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Jungle

this ones been playing in the back of my head for years now - not heard it since it came out - remember it being a bit silly, but catchy - just thought to look it up, and its a monster - dillinja on a ragga jungle tip - got rewind written all over it



one good tune deserves another - some jungle from the 92 bedroom - groundbreaking ep this
 
I've always preferred hardcore over jungle....saying that though, there are some luuuuuuuurvely jungle tracks out there..!





You could say the Jungle period was when a hell of a lot of hardcore producers started taking it seriously and making 'actual music' instead of 'simply off yer head' tunes....

The sound of a generation mastering their machines and coming of age :)

I stil prefer hardcore though for its sheer madness :D
 
You could say the Jungle period was when a hell of a lot of hardcore producers started taking it seriously and making 'actual music' instead of 'simply off yer head' tunes....

The sound of a generation mastering their machines and coming of age :)

There's always been hardcore tunes that were made with a lot of thought towards production and well engineered in kitted out studios, whilst those that were much ruffer and noisier and done by a kid in the bedroom. Same with jungle and d'n'b.

But whereas hardcore could get away with that more (and that's partly what I loved about it so much :cool: - i.e. more polished releases on Reinforced and Moving Shadow next to more ruff workouts on Satin Storm and Big City), when it developed to jungle and d'n'b, there was certainly more expectation on production and it lost well, some of that hardcore element, really :D. At the same time, I think there's plenty of 92/93 hardcore that pisses all over a lot of the 95/96 jump-up jungle stuff in both production and music value.

Agree that a lot of those that had been in the scene since 91-94 had definitely 'come of age' both production wise and musically when things had developed into d'n'b and by the mid-late 90s. Not only had they mastered the gear, but they'd probably amassed quite a bit more since putting out their first bedroom output - I always love to see this clip of Shy FX when he first recorded Gangsta (skip to 5:47).



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