Colourbass, or Colorbass is a subgenre of
Dubstep/Brostep that uses effects and unique sound design to make the basses very vibrant, tuneful, and ''colorful''. Effects like chorus, and a vocoder give the bass a very recognizable sound that you dont hear in other kinds of bass music very often. Its bright, lush, and very melodic. Colourbass shares some similarity with Future riddim/Melodic riddim. Although colourbass is very broad, so it also takes alot of elements from trap and Futurebass, while Future riddim keeps it closer to the roots of Riddim. Colourbass can be slightly
heavy, with fat
clap snares and spikey bass plucks, but it can also be light hearted, with nice bright chords and catchy drums.
Harvey Goldfinch, mostly known in the bass music community as Chime, is sometimes referred to as the godfather of the genre. He also created the label Rush Down, which is the main space for Colorbass today.
Examples:
Distayne -
Halo
sxth
sns - luminescent
Virtual Riot - REDLINE - color bass doggo VIP
Chime - Bloom
Ace aura - Tongues of Fire
