The American Jungle 2012 Teaser

The American Jungle is a feature length documentary about the North American Drum & Bass scene. We will be traveling during Spring and Summer of 2012 to over 30 cities in the U.S. and Canada documenting the history, culture, and the impact drum & bass / jungle made in North America. To get involved please contact us at theamericanjungle@gmail.com and help us spread the word by sharing this video to all your friends.

This teaser is a condensed version of the idea behind the concept for the full length movie. The movie/ documentary will be covering not only history, but the impact of Drum and Bass in America. This means local smaller scenes, as well as big city scenes. The first part of our teaser stresses history with a very brief summery of how it came North America. Then Knoxville, TN to show of the love people have for the music and the energy to carry it through the smaller cities scenes(making that a point of how that is a developmental aspect of it's fan base in our continent) and their local DNB promoters/dj's that make it happen. It also shows Denver as a subject, this way the average viewer is aware of what is happening with how jungle or drum and bass has developed across North America in entirety. Through not only big "raves" or "massives" and "only for the headz" underground parties in major cities, but also parties that happen throughout North America with the same energy and love shown in smaller cities. The ending is just the raw footage of people enjoying Drum and Bass, the energy, the love, and the lifestyle.The finished production hopes to meet every ones' expectations and uncover the love and dedication fans of drum and bass have in North America by giving the viewer a broad experience of what makes drum and bass a culture here. The purpose behind the project is to carry the love and passion for a music and scene, that has not been given proper exposure, to a larger audience. That way not only less knowledgeable people can develop an understanding or love for the music, but enthusiasts might even learn more about the music they love through history, interviews, and coverage of parties. This in turn hopefully allows the North American scene to develop to it's potential, and promoters, DJ's, and producers can all reach the market on the level they deserve.

Thanks for all the support!

http://www.theamericanjungle.net
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::Interviews In Order of Appearance::
Smash Brothers (xplicit & sharpshooter :: denver)
DMX (denver)
Mystical Influence (toronto / denver)
Evenflo (denver)
Zane (denver)
Kryteria (florida)
Nero (uk)
Dieselboy (new york)
Fury (denver)
NC-17 (toronoto / cleveland)
Hype (uk)
Mc Daddy Earl (uk)
Phenetic (denver)
Brad T (knoxville)
Solanum (knoxville)
Will Azada (knoxville)
Bass Disciples (Brad T & Micah Chockley :: knoxville / new york)

::Music::
DbL tRbL w/ Syllable - No Need
Marcus Visionary - Junglist Sound (feat. Johnny Osbourne)
NC-17 - Owsley
Figure - Retarded Shit
Terravita - Lockdown
AK1200 - Drowning (Terravita RMX)

::Crew::
Jeremy Ballard (Producer, Creator, Editor, Camera Operator)
Josh Freeman (Producer, Production Assistant)
Jeremiah Reddick (Director)
James Tobin (Sound Mixer, Sound Recorder)
Sam Joos (Color Correction, Color Treatment)
Blurred Productions - Rosco Guerrroro & Chris Dodge (Camera Operator)
John Mecklenborg (Asst. Director, Sound Recorder :: Knoxville)

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Drum And Bass
• Oldschool Jungle
• Jungle
• Hardcore
• Breakbeat
• The American Jungle
• Lesson Learned Productions
• Denver
• Knoxville
• Sharpshooter
• Xplicit
• Smash Brothers
• DMX
• Evenflo
• Zane
• Mystical Influence
• Nero
• Fury
• Dieselboy
• Hype
• MC Daddy Earl
• Beta Nightclub
• NC-17
• Kryteria
• Knoxville Soundsystem
• Solanum
• Borg
• Bass Disciples
• DbL tRbL
• Syllable
• Figure
• AK1200
• Terravita
• Marcus Visionary

[TheAmericanJungle]

THANK YOU for your feedback, and the wonderful contacts we have linked up with from the launching of the last two teasers! It has been incredible to be able to talk and listen to so many with the same love and passion for this genre of music! I know everyone wants to see this film show what they believe to be jungle or junglist and we shall do our best. The teaser has fulfilled it's purpose on what we are going for, and that is to be unbiased and get as much info from legit contacts as possible.

[TheStarrskye]

I can't help but recognize the misconceptions here. Real JUNGLIST don't wear fish net panties. In fact, we usually don't even tend to allow these goo-goo ho's on our stage. The stage is set up for none other than "The Dj" god forbid. As a veteran junglist/dnb Dj I can't help but feel like this documentary is going to be geared more toward the new-school......

[TheAmericanJungle]

@TheStarrskye This documentary is not a conceptual "to what you believe personally is a junglist" movie. The unbelieveable fact remains that we were filming at actual jungle parties, as big name jungle and drum and bass dj's were reppin the latest sickest dnb they got, when these beautiful girls actually WERE on stage ;) Unfortunately we can not time travel to capture the past for you but we will document the current scene and cover history as best as possible #past-present-future

[thedjartillery]

Im confused. Is this movie going to be about Jungle, or dubstep?

[TheAmericanJungle]

@thedjartillery ...

[thedjartillery]

@TheAmericanJungle Not trying to be a clown, but I heard quite a bit of drumstep/dubstep, or whatever the fuck you wanna call it. I realize a lot of cats are using drumstep breaks in their tunes, but I was just expecting more JUNGLE, brah.

[TheAmericanJungle]

@thedjartillery It is just the teaser, we still have along year ahead of us and a lot of cities to film in. It is our goal to show the North American Drum & Bass/Jungle scene and ALL its diversity, from the massives to dive bars, artist to the fan, raga to drumstep, and coast to coast. Our whole film crew consist of old school junglist, artist, and dj's with 10+ years in the scene. We apologize to all who are concerned about the use of drumstep in this teaser, but it is inevitably a part of DNB.

[mseasy]

Team Ez <3

[MicRems1]

Also, MUCH RESPECT goes out to my SoCal producers, Drum & Bass heads and supporters. Respect and Bassrush/Insomniac gets major props and should definitely be highlighted for your documentary.

[youtub3suck]

dubstep is gonna die off eventually. jungle / dnb is where its at! not dumbstep!!

[TheAmericanJungle]

@mseasy back at ya girls! ;)

[TheAmericanJungle]

@MicRems1 agreed