Aaron Michelson wrote:
quoted 3 lines No, actually. Speedy percussion loops should not necessarily be mistaken> No, actually. Speedy percussion loops should not necessarily be mistaken
> as jungle beats. I've found that jungle is very distinguishable from all
> other styles.... "stud" is definitely NOT jungle :)
Well, it definitely doesn't sound like most jungle, but I still
think it has a similar feel; listen to the placement of the kick
and that rolling sound. Assuming the bpm is around 120 or so, the
main pulses fall on the downbeat of 1 (the kick and the roll), and
then on the upbeat of 2 (the roll again). This is a common pattern
for kicks on a lot of jungle tracks, and (come to think of it) it
happens to be the kick pattern for "Second Bad Vilbel". The rolling
sound just fills out the space between the pulses, and implies a
jungle-type beat.
Obviously the instrumentation is quite different than most jungle,
but that doesn't mean we can't call the track jungl-ish, just as
parts of AHB1 sound similar to jungle but don't follow it precisely.
What makes jungle jungle? Does it just have to be high-pitched/tinny-
sounding drums (preferably a light kick and two or more snares) and
a dub bass line? To me the essence of the beat is more indicative;
it's not just a matter of speedy percussion, as you said. This is
why I'm not advocating that gabber should be called jungle...:)
GD