Probably true for many millennials, but I'm sure also that many like me didn't encounter the genre any further until years later. I think i was probably about 10 when PPG started airing, and i discovered this music through my regional rave scene 12 years later, after which it was a couple more years that i thought back and connected these dots 😅
@@sirfizz6518 i was talking about the drum breakbeat in particular. But true, I was also around that age when PPG aired. But back then i didn't even pay attention to the music. Years later when I started to learn more about music and learn terms like the famous 'Amen Break', I was like "hey this sounds like powepuff girls"😂
I happen to produce DnB, and I'd just like to point out that you've got your timeline mixed up a bit. Late 80s - Acid House utilised oldschool Drum Breaks from 70s funk records (the Lyn Collins "think" break and the Bobby Byrd "Hot Pants" break being just 2 of the mainstays). Early 1990s - Acid house turns into hardcore (e.g. the prodigy) after it made it's way over here to the UK. From there people started speeding up the hardcore records as you mentioned. However, where the discrepancy happens is the Reggae influence. Some of the British-Caribbean community take a shine to hardcore, and decide to mix the breaks of hardcore with Reggae samples. One of the most famous examples is SL2 - On a Ragga Tip which sampled multiple breaks along with Jah Screechy's "walk and skank" (released the same year). Again, this new fusion would be sped up, until this Reggae infused Hardcore became Jungle with tunes such as Rude Bwoy Monty's "Out in da streets" and Miami's flip of Buju Banton's "Champion" emerged over the next 2 years. To the end of 1994, there was an influx of gangsters infiltrating the jungle scene (family members of mine have told me stories about proper gangsters entering clubs and blowing Cr*ck smoke in people's faces), to the point that the samples became more Dancehall based rather than the more innocent Reggae tracks (singing sweet - when I see you smile is an example which can be heard in "Out in da streets" mentioned earlier. From there, Jungle started to become darker (think Renegade/Ray Keith - Terrorist) until artists like Goldie (under the alias Rufige Kru), Shy FX, DJ Monk and Remarc began to use less melodic samples, more chaotic beats, deeper and darker bass and experimental sound design. From 1994 onwards, Jungle morphed into what is now known as Techstep, which still utilised breaks, but had a much heavier emphasis on Sound design and processing, with artists such as Ed Rush and Optical, Andy C, and John B spearheading the movement. From here, Neurofunk emerged, using less breaks and samples etc. However, as DnB became darker and more technologically-focused, legends Fabio and Grooverider created a genre that took the soulful aspect of Jungle and further developed it, creating what we know as liquid DnB. Also please don't say that Dancehall MCs would make references to "the jungle" because it's actually related to a ghetto in Jamaica. See, Jamaica is split into different areas, much like Burroughs in New York. You have Spanish Town, Kingston, Riverton, May pen etc. Junglist referred to an area of Kingston known as Jungle. People used to use lyrics containing the word "Junglist" (which is the slang term used to refer to people from Jungle in Kingston) because it fit the name of the genre, which is said to have derived from the racial slur "jungle bunny" (referring to people of Afro-Caribbean heritage), as black music was referred to as (the aforementioned slur) music, which early jungle DJs and producers shortened to "Jungle", although the source for this may not be credible. As a person of mixed Caribbean heritage myself, I feel obliged to bring this to light, as the content is somewhat classed as misinformation. Sorry for the long comment. Apart from these bits of info, this is a pretty good video.
On that note, jungle morphed into tech step post 94 however, it really split into 2 sub genres with jump up being the other. Tech step morphed into neurofunk with the first track that leveraged Neuro bass with 1/16 note hi hats that really took off being “side effects” by the Kracken (aka stakka and Skynet) although it wouldn’t fully take hold as a force to be reckoned with until the monumental release of Konflicts “The Messiah”. Everyone was headed that direction but Konflict mastered it first, and Side Effects was likely an inspiration. Very under rated as I’m not sure neurofunk would exist without it. And jump up, in my opinion, basically spawned liquid funk even though they don’t really have too much in common. There’s always been a lighter side and a darker side where I always preferred the latter!
Not sure I would agree with some of that myself. Acid house 88 -89> belgian techno/rave (beltram etc) 90-91 > uk hardcore (break influenced (overlayed) but with 4/4 beat 91/92/93 > jungle tekno 92/93 (basement records type stuff still with 4/4 + break, but more techno influenced) > jungle (ragga influenced drop the 4/4, pure breaks, start of chopping) 93/94/95 > ‘intelligent’ drum and bass (jazz fusion, techno influenced, more break chopping and musicality) bukem/pfm/funky technicians/photek/source direct etc etc 95/96/97/98 > 2 step (alex reece type stuff programmed beats 96/97/98> drumfunk (digital etc) 98/99 >the rest of the shit variants like tech step, liquid and onto the even shitter variants that came after that. I would say his timeline is pretty good
@@JeffPetaja ah yes! Konflict's Messiah on Renegade Hardware. Such a classic. And I would actually disagree, because Jump up came a bit later than Liquid and Liquid Funk. Fabio And Grooverider were the first ones to do this in about 95 from what I've heard.
@@hroyd that's true. I think it's difficult for guys like Jeremy to really break it down unless he were to actually interview people from the scene to get the right content as there's so much that went into it.
