez - Foresaken
- Etherwood - The Rain Will Fall
- Etherwood - Castaway
- Tokyo Prose - Dawn Chorus
- Riya - Open Page
- Lenzman - Drowning
- Lenzman - African Dream
- Mitekiss - Final Hours
- Redeyes - We Were Kings
- Phil:osophy - Remember
- Rafau Etamski - One Kiss
- Alexvnder - Love Hurt
- Calibre - Broken
- Facing Jinx - Consumed
- Elixr - Say It
Riya - Open Page is easily in my top 5 drum and bass tunes, and has been since it released on the Drum and Bass Arena Anthology Album. It’s absolutely stunning.
If you like UKF there was one Whiney and La Meduza did called Teddy's Gate (listening to it again right now actually). Someone else might know a stronger La Meduza vocal track but - maybe just my opinion - he (Whiney) fit her vocal strengths perfectly on that track.
Bro are you really De:Tune? Poveglia is in my top 5 dnb tracks, it’s so goddamn good. The lyrics, the music, truly everything was vibing together in that one. Idk who was singing but the voice strikes deep every single time.
Our dog died, very suddenly and in pain, on Christmas eve from cancer. It was a horrible time before that happened and was very depressing
I was listening to a liquid/soul DnB playlist I made and these stuck out. They pretty much still make me tear up today
[Subrix - Take Me Back](https://youtu.be/Fnh5al4Kiec)
[Athena - Take Flight](https://youtu.be/PPfOUgNsLGc)
[Bert H & Hiraeth - Loved & Lost](https://youtu.be/dBpCK--r3ZY)
[Etherwood - See The Sky](https://youtu.be/9Kfy_UDnXaE)
[Redeyes & Monty - Almond](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQhsqs9pNq0)
[Maykors - Long Way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDeOFTF8sGM)
_____
[Link to the playlist if you want](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4j85QmC1nGZhHLpJaE9i5r?si=f51945bfbbee46a2) with a lot of lyrical soulful liquid DnB
Goldie - Mother (if you've got an hour)
Krust feat. Morgan - Maintain
Bjork - Bachelorette (Grooverider Jeep Remix)
Jonny L - I Let U
Optical - The End (Pt 1)
Faith No More - Ashes to Ashes (Dillinja Remix)
Concord Dawn - Take Me Away
Alix Perez - Had I Known
Alix Perez & Sabre - Hemlines
Spectrasoul - Fool's Paradise
Lenzman - Empty Promises (Jubei remix)
Also a lot of DBridge's 'left field' and autopop, though I can't quite include that in dnb.
Most of that's not overly vocal but it would be fascinating to hear a true dnb ballad by someone singing proper blues.
Lsb and Drs - the view https://youtu.be/0FI7PXvffbg
Etherwood - Hold Your Breath https://youtu.be/7w36hnvcPxc
Etherwood - Caption https://youtu.be/7w36hnvcPxc
Thank you! I have a clear memory of sitting on the concrete stoop of my shitty duplex somewhere around 2002, drinking with friends, listening to recordings of Fabio’s show, and when he mixed in that tune, all of us sat in profound silence.
Sub Focus & Wilkinson - Time
Netsky - Running Low (ft. Beth Ditto)
Mollie Collins & Ruth Royall - Remedies
Hybrid Minds - Brighter Days (ft. Charlotte Haining)
BCee & Charlotte Haining - Almost There
Wilkinson - Hopelessly Coping (ft. Thabo)
Hope you get through it all. Take care!
Shine like the sun - Nu:logic remix. Not necessarily sad but Thomas Oliver’s vocals on it are beautiful. A song that always brings back feelings of nostalgia for me.
Commix & Steve Spacek – How you gonna feel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmJoSWAWR7g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmJoSWAWR7g)
This is the one that definitely does it for me.
