Saw Krust do a talk at the tate (rinse lates) and he was talking about various stuff. Kid asked him what synth he used to make the big boomy bass in warhead (clearly expecting a technical answer) and krust said “I’d plugged the leads in the wrong way round and the feedback made that, and I thought “that’s cool, so I sampled it - didn’t know what I was doing””. He was interesting to listen to.
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By chance someone sent me this earlier. Loads of classic jungle stuff in 30 mins.
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Sounds great at 33 too
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Probably my fave ever DnB tune, we battered it back in the day.
Shame what happened to AR’s career, apparently he fell out with a scene heavyweight and was blacklisted (for want of a better term) after that.
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Remember hearing it at Carnival one year and not being able to see properly as the bass was vibrating my eyeballs.
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I like his honesty
I was massively into Jungle in the mid 90s and had most of the early photek stuff on vinyl. I always found though it was a bit of a closed circuit with trying to dj, so much of what you heard out was dubplates, meaning it would be months or even years before it was released. Having said that it was in incredibly exciting time to go out and hear music for precisely the same reason. Two of my favourites from the time:
The a side has an amazing amen tune, but this pips it for me. Utterly beguiling!
I can remember Fabio playing this in the back room of the Q club in Birmingham before it was released and it getting at least one rewind if not more
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I also forgot to say that one of the things I liked best about Source Direct was the fact they looked like two stereotypical teenage oiks yet made the most fantastically complex and cerebral music
Wasn’t massively into the Bukem sound but loved this one, really dreamy & warm
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i never really went all in on drum & bass - i liked the jazzier or chiller stuff and there was just so much uh… ‘male energy’ around it at the time. the larger scene appeared to be a sort of arms race towards loud/frantic/aggro.
i liked this type of stuff - tonal bass drums, space in the mix, no over-reliance on the amen break.
yeah, LTJ bukem territory but still - it seemed a bit more cerebral than what was on offer around here. i used to joke that the US d&b scene was basically the heavy metal of electronic music.
Love that he gives a shout out to Alan Partridge & Paul Calf on the label lol
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Great track.
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very good, and… sadly expensive these days. why do i want to buy everything i hear and like?
where to start…?
mix wise, peak fabio in liquid mode if that’s your thing…
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As well as the smoother sounds of the Bristol crew also check their rougher, more jungley stuff on Dope Dragon records
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jungle has never really been a big thing in Glasgow, at least not the Glasgow I’ve grew up in and went clubbing in. You get the odd set where someone does 30 mins at the end of their four hours but generally you’ll hear breakbeats at 140 rather than 170.
So I’ve never really had a jungle ephiphany - it’s too fast to dance to for my ears acclimatised to the chug of disco and the stomp of house. What was your way into it, how did you go from admiring the production skills and fast-paced mixing into properly enjoying it as a nightclub listening experience? Even the stuff that I like and I know sounds good, it feels more like something I would listen to on headphones.
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Mostly the same for me being a more home listening thing. And usually just stuff recommended to me from friends that were into it.
Went to a couple of nights in London, but felt a bit too male dominated for my liking. Might just have been those nights right enough.