What Makes Something Jungle? | Resident Advisor
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
- Back in January, University Challenge presenter Amol Rajan became an unlikely hero when he said "I can't accept drum & bass. We need jungle, I'm afraid."
The teams had been asked to name the genre born from the '90s UK rave scene and reggae sound system culture. After the writer Nathan Filer uploaded the clip to X, the moment went viral and reignited an age-old debate: what exactly makes something jungle?
Our latest film explores the story of jungle, from its myriad roots to the present day; the sound's unique characteristics and stylings; how it infiltrated the mainstream with tracks like "Original Nuttah" by Shy FX and UK Apache; and how, alongside the genre's pioneers, artists like Nia Archives and Shy One are passing it down to the next generation.
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - The Musical Foundations of Jungle
02:14 - The US Electronic Influence
03:46 - The Sound System
05:56 - The Jungle Formula
06:08 - Bass
06:36 - Breakbeats & Drum Patterns
07:34 - Vocal & Melodic Samples
08:36 - Sound Effects
09:36 - Timestretching
10:39 - Ragga Influence
Music in order of appearance:
System Ex - Mindgames (Dub Mix) (1994)
Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Sweet Dreams (1983)
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia (1979)
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant (1977)
The Specials - Ghost Town (1981)
Big Daddy Kane - Raw
Soul II Soul - Fairplay
Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
James Brown - Funky Drummer
John Coltrane Quartet - My Favorite Things
The Heptones - Book Of Rule
Capleton - Belly Come
Theme from Love Story
Chaba Fadela - N'sel fik
Frankie Knuckles - Your Love
Model 500 - NO UFO'S
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
DJ Seduction - Come On
Lennie De Ice - We Are I.E.
2 Bad Mice - Bombscare
LTJ Bukem - Logical Progression
Splash - Babylon
Oblivion - Last Dance
The Winstons - Amen Brother
4Hero - Parallel Universe
Lynn Collins - Think (About It)
DJ Pulse - So Fine
The Incredible Bongo Band - Apache
Goldie - Inner City Life
LTJ Bukem - Music
Jill Jones - Mia Bocca Extended
A Guy Called Gerald - Like A Drug
Paul Johnson - Intimate Friends
Tom & Jerry - Airfreshner
Sound Of The Future - The Lighter
Shy FX - Just An Example
Johnny Jungle - Johnny
Johnny Jungle - Johnny 94 (Dillinja Remix)
Origin Unknown - Valley Of The Shadows
Remarc & Lewi Cifer - Ricky
Goldie - Terminator
Amazon II DJ Aphrodite - Beat Booyaa ! Remix (1994)
Blame & Justice - Nemesis (1994)
Formula 7 - Dark Star
Red Light - Selekta
DJ Krome & Mr Time - The Licence (Krome & Time Remix)
Cutty Ranks - Limb by Limb (Original Mix)
Cutty Ranks - Limb By Limb (DJ SS Remix)
Top Cat - Gallist
DJ Nut Nut Ft. Top Cat & Frankie Paul - Special Dedication (Ladies Mix)
Papa Lover - General Degree
Papa Lover - General Degree (Stretch Remix)
General Levy - Mad Them
M Beat Ft. General Levy - Incredible
UK Apache & Shy FX - Original Nuttah
LTJ Bukem - Atlantis (I Need You)
Production:
Producer - Sophie Misrahi
Writer - Julia Toppin
Script Editor - Tom Gledhill
Narrator - Keisha Forte-Hercules
Editors - Sophie Misrahi, Guy Clarke
Sound Mix - Guy Clarke (www.guy-audio.com)
Motion Graphics - Dan Derham
Archive footage:
Thomas Mitchell
BBC Two
FckYouThought
HYBE LABELS
JungleSoundclash
Underground inna Moss Side
24H Canal + - Jungle and Drum & Bass in London
A London Somet'ing Dis
Sounds of the West
Our Jamaican Problem
RA Exchange 599
Talkin' Headz - The Metalheadz Documentary
Ajm080 - Midwest Rave Footage 1994-95
WHTSOXX74 - Chicago House Music (85-88)
Soul Control Manchester
JAH SHAKA - 1979 Vintage Ting - Steven Joseph Birchenough
Jah Shaka 90' documentary from ARTE VOST
DON SINCLAIR REGGAE VIBES
Goodfellas (Film)
Sirens (TV show)
Marked For Death (Film)
Boyz N The Hood (Film)
How Clubbing Changed the World
Subtle Radio
Nia Archives Sound of BBC
The amount of iconic tunes in this video is mad
Was just thinking the same! 🔥
LTJ Bukem and Valley of shadows
That's how you make a popular video and make yourself seem like you know what's going on.
