i don't like the way the beats...sound? i'm not putting it very well but they don't have any OOMPH to them
― lex pretend, Friday, 28 October 2011 09:01 (twelve years ago) link
that "wishing on a star" track is pretty good though!
― lex pretend, Friday, 28 October 2011 09:17 (twelve years ago) link
So being a 'sonix nerd' means rating Nightslugs, but disliking the entire genre of d&b and jungle (bar 'Wishing on a Star)? Seems weird. I feel bad for you :(
― MikoMcha, Friday, 28 October 2011 09:21 (twelve years ago) link
how on earth are you meant to dance to jungle? it's like idm to me tbh
― lex pretend, Friday, 28 October 2011 09:27 (twelve years ago) link
You either follow the snares high-road martial arts-style or go for skanking to the slow-down dubby basslines. Usually, a bit of both. Also, drugs.
― MikoMcha, Friday, 28 October 2011 09:35 (twelve years ago) link
This would be my contribution, not sure if it sings enough for Tim though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2NNM5UWlQo
― MikoMcha, Friday, 28 October 2011 10:06 (twelve years ago) link
With jungle you dance half-speed to the bass (the opposite of how I dance to dubstep, which is double-speed to the bass).
Are you more of a vocals rather than beats man Lex?
How about this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XtDgEjZPTE
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 28 October 2011 10:12 (twelve years ago) link
Guys I think you're on a hiding to nothing here (although it does genuinely surprise me that Lex isn't that interested in rhythm as a focal point of music in its own right).
― Matt DC, Friday, 28 October 2011 10:55 (twelve years ago) link
the dillinja tune was okay, i like the moodiness of it
i like beats, i just need...steady beats when it comes to dance music
― lex pretend, Friday, 28 October 2011 11:01 (twelve years ago) link
That's fair enough I suppose.
― Matt DC, Friday, 28 October 2011 11:04 (twelve years ago) link
this is the only d&b tune i've genuinely loved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UlCZYoQMBI
no lay's voice isn't just decoration, and the beats work so well with it
― lex pretend, Friday, 28 October 2011 11:25 (twelve years ago) link
and there are so many awesome contrasting synth elements
― lex pretend, Friday, 28 October 2011 11:28 (twelve years ago) link
Haha that's total "empire state of mind" logic right there.
― Tim F, Friday, 28 October 2011 11:58 (twelve years ago) link
in what way? no one's ever said "empire state of mind" is a good version of any genre (except maybe pop)
― lex pretend, Friday, 28 October 2011 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
Lots of people think "empire state of mind" is a good rap tune because of Alicia Keys.
― Tim F, Friday, 28 October 2011 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
well that's understandable? she is the only thing about it that miiiight push it into worthwhile territory
― lex pretend, Friday, 28 October 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
I've always thought I could get into jungle, but the more I listen to it, the less convinced I am of that. I still suspect that if I had given it more of a chance back in the 90s, before I started digging into Arabic and Latin music, it might have clicked for me. Kind of weird how it's like a dance music genre made out of jazzy drum solos. I like rhythmic complexity, but not into it.
― On the Heat Release of Burning Karaoke Music Compartments (_Rudipherous_), Friday, 28 October 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
It's not that I hate it either. I don't mind leaving it on, but it's as if it adds nothing by being on.
― On the Heat Release of Burning Karaoke Music Compartments (_Rudipherous_), Friday, 28 October 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
So glad that this thread exists. Tim have you heard/do you have the following tape? DJ Rap with Remadee and Det on Kool FM, December 93: http://www.sendspace.com/file/luj4gkOne of my all-time favourite pirate tapes, in any genre. This prob sound weird by whenever I listen to it I always think 'Hey I bet Tim & the ILX Funky dudes would love this sort of thing'.
― Mr Andy M, Friday, 28 October 2011 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
kinda sad this thread ceased to exist. been working on a jungle article for a local website lately, and your insights (tim) are A+. not to say the other blurbs weren't worth it, obv (it would be great to see this grow) but...he started it.
― rusty_allen, Friday, 6 April 2012 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks rusty.
I think if I ever were to write a book it would be some big unified theory thing about rhythm (qua rhythm) in dance music.
With a readership of about 5.
― Tim F, Saturday, 7 April 2012 01:13 (twelve years ago) link
BTW I hadn't noticed that THE FINEST JUNGLE TUNE EVER* is now on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qljpMmCM3ko
* or top 5 at any rate.
I was going to say "it saddens me that someone like lex couldn't get with this", but that's not quite it... More like: when I think of how much joy the drums on this give me, it makes me think that not being into jungle rhythms in and of themselves would be like not having one of the five senses, the whole world would seem a bit of a lesser experience.
But srsly what this tune does with snares is like one "holy fuck" after another, a ridiculous thunderstorm of beats.
It's actually what I imagined what Black Secret Technology would sound like based on the descriptions before I heard it.