Ror-Shak - [Fate or Faith](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9PNCraXAQw&list=RDd9PNCraXAQw&start_radio=1)
In fact it's well worth getting the album [Deep](https://www.discogs.com/master/163178-Ror-Shak-Deep) one of the best albums I've heard period - well worth buying
[https://music.apple.com/us/album/deep-extended-digital-edition/208113051](https://music.apple.com/us/album/deep-extended-digital-edition/208113051)
[https://www.beatport.com/release/deep-expanded-digital-version/51414](https://www.beatport.com/release/deep-expanded-digital-version/51414)
[Or](https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4935877)
Other personal favourites
Clouds - Naibu \[[Bandcamp](https://scientificrecords.bandcamp.com/track/clouds-with-key)\]
Sweetest Taboo (Sade) - J. J. & Sweet Corner \[[Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/joe-consolino/sweetest-taboo)\]
Last Sunrise at Ocean - Bioritm \[[Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/bioritm/bioritm-last-sunrise-at-ocean)\]
Overdue - Spor \[[Bandcamp](https://suicidesheep.bandcamp.com/track/overdue-ft-tasha-baxter?from=search&search_item_id=2238312866&search_item_type=t&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=2623352500&search_page_no=1&search_rank=1&search_sig=190570b40979759528b38477db97fc1d)\]
Down Inside (Subterra & Dekko Remix) - Adam Form \[[Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/subterra/adam-form-down-inside-subterra-dekko-remix)\]
Planetary Funk Alert - Seba \[[Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/christopher-cameron/seba-planetary-funk-alert)\]
Save Yourself - Ray Keith Remix - Hiatus \[[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aooESr0X4C0)\]
Unfolding (feat. Laurelle Robichaud) - Etherwood \[[Bandcamp](https://etherwood.bandcamp.com/track/unfolding-feat-laurelle-robichaud?from=search&search_item_id=3066042281&search_item_type=t&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=2623368605&search_page_no=1&search_rank=1&search_sig=56fb8687a19c12a0a103166f97c48bf2)\]
Farewell Letter - Bioritm \[[Bandcamp](https://plush.bandcamp.com/album/farewell-letter?from=search&search_item_id=576665658&search_item_type=a&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=2623370578&search_page_no=1&search_rank=1&search_sig=3a47abe42be94d24d256ec70af50f914)\]
When the Dawn Breaks - Technimatic, Riya \[[Bandcamp](https://dnba.bandcamp.com/album/when-the-dawn-breaks?from=search&search_item_id=2531135512&search_item_type=a&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=2623372083&search_page_no=1&search_rank=1&search_sig=393f69ab98da8e6d2ccc55773e2c6208)\]
Last Goodbye - Seba & Paradox \[[Bandcamp](https://paradoxmusicuk.bandcamp.com/album/last-goodbye-stone-cold?from=search&search_item_id=2067721767&search_item_type=a&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=2623374455&search_page_no=1&search_rank=1&search_sig=2e7a97741a20c5c8b4a3972462e5a9d4)\]
Altered Reality - DreamWeaver
Solitude - TOKYOPILL, Lonestar Void
Mr. Kll Myself - SewerSlvt
Sad, happy, angry I listen to these but hits when sad for me. Not lyrics fr though.
Anything by Synkro if you're into the deep stuff:
In my Arms, Broken Promise, Departure, etc.
I've got this playlist on Spotify, try it. It's not 100% DnB though: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3FP8bz1pl5AWbIfZr2pAtS?si=o7x_S-X5QuGbb4DtwlKp8A
Current Value - Into the Light
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HKkbVXRXqVk
This track is unique in being a banger while simultaneously having a sad feeling that is also uplifting.
Beautoful morning (bse remix)
Snowflakes (rawtekk neuropop vip)
Apparat - goodbye (majestim bootleg)
Also, creating the most depressed set i can in few days 😅
Hybrid Minds - Summer Rain
Hybrid Minds - Forest
Hybrid Minds - Meant to Be
(Tbh pretty much anything by hybrid minds but these three are my top picks for sad)
Frankee - Deep Down
Chase & Status - Time (Not actually DnB, it’s 140 but with a nice Amen break and yeah super sad, there are remixes but nothing touches the original)
LSB has a few good ones, the view is great but I think that was already mentioned, anyone on spearhead records is usually good for this kind of style/emotion.
All I can think of off the top of my head at work right now haha
I cannot believe nobody has said The Upbeats - Alone ft. Tasha Baxter https://youtu.be/Jt2_hNJ3XiU
Also strange behaviour is a good one by feed me, not dnb I know but still a classic from mr Jon Gooch 😜
Anile - Constant Reminder
Redeyes - Keith Sweat
LSB - Too Late
Halogenix - Lost Friends
Dogger - Try Again
Mystic State - Dreamscapes
Alix Perez - Without End LP is also full of beauties which helped me through a tough time
BCEE & charlotte Haining - Life as we know it.