Some wouklld even say, massif
Drumn Bass is a loser Genre for drug junkies
I think I i speak for everyone when I say we want more of these docs for more genres. Insanely well produced wow.
Agreed. A huge amount of research went into this vid.
The levels of background knowledge presented here is insane. Top producer levels of understanding, along with an innate ability to present the info in an easy to understand way.
Great video.
No. Nobody needs to know about this underground scene. That's why ours dope to begin with. More docs means mainstream access. Makes stuff suck.
@@fredfred2363 no.
@@existextinct The fact that this starts off with an viral meme makes you think there is very little 'underground' about the scene, is there?
@@existextinct oh come now do you live on the internet since covid? do you understand what 'massive' means? go to a huge out of control renegade party and come back here with the same sentiment all you want to be in is a year where everything is popping off
How can a 15-minute report from Resident Advisor be better, more informative, with a representative musical selection, than an entire documentary from Drum & Bass Arena?
Because DnB Arena doc assumed that you already have this knowledge and started covering the genre history from 1995 if I recall properly ;)
Concise, slight romanticized vs big brand nostalgia. Both equally enjoyable. The former is easier to get across to the layman.
DNBA sucks stamina is a cuk LOL RAZOR
@@oskar_oskarewicz because DNB arena kids werent even alive before then
Who cares? This was great. It’s not a competition bruv it’s just music. Enjoy it
5:04 Those are my hands going through the records ... 😂 ... good job on the mini-doc RA.
Oh look, it's the OG Ghostface killa & Shadow Boxer himself! HERE COME THE DRUMZ!
Looks like You were looking for a specific 12" very very "under time pressure".
Thank You Mr @DocScott31 For Making This World a Better Place.
For the all these Years
❤
Yo is this actually Doc Scott??!!! Dude, you're a legend from my 90s uni days!
Doc Scott - The Legend.
The legend himself
Absolutely outstanding. I’ve long wanted more docs on d&b and jungle’s history. One of my favourite chapters in musical history but because not so big in the US, it’s not received that high end Netflix treatment. This is awesome, would love a 2 hour version!
the doc is a junglist aswell and he‘s not even being sarcastic about it! this is amazing. big ups 🙌
@@kisnpisn4919our cardiologist need some good tunes to raise those heartbeat
Incoming. End of 2024 on Hyper-D 🙌
Netflix could never make something as good as this doc. They'd fill it with style over actual substance, as with everything else
@@TheLondonRunner I dunno man the first two seasons of Hip Hop Evolution were great. I would love something like that for the UK scene
I'd watch TV again if we had documentaries like this
This video is perfection, one of the best short documentaries I have watched.
JUNGLE IS MASSIVE!!!
Have you seen the one about the Amen Break? If not, I highly recommend it.
"Often creating a sense of intensity, chaos, melancholy...or terror" is another great potential sample!
Then the ad plays.. Ruined...
Use brave browser. No adblock needed.
3:32 My animation from about 1993 when I was a VJ at loads of the big raves. I wonder where they found this?
That's nuts. Big ups
@@TheChiraagG Churss
I pressed the timestamp and got a peanut advert 😂
@@johnthies1150 Sounds about right.
Ahh wicked!! Let me try and find out for you :))
The opening bit suggested the video was going to make a distinction between Jungle and Drum and Bass. But it didn't - never mind. Actually, the proliferation of Jungle in the early 90s was really due to the technology: Affordable samplers.
Everything you heard in the video was jungle, while DnB typically uses the step drum pattern. That’s the biggest single difference.
@@mhm9868 I agree with Brown Paper Bag - forgot that was in there - but everything else was Jungle. What else do you think was DnB and NOT Jungle from that playlist?