I think it’s also important to note that drum and bass is engineered from the ground up to sound and feel good when heard on a big, loud sound system. Its not pop music (although it has found mainstream success at times) and can sound very sparse or even boring if played on a phone or laptop speaker. But when the the drums and sub bass are literally pummelling your chest and the rhythm takes over your body it becomes more than just music, it can be hypnotic and tribalistic.
Woah Jeremy! That was fab and on point. I was around in the scene in the early 90s and concur with your timeline and observations. Your guide to the genres was a thing of wonderment and insight and I’m totally grateful for that!
I feel like you could teach a college course on electronic music if you wanted to, this is fantastic. Your enthusiasm and love for the topic is clear, which makes all us fanatics feel seen.
Interesting Vid, As a Hardcore Jungle producer being there from the beginning, I never would of guessed that there would be so many people talking about the history. Big up
as someone whos been around too since a long ass time, i would say its bigger now than its ever been in america, i used to spend my summers in england growing up and everyone knew what jungle and hardcore was even in like 1995.. here in america i only think its getting known reslly now , finally discovered by the youth, the raves here in portland feel like it did in the nineties, labels like death by sheep and norm corps and dismiss yourself have really pushed it
Thanks, Jeremy! "Drum & Bass: The Movement - A D&B Documentary" is a good watch on UA-cam. Lots of interviews with the producers and DJs, tastes of different genres, discussion about how things evolved, etc.
I can’t agree with that. It skips (spends 5 minutes on) the formation of the music between 91-95 which really robs the viewer of the real story not to mention being pretty offensive to those tho built it.
I'm late to the party but this style of video from you is absolutely incredible! I'd love to see more long form genre history videos like this, maybe on IDM and Chicago House Music as two good contenders. Great work Jeremy!
Loved this. I was hoping to get a mention 😂. I used to be part of EZ Rollers, we had the 1st D&B hit in the UK with Walk This Land. Thanks to Lock stock and two smoking barrels. I will check out your new record 👏
That song is still one of my favs and it was really cemented when it appeared on Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Thank you for your contribution and waking the world up!
10:40 I love the whole video but this section is GOLD, i love how it has pretty much a tutorial underneath it and you're showing the theory at the same time and AAA. Good work man
A couple of YT recommendations from someone who is pretty new to Jungle / Drum & Bass history and production, but has recently been learning a lot very quickly: - Breakbeat Deconstruction: From hip hop to drum & bass and beyond - a talk by Dr. Jason Hockman at the 2016 Loop summit on Ableton's channel - A Beginner's Guide to Jungle Breakbeats - Tim Cant's channel, where he actually demonstrates slicing up breakbeats in Ableton - Goldie's April the 1st set on HÖR's channel. D&B has never been a genre I've focused on, but I ran across that at random, and knowing Goldie is a /huge/ name in UK D&B, decided to step outside my comfort zone and see if I liked it, then listened entranced for the whole set. I'm guessing that's why the others showed up in my feed (of course this showed up in my feed because I'm subscribed, because Jeremy is absolutely bloody lovely).
Great vid. I was heavy into the rave scene in the 90's here in Toronto, and to this day I still produce raggajungle, DnB, halftime, now fusing it with moderns stuff that is not even a genre yet. Still have a briefcase cassette library with all the tapes I collected back then, man this was nostalgic af thanks again.
@@chrishendricks4613 Yep I know them personally actually :) Freaky Flow was one of the first to incorporate turntablism/scratching/etc into his jungle sets, always amazing.
Cheers, Jeremy! I was a London teenager in the early 90s, so this was a nice trip down memory lane! For some more good breakbeat/hardcore stuff check out ACEN'S early stuff (Trip To The Moon, Close Your Eyes, etc.) and for some GREAT ragga-jungle, I love love love Soundmurderer's mix "Wired For Sound."
Every few months I look up “history of” vids of dubstep, D&B, house to see if anyone’s got any fresh insights. Thanks for posting this dawg it was good!
Such a nice overview. I remember my friend DJ Soji (RIP, he taught me how to beat match on vinyl) handing me a silver cassette and saying something like "hey, check out this new music" I'm racking my brain as to whether he said jungle or drum and bass, but it was the very early days.
I'm so drooling over the M8. Tim has been on the scene for so long (always loved his Trash80 tracks posted to tracker community sites back in the day when I was messing around in Buzz a lot) and I'm super impressed that he put this thing out. Really cool to hear what you're doing with the M8, Jeremy.
Yo, big respect to you for going on that tangent about where the root of it came from and being wildly humble about it and reminding us all to pay respect. Much love bro 🖤
fantastic vid. ive been getting into the mixes and sets that has been taking over my algorithm and couldn't for the life of me figure out the audible difference between intelligent and atmospheric dnb. good stuff. im wiser now and deeply entertained by the editing.
Oh no, liquid is what I thought it was. I thought I had seen 'liquid' used to refer to that sort of pop, neon, square, saturated, "obvious" (that's judgemental) sound like Sub Focus circa 2012-ish. I was misinformed. I'm almost 50, I'm getting used to not knowing what's going on. Thanks for this video!