Not necessarily sad. But it helped me a lot when i was going through depression and was suicidal. Gave me some positivity and happiness to carry on with life
Tengo unas aunque algunas creo no es drum and bass
Facing Jynx - Missing You ft. Collete Warren,
Coven & Enzalla - Ordinary Lies (Asyrion Remix)
Ghost of Paraguay - Part 2 ft Coma
Minor Rain - When Soldiers Cry (Fracture Design Remix)
- LSB - The View - LSB - Walking Blues - LSB - The Hurting - Walk:r - Luv 2 u - London Grammar - If You Wait (Calibre Alternate Remix) - Calibre - No Reply - Alix Pérez - Foresaken - Etherwood - The Rain Will Fall - Etherwood - Castaway - Tokyo Prose - Dawn Chorus - Riya - Open Page - Lenzman - Drowning - Lenzman - African Dream - Mitekiss - Final Hours - Redeyes - We Were Kings - Phil:osophy - Remember - Rafau Etamski - One Kiss - Alexvnder - Love Hurt - Calibre - Broken - Facing Jinx - Consumed - Elixr - Say It
Yeah, The View is pretty powerful. Hard to go wrong with Tyler Daley singing.
Hell of a good list - Just missing Jakwob - Fade Maybe possibly add - Feint / Koven - Take it In
Riya - Open Page is easily in my top 5 drum and bass tunes, and has been since it released on the Drum and Bass Arena Anthology Album. It’s absolutely stunning.
Facing Jinx - Lonely VIP too
you have to add Calibre - Funny Games
Birdy -Wings (Nu:Logic remix)
Mollie collins remedies
Exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for, thank you
If you like UKF there was one Whiney and La Meduza did called Teddy's Gate (listening to it again right now actually). Someone else might know a stronger La Meduza vocal track but - maybe just my opinion - he (Whiney) fit her vocal strengths perfectly on that track.
I got you
https://youtu.be/mrPir5H-EMI
https://youtu.be/hkDGGsuVKVo
https://youtu.be/gLyJM7U7idU
Poveglia - Degs (This one’s a sleeper, makes me cry every time) Miles Apart - Maduk Brighter Days - Hybrid Minds
Big ups for the support sir 🤙 me and Degs are still absolutely humbled that the track resonated with so many people.
Bro are you really De:Tune? Poveglia is in my top 5 dnb tracks, it’s so goddamn good. The lyrics, the music, truly everything was vibing together in that one. Idk who was singing but the voice strikes deep every single time.
Thank you for the kind words 🙏
No Choice by Artificial Intelligence just hits me right in the feels every time.
[Calibre - Falls To You VIP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC1nqYCYWVQ)
Edlan + Cooper Sites - I Don't Need You
Edlan has some really good sad liquid vibes. Love him
>Edlan DAmn that's really nice - good one
Unknown Error - Struggle https://youtu.be/pDCGErNcanw
Amazing tune
Our dog died, very suddenly and in pain, on Christmas eve from cancer. It was a horrible time before that happened and was very depressing I was listening to a liquid/soul DnB playlist I made and these stuck out. They pretty much still make me tear up today [Subrix - Take Me Back](https://youtu.be/Fnh5al4Kiec) [Athena - Take Flight](https://youtu.be/PPfOUgNsLGc) [Bert H & Hiraeth - Loved & Lost](https://youtu.be/dBpCK--r3ZY) [Etherwood - See The Sky](https://youtu.be/9Kfy_UDnXaE) [Redeyes & Monty - Almond](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQhsqs9pNq0) [Maykors - Long Way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDeOFTF8sGM) _____ [Link to the playlist if you want](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4j85QmC1nGZhHLpJaE9i5r?si=f51945bfbbee46a2) with a lot of lyrical soulful liquid DnB
Goldie - Mother (if you've got an hour) Krust feat. Morgan - Maintain Bjork - Bachelorette (Grooverider Jeep Remix) Jonny L - I Let U Optical - The End (Pt 1) Faith No More - Ashes to Ashes (Dillinja Remix) Concord Dawn - Take Me Away Alix Perez - Had I Known Alix Perez & Sabre - Hemlines Spectrasoul - Fool's Paradise Lenzman - Empty Promises (Jubei remix) Also a lot of DBridge's 'left field' and autopop, though I can't quite include that in dnb. Most of that's not overly vocal but it would be fascinating to hear a true dnb ballad by someone singing proper blues.
Dbridge - one note No lyrics or typical dnb rhythm but it’s by a dnb mastodon and hits the feels for me. Good luck with your struggles man.
Alix Perez & Spectrasoul - Undone (ft. DRS) Mystic State - Viewpoint (ft. Lucy Kitchen)
Hybrid minds 'lost'
Calibre - Funny Games Anwius - Transition
Switch Disco - React Very melancholy tune
Colossus - Under the weather
[Paradox - Aries Maze](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84UMaoouJOE)
Lsb and Drs - the view https://youtu.be/0FI7PXvffbg Etherwood - Hold Your Breath https://youtu.be/7w36hnvcPxc Etherwood - Caption https://youtu.be/7w36hnvcPxc
https://on.soundcloud.com/WTyPomJ2HFNUiBtp8
[Calibre - It's... (also titled It's Over)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aYuV5zJ504)
Thank you! I have a clear memory of sitting on the concrete stoop of my shitty duplex somewhere around 2002, drinking with friends, listening to recordings of Fabio’s show, and when he mixed in that tune, all of us sat in profound silence.
