quoted 5 lines Aaron Michelson wrote:>Aaron Michelson wrote:
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>> 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 :)
At 09:38 PM 12/20/95 -0500, <gd@interramp.com> wrote:
quoted 4 lines main pulses fall on the downbeat of 1 (the kick and the roll), and>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".
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quoted 7 lines Obviously the instrumentation is quite different than most jungle,>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.
A defining characteristic of jungle is its use of the break, invented by
jazz (drummers), used by hip-hop (samplers) and built upon by jungle
(sequencers). The sounds you mention are surface traits that are evolved on
a day-to-day basis and the rhythms are basic syncopation exercises that are
among the first 5 drumset patterns a fledgling percussionist learns and have
been used by most forms of music at one time or another. It's the cut that
matters; the rest is (fucking tasty) ear-candy.
eh
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