@@timcosgrove Ehhhh, kind of. That's still that sort of that video gamey style sound. Easiest way to explain it, is that liquid DnB is just chill DnB, kind of a similar vibe to Jungle at times, but with the DnB structure. The SubFocus comparison isn't too far off, but it can differentiate. Here's some tracks to check out to get an idea: ALB - Breathing Space Seathasky - Feel Again Dawn Wall - Devil's Night Logistics - Lotus Flower
This video was amazing. Watched it on a cross country train and as soon as I get home I want to watch it all again so I can open a tab for every new thing I want to look up (which is all of them)
It makes me so happy to see you add Kill Sound, Before Sound Kills You to the thumbnail. Such a wild bed of chaos lol especially “total recovery is possible”
bro... your passion in this video is absolutely driving ... wicked... as a junglist who was there before we had a name (generally was just rave/tekno/hardcore (an lets not forget garage before UK garage dominated the name as did Psy Trance come to dominate the word Trance) .... that either felt funky, dark, uplifting or simply mesmerising ... and we were ALL there for it... united) ... i was already subscribed but THIS vid is one of your finest in my opinion... many thanks... :) x
Great video and very well researched. I gotta pull you up on something though. You mentioned that the Sesame Street tune is what led to the creation of the Happy Hardchore scene which isn't what happend. Sesame's Treet by Smart-E's was produced by an old mate of mine, Austin Reynolds who was the in house producer at Suburban Base Records in Romford. It was at least three or four years after the cartoon Rave tunes such as Charley Says and Sesame's Treet were released that the Happy Hardchore scene started to emerge. This happened because DJs Fabio & Grooverider where mixing certain gritty and futuristic House and Techno tunes along side sped up Jazz music at their legendary club night called Rage. This created a new sound that producers started replicating in their own tunes. This led to a new sound that became known as Jungle. At that point all of the Rave producers divided down the middle. Some of them went to Jungle and the others who wanted to carry on making Hardchore, decided to re-brand Hardchore as Happy Hardchore at which point they started doing new things with it such as the introduction of Gabba Techno kick drums etc... Cheers!
P.S - Jungle eventually split down the middle with some producers such as Goldie for example who focused on the futuristc style while others focused on the Ragga style. The Ragga style tunes attracted Yardie gangsters to Jungle events on mass and there was constant violence as a result of this. The UK government where making moves to ban Jungle events as a result. In response to this all of the Ragga elements where removed and and the music was re-branded as Drum & Bass. This attracted a new audience and cleaned up the scene.
Thank you! I love Ishkur's but I can only stare at it and the opinions therein for so long. I look forward to more of this kind of video because this was great!
the drum and bass genre has really outlived some of it's electronic music contemporaries, my first drum and bass experience was from an mtv compilation cd that featured goldie's inner city life, i've been hooked ever since.
The shot of the three of you dancing and the bit with you in a window you're dragging around the desktop vaguely gave me Celery Man vibes and I'm here for it.
Got a lot into jungle, breakcore, glitchcore, etc. a few months ago because of video game nostalgia from when I was a kid. Breakbeats, but mostly the amem break, always gives this such cool nostalgic feeling. Thank you for the video, loved every single bit of history you shared with us 🙏
Loved this video! This audiotorial deep dive of the genres helps me learn so much more about the music i love and one day want to create! Cant wait till your next one 😊
A great source, to be sure. Just know that if you like UK Garage, Dubstep or any Dutch genre, you are Not going to like what Ishkur has to say about them.
Thank you for doing research. I often search for Jungle/DNB documentaries and I'm glad I found your video. Your video is such a treat and a food for the mind. I too love the genre that's why most of my art has dnb soundtracks in it. Long live raggajungle, drumfunk, and my very very very favorite; the rollers. Thank you again for making this content.
This was absolutely insane overview to one of my favorite music! Thank you so much! More of this content please. It was very interesting to listen. And your album is great too!
Thanks a lot!! I've been listening to rock most of my life, but now I'm getting more and more interested in everything tronica, but I lack a lot of perspective and this kind of videos help me a lot to understand what I'm listening to.
Love this video! Thank you for covering my all time favorite genre! I've always been into drum and bass, but the turning point was when I discovered the channel Ambiance on here and I listened to the peshay studio set back in 2021. There are also some things I wished you covered, like the influence dubplates and vinyl had on jungle and drum and bass releases in the 90s, but I understand why it was glossed over.
the 2 minute bit you talked about your own album almost made me yeet the video out thinking it was clickbait. glad I didn't! This video's a goldmine of information!
When you said Happy Hardcore you unlocked a deep memory lol I don't know much about electronic music, really only mostly from your videos. But I have really been inspired by your stuff and dipping my toe in! Getting familiar with VCV rack and how modular works, and now I really want to make a 90s inspired ambient jungle track using your recipe. Hope you make more videos like this!
Thank you for this, Jeremy. This was great! It brought back so many good memories of hanging out in "the jungle room" at raves I went to in the late 90's/early 00's. Rave on, my friend! #PLUR
Gott Dang... I haven't even thought about sliced sampler beats in a long time, drudging up some real nostalgia there! Also, have I seen that barn before... I swear I have seen that barn somewhere, idk. Informative video, and really brought me back.
Listening to your album. Gotta say I’m very impressed. Coming from a 20 year background loving dnb. Makes me want to try a tracker again. Kudos Jeremy, I’m very picky about music too skip 95% of time but not on this release. Great work!
This little insight to you makes sense why I like your music so much. I have always been drawn to D&B music. I just really like the sound and various styles. I do kind of call it all Drum and Bass. Enjoying the new album, but I absolutely love Yourself. Really I am enjoying most of the singles and little EPs you have been putting out. Thanks!
