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  • čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
  • Back in January, University Challenge presenter Amol Rajan became an unlikely hero when he said "I can't accept drum & bass. We need jungle, I'm afraid."
    The teams had been asked to name the genre born from the '90s UK rave scene and reggae sound system culture. After the writer Nathan Filer uploaded the clip to X, the moment went viral and reignited an age-old debate: what exactly makes something jungle?
    Our latest film explores the story of jungle, from its myriad roots to the present day; the sound's unique characteristics and stylings; how it infiltrated the mainstream with tracks like "Original Nuttah" by Shy FX and UK Apache; and how, alongside the genre's pioneers, artists like Nia Archives and Shy One are passing it down to the next generation.
    00:00 - Intro
    00:49 - The Musical Foundations of Jungle
    02:14 - The US Electronic Influence
    03:46 - The Sound System
    05:56 - The Jungle Formula
    06:08 - Bass
    06:36 - Breakbeats & Drum Patterns
    07:34 - Vocal & Melodic Samples
    08:36 - Sound Effects
    09:36 - Timestretching
    10:39 - Ragga Influence
    Music in order of appearance:
    System Ex - Mindgames (Dub Mix) (1994)
    Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Sweet Dreams (1983)
    Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia (1979)
    Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant (1977)
    The Specials - Ghost Town (1981)
    Big Daddy Kane - Raw
    Soul II Soul - Fairplay
    Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
    James Brown - Funky Drummer
    John Coltrane Quartet - My Favorite Things
    The Heptones - Book Of Rule
    Capleton - Belly Come
    Theme from Love Story
    Chaba Fadela - N'sel fik
    Frankie Knuckles - Your Love
    Model 500 - NO UFO'S
    A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
    DJ Seduction - Come On
    Lennie De Ice - We Are I.E.
    2 Bad Mice - Bombscare
    LTJ Bukem - Logical Progression
    Splash - Babylon
    Oblivion - Last Dance
    The Winstons - Amen Brother
    4Hero - Parallel Universe
    Lynn Collins - Think (About It)
    DJ Pulse - So Fine
    The Incredible Bongo Band - Apache
    Goldie - Inner City Life
    LTJ Bukem - Music
    Jill Jones - Mia Bocca Extended
    A Guy Called Gerald - Like A Drug
    Paul Johnson - Intimate Friends
    Tom & Jerry - Airfreshner
    Sound Of The Future - The Lighter
    Shy FX - Just An Example
    Johnny Jungle - Johnny
    Johnny Jungle - Johnny 94 (Dillinja Remix)
    Origin Unknown - Valley Of The Shadows
    Remarc & Lewi Cifer - Ricky
    Goldie - Terminator
    Amazon II DJ Aphrodite - Beat Booyaa ! Remix (1994)
    Blame & Justice - Nemesis (1994)
    Formula 7 - Dark Star
    Red Light - Selekta
    DJ Krome & Mr Time - The Licence (Krome & Time Remix)
    Cutty Ranks - Limb by Limb (Original Mix)
    Cutty Ranks - Limb By Limb (DJ SS Remix)
    Top Cat - Gallist
    DJ Nut Nut Ft. Top Cat & Frankie Paul - Special Dedication (Ladies Mix)
    Papa Lover - General Degree
    Papa Lover - General Degree (Stretch Remix)
    General Levy - Mad Them
    M Beat Ft. General Levy - Incredible
    UK Apache & Shy FX - Original Nuttah
    LTJ Bukem - Atlantis (I Need You)
    Production:
    Producer - Sophie Misrahi
    Writer - Julia Toppin
    Script Editor - Tom Gledhill
    Narrator - Keisha Forte-Hercules
    Editors - Sophie Misrahi, Guy Clarke
    Sound Mix - Guy Clarke (www.guy-audio.com)
    Motion Graphics - Dan Derham
    Archive footage:
    Thomas Mitchell
    BBC Two
    FckYouThought
    HYBE LABELS
    JungleSoundclash
    Underground inna Moss Side
    24H Canal + - Jungle and Drum & Bass in London
    A London Somet'ing Dis
    Sounds of the West
    Our Jamaican Problem
    RA Exchange 599
    Talkin' Headz - The Metalheadz Documentary
    Ajm080 - Midwest Rave Footage 1994-95
    WHTSOXX74 - Chicago House Music (85-88)
    Soul Control Manchester
    JAH SHAKA - 1979 Vintage Ting - Steven Joseph Birchenough
    Jah Shaka 90' documentary from ARTE VOST
    DON SINCLAIR REGGAE VIBES
    Goodfellas (Film)
    Sirens (TV show)
    Marked For Death (Film)
    Boyz N The Hood (Film)
    How Clubbing Changed the World
    Subtle Radio
    Nia Archives Sound of BBC
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Komentáře • 961

  • @MilesTwoNine
    @MilesTwoNine Před 2 měsíci +983

    The amount of iconic tunes in this video is mad

    • @RskeDwg
      @RskeDwg Před 2 měsíci +2

      Was just thinking the same! 🔥

    • @hisamezero3388
      @hisamezero3388 Před 2 měsíci +21

      LTJ Bukem and Valley of shadows

    • @universalvibe72
      @universalvibe72 Před 2 měsíci +9

      That's how you make a popular video and make yourself seem like you know what's going on.

