Sorry for the not-totally-relevant use of bandwidth, but I thought that
those of you with access to National Public Radio (NPR) may want to
check out the piece on Jungle which is running today (Monday 8/7).
The piece in general is pretty good and fairly accurate, describing the
family tree of jungle using samples and descriptions from the "genres"
techno, hardcore, reggae and ragga. The British guy narrating the 5 -
10 minute piece seemed to generally have a clue, and described the music
as an "exciting", "constantly evolving" style of music. Describes the
role of white labels, pirate radio , etc.
The only quote that kind of threw me at the end was when they described
jungle fans as "typically multiracial middlefield, disenchanted with the
faceless shape of other music forms" or some rigamamorole similar to
that. maybe i missed or misinterpreted his point.
thought some of you might have wanted to check it.
peeeeeeeeeeeeece,
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