Hell ya this was great. I first heard DNB 20 years ago when I was a kid volunteering at a PC repair shop. Guy had bassdrive radio playing on winamp (also a first at that moment) and I'll never forget it. TeeBee Calyx Concord Dawn Aphex Twin so many great memories and so many incredible artists. I still tune into the radio at least once a week while I work. Looking forward to checking out your new album later today 💪 keep it coming
Super informative and highly entertaining, thank you so much Jeremy! Can't wait to dive into some of the subgenres now that I understand them more. Before I do that, I'm gonna jam to your new album while I drive.
I am so blessed to have been there for the beginnings of the infant stages of the NYC and L.A. rave scenes. Acid House, Garage, Hardcore, Jungle, Trip Hop...the first time I heard that I heard Charly, I couldn't believe my ears...after that, all I wanted was 'ardcore breaks..at the expense of all other the great bands of the 90s.
Man I really enjoyed this kind of content! I’m an everyday listener of both dnb and jungle so it was awesome to better understand them! Really looking forward to other genres of electronic music! You rock my man
I'll never forget the first time I heard The Nine at a rave, I thought a fucking airliner was coming through the wall. Can still see the expression on everybody's faces just looking at each other going 'WTF is happening' 😅Mad that it's nearly 25 years ago. Glad you've rediscovered dnb, everybody needs a bit of it in their lives
Thank you for this master piece, i have always loved DNB for as long as i can remember starting with the prodigy and discovering more and more every day after that!
It’s probably worth mentioning Frankie Bones and Mr C were pivotal key figures on the origins of “Hardcore”. Mr C introduced Frankie and the NYC breakbeat sounds to the rave culture during the late 80s, fusing acid house with Frankie’s breakbeat sampling signature sounds and Mr C’s eclectic DJing style
Great video! It just so happens that ive been getting really into Dnb and the subgenres like Breakcore and even trying to make some myself recently so its such a nice treat to be able to learn about the history of the genre
My earliest exposure to breakbeat was the Powerpuff Girls intro theme song
Not me losing it off the Cinnamon Toast Crunch and PPG themesong
Memory unlocked
Probably true for many millennials, but I'm sure also that many like me didn't encounter the genre any further until years later. I think i was probably about 10 when PPG started airing, and i discovered this music through my regional rave scene 12 years later, after which it was a couple more years that i thought back and connected these dots 😅
@@sirfizz6518 i was talking about the drum breakbeat in particular. But true, I was also around that age when PPG aired. But back then i didn't even pay attention to the music. Years later when I started to learn more about music and learn terms like the famous 'Amen Break', I was like "hey this sounds like powepuff girls"😂
It slaps
I happen to produce DnB, and I'd just like to point out that you've got your timeline mixed up a bit.
Late 80s - Acid House utilised oldschool Drum Breaks from 70s funk records (the Lyn Collins "think" break and the Bobby Byrd "Hot Pants" break being just 2 of the mainstays).
Early 1990s - Acid house turns into hardcore (e.g. the prodigy) after it made it's way over here to the UK. From there people started speeding up the hardcore records as you mentioned. However, where the discrepancy happens is the Reggae influence. Some of the British-Caribbean community take a shine to hardcore, and decide to mix the breaks of hardcore with Reggae samples. One of the most famous examples is SL2 - On a Ragga Tip which sampled multiple breaks along with Jah Screechy's "walk and skank" (released the same year). Again, this new fusion would be sped up, until this Reggae infused Hardcore became Jungle with tunes such as Rude Bwoy Monty's "Out in da streets" and Miami's flip of Buju Banton's "Champion" emerged over the next 2 years. To the end of 1994, there was an influx of gangsters infiltrating the jungle scene (family members of mine have told me stories about proper gangsters entering clubs and blowing Cr*ck smoke in people's faces), to the point that the samples became more Dancehall based rather than the more innocent Reggae tracks (singing sweet - when I see you smile is an example which can be heard in "Out in da streets" mentioned earlier. From there, Jungle started to become darker (think Renegade/Ray Keith - Terrorist) until artists like Goldie (under the alias Rufige Kru), Shy FX, DJ Monk and Remarc began to use less melodic samples, more chaotic beats, deeper and darker bass and experimental sound design.
From 1994 onwards, Jungle morphed into what is now known as Techstep, which still utilised breaks, but had a much heavier emphasis on Sound design and processing, with artists such as Ed Rush and Optical, Andy C, and John B spearheading the movement. From here, Neurofunk emerged, using less breaks and samples etc. However, as DnB became darker and more technologically-focused, legends Fabio and Grooverider created a genre that took the soulful aspect of Jungle and further developed it, creating what we know as liquid DnB.
Also please don't say that Dancehall MCs would make references to "the jungle" because it's actually related to a ghetto in Jamaica. See, Jamaica is split into different areas, much like Burroughs in New York. You have Spanish Town, Kingston, Riverton, May pen etc. Junglist referred to an area of Kingston known as Jungle. People used to use lyrics containing the word "Junglist" (which is the slang term used to refer to people from Jungle in Kingston) because it fit the name of the genre, which is said to have derived from the racial slur "jungle bunny" (referring to people of Afro-Caribbean heritage), as black music was referred to as (the aforementioned slur) music, which early jungle DJs and producers shortened to "Jungle", although the source for this may not be credible.