    • @christianfilloux
      @christianfilloux Před 2 měsíci +11

      Some wouklld even say, massif

    • @Inbraneinthememsane
      @Inbraneinthememsane Před 2 měsíci

      Drumn Bass is a loser Genre for drug junkies

  • @SuperSealMan777
    @SuperSealMan777 Před 2 měsíci +537

    I think I i speak for everyone when I say we want more of these docs for more genres. Insanely well produced wow.

    • @fredfred2363
      @fredfred2363 Před měsícem +4

      Agreed. A huge amount of research went into this vid.
      The levels of background knowledge presented here is insane. Top producer levels of understanding, along with an innate ability to present the info in an easy to understand way.
      Great video.

    • @existextinct
      @existextinct Před měsícem

      No. Nobody needs to know about this underground scene. That's why ours dope to begin with. More docs means mainstream access. Makes stuff suck.

    • @existextinct
      @existextinct Před měsícem

      @@fredfred2363 no.

    • @MtJochem
      @MtJochem Před měsícem +3

      @@existextinct The fact that this starts off with an viral meme makes you think there is very little 'underground' about the scene, is there?

    • @jaimebondoza3710
      @jaimebondoza3710 Před 14 dny

      @@existextinct oh come now do you live on the internet since covid? do you understand what 'massive' means? go to a huge out of control renegade party and come back here with the same sentiment all you want to be in is a year where everything is popping off

  • @DocScott31
    @DocScott31 Před 2 měsíci +302

    5:04 Those are my hands going through the records ... 😂 ... good job on the mini-doc RA.

    • @mistamowgli513
      @mistamowgli513 Před 2 měsíci +18

      Oh look, it's the OG Ghostface killa & Shadow Boxer himself! HERE COME THE DRUMZ!

    • @liquidpodcast
      @liquidpodcast Před 2 měsíci +10

      Looks like You were looking for a specific 12" very very "under time pressure".
      Thank You Mr @DocScott31 For Making This World a Better Place.
      For the all these Years

    • @nickrails
      @nickrails Před 2 měsíci +11

      Yo is this actually Doc Scott??!!! Dude, you're a legend from my 90s uni days!

    • @jeffredd9965
      @jeffredd9965 Před 2 měsíci +6

      Doc Scott - The Legend.

    • @arnavium31
      @arnavium31 Před 2 měsíci +3

      The legend himself

  • @plus160
    @plus160 Před 2 měsíci +1218

    How can a 15-minute report from Resident Advisor be better, more informative, with a representative musical selection, than an entire documentary from Drum & Bass Arena?

    • @oskar_oskarewicz
      @oskar_oskarewicz Před 2 měsíci +106

      Because DnB Arena doc assumed that you already have this knowledge and started covering the genre history from 1995 if I recall properly ;)

    • @alexanderfavell
      @alexanderfavell Před 2 měsíci +37

      Concise, slight romanticized vs big brand nostalgia. Both equally enjoyable. The former is easier to get across to the layman.

    • @okdigital151
      @okdigital151 Před 2 měsíci

      DNBA sucks stamina is a cuk LOL RAZOR

    • @dnch
      @dnch Před 2 měsíci +16

      @@oskar_oskarewicz because DNB arena kids werent even alive before then

    • @Maffer_
      @Maffer_ Před 2 měsíci +60

      Who cares? This was great. It’s not a competition bruv it’s just music. Enjoy it

  • @MedlifeCrisis
    @MedlifeCrisis Před 2 měsíci +144

    Absolutely outstanding. I’ve long wanted more docs on d&b and jungle’s history. One of my favourite chapters in musical history but because not so big in the US, it’s not received that high end Netflix treatment. This is awesome, would love a 2 hour version!

    • @kisnpisn4919
      @kisnpisn4919 Před 2 měsíci +14

      the doc is a junglist aswell and he‘s not even being sarcastic about it! this is amazing. big ups 🙌

    • @jabarwicaksonosukmasae6227
      @jabarwicaksonosukmasae6227 Před 2 měsíci

      @@kisnpisn4919our cardiologist need some good tunes to raise those heartbeat

    • @BeatCultureLDN
      @BeatCultureLDN Před 2 měsíci +1

      Incoming. End of 2024 on Hyper-D 🙌

    • @TheLondonRunner
      @TheLondonRunner Před 2 měsíci +5

      Netflix could never make something as good as this doc. They'd fill it with style over actual substance, as with everything else

    • @MedlifeCrisis
      @MedlifeCrisis Před 2 měsíci +6

      @@TheLondonRunner I dunno man the first two seasons of Hip Hop Evolution were great. I would love something like that for the UK scene

  • @lorcanjackson-mclaughlin8165
    @lorcanjackson-mclaughlin8165 Před 2 měsíci +231

    This video is perfection, one of the best short documentaries I have watched.

    • @kebabylon
      @kebabylon Před 2 měsíci +3

      JUNGLE IS MASSIVE!!!

    • @skyex
      @skyex Před 2 měsíci

      Have you seen the one about the Amen Break? If not, I highly recommend it.

