A quote from Amol Rajan, host of the highbrow British quiz, has inspired a stream of samples in tracks – and invitations for him to perform live DJs and musicians looking for a new sound usually draw ...
“We need jungle…. We need jungle…. W-e-e-e-e-e n-n-e-e-e-e-d-d j-j-u-u-u-u-n-n-g-g-l-l-e…” On music social media and beyond it’s become a relentless refrain this last week, ever since the team from ...
Since it emerged from the UK rave scene in the early 1990s, drum 'n' bass has fractured into countless different sub genres and offshoot sounds. To the untrained ear, it might be hard to separate ...
Milled in the ferment of the uniquely British underground, jungle and drum & bass sounded simultaneously classic and future-bound. The musics drew their hooks from the multicultural hues of urban ...
Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter University Challenge host Amol Rajan has shared his delight after a question about dance music from a recent episode prompted budding ...
Historians aim to document small labels, record shops, pirate radio stations and clubs that helped scene thrive Chingford Sainsbury’s may be an unlikely setting for an encounter that helped capture a ...
AKA Singing Fats was one of the scene’s most distinctive voices, appearing on a number of the biggest anthems from the ‘90s MC Fats AKA Singing Fats (real name Wildale Spencer) one of jungle and drum ...
The images are taken from Who Say Reload, a book dedicated to the most influential jungle and drum 'n' bass tracks There's nothing like looking at old photos and footage of DJs and dancefloors that ...
Video game soundtracks from the ‘90s and early 00s have been experiencing somewhat of a revival in the last few years, largely thanks to the DJ sets and mixes on YouTube showcasing the very best ...
Something special happened in UK music in the early ‘90s. A new inner-city soundtrack was forming, fusing the last 20 years of Black music and youth culture. Reggae, rare groove, hip-hop, soul, acid ...
Calling all Jungle & Drum and Bass heads! Hagglers Corner debuts an all-nighter Jungle / DnB, as Kenzied (Surface Noise) takes over the TAKK Bar with a full-spectrum Jungle & Drum and Bass set to have ...