As a person of mixed Caribbean heritage myself, I feel obliged to bring this to light, as the content is somewhat classed as misinformation.
Sorry for the long comment. Apart from these bits of info, this is a pretty good video.
On that note, jungle morphed into tech step post 94 however, it really split into 2 sub genres with jump up being the other. Tech step morphed into neurofunk with the first track that leveraged Neuro bass with 1/16 note hi hats that really took off being “side effects” by the Kracken (aka stakka and Skynet) although it wouldn’t fully take hold as a force to be reckoned with until the monumental release of Konflicts “The Messiah”. Everyone was headed that direction but Konflict mastered it first, and Side Effects was likely an inspiration. Very under rated as I’m not sure neurofunk would exist without it. And jump up, in my opinion, basically spawned liquid funk even though they don’t really have too much in common. There’s always been a lighter side and a darker side where I always preferred the latter!
Not sure I would agree with some of that myself. Acid house 88 -89> belgian techno/rave (beltram etc) 90-91 > uk hardcore (break influenced (overlayed) but with 4/4 beat 91/92/93 > jungle tekno 92/93 (basement records type stuff still with 4/4 + break, but more techno influenced) > jungle (ragga influenced drop the 4/4, pure breaks, start of chopping) 93/94/95 > ‘intelligent’ drum and bass (jazz fusion, techno influenced, more break chopping and musicality) bukem/pfm/funky technicians/photek/source direct etc etc 95/96/97/98 > 2 step (alex reece type stuff programmed beats 96/97/98> drumfunk (digital etc) 98/99 >the rest of the shit variants like tech step, liquid and onto the even shitter variants that came after that. I would say his timeline is pretty good
@@JeffPetaja ah yes! Konflict's Messiah on Renegade Hardware. Such a classic. And I would actually disagree, because Jump up came a bit later than Liquid and Liquid Funk. Fabio And Grooverider were the first ones to do this in about 95 from what I've heard.
@@hroyd that's true. I think it's difficult for guys like Jeremy to really break it down unless he were to actually interview people from the scene to get the right content as there's so much that went into it.
I think it’s also important to note that drum and bass is engineered from the ground up to sound and feel good when heard on a big, loud sound system. Its not pop music (although it has found mainstream success at times) and can sound very sparse or even boring if played on a phone or laptop speaker. But when the the drums and sub bass are literally pummelling your chest and the rhythm takes over your body it becomes more than just music, it can be hypnotic and tribalistic.
Absolutely
Exactly!
Jungle and Drum & Bass are felt in the heart and soul
Woah Jeremy! That was fab and on point. I was around in the scene in the early 90s and concur with your timeline and observations. Your guide to the genres was a thing of wonderment and insight and I’m totally grateful for that!
Btw if u see this jeremy
Happy 420.000 sub count
Gon light one up for u
I feel like you could teach a college course on electronic music if you wanted to, this is fantastic. Your enthusiasm and love for the topic is clear, which makes all us fanatics feel seen.
I would love to
Interesting Vid, As a Hardcore Jungle producer being there from the beginning, I never would of guessed that there would be so many people talking about the history. Big up
"as a LEGENDARY Hardcore Jungle producer" - fixed that for you B! ;)
Bizzy you a living legend!
@@Positive_Tea Thanks , much appreciated
as someone whos been around too since a long ass time, i would say its bigger now than its ever been in america, i used to spend my summers in england growing up and everyone knew what jungle and hardcore was even in like 1995.. here in america i only think its getting known reslly now , finally discovered by the youth, the raves here in portland feel like it did in the nineties, labels like death by sheep and norm corps and dismiss yourself have really pushed it
It’s super interesting being an old guy now seeing where the sounds came from when I was just a kid at the club
Thanks, Jeremy! "Drum & Bass: The Movement - A D&B Documentary" is a good watch on UA-cam. Lots of interviews with the producers and DJs, tastes of different genres, discussion about how things evolved, etc.
It is a fantastic documentary. Well worth the watch, at least once.
Hell Yeah. Watch that 11 times
I can’t agree with that. It skips (spends 5 minutes on) the formation of the music between 91-95 which really robs the viewer of the real story not to mention being pretty offensive to those tho built it.
@@dt5142 I appreciate the disagreement. I'd watch anything you suggest is better.
I'm late to the party but this style of video from you is absolutely incredible! I'd love to see more long form genre history videos like this, maybe on IDM and Chicago House Music as two good contenders. Great work Jeremy!
Techno is next and then I want to do ambient
Loved this. I was hoping to get a mention 😂. I used to be part of EZ Rollers, we had the 1st D&B hit in the UK with Walk This Land. Thanks to Lock stock and two smoking barrels. I will check out your new record 👏
Oh shit! My bad for the lack of mention. I had so much to go over but I fucking dig some ez rollers
DON'T TRY TO TEST UNLESS YOU COME PROPER
Loved Rolled Into 1. That was such a fantastic tune 👍
yeh and not forgetting The Plastic Clothes Mechanics and fkn voodoo magic mon 😉- don
That song is still one of my favs and it was really cemented when it appeared on Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Thank you for your contribution and waking the world up!
two minutes into this video and I just gotta say love your editing style and humor
10:40 I love the whole video but this section is GOLD, i love how it has pretty much a tutorial underneath it and you're showing the theory at the same time and AAA.