  • @bigMax1337
    @bigMax1337 Před měsícem +26

    I'd watch TV again if we had documentaries like this

  • @9521jan
    @9521jan Před 2 měsíci +177

    The only bad thing about this video is that it ends. I have not seen something so good in a very long time. Instantly added to favorites. Having the list of tracks was like the cherry on top. ❤❤❤

    • @gruskymeerkat11
      @gruskymeerkat11 Před 2 měsíci +5

      Its a great video, but it definitely should have mentioned something about Drum n' Bass. Especially because the clip starts with that gal mentioning DnB. They should have mentioned how DnB evolved from jungle. It didn't have to be in depth, and maybe they are making a documentary about DnB, but literally one or two sentences about DnB at the end would have made it perfect.

    • @kode-man23
      @kode-man23 Před 2 měsíci +3

      I know! I was ready to settle in for 60+ minutes haha. Quality stuff here.

    • @n8spectacular
      @n8spectacular Před 2 měsíci +1

      So true! My 19 month old danced through the entire thing!!! Jungle never dies!!!!

  • @yoshimitchsu8855
    @yoshimitchsu8855 Před 2 měsíci +49

    "Often creating a sense of intensity, chaos, melancholy...or terror" is another great potential sample!

  • @armchairproductions
    @armchairproductions Před 2 měsíci +89

    3:32 My animation from about 1993 when I was a VJ at loads of the big raves. I wonder where they found this?

  • @kelvin000uk
    @kelvin000uk Před měsícem +17

    Really enjoyed the video but it didn't explain how it considers drum & bass differs from jungle and hence why the University Challenge question was deemed incorrect. I'm 57y and remember "jungle" being used for tracks by Shut Up & Dance and on the Tribal Bass label from 1990 onwards. But I'm sure we called Goldie's Timeless "drum & bass". Same for Guy Called Gerald, LTJ Bukum etc. It was a broader term that also took in the more electronic, less breakbeat, sound they were producing. Interesting to hear different perspectives though.

    • @noxiousdow
      @noxiousdow Před měsícem +3

      True, I remember Goldie's Timeless being referred to both as jungle and drum and bass. I think it represents the fuzzy boundary between the 2 quite nicely, if you ignore the fact that drum and bass can be an umbrella catch-all term for both like you said. Listening back to Goldie now in modern times it seems to me to be more jungle than drum and bass just because of the speed, which I think is the main difference if indeed you want to try and disentangle them. Jungle was slower, and that allowed time and space for much more complicated rhythms than later dnb. And the complexity of those rhythms meant that you could listen to jungle in 2 ways: either as something fast and frenetic or slow and flowing, depending on what mood you were in and how you chose to interpret it at any given moment. That's what makes jungle more interesting than faster drum and bass for me, and it's the syncopation that makes me want to get up and dance.... or I would if I wasn't middle-aged and flabby.

  • @mytelevisionisdead
    @mytelevisionisdead Před 2 měsíci +102

    Holy f everything in this video is A+!! The music, the edits, the video, the story, the information, the narration! Amazing

    • @smartgenes1
      @smartgenes1 Před 2 měsíci

      But it's all wrong if you think this defines what jungle is and d&b is. Many of these tracks are d&b and were at the time - Babylon Splash, Red Light, the Krome & Time Licence remix etc.

  • @aaroncarter8845
    @aaroncarter8845 Před 2 měsíci +98

    Wtf, this is an unbelievably beautiful video, so much love has gone into this! Interviews blend with the music and graphics, like the whole film is its own jungle track. Props to the editors, this is a work of art!

    • @johnnymatter93
      @johnnymatter93 Před 2 měsíci +2

      I recognise the Dillinja interview from the Metalheadz documentary that was out around 96.

  • @andrewkendall7814
    @andrewkendall7814 Před 2 měsíci +19

    The opening bit suggested the video was going to make a distinction between Jungle and Drum and Bass. But it didn't - never mind. Actually, the proliferation of Jungle in the early 90s was really due to the technology: Affordable samplers.

    • @elduderino3120
      @elduderino3120 Před měsícem +3

      Everything you heard in the video was jungle, while DnB typically uses the step drum pattern. That’s the biggest single difference.

    • @elduderino3120
      @elduderino3120 Před měsícem +1

      @@mhm9868 I agree with Brown Paper Bag - forgot that was in there - but everything else was Jungle. What else do you think was DnB and NOT Jungle from that playlist?

    • @elduderino3120
      @elduderino3120 Před měsícem

      @@mhm9868 I never heard anyone use the term Drum'n'Bass until '95-'96. At first it just sounded like another marketing gimmick (remember Hardstep?). Everything I heard from '93-'94/'95 with breakbeats was Jungle.

    • @lambd01d
      @lambd01d Před 20 dny

      @@elduderino3120 With jungle, the beats were complex and the bass was fairly simple(typically just a sub). The switch to drum n bass was the adoption of the two step( eg Pulp Fiction) and more complex basslines( especially reeses).

  • @MooThing
    @MooThing Před 2 měsíci +46

    This is excelent. I've been a jungalist since the mid 90's and I still learn things from this. Hats of to you.