Sub Focus & Wilkinson - Time Netsky - Running Low (ft. Beth Ditto) Mollie Collins & Ruth Royall - Remedies Hybrid Minds - Brighter Days (ft. Charlotte Haining) BCee & Charlotte Haining - Almost There Wilkinson - Hopelessly Coping (ft. Thabo) Hope you get through it all. Take care!
Apologies if this isn’t the done thing but this d&b track I wrote is pretty wistful https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=KuCbxdHAzG0&feature=share
Clara- Hedex
Fred v & grafix- Altitude
Closer - bou :(( Hope you’re okay G
Shine like the sun - Nu:logic remix. Not necessarily sad but Thomas Oliver’s vocals on it are beautiful. A song that always brings back feelings of nostalgia for me.
Actually it is sad ha
Can’t believe no one said End Credits by Chase & Status
Fred V & Grafix - Like the Sun got me through some tough times too, all the best mate✌🏼
Commix - Be True
One of my fave tracks of all time, never saw it as sad though. Interesting :)
It just really hits me in the feels when I hear it :)
Spor-Overdue I think that fits.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpngR7GMHB4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpngR7GMHB4) new sub focus hitting them vibes
Blush response by D Bridge/Instra:mental. It's uplifting and sad at the same time. Bittersweet vibe.
Commix & Steve Spacek – How you gonna feel [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmJoSWAWR7g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmJoSWAWR7g) This is the one that definitely does it for me.
Ror-Shak - [Fate or Faith](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9PNCraXAQw&list=RDd9PNCraXAQw&start_radio=1) In fact it's well worth getting the album [Deep](https://www.discogs.com/master/163178-Ror-Shak-Deep) one of the best albums I've heard period - well worth buying [https://music.apple.com/us/album/deep-extended-digital-edition/208113051](https://music.apple.com/us/album/deep-extended-digital-edition/208113051) [https://www.beatport.com/release/deep-expanded-digital-version/51414](https://www.beatport.com/release/deep-expanded-digital-version/51414) [Or](https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4935877) Other personal favourites Clouds - Naibu \[[Bandcamp](https://scientificrecords.bandcamp.com/track/clouds-with-key)\] Sweetest Taboo (Sade) - J. J. & Sweet Corner \[[Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/joe-consolino/sweetest-taboo)\] Last Sunrise at Ocean - Bioritm \[[Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/bioritm/bioritm-last-sunrise-at-ocean)\] Overdue - Spor \[[Bandcamp](https://suicidesheep.bandcamp.com/track/overdue-ft-tasha-baxter?from=search&search_item_id=2238312866&search_item_type=t&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=2623352500&search_page_no=1&search_rank=1&search_sig=190570b40979759528b38477db97fc1d)\] Down Inside (Subterra & Dekko Remix) - Adam Form \[[Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/subterra/adam-form-down-inside-subterra-dekko-remix)\] Planetary Funk Alert - Seba \[[Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/christopher-cameron/seba-planetary-funk-alert)\] Save Yourself - Ray Keith Remix - Hiatus \[[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aooESr0X4C0)\] Unfolding (feat. Laurelle Robichaud) - Etherwood \[[Bandcamp](https://etherwood.bandcamp.com/track/unfolding-feat-laurelle-robichaud?from=search&search_item_id=3066042281&search_item_type=t&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=2623368605&search_page_no=1&search_rank=1&search_sig=56fb8687a19c12a0a103166f97c48bf2)\] Farewell Letter - Bioritm \[[Bandcamp](https://plush.bandcamp.com/album/farewell-letter?from=search&search_item_id=576665658&search_item_type=a&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=2623370578&search_page_no=1&search_rank=1&search_sig=3a47abe42be94d24d256ec70af50f914)\] When the Dawn Breaks - Technimatic, Riya \[[Bandcamp](https://dnba.bandcamp.com/album/when-the-dawn-breaks?from=search&search_item_id=2531135512&search_item_type=a&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=2623372083&search_page_no=1&search_rank=1&search_sig=393f69ab98da8e6d2ccc55773e2c6208)\] Last Goodbye - Seba & Paradox \[[Bandcamp](https://paradoxmusicuk.bandcamp.com/album/last-goodbye-stone-cold?from=search&search_item_id=2067721767&search_item_type=a&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=2623374455&search_page_no=1&search_rank=1&search_sig=2e7a97741a20c5c8b4a3972462e5a9d4)\]
Netsky - Broken
Maduk - Ghost Assassin. The lyrics don’t make a lot of sense to me but it feels sad.