@@mhm9868 I never heard anyone use the term Drum'n'Bass until '95-'96. At first it just sounded like another marketing gimmick (remember Hardstep?). Everything I heard from '93-'94/'95 with breakbeats was Jungle.
@@elduderino3120 With jungle, the beats were complex and the bass was fairly simple(typically just a sub). The switch to drum n bass was the adoption of the two step( eg Pulp Fiction) and more complex basslines( especially reeses).
The only bad thing about this video is that it ends. I have not seen something so good in a very long time. Instantly added to favorites. Having the list of tracks was like the cherry on top. ❤❤❤
Its a great video, but it definitely should have mentioned something about Drum n' Bass. Especially because the clip starts with that gal mentioning DnB. They should have mentioned how DnB evolved from jungle. It didn't have to be in depth, and maybe they are making a documentary about DnB, but literally one or two sentences about DnB at the end would have made it perfect.
I know! I was ready to settle in for 60+ minutes haha. Quality stuff here.
So true! My 19 month old danced through the entire thing!!! Jungle never dies!!!!
Really enjoyed the video but it didn't explain how it considers drum & bass differs from jungle and hence why the University Challenge question was deemed incorrect. I'm 57y and remember "jungle" being used for tracks by Shut Up & Dance and on the Tribal Bass label from 1990 onwards. But I'm sure we called Goldie's Timeless "drum & bass". Same for Guy Called Gerald, LTJ Bukum etc. It was a broader term that also took in the more electronic, less breakbeat, sound they were producing. Interesting to hear different perspectives though.
True, I remember Goldie's Timeless being referred to both as jungle and drum and bass. I think it represents the fuzzy boundary between the 2 quite nicely, if you ignore the fact that drum and bass can be an umbrella catch-all term for both like you said. Listening back to Goldie now in modern times it seems to me to be more jungle than drum and bass just because of the speed, which I think is the main difference if indeed you want to try and disentangle them. Jungle was slower, and that allowed time and space for much more complicated rhythms than later dnb. And the complexity of those rhythms meant that you could listen to jungle in 2 ways: either as something fast and frenetic or slow and flowing, depending on what mood you were in and how you chose to interpret it at any given moment. That's what makes jungle more interesting than faster drum and bass for me, and it's the syncopation that makes me want to get up and dance.... or I would if I wasn't middle-aged and flabby.
Holy f everything in this video is A+!! The music, the edits, the video, the story, the information, the narration! Amazing
But it's all wrong if you think this defines what jungle is and d&b is. Many of these tracks are d&b and were at the time - Babylon Splash, Red Light, the Krome & Time Licence remix etc.
Wtf, this is an unbelievably beautiful video, so much love has gone into this! Interviews blend with the music and graphics, like the whole film is its own jungle track. Props to the editors, this is a work of art!
I recognise the Dillinja interview from the Metalheadz documentary that was out around 96.
This is excelent. I've been a jungalist since the mid 90's and I still learn things from this. Hats of to you.
As someone who was into it in the 90’s. Clear as mud then. Hard not to argue it’s the reggae sample that sets jungle apart from just being breakbeat or drum & bass. Think the problem more is that there’s so many genres. Especially now.
❤🎉Junglist for life. Its in my soul, it moves me! The dance it produces from my body is so fun and exciting. Nothing like Jungle, those off beats, the sound of nature 💚💃🏾🥁💥
I appreciate the list of music used, I can never have enough jungle and dnb in my collection.
You should check ours out!
Good stuff. I still think they should have accepted "drum and bass" as they're synonymous in most cases.
A better question would have been "what makes something NOT drum and bass" to answer their question properly.
Agree
You can distinguish between them sometimes but there's huge overlap and they grew from the same scene.
But even if you do distinguish them, I would say both A Guy Called Gerald and Goldie made tunes on both sides of that divide and they should have got the point.
@@donach9 There's not really much of a divide in truth. The only divide is the more raggaish 94 sound with less break editing, when it began to switch in 95 it was more of a return to the 93 style. By 95 most people used d&b to refer to all tunes, even the 94 ragga ones, which you could begin to call a sort-of subgenre 'jungle'. Since d&b didn't exist in 93 to refer to the stuff like Bizzy B, Invisible Man, Goldie, it could never be used to refer to those older tunes. The new sound was more digital, more edited, more timestretching, a cleaner sound. Tech-step started to take over late95-early 96 and some people think that is what d&b was but it certainly wasn't in 95.