  • @ashleighnoel9857
    @ashleighnoel9857 Před 2 měsíci +48

    ❤🎉Junglist for life. Its in my soul, it moves me! The dance it produces from my body is so fun and exciting. Nothing like Jungle, those off beats, the sound of nature 💚💃🏾🥁💥

  • @BantamsOnline
    @BantamsOnline Před měsícem +7

    As someone who was into it in the 90’s. Clear as mud then. Hard not to argue it’s the reggae sample that sets jungle apart from just being breakbeat or drum & bass. Think the problem more is that there’s so many genres. Especially now.

  • @brooksyoutube
    @brooksyoutube Před 2 měsíci +30

    totally sick documentary im gonna show this to my children after they are born

  • @TrevKen
    @TrevKen Před 2 měsíci +35

    Good stuff. I still think they should have accepted "drum and bass" as they're synonymous in most cases.
    A better question would have been "what makes something NOT drum and bass" to answer their question properly.

    • @spacemant4482
      @spacemant4482 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Agree

    • @donach9
      @donach9 Před 2 měsíci +7

      You can distinguish between them sometimes but there's huge overlap and they grew from the same scene.
      But even if you do distinguish them, I would say both A Guy Called Gerald and Goldie made tunes on both sides of that divide and they should have got the point.

    • @smartgenes1
      @smartgenes1 Před 2 měsíci +7

      ​@@donach9 There's not really much of a divide in truth. The only divide is the more raggaish 94 sound with less break editing, when it began to switch in 95 it was more of a return to the 93 style. By 95 most people used d&b to refer to all tunes, even the 94 ragga ones, which you could begin to call a sort-of subgenre 'jungle'. Since d&b didn't exist in 93 to refer to the stuff like Bizzy B, Invisible Man, Goldie, it could never be used to refer to those older tunes. The new sound was more digital, more edited, more timestretching, a cleaner sound. Tech-step started to take over late95-early 96 and some people think that is what d&b was but it certainly wasn't in 95.

    • @ollyod2
      @ollyod2 Před 2 měsíci

      @@donach9100%

    • @eoghanclark165
      @eoghanclark165 Před 2 měsíci +2

      ​@@smartgenes1 nicely put

  • @gtabro1337
    @gtabro1337 Před 2 měsíci +53

    I appreciate the list of music used, I can never have enough jungle and dnb in my collection.

  • @dark108x
    @dark108x Před 2 měsíci +7

    One of the best vids on jungle I've seen! But... the influence of Belgian (and NYC) hardcore techno is critically overlooked. It was this that gave the vital 'vroooommm!' that carried raving from the euphoric house of the 80s into the frenetic experience of the 90s, and there's no doubting what a crucial element a well used hoover can be in sending the dancefloor into a frenzy. System X - Mindgames at 1:01 is a great example.

    • @MrSelectabwoy
      @MrSelectabwoy Před 2 měsíci +1

      Good shout this. Belgian & US techno samples were a critical piece of the Terminator EP and much of the earlier Reinforced stuff, among a ton of other early hardcore/jungle techno

    • @FluxTrax
      @FluxTrax Před měsícem +1

      It was to a great deal Fabio & Grooverider's selections that laid a lot of the foundation for D&B and that featured stuff like Photon - "Security" by Hans Olav Grøttheim (of Y.B.U fame)

    • @lambd01d
      @lambd01d Před 20 dny +1

      The Belgians had a pretty healthy electronic scene in the 80s- EBM and New Beat, so it's not really surprising that they adopted US techno and made their own sound.

  • @nowolwo2745
    @nowolwo2745 Před 2 měsíci +88

    Fantastic little documentary, proper giving me the feels! Big respect for whom ever put this together 💥🔥🔥🔥💚

  • @panoply1886
    @panoply1886 Před 2 měsíci +64

    Great video, and Keisha is a wonderful narrator.

  • @El-Burrito
    @El-Burrito Před měsícem +3

    This is like a professional bite-sized documentary, feels like something I'd watch on TV. Great video!

  • @dumafuji
    @dumafuji Před 2 měsíci +45

    This was really well done. Short but right on and totally engaging. I still love those endless ragga jungle flips. At the time they started to feel stale, but there is a lot of great programming going on in a lot of them.

  • @MagnumDB
    @MagnumDB Před 2 měsíci +47

    6:14 - I ran around much of New York City, looking for the Metalheadz documentary just so I could see Dillinja at work. I was disappointed at how short his segment was. But still so memorable.

    • @DJKaBz1
      @DJKaBz1 Před 2 měsíci +2

      There’s another documentary about the valve system made by Dillinja and lemon D

    • @MagnumDB
      @MagnumDB Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@DJKaBz1 Why the hell haven't you put that in front of my eyeballs right now?!?

    • @DJKaBz1
      @DJKaBz1 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@MagnumDB it’s on CZcams I seen it ;)

    • @WokeSpokes
      @WokeSpokes Před 2 měsíci

      @@DJKaBz1 I've seen it somewhere, freakn mad. Dili for life.