― Tim F, Saturday, 7 April 2012 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
Another totally amazing, rhythmically lifechanging tune from the same comp, rendering drill & bass redundant well before the fact:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjxR1PTUN5c&feature=relmfu
― Tim F, Saturday, 7 April 2012 01:21 (twelve years ago) link
Yay it's back.Whenever I get comments from people IRL along the lines of 'quite like jungle but I just don't find it very danceable' (which is an understandable attitude to it in some ways, I'm not slagging lex or anyone else for holding it) this is always one of the tunes I start them off with:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MIsA1AiStY
― Mr Andy M, Saturday, 7 April 2012 12:32 (twelve years ago) link
Also bit WOW @ the Radical Sound and Dub Technicians tunes. Any time I think I've heard it all with jungle things like these come along and I realize I've still got so far to go (which is a good thing obv).
― Mr Andy M, Saturday, 7 April 2012 12:35 (twelve years ago) link
*big WOW
― Mr Andy M, Saturday, 7 April 2012 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
that "what is love" mix's directly from Jungle Soundclash Volume 1
Strictly hardcore!
― moullet, Saturday, 7 April 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvMZYz5HoCs
this is one of my favorites, i don't think it sounded quite as generic as it sounds now in 1994 BUT what happens at about 3:15 is still amazing to me (and even though the first part is kinda undistinguished i like the hook enough)
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
if you compare it though to something like remarc though bizzy b's drum edits are way more brutal and they snarl like detuned synth almost, in remarc there's quite a lot of slightly dated isolated percussion hits (sorry metalheadz)
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qm1F3Z_YnI
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
at the beginning its like the speakers are firing missiles at you
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
does what it says on the tin, but ...
(the melody slips out and back) "under from a bass drum"? "thunder from a bass drum"? "wonder from a bass drum"?
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t5Cr2tForc
^^ kinda like autechre until the diva shows up ... and then its like autechre again for a split second and then it just turns into seasick drum rolls
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
fukin tune! wikid upload --
SKYTZOO
for a second you think the diva's coming back in but then its just the sound of brain cells dying
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
actually maybe that's why some people hate jungle, it's too much like IDM
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
on one hand i had to log in to flag the most-liked comment on youtube ("dj rape lol")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1YtJFBObQQ
on the other hand
http://goldenerajungle.net/mixes/rap/xdjrapx.jpg
The fanboys getting very hot under the collar
― mmmm
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
while we're getting anachronistic, i believe i detect some early todd terry infuence sneak in around 2:22, gets especially pronounced about 20 seconds later
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7nbPUNxFKE&feature=related
i love how the toms and stuff are folded into the break, otherwise its not that special except it has the sexiest breakdown ever, somehow turns amens into trance snare rolls and it doesn't suck
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
and here's the "dj rap get raw remix"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ggzXMp8tsc&feature=related
early techstep w/o the dred bass
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
euphoria + techstep = cyberdelic?
unfortunately she kind of only had a talent for the breakdowns
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
she does do a good trick at the end of some bars though where the drums mimic little tiny scratches and rewinds
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
Belated uuuuhhhh at What is Love. Restraint, nonrestraint.
― Jedmond, Saturday, 7 April 2012 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
one more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzzec3gl98&feature=relmfu
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
^^ very psychedelic about 3 mins in
― the late great, Saturday, 7 April 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
i tried the radical sounds one and the beats actively bother me, in a bad way. there's no...pulse to it, it's just all over the place and i can't make sense of it in my head. i like the bass though and would probably like a house remix without those beats. sorry :/
this thread has only made me realise that when i've enjoyed bits of jungle in the past it's because i was basically ignoring the beats, when i actually focus on them i can't enjoy any of it.
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 April 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
haha it's okay lex i'm resigned to this now. Thanks for trying again!
― Tim F, Monday, 9 April 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
He's just being willful.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 9 April 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
Been playing this one an awful lot recently:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5BuitZ-_A8
Sort of like Music Box's slightly more melancholy cousin.(Not aiming at conversion here, just felt like posting it).
― Mr Andy M, Monday, 9 April 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
it also explains pretty neatly where our opinions on funky tunes differ radically - it's not just a "rhythm nerd vs sonics nerd" thing, it's that the bits I find the most exciting you are actively tuned off by. "House Girls 6" being an apt example.
― Tim F, Monday, 9 April 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
Therapy? - Loose (Photek remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E8ebG0faFA
― Keith Moom (Neil S), Friday, 6 March 2015 15:45 (nine years ago) link
^^^ more d 'n b I suppose, but still great
― Keith Moom (Neil S), Friday, 6 March 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
This Klute remix of Lamb's "Little Things" - so awesomely on that Arcon 2 tip of destroying you with science:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mjzgcX9_ZU
― Tim F, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 13:48 (seven years ago) link
that was good - enjoyed that. i don't know why i find so much of jungle/d'n'b boring though. where i live it's almost the law that you have to like jungle but unless it's something outstanding, i tend to find it inert or just a bit uninteresting after a couple of tracks.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 15:31 (seven years ago) link
i definitely prefer the furious ragga-based stuff from the early nineties to the more jazzy, stop-start stuff from the mid-decade onwards. I find that stuff frustrating.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 15:43 (seven years ago) link
check the reverb on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KABz5IfhzUs
― the late great, Monday, 29 April 2019 07:42 (five years ago) link