Good work man
:3
A couple of YT recommendations from someone who is pretty new to Jungle / Drum & Bass history and production, but has recently been learning a lot very quickly:
- Breakbeat Deconstruction: From hip hop to drum & bass and beyond - a talk by Dr. Jason Hockman at the 2016 Loop summit on Ableton's channel
- A Beginner's Guide to Jungle Breakbeats - Tim Cant's channel, where he actually demonstrates slicing up breakbeats in Ableton
- Goldie's April the 1st set on HÖR's channel. D&B has never been a genre I've focused on, but I ran across that at random, and knowing Goldie is a /huge/ name in UK D&B, decided to step outside my comfort zone and see if I liked it, then listened entranced for the whole set. I'm guessing that's why the others showed up in my feed (of course this showed up in my feed because I'm subscribed, because Jeremy is absolutely bloody lovely).
Great vid. I was heavy into the rave scene in the 90's here in Toronto, and to this day I still produce raggajungle, DnB, halftime, now fusing it with moderns stuff that is not even a genre yet. Still have a briefcase cassette library with all the tapes I collected back then, man this was nostalgic af thanks again.
Heard many times that Toronto had a great DnB scene back in the '90s... always hoped to make it up there to check it but sadly never did...
The Tdot...u ever see freaky flow..mc flipside. Sht is DOPE.
@@chrishendricks4613 Yep I know them personally actually :) Freaky Flow was one of the first to incorporate turntablism/scratching/etc into his jungle sets, always amazing.
@@NORBZMUSIC Nice!
I always believed Halftime and Jump-up were the same thing, the former an evolution of the latter. I dig it, either way.
Cheers, Jeremy! I was a London teenager in the early 90s, so this was a nice trip down memory lane! For some more good breakbeat/hardcore stuff check out ACEN'S early stuff (Trip To The Moon, Close Your Eyes, etc.) and for some GREAT ragga-jungle, I love love love Soundmurderer's mix "Wired For Sound."
Also @audiopilz will love this!
This video has strong Dunkey vibes and I’m here for it.
I'd love a series of this kind of video
Every few months I look up “history of” vids of dubstep, D&B, house to see if anyone’s got any fresh insights. Thanks for posting this dawg it was good!
This was amazing! I’d love more of these genre walkthroughs! I laughed, I cried, I learned something, and I have a dozen new artists to check out
Such a nice overview. I remember my friend DJ Soji (RIP, he taught me how to beat match on vinyl) handing me a silver cassette and saying something like "hey, check out this new music" I'm racking my brain as to whether he said jungle or drum and bass, but it was the very early days.
I'm so drooling over the M8. Tim has been on the scene for so long (always loved his Trash80 tracks posted to tracker community sites back in the day when I was messing around in Buzz a lot) and I'm super impressed that he put this thing out. Really cool to hear what you're doing with the M8, Jeremy.
GET ONE, it's incredible.
It is worth it! Believe me!!!
I just learned a TON. Thank you for putting this together for us!
Jeremy you are amazing and I did not expect this from you. Love everything you make. It doesn't matter what it is, your community just likes you.
Yo, big respect to you for going on that tangent about where the root of it came from and being wildly humble about it and reminding us all to pay respect. Much love bro 🖤
Thanks for releasing the bundles! Even if most of it is samples, it's a joy to dissect your arrangements.
I already learned so many new techniques for abusing samples on the M8 from these bundles
fantastic vid. ive been getting into the mixes and sets that has been taking over my algorithm and couldn't for the life of me figure out the audible difference between intelligent and atmospheric dnb. good stuff. im wiser now and deeply entertained by the editing.
Props for the Ishkur guide. Really cool project they made.
Cool and impressive project, but very biased.
Ish compared Sigma to Avril Lavigne for his brand of "Dancefloor" D&B, which is an insult.
Your last several videos have just been so good! Whatever is driving you on these days, keep at it 😍
Thank you so much for introducing us to this awesome music genre's history and for sharing ishkur's guide!
Have not watched yet but my Jungle/DnB knowledge is mostly 1994-2003 so I'm looking forward to understanding what the kids call 'liquid' now.
Oh no, liquid is what I thought it was. I thought I had seen 'liquid' used to refer to that sort of pop, neon, square, saturated, "obvious" (that's judgemental) sound like Sub Focus circa 2012-ish.
I was misinformed. I'm almost 50, I'm getting used to not knowing what's going on.
Thanks for this video!
@@timcosgrove Ehhhh, kind of. That's still that sort of that video gamey style sound. Easiest way to explain it, is that liquid DnB is just chill DnB, kind of a similar vibe to Jungle at times, but with the DnB structure. The SubFocus comparison isn't too far off, but it can differentiate. Here's some tracks to check out to get an idea:
ALB - Breathing Space
Seathasky - Feel Again
Dawn Wall - Devil's Night
Logistics - Lotus Flower
This video was amazing. Watched it on a cross country train and as soon as I get home I want to watch it all again so I can open a tab for every new thing I want to look up (which is all of them)
Thank you for introducing me to Ishkur's guide, I have not laughed this hard at a site in a while!