  • @rakun5510
    @rakun5510 Před 2 měsíci +31

    for me as a junglist this video just became the sweetest video on yt

  • @darthcheeseburger
    @darthcheeseburger Před 2 měsíci +18

    Fantastic documentary! I was trying hard to explain to a Business colleague last night what Jungle is and the timing couldn't be more perfect. Just sent them this video!

  • @MAAATIX
    @MAAATIX Před 2 měsíci +9

    It's funny how after rediscovering my passion for electronic music at the age of 15 I had finished basic DJ course, forgot about it for several years, went through creating a rock band as a drummer at 18, going through that with a passion only for breaks, and now with rediscovering all that jungle power again at the age of 20 I've just went back to my place and said "now I'm ready to go professional", meaning to do a jungle/breakcore mix for my final exam.
    Jungle is just something that you hold on to, if you have appreciated at least once in a proper way during your lifetime. It feels like it could stick to one's life forever. What a wonderful feeling

    • @reggieking1045
      @reggieking1045 Před měsícem +1

      Well i've just celebrated my 30th year of a daily jungle/dnb obsession ( started in 1994 in the first year of high school when i was 13 years old) so it's certaintly stuck to my life and i feel like it always will. I like other types of music aswell but nothing comes close to the rush and euphoric feelings that dnb jungle gives me.
      I regularly have big all day jungle sessions with a few spliffs and just forget about the world. 30 years deep and still f**king loving it.

    • @MAAATIX
      @MAAATIX Před měsícem

      @@reggieking1045 yeah man, I feel you. That strangely brings back the belief in people xd
      I feel like it's gonna take another spin in the music industry pretty soon, although there is a famous Russian rapper who went viral 2015-2018 with partially jungle/dnb motives, and there is also another rapper who raps alike jungle MC with him having actual jungle, and he is much appreciated by soccer fans. No worries, I'll take my part in trying to make it great again, if not as an artist, but at least as a DJ 🤙
      Good vibes, bro!

  • @Augnos
    @Augnos Před 2 měsíci +97

    Holy shit this is such an incredible video!

    • @poeperdjelieven
      @poeperdjelieven Před 2 měsíci +2

      check that uk sound from bearinguk, is even better

  • @garfieldsam
    @garfieldsam Před měsícem +2

    I love how simultaneously reverent and economical this mini doc is. Thank you. I have such a deeper appreciation of Caribbean influence on popular culture and the grit, determination, and creativity that went into building jungle as a community (and other musical genres) after watching this

  • @bradleysteptoe6186
    @bradleysteptoe6186 Před 2 měsíci +18

    More in-depth RA Jungle content. Top, top

  • @lucianobolognese9762
    @lucianobolognese9762 Před 2 měsíci +25

    This should be a new series!

  • @6099x
    @6099x Před 2 měsíci +13

    ending with atlantis was so perfect - great video Resident Advisor

    • @travnewmatic
      @travnewmatic Před 2 měsíci +1

      Song fucked me up as a teenager, song still fucks me up now. I knew that song was special the first time I heard it.

    • @ollyod2
      @ollyod2 Před 2 měsíci

      Absolute masterpiece

  • @dnbradio
    @dnbradio Před 2 měsíci +11

    Very well done! I love that the Detroit techno scene was included!

  • @cl1xor
    @cl1xor Před 2 měsíci +13

    Wicked! Appreciate the detail in this vid. 30 years later it’s still fresh

  • @Notester82
    @Notester82 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Great mini documentary! :D Loved the visuals, all the detailing of how Jungle came to be, and the music picked out while talking about such (and thank you for listing it all in the description)!

  • @spngled8654
    @spngled8654 Před 2 měsíci +12

    Another documentary that gets it completely wrong, the predecessor of jungle was old school hardcore which dominated British nightlife for at least two years, hardcore was dominantly British but was a sound that producers the world over converged on in 1991 / 1992, it's influences were less about house and acid house and more about Belgian techno. It was never solely a second generation black scene, and neither were it's producers, it was a British working class musical movement.
    When jungle (previously called jungle techno) started to dominate the hardcore, it split primarily into jungle and happy hardcore, but other people headed towards techno which was taking off and house music though back then house and techno were much smaller scenes.
    Assuming that it was primarily a second generation black musical movement because the major influence is reggae is not accurate, there were plenty of white and asian producers across all the musical styles, there was never a black and white divide among fans of any of these genres, there was never a racial divide these were British working class musical movements. The generation we are talking about saw beyond race. Everyone partied together.
    Confusing all those genres at the beginning puts them all out of time.

    • @filled_soda
      @filled_soda Před měsícem

      👌🏻

    • @noxiousdow
      @noxiousdow Před měsícem

      I agree. It came out of stuff like Omni Trio and the ragga was just a particular flavour of it. There was a whole happy hardcore scene ongoing at the same time and I was never into it tbh. Plenty of white jungle producers around and Asian too, otherwise how would people like Talvin Singh have become popular later in the decade? The scene was multicultural and the whole point of it was that it transcended boundaries of race and brought young people together under one roof. The world needs something like that now more than ever.

  • @sgt.afrobeard
    @sgt.afrobeard Před 2 měsíci +1

    I love these little snippets of music history from RA. Keep ‘em coming!

