Editing Techstep (section)

{{Short description|Heavy subgenre of drum and bass}}
{{Infobox music genre
| name              = Techstep
| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Drum and bass]]|[[Industrial music|industrial]]|[[hardstep]]|[[darkcore]]|[[2-step garage|2-step]]|[[techno]]|[[Belgian hardcore techno]]}}
| cultural_origins  = Mid-1990s, [[Great Britain]]
| subgenrelist      =
| derivatives       = {{hlist|[[Breakcore]]|[[darkstep]]|[[neurofunk]]}}
| fusiongenres      =
| regional_scenes   =
| other_topics      = {{hlist|[[List of drum and bass artists]]|[[:Category:Drum and bass record labels|drum and bass record labels]]}}
}}

'''Techstep''' is a dark subgenre of [[drum and bass]] that was created in the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/9745,212159,332,22.html | date=1997-11-11 | title=But Then Again, Who Says It Should? | last=Frere-Jones | first=Sasha | publisher=[[Village Voice]] | access-date=2008-06-05 }}</ref>