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@@smartgenes1 nicely put
6:14 - I ran around much of New York City, looking for the Metalheadz documentary just so I could see Dillinja at work. I was disappointed at how short his segment was. But still so memorable.
There’s another documentary about the valve system made by Dillinja and lemon D
@@DJKaBz1 Why the hell haven't you put that in front of my eyeballs right now?!?
@@MagnumDB it’s on UA-cam I seen it ;)
@@DJKaBz1 I've seen it somewhere, freakn mad. Dili for life.
totally sick documentary im gonna show this to my children after they are born
Gotta plan ahead innit
lol same
Makes sense to do it after yeah
Play it to them in the womb mate 😂
Maybe when they're in the sack@@bonenintomatensauseven
This should be a new series!
Props to those keeping the true Jungle sound alive today - Tim Reaper, Dwarde, Kid Lib, Coco Bryce, Fresh 86, Rupture etc etc
This is like a professional bite-sized documentary, feels like something I'd watch on TV. Great video!
Shout out to "Voodoo Ray" which is in this vid for no reason other than it's such a deep spiritual root of the UK experimental sound, whether it be acid or jungle or hardcore or house or whateverthefuck. I love that record so much.
for me as a junglist this video just became the sweetest video on yt
You may like to check ours out!
Fantastic little documentary, proper giving me the feels! Big respect for whom ever put this together 💥🔥🔥🔥💚
It's funny how after rediscovering my passion for electronic music at the age of 15 I had finished basic DJ course, forgot about it for several years, went through creating a rock band as a drummer at 18, going through that with a passion only for breaks, and now with rediscovering all that jungle power again at the age of 20 I've just went back to my place and said "now I'm ready to go professional", meaning to do a jungle/breakcore mix for my final exam.
Jungle is just something that you hold on to, if you have appreciated at least once in a proper way during your lifetime. It feels like it could stick to one's life forever. What a wonderful feeling
Well i've just celebrated my 30th year of a daily jungle/dnb obsession ( started in 1994 in the first year of high school when i was 13 years old) so it's certaintly stuck to my life and i feel like it always will. I like other types of music aswell but nothing comes close to the rush and euphoric feelings that dnb jungle gives me.
I regularly have big all day jungle sessions with a few spliffs and just forget about the world. 30 years deep and still f**king loving it.
@@reggieking1045 yeah man, I feel you. That strangely brings back the belief in people xd
I feel like it's gonna take another spin in the music industry pretty soon, although there is a famous Russian rapper who went viral 2015-2018 with partially jungle/dnb motives, and there is also another rapper who raps alike jungle MC with him having actual jungle, and he is much appreciated by soccer fans. No worries, I'll take my part in trying to make it great again, if not as an artist, but at least as a DJ 🤙
Good vibes, bro!
One of the best vids on jungle I've seen! But... the influence of Belgian (and NYC) hardcore techno is critically overlooked. It was this that gave the vital 'vroooommm!' that carried raving from the euphoric house of the 80s into the frenetic experience of the 90s, and there's no doubting what a crucial element a well used hoover can be in sending the dancefloor into a frenzy. System X - Mindgames at 1:01 is a great example.
Good shout this. Belgian & US techno samples were a critical piece of the Terminator EP and much of the earlier Reinforced stuff, among a ton of other early hardcore/jungle techno
It was to a great deal Fabio & Grooverider's selections that laid a lot of the foundation for D&B and that featured stuff like Photon - "Security" by Hans Olav Grøttheim (of Y.B.U fame)
The Belgians had a pretty healthy electronic scene in the 80s- EBM and New Beat, so it's not really surprising that they adopted US techno and made their own sound.
This was really well done. Short but right on and totally engaging. I still love those endless ragga jungle flips. At the time they started to feel stale, but there is a lot of great programming going on in a lot of them.