  • @LaDeCR
    @LaDeCR Před 2 měsíci +2

    This was an amazing deep dive in just under 15 minutes - the memories i have of 90s London Jungle scene were unlocked the moment i heard those tunes again... so trip

  • @eria
    @eria Před 2 měsíci +10

    Thanks, RA! 27 years of love story with jungle and the butterflies are still all over me chest. 💚🖤

  • @blackrainbow6126
    @blackrainbow6126 Před 2 měsíci +4

    A fantastic documentary. Really well put together and produced.

  • @jlmafi
    @jlmafi Před 2 měsíci +2

    This is such an incredible video! So well done, no frills, perfect examples. Thank you RA!

  • @Dave1507
    @Dave1507 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I love these in depth, somewhat nerdy in the best sense documentaries!

  • @OuternationalUnderground
    @OuternationalUnderground Před 2 měsíci +3

    This is formidably put together. Respect.

  • @liquidpodcast
    @liquidpodcast Před 2 měsíci +4

    Thank You Resident Advisor Family for making this documentary.
    Long live jungle music & Big Up all the Junglist Kru Inna Di Place!

  • @brocklewis7624
    @brocklewis7624 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Holy shit the music in this 13 minute doc is beyond excellent. What an incredible curation of some incredible examples of the music discussed. An entire class could be taught on what is presented here. Fantastic.

  • @nekro9t2
    @nekro9t2 Před 2 měsíci +4

    that was actually a very well constructed and thought through analysis of the genre. i was surprised and not expecting this from RA

  • @user-lo3su2qj3t
    @user-lo3su2qj3t Před 2 měsíci +7

    This is such a concise and on point brilliant little documentary. As a older punky raver dj and free party head this makes me want to have a mix with my 90s jungle and breakbeat hardcore stuff 👊💪🔥🔥😊

  • @alwinbohmer1012
    @alwinbohmer1012 Před 2 měsíci +3

    This little doc is a true piece of art! Love it 🧡

  • @x2beaches
    @x2beaches Před měsícem +1

    Thank you so much. You crammed in so much information in 13 mins but tastefully so. I'm looking forward to learning more about this rich culture.

  • @olafstenzel8404
    @olafstenzel8404 Před 2 měsíci +10

    Brilliant little documentary. Forever love Jungle and Drum & Bass. Thank you!

    • @DJAndeKarmaRecordings
      @DJAndeKarmaRecordings Před 2 měsíci

      Have you heard any of the new stuff?

    • @olafstenzel8404
      @olafstenzel8404 Před 2 měsíci +2

      I constantly try to keep updated on Jungle and D'n'B but I still love to listen to the 90s stuff. Any recommendations?@@DJAndeKarmaRecordings

  • @corywithout
    @corywithout Před 2 měsíci +3

    So good! I love learning about the evolution of genres in general, but this was a fascinating and incredibly well produced overview.

  • @EyeSpyHiFi
    @EyeSpyHiFi Před 2 měsíci +4

    Compulsive viewing, what a great documentary.

  • @peterthehappywaiguoren
    @peterthehappywaiguoren Před měsícem +1

    Brilliant work on making this doc on the history on jungle. Thank you!

  • @24karatrecords61
    @24karatrecords61 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Fantastic video. Accurate and informative for those who might be new and trying to understand what Jungle is.

  • @FreeTacozYT
    @FreeTacozYT Před 2 měsíci +3

    Awesome piece of work. RA makes better docs than most of the news networks

  • @tronnyjeverton
    @tronnyjeverton Před 2 měsíci +7

    This is bloody awesome, thank you

  • @SpaceShipDalibor
    @SpaceShipDalibor Před měsícem +1

    The information in this video is Insane!! Well done and it reminds me of how Epically powerful Jungle was and is. 🔮 incredibly well put together. Thank you ✨

  • @buildingspeed8969
    @buildingspeed8969 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thank you so so much for the tracklist. Brings back so great memories 🙏

  • @macp5464
    @macp5464 Před 2 měsíci +20

    Not a single MFer better ask for a track ID. RA putting in ALL there work on this one. Absolutely fantastic video. Persistent goosebumps.

    • @johnnymatter93
      @johnnymatter93 Před 2 měsíci +1

      What’s the tune at the beginning?@0:52

    • @MrSelectabwoy
      @MrSelectabwoy Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@johnnymatter93System Ex - Mindgames (Dub Mix), there's an exhaustive tracklist provided in the description

    • @johnnymatter93
      @johnnymatter93 Před 2 měsíci

      @@MrSelectabwoy thanks. Mb for not reading it. Discog prices are interesting for this one!

  • @indobleh
    @indobleh Před 2 měsíci +3

    Nice one very enjoyable to watch, brings back lots of fun memories. The narrator is excellent, really told the story. Thank you.

  • @daywalkabout
    @daywalkabout Před 2 měsíci

    Amazing watch! Thank you for listing the songs out!!! 🤓

  • @robertbriggs5033
    @robertbriggs5033 Před 2 měsíci +1

    What an amazing video, so well produced thank you team for putting this together. Peace.