It makes me so happy to see you add Kill Sound, Before Sound Kills You to the thumbnail. Such a wild bed of chaos lol especially “total recovery is possible”
bro... your passion in this video is absolutely driving ... wicked... as a junglist who was there before we had a name (generally was just rave/tekno/hardcore (an lets not forget garage before UK garage dominated the name as did Psy Trance come to dominate the word Trance) .... that either felt funky, dark, uplifting or simply mesmerising ... and we were ALL there for it... united) ... i was already subscribed but THIS vid is one of your finest in my opinion... many thanks... :) x
I love hearing people talking about their obsession and how deep they can get into their interests.
Awesome work!
For me it was Photek, Scorn, Meat Beat Manifesto, and other early/mid 90's releases that I've long since forgotten about.
Don't forget Atari Teenage Riot!
@@Positive_Tea YASS!!! I liked some of the Alec Empire solo stuff as well.
For Us it was Our Childhoods, Nottinghill Carnival
Great video and very well researched. I gotta pull you up on something though. You mentioned that the Sesame Street tune is what led to the creation of the Happy Hardchore scene which isn't what happend. Sesame's Treet by Smart-E's was produced by an old mate of mine, Austin Reynolds who was the in house producer at Suburban Base Records in Romford. It was at least three or four years after the cartoon Rave tunes such as Charley Says and Sesame's Treet were released that the Happy Hardchore scene started to emerge. This happened because DJs Fabio & Grooverider where mixing certain gritty and futuristic House and Techno tunes along side sped up Jazz music at their legendary club night called Rage. This created a new sound that producers started replicating in their own tunes. This led to a new sound that became known as Jungle. At that point all of the Rave producers divided down the middle. Some of them went to Jungle and the others who wanted to carry on making Hardchore, decided to re-brand Hardchore as Happy Hardchore at which point they started doing new things with it such as the introduction of Gabba Techno kick drums etc... Cheers!
P.S - Jungle eventually split down the middle with some producers such as Goldie for example who focused on the futuristc style while others focused on the Ragga style. The Ragga style tunes attracted Yardie gangsters to Jungle events on mass and there was constant violence as a result of this. The UK government where making moves to ban Jungle events as a result. In response to this all of the Ragga elements where removed and and the music was re-branded as Drum & Bass. This attracted a new audience and cleaned up the scene.
Dope thanks for the insight!
Really enjoyed this one, a trip down memory lane, a pieces of the puzzle put together and some new bits I'd missed as well. Excellent.
Thanks Ben!!!!
Thank you! I love Ishkur's but I can only stare at it and the opinions therein for so long. I look forward to more of this kind of video because this was great!
Great video!
the drum and bass genre has really outlived some of it's electronic music contemporaries, my first drum and bass experience was from an mtv compilation cd that featured goldie's inner city life, i've been hooked ever since.
This video is really high quality despite the limited views.
Yeah :( thank you!
The shot of the three of you dancing and the bit with you in a window you're dragging around the desktop vaguely gave me Celery Man vibes and I'm here for it.
Got a lot into jungle, breakcore, glitchcore, etc. a few months ago because of video game nostalgia from when I was a kid. Breakbeats, but mostly the amem break, always gives this such cool nostalgic feeling. Thank you for the video, loved every single bit of history you shared with us 🙏
Loved this video! This audiotorial deep dive of the genres helps me learn so much more about the music i love and one day want to create! Cant wait till your next one 😊
Thank you for the refresher of some fine sounds. Ishkar is an underrated resource - I appreciate the reminder to go there too.
A great source, to be sure. Just know that if you like UK Garage, Dubstep or any Dutch genre, you are Not going to like what Ishkur has to say about them.
Thanks man! I dove into drum n bass while studying it on the drums and i never managed to make this full tracking of the origins.. thanks!
Thank you for doing research. I often search for Jungle/DNB documentaries and I'm glad I found your video. Your video is such a treat and a food for the mind. I too love the genre that's why most of my art has dnb soundtracks in it. Long live raggajungle, drumfunk, and my very very very favorite; the rollers. Thank you again for making this content.
I'm a hardcore/hard house head. Slowly learning jungle production. This video is the perfect education video thank you
This was absolutely insane overview to one of my favorite music! Thank you so much! More of this content please. It was very interesting to listen. And your album is great too!
Thanks a lot!! I've been listening to rock most of my life, but now I'm getting more and more interested in everything tronica, but I lack a lot of perspective and this kind of videos help me a lot to understand what I'm listening to.
The PS1 got me into d'n'b, the WipeOut 2097 soundtrack absolutely rearranged my head
Such a fantastic game soundtrack.
Doode!!!! ❤️this video so much! Can’t wait to get your traxx in my M8!
Whispers in My Ear (Break Remix) is great. I think you had in the background of your video. Love it.
Love this video! Thank you for covering my all time favorite genre! I've always been into drum and bass, but the turning point was when I discovered the channel Ambiance on here and I listened to the peshay studio set back in 2021. There are also some things I wished you covered, like the influence dubplates and vinyl had on jungle and drum and bass releases in the 90s, but I understand why it was glossed over.
Thanks for making a video about the genre that started it all for me. And thank you for making us old school DnB heads feel less alone lol
the 2 minute bit you talked about your own album almost made me yeet the video out thinking it was clickbait. glad I didn't! This video's a goldmine of information!
When you said Happy Hardcore you unlocked a deep memory lol I don't know much about electronic music, really only mostly from your videos. But I have really been inspired by your stuff and dipping my toe in! Getting familiar with VCV rack and how modular works, and now I really want to make a 90s inspired ambient jungle track using your recipe. Hope you make more videos like this!
