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THE FORCE OF ONE-Sign of the times TheDillenja 59 views Heavie weight drum and bass!!!
Mampi Swift-Little Touch TheDillenja 305 views Oldskool jump up jungle!!!
CONCEPT 2 - Life Line TheDillenja 259 views Concept 2:AKA Origin Unknown/Desired State (Andy C, Ant Miles)
Ruffstuff - Burn to the spliff TheDillenja 118 views Oldskool styleeeee!!!!!! With a dubbish flavour!!!
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DOWNLINK-Against the machines TheDillenja 51 views Awesome Jungle influenced DUBSTEP.
Marvellous Cain-Snapper. TheDillenja 182 views Jungle
Marvellous Cain-Guiness Punch TheDillenja 400 views Jungle
ED SOLO & SKOOL OF THOUGHT-Always there TheDillenja 463 views Time to pop a chillaxitive...
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While the use of the word to describe what is now known as Jungle is debatable, the emergence of the term in relation to electronic music circles can be roughly traced to lyrics used in Jamaican toasting (a pre-cursor to modern MCs), circa 1970. References to 'Jungle', 'Junglists' and 'Jungle music' can be found throughout dub, reggae and dancehall genres from that era up until today.

Interestingly, and possibly just coincidentally, the term "jungle music" was used to describe music by Duke Ellington in the 1920-30's. With African musical and drumming influences they played a rhythmic, exotic sound advertised as "jungle music" and "the jungle sound", the band at that time was often named The Jungle Band on flyers.

It has been suggested that the term 'Junglist' was a reference to a person either from a ghetto of Kingston known as 'The Concrete Jungle' or from a different suburb, 'The Gardens', which was a leafy area colloquially referred to as 'The Jungle'.

The first documented use of the term is within a song featuring Jungle producer and lyricist Rebel MC. In which a sample was taken from a much older dancehall tune containing the lyrics "Rebel got this chant - "'alla the junglists".

Smiley & PJ from Shut Up and Dance were once not let into a club by a bouncer claiming "We don't play your jungle music here", referring to the more drum orientated oldskool hardcore. They started to use the term themselves.

At one time there was even some confusion and debate as to whether the use of the word "Jungle" was a racist referral to its apparently blacker, reggae-influenced sound and fans. This seems unlikely as whilst it has been suggested that it was the black youth of Britain who fueled the early Jungle and drum and bass scenes.This was only the reality very early on and is now a racially diverse mix of fans and producers alike.

Jungle shares a number of similarities with Hip Hop. First, both genres have been coined "black music." When Jungle first gained popularity, it received many of the same complaints that Hip Hop music first did: It was too dark and downbeat, glorified violence and gangs, and it was not musical enough. Both genres of music are produced using the same types of equipment: samplers, drum machines, microphones and sequencers. Furthermore, the music contains the same sort of components such as rhythmic complexity, repetition with subtle variations, the significance of the drum, melodic interest in bass frequencies and breaks in pitch and time.

Some early proponents preferred to define the "Jungle" element as representing the deeper and darker sound of the heavy beats and bass lines, while others saw a connection with tribal drumming, percussion and simplicity.

Producers and DJs of the early 90's MC 5ive '0, Groove Connection and Kingsley Roast, place the origin of the word in the scene with pioneers like Moose, Soundman and Danny Jungle. "a guy called Danny Jungle - he is the first person I always quote. ... As soon as the breakbeat started he was calling it that."
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