  • @DrTune
    @DrTune Před měsícem +6

    Shout out to "Voodoo Ray" which is in this vid for no reason other than it's such a deep spiritual root of the UK experimental sound, whether it be acid or jungle or hardcore or house or whateverthefuck. I love that record so much.

  • @iinciner8
    @iinciner8 Před 2 měsíci +4

    This is a masterpiece of a little documentary

  • @karma______
    @karma______ Před 2 měsíci +1

    Nia Archives turned me onto Jungle music. This video is so informative and the music goes way deeper than I would have ever known. Thank you

  • @jasonmfalconer
    @jasonmfalconer Před měsícem +2

    Nice vid RA. Happy you got the order correct about House ,black northerners then Balearic southerners. Oldest debate in history

  • @katherinekorniyenko1283
    @katherinekorniyenko1283 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Guys! Amazing vid, thank you! I adore jungle!

  • @sagardeshmukh7444
    @sagardeshmukh7444 Před 2 měsíci +10

    Incredible work!!

  • @mXENO
    @mXENO Před 2 měsíci

    Really impressed by all the work that went into this. Great overview, snippets, visual and motion design!

  • @JoshuaQuinn-tn2lx
    @JoshuaQuinn-tn2lx Před 2 měsíci +4

    Thanks for the tracks in the description. 👌👌

  • @noelwatson6893
    @noelwatson6893 Před 2 měsíci +8

    I truly enjoyed this.

  • @wendelinspegel2842
    @wendelinspegel2842 Před 20 dny

    This genre is my heart and soul. Thanks alot

  • @impauseable
    @impauseable Před měsícem

    So informative, inspiring and well written! Just brilliant, thank you RA! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @tusk1_
    @tusk1_ Před 2 měsíci +3

    Bravo on putting this together. What a great video.

  • @adamjones1780
    @adamjones1780 Před 2 měsíci +11

    Yessss fantastic and concise

  • @antiDesigns617
    @antiDesigns617 Před měsícem +1

    The dot pattern visual treatment of this video is so amazing - kudos to whoever developed this

  • @TheyCallMeMisterCool
    @TheyCallMeMisterCool Před 2 měsíci

    Never heard of this channel until now. Amazingly well put together video!

  • @motion2wanderlust
    @motion2wanderlust Před 2 měsíci +5

    Incredibly done! Long live Jungle!

  • @SoundboyStrange
    @SoundboyStrange Před 2 měsíci +6

    Splash - Babylon at 3:40 one of the best original jungle tracks

    • @smartgenes1
      @smartgenes1 Před 2 měsíci +1

      That's a d&b track. I know, I was into jungle/d&b all through the changing times.

  • @mtiice
    @mtiice Před měsícem +1

    The first jungle doc I've seen that covers everything I want it to, in perfect detail, with a perfect representitive selection of tunes.

  • @chefarito52
    @chefarito52 Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you for this. I love jungle with all my heart.

  • @N30p3tsluvR
    @N30p3tsluvR Před 2 měsíci +7

    iconic selection of track IDs thanks ra

  • @Potterzilla
    @Potterzilla Před 2 měsíci +6

    Monumental video. Originally clicked on the video expecting to be let down by another "newer/younger" interpretation, but I was blown away by this short documentary.
    No hate on newer and younger interpretations but it's ironically refreshing to see the real substance of what makes something jungle.

  • @ehfik
    @ehfik Před 2 měsíci +1

    wicked presentation. true education for the masses!

  • @RuffestChune
    @RuffestChune Před 2 měsíci +8

    WELL DONE RA .. Ta for this one

  • @sylarfx
    @sylarfx Před 2 měsíci +4

    not at all afraid to say BEAUTIFUL

  • @remodernist
    @remodernist Před měsícem

    Impeccable video, so well researched and produced. Props and thanks to the team behind it!

  • @iinciner8
    @iinciner8 Před 2 měsíci

    Bless you for putting the tracklist in the description too!

  • @theodorep9569
    @theodorep9569 Před 2 měsíci +5

    I always thought jungle was just rebranded to drum n bass after some negative press around the rave scene in the early 90s.
    Been listening for decades - they’re the same.

    • @TpXThinner
      @TpXThinner Před měsícem +1

      I disagree, I felt that when it started being called drum n bass, the chopped up breakbeat aspect started to be replaced by more simple drum beats (basically a sped up rock beat) and the focus became less on samples and ragga/reggae samples and more on higher quality weird atmospheric noises and bass modulation synth stuff etc...

    • @FluxTrax
      @FluxTrax Před měsícem

      But the departure from the amen choppage towards a 2steppy beat was originally a jungle thing, just check out every jump-up tune from 95-97. The harder tech-step sound still had the classic jungle pattern, albeit with heavy down pitched breaks and darker sound

  • @21daystill
    @21daystill Před 2 měsíci +17

    Jungle is massive. STILL underground in SE asia or I might not know enough people who listen to Dub/Jungle/DnB

    • @Theonly_Onyx
      @Theonly_Onyx Před 2 měsíci +1

      It's such a good feeling to still have a music culture rooted in authenticity

  • @a38226
    @a38226 Před 24 dny +1

    Props to those keeping the true Jungle sound alive today - Tim Reaper, Dwarde, Kid Lib, Coco Bryce, Fresh 86, Rupture etc etc

  • @douglasmatsenguest5337
    @douglasmatsenguest5337 Před 2 měsíci +9

    Loved it. But it didn’t answer the more interesting question , what defines the difference between jungle and drum and bass? The question is still open and not answered by the doco. Anyone ?