That’s cool format, more like that plz, keep going Jeremy 🎉
Thank you for this, Jeremy. This was great! It brought back so many good memories of hanging out in "the jungle room" at raves I went to in the late 90's/early 00's. Rave on, my friend! #PLUR
This is awesome, Jeremy! I've been messing with break beats a lot lately and this is much appreciated!
Gott Dang... I haven't even thought about sliced sampler beats in a long time, drudging up some real nostalgia there! Also, have I seen that barn before... I swear I have seen that barn somewhere, idk. Informative video, and really brought me back.
Hi Jeremy, I love the new format of your vids, you are always moving things forward, thank you. just bought your album from Bandcamp. awesome stuff.
I’ve been waiting for THIS EXACT MOMENT
Awesome video! I took a similar journey. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
What a great work you did here. So fun and interesting to watch. Thanks ❤
Just listened on Apple Music -- everything you touch turns into musical gold, thanks Jeremy
I found your album yesterday while researching the m8 and I really like it.
fantastic video my man, id love to see more of this content absolutely 100%, keep it up!
Listening to your album. Gotta say I’m very impressed. Coming from a 20 year background loving dnb. Makes me want to try a tracker again. Kudos Jeremy, I’m very picky about music too skip 95% of time but not on this release. Great work!
Damn thanks!!
Bro! I've only ever seen your tech breakdowns. This is a very cool format!
This little insight to you makes sense why I like your music so much. I have always been drawn to D&B music. I just really like the sound and various styles. I do kind of call it all Drum and Bass.
Enjoying the new album, but I absolutely love Yourself. Really I am enjoying most of the singles and little EPs you have been putting out. Thanks!
Hell ya this was great. I first heard DNB 20 years ago when I was a kid volunteering at a PC repair shop. Guy had bassdrive radio playing on winamp (also a first at that moment) and I'll never forget it. TeeBee Calyx Concord Dawn Aphex Twin so many great memories and so many incredible artists. I still tune into the radio at least once a week while I work. Looking forward to checking out your new album later today 💪 keep it coming
love this format and topic of videos. Thank you for making it.
I rediscovered dnb recently, and started trying to make it on my modular, it's tricky! Thanks for this Jeremy.
Absolutely love the concept of making one’s own rules for jungle V DNB. Agree much so.
Super informative and highly entertaining, thank you so much Jeremy! Can't wait to dive into some of the subgenres now that I understand them more. Before I do that, I'm gonna jam to your new album while I drive.
This is was a really educational video. Please keep making more of them.
Please do more vids like this! Ishkurs guide is awesome but it’s also kind of a nightmare to navigate, so this was very helpful 😎
I am so blessed to have been there for the beginnings of the infant stages of the NYC and L.A. rave scenes. Acid House, Garage, Hardcore, Jungle, Trip Hop...the first time I heard that I heard Charly, I couldn't believe my ears...after that, all I wanted was 'ardcore breaks..at the expense of all other the great bands of the 90s.
New Forms was my first dnb album aswell :) Love the history.
Also my favorite genre, for 25 years! Awesome video Jeremy 🥹
So, in essence, me ordering the m8 made Jeremy’s trip to Berlin possible. Awesome!
You are onto a new and, I have to say, quite a fun new way of making videos! Support!
Man I really enjoyed this kind of content! I’m an everyday listener of both dnb and jungle so it was awesome to better understand them! Really looking forward to other genres of electronic music! You rock my man
This was super entertaining and the memories. Lots of great information while still getting that T I double ger r fun and energy
Album is an instant buy! Thanks so much for your research and continuing to educate us all.
😂 omg these visuals give me life. 😅Letter Kenny particularly. I almost choked on my poutine. 😂🎉🇨🇦
I'll never forget the first time I heard The Nine at a rave, I thought a fucking airliner was coming through the wall. Can still see the expression on everybody's faces just looking at each other going 'WTF is happening' 😅Mad that it's nearly 25 years ago. Glad you've rediscovered dnb, everybody needs a bit of it in their lives
Thank you for this master piece, i have always loved DNB for as long as i can remember starting with the prodigy and discovering more and more every day after that!
Desperate for more meaningful conversations about electronic music history. Thank you.
Inject this content directly into my soul thank you
I love how you edited this, this is how I knew I was adhd.
OMG Roni Size!! Brown Paper changed my life!
For real
It’s probably worth mentioning Frankie Bones and Mr C were pivotal key figures on the origins of “Hardcore”. Mr C introduced Frankie and the NYC breakbeat sounds to the rave culture during the late 80s, fusing acid house with Frankie’s breakbeat sampling signature sounds and Mr C’s eclectic DJing style
The same Mr C who joined The Shamen?
@@sirfizz6518 yes. Mr C used to run a banging drum and bass night at his club The End back in the day also. Check out his drum and bass productions
How do you always put out the the perfect videos right as I’m getting into new genres!!!
Very DJ Dougpound-esque editing you got there friend. Great Job!
I love this video!!! Very excited for more videos exploring genres or other aspects of musical history in this style :D
That was awesome, super fun and informative. If you want to make more videos like this, i definitely want to watch them.
My favorite music UA-camr about my favorite music genre, thanks 🤝
Great video! It just so happens that ive been getting really into Dnb and the subgenres like Breakcore and even trying to make some myself recently so its such a nice treat to be able to learn about the history of the genre