Tag: history
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Pirate Radio Was Jungle’s Social Network
Before streaming, before Bandcamp, before the algorithm, there were pirate radio stations and tape culture. The human network that put Jungle records in front of people who needed to hear them.
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The Amen Break: Six Seconds That Changed Jungle
Six seconds of drums on a 1969 soul B-side, chopped, pitched, stretched and rebuilt by every Jungle producer in the world. The story of the Amen break is the story of the genre.
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How Jungle Found Its Own Sound
The moment rave stopped sounding like rave and started sounding like Jungle: faster breaks, deeper bass, dub pressure, ragga vocals, and a sound system that knew what to do with all of it.