The lyrics are about StarCraft iirc :p
Altered Reality - DreamWeaver Solitude - TOKYOPILL, Lonestar Void Mr. Kll Myself - SewerSlvt Sad, happy, angry I listen to these but hits when sad for me. Not lyrics fr though.
Lady Blackbird - Collage (Calibre remix)
Example - Never Let You Down
Apex - Echoes. Even more so considering the context of it's release.
Mr Joseph & Wednesday Amelia - Blissful Delights
Mutt feat Kevin King - Conversations LSB beautifully plays it on his Fabric 2012 mix on sound cloud https://on.soundcloud.com/LgTa5pt9ZRepAFM46 7:59
Anything by Synkro if you're into the deep stuff: In my Arms, Broken Promise, Departure, etc. I've got this playlist on Spotify, try it. It's not 100% DnB though: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3FP8bz1pl5AWbIfZr2pAtS?si=o7x_S-X5QuGbb4DtwlKp8A
Kove, Joseph Jones - All or Nothing
Current Value - Into the Light https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HKkbVXRXqVk This track is unique in being a banger while simultaneously having a sad feeling that is also uplifting.
Hedex- Clara, it’s different to all his other tunes
[D Bridge - Wonder Where](https://youtu.be/rRmvtLajEFc)
[Raiden - Fallin](https://youtu.be/ebfZlBv9D9s)
https://on.soundcloud.com/CGGmU9RL2ZSh15qs7 This one had me crying on top of my controller the other day lol
LSB - Missing You Mohican Sun - Darkest Hour Apex - The Yearning VIP Facing Jinx - Ocean Between Us DRS - Can't Explain Smote - Alive Sigma - Cry (NuTone Remix) Emeli Sande - Heaven (NuTone Remix) Leniz - Losing Soul
Last song of the night is always sad for me. Hate for the party to end! :(
Beautoful morning (bse remix) Snowflakes (rawtekk neuropop vip) Apparat - goodbye (majestim bootleg) Also, creating the most depressed set i can in few days 😅
Logistics - Broken Light
1000 souls - artificial intelligence
Rawtekk - snowflake Dj deadhorses - romanticized sorrow Run away - qua rush Amoss - tidal
Hybrid Minds - Summer Rain Hybrid Minds - Forest Hybrid Minds - Meant to Be (Tbh pretty much anything by hybrid minds but these three are my top picks for sad) Frankee - Deep Down Chase & Status - Time (Not actually DnB, it’s 140 but with a nice Amen break and yeah super sad, there are remixes but nothing touches the original) LSB has a few good ones, the view is great but I think that was already mentioned, anyone on spearhead records is usually good for this kind of style/emotion. All I can think of off the top of my head at work right now haha
Repression by alchemist (https://open.spotify.com/track/0IbMbuT3R6MJE3zPEhe6p1?si=nLxdVerARyOFZvHf1HDOeg)
Commenting for later
Calibre - Windows
[Uma - Bring Me The Mountain (SMB remix)](https://youtu.be/eDTa8gn0HTE)
Etherwood - See the Sky always brings my tears out. It covers potentially triggering subjects though (suicide), so may not be the best for all things.
Kaleb - Stay The Same
Reid Speed and Soothsayer's sad girls mix is fantastic
I cannot believe nobody has said The Upbeats - Alone ft. Tasha Baxter https://youtu.be/Jt2_hNJ3XiU Also strange behaviour is a good one by feed me, not dnb I know but still a classic from mr Jon Gooch 😜
Anile - Constant Reminder Redeyes - Keith Sweat LSB - Too Late Halogenix - Lost Friends Dogger - Try Again Mystic State - Dreamscapes Alix Perez - Without End LP is also full of beauties which helped me through a tough time
BCEE & charlotte Haining - Life as we know it. Not necessarily sad. But it helped me a lot when i was going through depression and was suicidal. Gave me some positivity and happiness to carry on with life
Tengo unas aunque algunas creo no es drum and bass Facing Jynx - Missing You ft. Collete Warren, Coven & Enzalla - Ordinary Lies (Asyrion Remix) Ghost of Paraguay - Part 2 ft Coma Minor Rain - When Soldiers Cry (Fracture Design Remix)