Sidechain Bass-Kick, Dance Music

basal

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I am fairly new to the idea of using side chain and more specifically to side chaining the bass and kick. For those that produce electronic/dance music is this very common on your bass/kick tracks, or is it more used to achieve a special sound? I'm going to start learning more about the technique but I'm looking to know if this is usually a "go-to" method to make the track have a balanced sound or more of a superficial technique.

Thanks!
 
I believe traditionally this is a very common technique in those genres.

Nowadays, I think it's becoming more common to sidechain the entire track to duck the kick, but I think this development sounds terrible.
 
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