Another documentary that gets it completely wrong, the predecessor of jungle was old school hardcore which dominated British nightlife for at least two years, hardcore was dominantly British but was a sound that producers the world over converged on in 1991 / 1992, it's influences were less about house and acid house and more about Belgian techno. It was never solely a second generation black scene, and neither were it's producers, it was a British working class musical movement.
When jungle (previously called jungle techno) started to dominate the hardcore, it split primarily into jungle and happy hardcore, but other people headed towards techno which was taking off and house music though back then house and techno were much smaller scenes.
Assuming that it was primarily a second generation black musical movement because the major influence is reggae is not accurate, there were plenty of white and asian producers across all the musical styles, there was never a black and white divide among fans of any of these genres, there was never a racial divide these were British working class musical movements. The generation we are talking about saw beyond race. Everyone partied together.
Confusing all those genres at the beginning puts them all out of time.
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I agree. It came out of stuff like Omni Trio and the ragga was just a particular flavour of it. There was a whole happy hardcore scene ongoing at the same time and I was never into it tbh. Plenty of white jungle producers around and Asian too, otherwise how would people like Talvin Singh have become popular later in the decade? The scene was multicultural and the whole point of it was that it transcended boundaries of race and brought young people together under one roof. The world needs something like that now more than ever.
Great video, and Keisha is a wonderful narrator.
More in-depth RA Jungle content. Top, top
Fantastic documentary! I was trying hard to explain to a Business colleague last night what Jungle is and the timing couldn't be more perfect. Just sent them this video!
I love how simultaneously reverent and economical this mini doc is. Thank you. I have such a deeper appreciation of Caribbean influence on popular culture and the grit, determination, and creativity that went into building jungle as a community (and other musical genres) after watching this
Very well done! I love that the Detroit techno scene was included!
Thanks, RA! 27 years of love story with jungle and the butterflies are still all over me chest. 💚🖤
ending with atlantis was so perfect - great video Resident Advisor
Song fucked me up as a teenager, song still fucks me up now. I knew that song was special the first time I heard it.
Absolute masterpiece
This was an amazing deep dive in just under 15 minutes - the memories i have of 90s London Jungle scene were unlocked the moment i heard those tunes again... so trip
imported (USA) hip hop tracks at 33 rpm (vinyl), stick it on 45 rpm and you got your breaks. a contribution often not known. Technics SL1200's, important to the scene.
Wicked! Appreciate the detail in this vid. 30 years later it’s still fresh
Holy shit this is such an incredible video!
check that uk sound from bearinguk, is even better
This genre is my heart and soul. Thanks alot
The dot pattern visual treatment of this video is so amazing - kudos to whoever developed this
Thank You Resident Advisor Family for making this documentary.
Long live jungle music & Big Up all the Junglist Kru Inna Di Place!
❤
Splash - Babylon at 3:40 one of the best original jungle tracks
That's a d&b track. I know, I was into jungle/d&b all through the changing times.
Amazing watch! Thank you for listing the songs out!!! 🤓
I love these little snippets of music history from RA. Keep ‘em coming!
Great mini documentary! :D Loved the visuals, all the detailing of how Jungle came to be, and the music picked out while talking about such (and thank you for listing it all in the description)!
This is a masterpiece of a little documentary
The first jungle doc I've seen that covers everything I want it to, in perfect detail, with a perfect representitive selection of tunes.
Thank you for this. I love jungle with all my heart.
Holy shit the music in this 13 minute doc is beyond excellent. What an incredible curation of some incredible examples of the music discussed. An entire class could be taught on what is presented here. Fantastic.
Jungle is massive. STILL underground in SE asia or I might not know enough people who listen to Dub/Jungle/DnB
It's such a good feeling to still have a music culture rooted in authenticity
0:17 i ve got the toughest smile for months when i ve heard it for the first time. this calmness and confidence of the show runner, saying these iconic words is like a mirror how jungle relates to dnb. sorry for my english
This is such an incredible video! So well done, no frills, perfect examples. Thank you RA!
This is formidably put together. Respect.
Brilliant little documentary. Forever love Jungle and Drum & Bass. Thank you!
Have you heard any of the new stuff?
