^Reynolds, Simon (2013). Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture. Soft Skull Press. Whether they were black or white, or skinny lads from brum called combatant these artists reaffirmed drum and bass's place in an African continuum (dub, hip hop James Brown, etc...) whose premise constitute a radical break with Western music, classical and pop.
"Roots 'n Future" in Energy Flash (1998) của Simon Reynolds, Picador (ISBN0-330-35056-0), phi hư cấu (phiên bản Anh)
Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture (1998) của Simon Reynolds, Routledge. (ISBN0415923735), phi hư cấu (phiên bản Hoa Kỳ)
Rumble in the Jungle: The Invisible History of Drum and Bass (2002) của Steven Quinn, in: Transformations, No 3 (2002), nonfiction (ISSN1444-3775) tập tin PDF
State of Bass: Jungle – The Story So Far (1997) by Martin James, Boxtree (ISBN0-7522-2323-2), phi hư cấu