When it comes to U.K. bass music, jungle is the mother genre. A movement that ignited around 1990-91, many genres branch from its sturdy trunk; drum & bass, U.K. garage, dubstep, grime, bassline, and breaks wouldn’t sound the way they do—or perhaps may have never even happened, if it weren’t for the influence of jungle’s melting pot mindset and dark dynamic. In many ways, the darker tones and aesthetic of jungle heralded the end of the halcyon acid house honeymoon that had taken the country by storm since the infamous Summer Of Love in 1988. The predominantly white European hardcore sound was splitting in two very distinct ways: in one direction, you had the euphoric piano vibes of happy hardcore, in the other you had jungle. Heavily characterized by fast breakbeats, innovative studio techniques, and a cauldron of reggae, dub, ragga, and hip-hop samples, jungle was the first truly U.K. black dance music genre, reflecting the sound of British inner city life. It was a celebration of pirate radio, mixed races, cultures, and your parents’ old soul and reggae records. It represented a large section of the young population that had little money and little sense of hope for the future due to the country’s right-leaning Tory government, which seemed determined to quash the rave spirit with insane laws such as the Criminal Justice Act…. #junglemusic #bandcamp #jungle #spinscott #harddnb #dnbnight #dnbunitedrecords #dnbworldwide #dnbhi #dnbstrong #dnbmix #usjungle #dnbhead #dnb_bank #dnbislife #dnbforever #dnbfamily #ElmImprint https://www.instagram.com/p/B-iVcd-pKis/?igshid=1r20g2ej6fg1a