    • @jimmycpwalsh
      @jimmycpwalsh Před 2 měsíci +1

      It’s the funk

    • @vanessashaver8199
      @vanessashaver8199 Před 2 měsíci

      Drum and bass is mechanical, Jungle has soul... it's like the difference between House and Deep House, Trance and PsyTrance

    • @smartgenes1
      @smartgenes1 Před 2 měsíci

      @@vanessashaver8199 Wrong.

    • @PhatInAHat
      @PhatInAHat Před 2 měsíci +1

      The question in University Challenge was open enough that Drum & Bass was also a completely valid answer to it, and the team should have been awarded a point.

    • @CoolPizzaTown
      @CoolPizzaTown Před 2 měsíci +1

      The answer to that question is this. There were several incidents of people firing guns at raves between 94 and 95, and there were two relevant consequences to that: firstly, some smart promoters started telling nightclub owners, "oh no mate, my rave's not a jungle rave, it's a D&B rave" - because to do otherwise would have meant the end of a financial gravy train for those promoters. Secondly, at the same time, a group of producers thought, " I don't really like some of the directions this music is going in", so they got together and decided to consciously differentiate themselves from the parts of the scene which they didn't much care for anymore - which meant, among other things, choosing to classify their music under a different name, even though it was ultimately the same music. Fast forward 30 years later, and people think they ARE two different genres, when they are really two different styles of the same genre - in the same way that Miles Davis and Duke Ellington play different styles of jazz.

  • @sloppijussepi8479
    @sloppijussepi8479 Před 2 měsíci +18

    Wicked video, people need to know the roots of jungle

    • @alicezventures
      @alicezventures Před 2 měsíci +5

      ibiza crew were the roots really and the documentaries skip that era and go straight to bukem and others... it's a wicked description of jungle but not a wicked history lesson

    • @JimmyHandtrixx
      @JimmyHandtrixx Před 2 měsíci +5

      ​@@alicezventuresyes ibiza but also other acid djs who had come from the soundsystem scene...its almost pointless trying to give the true history of things when lemmings will believe this rubbish that explains nothing. the problem is they are made by ppl with no clue. genres like jungle are made out of dj lead scenes not producers. a dj takes records from all sorts of genres but those hand selected tracks have something in common to create a sound vibe what have you. anyway back to the sht show...

    • @MrSelectabwoy
      @MrSelectabwoy Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@alicezventuresSUAD/Ragga Twins didnt get a look in either, along with several others ... but with the focus being on foundational ingredients not artists, I think they did a fair job

    • @FluxTrax
      @FluxTrax Před měsícem +1

      I mean SUAD and Blapps Possee is a pretty good start. Britcore rap was often fast and worked together with the rave tunes, then also HipHouse since 1989 or earlier was basically about adding breaks to housebeats

  • @brainglow_lightbright
    @brainglow_lightbright Před 2 měsíci +1

    Jungle. The first style that got its hooks in me. From the UK to my ears in Upstate NY in the 90's.
    Bless up and thanks abound

  • @user-hb6iv4gw6u
    @user-hb6iv4gw6u Před 2 měsíci

    0:17 i ve got the toughest smile for months when i ve heard it for the first time. this calmness and confidence of the show runner, saying these iconic words is like a mirror how jungle relates to dnb. sorry for my english

  • @WokeSpokes
    @WokeSpokes Před 2 měsíci +4

    Great! But "why is drum n bass the wrong answer?" Is the eternal question that will never be answered!!!

    • @PhatInAHat
      @PhatInAHat Před 2 měsíci

      Indeed - it was actually a valid correct answer to the question and they should have been given the point.

    • @18b4sunrise
      @18b4sunrise Před 2 měsíci

      Yeah disappointed the video didn't actually go into the difference between the two, though in regards to the original question "reggae soundsystem culture" is the key phrase here

    • @PhatInAHat
      @PhatInAHat Před 2 měsíci

      @@18b4sunrise D&B also has roots in reggae soundsystem culture - the phrase 'Drum and Bass' used to be put on the B-Sides of reggae records in the 70s for the dub versions of tracks. King Tubby did this often. There was even a reggae label in the 80s called 'Drum & Bass Production'.

  • @user-ct6ps4sx8q
    @user-ct6ps4sx8q Před 2 měsíci +10

    Jungle - Drum & Bass - it's all the same. The names are something that evolved out of the melting pot of sounds at early 90's UK raves, coined by the MC's. "Jungle Techno" by Top Buzz Patrick (1991). "Jamming to the Rhythm of the Drum & the Bass sound" By MC Lenni (1992).
    I should add - I remember Lenni singing that while Groove played Demon's Theme as the last tune of his set in Brum, late 1992. Sound Evolution!

  • @rekocastren923
    @rekocastren923 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Beautifully done. My life at adolescent years, vinyl and raves. Music for your Mind, Body and Soul. BIG UP Junglists!