What is a jungle?
Alex Nikolaenko Jr.
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Что такое Fabio?
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Jungle is a form of dance music that comes from London and the rest of England.
Its main characteristic is that it uses a "breakbeat" instead of a straight
"boom boom boom boom" 4 to the floor beat. These days the beats are chopped
every which way possible. While the beats move at around 170 bpm, the basslines
are moving at half speed (85 bpm), making the music perfect to bop your head
to.
These complex polyrhythms makes jungle one of the most complex forms of music
today.
Jungle's more technically correct name is "drum & bass". But "jungle" is
simpler
to use and more people recognize it so that is the term that I will use for
this article.
Jungle first gained mass popularity on the rave scene in 1991/1992, utilizing
sped up
hip hop "breakbeats". At this time, it was known as "breakbeat", "rave", or
"hardcore".
Tempos were around 140-145 bpm. Key components of jungle during this time are
piano
breakdowns and sped up vocal samples (think of the Chipmunks :P ).
Typical tracks from this era are tunes such as Manix "Feel Reel Good",
Acen "Trip II The Moon", and Dance Conspiracy "Dub War". Many '92 hardcore
songs
such as Smart E's "Sesame's Treet", The Prodigy "Out of Space", and Urban Hype
"Trip to Trumpton" became commercial top 40 successes.
1993 was the year that hardcore began to get more varied with different styles
being made. One style known as "darkness" or "darkside" used less pianos and
more
darker sounding chords. Examples of classic darkside tracks are Boogie Times
"The Dark Stranger", Rufige Kru "Terminator", and Origin Unknown "Valley of the
Shadows (31 Seconds)". Happy tracks such as DJ Force & The Evolution - "Fall
Down on Me",
Cloud 9 - "You Got Me Burnin Up", and Krome & Time - "The Slammer" were also
big
hits as well.
[MC Rude Bwoy Keith] 1994 was the year that jungle got very big in the UK and
the
rest of the world. DJs such as Sy, Slipmatt, and Seduction continued to play
happy
hardcore which by then was a completely separate style. But most DJs such as
Rap, Fabio, Grooverider, LTJ Bukem, Mickey Finn, Hype, and Darren Jay were
playing what was now being
called drum & bass and jungle. The trendy word became "jungle" which the press
seemed
to jump on as a label. Often jungle was a name synonymous with ragga - tracks
with
reggae samples and at some times full on vocals.
Examples of these tracks are Conquering Lion's "Code Red" and the infamous
M-Beat
featuring General Levy with "Incredible." During this time jungle went through
a
tremendous surge of popularity, with several tracks charting in the top 40 in
the UK.
While ragga got most of the media coverage, tracks with no ragga influences
such
as DJ Rap "Spiritual Aura", Deep Blue "Helicopter Tune", and Higher Sense "Cold
Fresh Air"
proved to be massive tunes as well.
1995 witnessed the insurgence of the "dread bass" named after the classic track
by
Dead Dred. Basically it is a very pronounced bass line that gets its sound from
"reversing" a normal bassline. By the summer of 1995, ragga had pretty much
died out.
Tracks such as "Hearing is Believing Remix" and "The Lighter" on Formation
Records as
well as L Double - "Bass 2 Dark" and Undercover Agent - "Oh Gosh" were massive
tunes.
Over the summer and fall, artists began using more and more hip hop samples
from
artists such as Wu Tang Clan and KRS-One. This style of tracks with deep
basslines
and often non-amen beats became to be called "hardstep". A few examples are Shy
FX
"This Style", DJ Zinc "Super Sharp Shooter" and Dope Skillz "Six Million Ways
to Die".
At the same time, so-called "intelligent" (btw only thickos use this word
according
to /Fabio/) drum and bass also gained popularity. By the end of 1995, it had
gained
widespread media. Clubs like "Speed" and "Metalheadz" are now widely popular in
London.
Artists and DJs such as LTJ Bukem, Goldie, Alex Reece, Wax Doctor, Fabio,
Subject 13,
Tango, Pulse, etc. are all pushing the limits of technology incorporating
jazzy chords
into the music. It looks like we are witnessing yet another split in the
evolution of
UK hardcore with hardstep vs. drum & bass. Hardstep yes in general is more
"danceable"
with harder basslines, but drum & bass is musically more complex and
interesting in my
opinion. To find out what is popular at the moment, check out the Top 10 Charts
& 12" Reviews.
