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Description of Jungle/Drum 'n' Bass

 
Jungle, with its seething polyrhythms and treacherous breakbeats, was born of hardcore in early 1990s as the U.K.'s response to the States' old-school hip-hop. Jungle tells a working-class urban youth's angry tales of social disintegration and instability, reflecting the fear and desperation of the times. A digitized offshoot of reggae, Jungle's language is comprised of muffled melodies and fractured loops. Reared by British B-boys like Goldie, Aphrodite and 4 Hero, who subsisted on electro, body-popping and graffiti, jungle spawned a number of subgenres, including the dark, anxiety-producing sounds of tech-step.
 

Jungle/Drum 'n' Bass Key Albums

 
 

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Jungle/Drum 'n' Bass Key Artists

 
A Guy Called Gerald

Gerald Simpson has worked
with electronic styles
ranging from House to
Techno and is now
producing Drum 'n' Bass....

Amon Tobin

Eclectic jazz-minded drum
'n' bass producer Amon
Tobin (aka Cujo) lives in
London and is originally
from Brazil. Before he wa...

Andy C

Pioneer of the rolling sci-fi
sound central to drum ’n’
bass, Clarke has shaped Ram
into one of the scene’s
leading labels.

Aphrodite

Aphrodite gained fame
transplanting catchy ragga
stylings into the
stripped-down Jump-Up of
1995 dancefloors. Aphrod...

Dillinja

Prolific D&B producer,
dedicated to combining
tough street sounds with
complex breakbeats.

DJ Hype

With experience in mixing
reggae and hip-hop, Hype is
now one of London's top
D'n'B DJ, both on the
dancefloor and radio.

DJ Krust

Hard-edged Techstep
pioneer DJ Krust is a
member of Roni Size's
progressive D'n'B group,
Reprazent.

DJ Rap

Drum 'n' Bass vixen DJ Rap,
born Charissa Saverio, was
influenced by the British
rave scene in her
hometown, Southampton.

Goldie

With high intensity and pop
appeal, Goldie is an
international icon of
mainstream Jungle and
Drum 'n' Bass. Former girlf...

LTJ Bukem

With a background in jazz
and classical music, Bukem
has pioneered the sound of
Drum 'n' Bass and ambient
grooves. Bukem currentl...

Photek

Photek is England's Rupert
Parkes, an influential figure
in the drum 'n' bass scene.
Sometimes dubbed
"intelligent," his high-prec...

Plug

Luke Vibert (aka Wagon
Christ)'s mid-1990s
experimental Drum 'n' Bass
project.

Roni Size and Reprazent

With "New Forms" (1997),
Reprazent defined the state
of Drum 'n' Bass, weaving
jazzy riffs around dynamic
breaks. This drum 'n' bass...

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