I constantly try to keep updated on Jungle and D'n'B but I still love to listen to the 90s stuff. Any recommendations?@@DJAndeKarmaRecordings
I love these in depth, somewhat nerdy in the best sense documentaries!
Thank you so much. You crammed in so much information in 13 mins but tastefully so. I'm looking forward to learning more about this rich culture.
Monumental video. Originally clicked on the video expecting to be let down by another "newer/younger" interpretation, but I was blown away by this short documentary.
No hate on newer and younger interpretations but it's ironically refreshing to see the real substance of what makes something jungle.
Compulsive viewing, what a great documentary.
This brought back a lot of sweet memories. Thank you.
All I can say is thank you to the beautiful woman that got the answer to the question almost correct, to allow the meme to bring Jungle back into the consciousness of people and to potentially allow for a second generation of Jungle creators and fans.
not at all afraid to say BEAUTIFUL
that was actually a very well constructed and thought through analysis of the genre. i was surprised and not expecting this from RA
Bless you for putting the tracklist in the description too!
Jungle. The first style that got its hooks in me. From the UK to my ears in Upstate NY in the 90's.
Bless up and thanks abound
This little doc is a true piece of art! Love it 🧡
Incredible work!!
Thank you so so much for the tracklist. Brings back so great memories 🙏
This is such a concise and on point brilliant little documentary. As a older punky raver dj and free party head this makes me want to have a mix with my 90s jungle and breakbeat hardcore stuff 👊💪🔥🔥😊
Thanks for the tracks in the description. 👌👌
Nia Archives turned me onto Jungle music. This video is so informative and the music goes way deeper than I would have ever known. Thank you
"we need jungle I'm afraid" true
Nice one very enjoyable to watch, brings back lots of fun memories. The narrator is excellent, really told the story. Thank you.
I always thought jungle was just rebranded to drum n bass after some negative press around the rave scene in the early 90s.
Been listening for decades - they’re the same.
I disagree, I felt that when it started being called drum n bass, the chopped up breakbeat aspect started to be replaced by more simple drum beats (basically a sped up rock beat) and the focus became less on samples and ragga/reggae samples and more on higher quality weird atmospheric noises and bass modulation synth stuff etc...
But the departure from the amen choppage towards a 2steppy beat was originally a jungle thing, just check out every jump-up tune from 95-97. The harder tech-step sound still had the classic jungle pattern, albeit with heavy down pitched breaks and darker sound
Brilliant work on making this doc on the history on jungle. Thank you!
6:30 Dillinja riding the fader for some nasty bass. So cool to see the creativity with the hardware back then.
Similar technique to how the gabber bassdrum came about, using the mixer as an instrument
Incredibly done! Long live Jungle!
Awesome piece of work. RA makes better docs than most of the news networks
wicked presentation. true education for the masses!
Nice vid RA. Happy you got the order correct about House ,black northerners then Balearic southerners. Oldest debate in history
So good! I love learning about the evolution of genres in general, but this was a fascinating and incredibly well produced overview.
This is bloody awesome, thank you
Now it’s a classic revival, pure art and technology in one thing
Beautiful video
Not a single MFer better ask for a track ID. RA putting in ALL there work on this one. Absolutely fantastic video. Persistent goosebumps.
What’s the tune at the beginning?@0:52
@@johnnymatter93System Ex - Mindgames (Dub Mix), there's an exhaustive tracklist provided in the description
@@MrSelectabwoy thanks. Mb for not reading it. Discog prices are interesting for this one!
A fantastic documentary. Really well put together and produced.
I was 11 years old when I heard Original Nuttah on one of my bro's mixtapes back in '94. Been a Junglist ever since.
I've been an everyday Junglist since the 90s and never had the level of understanding as I do for my fave genre as I do after today. Thank you so so much for this
Guys! Amazing vid, thank you! I adore jungle!
Yessss fantastic and concise
Amazing quality!
The information in this video is Insane!! Well done and it reminds me of how Epically powerful Jungle was and is. 🔮 incredibly well put together. Thank you ✨
iconic selection of track IDs thanks ra
WELL DONE RA .. Ta for this one
Thanks for the update and explanation, VA. My kids can ever more so appreciate my vinyl collection at the family home 😊.
Spectacular research and presentaton!
I truly enjoyed this.