On a side note, the old happy sounds of '92 still haven't died out. Although
almost
totally split from the jungle scene, happy hardcore continued under a new
name, "4-beat".
4-beat has pianos, vocals, and bouncy techno riffs with 4/4 beats over the
breakbeats.
It still is very popular with ravers in the UK.
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Den Po
AJ> Что такое Fabio?
в смысле кто такой?
AJ> Style", DJ Zinc "Super Sharp Shooter" and Dope Skillz "Six Million
AJ> Ways to Die". At the same time, so-called "intelligent" (btw only
AJ> thickos use this word according to /Fabio/) drum and bass also gained
AJ> popularity. By the end of 1995, it had gained widespread media. Clubs
а кто-то то ли в этой эхе, то ли в smt уверял, что термин "intelligent" ввел dj
Dan
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Alexa Beze
07.05.2003 17:46:00, Den Po wrote to Alex Nikolaenko Jr.:
DP> а кто-то то ли в этой эхе, то ли в smt увеpял, что теpмин "intelligent"
DP> ввел dj Dan
имхо одним из основателей и пpоpоков был и есть дедушка Bukem.
· cu
Nikita Melnikov
07 май 03 17:46, you wrote to Alex Nikolaenko Jr.:
AJ>> Style", DJ Zinc "Super Sharp Shooter" and Dope Skillz "Six
AJ>> Million Ways to Die". At the same time, so-called "intelligent"
AJ>> (btw only thickos use this word according to /Fabio/) drum and
AJ>> bass also gained popularity. By the end of 1995, it had gained
AJ>> widespread media. Clubs
DP> а кто-то то ли в этой эхе, то ли в smt уверял, что термин
DP> "intelligent" ввел dj Dan
Бред. А что такое smt?
Да не упадет ядро твое в корку, Den!
Nikita Melnikov aka Koroedd[Ku3]
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Dmitry V. Lobastov
Alexa Beze => Den Po At 08:55 08 May 03
DP>> а кто-то то ли в этой эхе, то ли в smt увеpял, что теpмин
DP>> "intelligent" ввел dj Dan
AB> имхо одним из основателей и пpоpоков был и есть дедушка Bukem.
ну насчет основателя не знаю, но что пророком был дедушка букем со своей бандой
с tGLO - эт точно. :)
кстати, встречал и другое наменование данного стиля - atmospheric dnb. и в
пророках там был тот же букем :)
Dmitry
... np:
Den Po
AJ>>> Style", DJ Zinc "Super Sharp Shooter" and Dope Skillz "Six
AJ>>> Million Ways to Die". At the same time, so-called "intelligent"
AJ>>> (btw only thickos use this word according to /Fabio/) drum and
AJ>>> bass also gained popularity. By the end of 1995, it had gained
AJ>>> widespread media. Clubs
DP>> а кто-то то ли в этой эхе, то ли в smt уверял, что термин
DP>> "intelligent" ввел dj Dan
NM> Бред. А что такое smt?
su.music.techno
alexander zhukov
DP>> а кто-то то ли в этой эхе, то ли в smt уверял, что термин
DP>> "intelligent" ввел dj Dan
NM> Бред. А что такое smt?
su.music.techno
_[permanent_recession]_
Mike Zaborskih
С добрым утром, вот и я.
DP> а кто-то то ли в этой эхе, то ли в smt уверял, что термин
DP> "intelligent" ввел dj Dan
Так это что? Типа букема чтоли? Всякие пианины флейты и тд под ломаные?
... *But fear not darkness*
Alex Nikolaenko Jr.
*** По поводу письма, обнаруженного в эхе CARBONS
Hello Den!, how are you?
07 мая 2003 года (а было тогда 17:46)
Den Po в своем письме к Alex Nikolaenko Jr. писал:
AJ>> Что такое Fabio?
DP> в смысле кто такой?
Ааа ну да. Я подумал, что это что-то бумажное. :)
AJ>> Style", DJ Zinc "Super Sharp Shooter" and Dope Skillz "Six
AJ>> Million Ways to Die". At the same time, so-called "intelligent"
AJ>> (btw only thickos use this word according to /Fabio/) drum and
AJ>> bass also gained popularity. By the end of 1995, it had gained
AJ>> widespread media. Clubs
DP> а кто-то то ли в этой эхе, то ли в smt уверял, что термин
^^^ а это, простите, что?
DP> "intelligent" ввел dj Dan
Bye, Den, was glad to see You! Mailto:ck...@mail.ru