But didn't the proto-junglists get their idea of upping the tempo from
Rotterdam?
It's funny that you mention hip-hop, because Wimbish and Le Blanc were
responsible for the backing tracks on a lot of material released by
Sugarhill Records as early as 1979, including Grandmaster Flash's "The
Message."
By the time they hooked up with Sherwood & Mcdonald (to form Tackhead) they
stormed Britain with electro-funk and their influence in the so-called roots
of hip-hop is probably what brought house-like structures to Britain in the
first place. Atleast that's what I understand.
I think it's clear that jungle had its roots in house and ragga, but I am
also coming to the conclusion that perhaps the Rotterdam influence has been
played down, so maybe that dude I talked to was right?
Another interesting angle is that house didn't jump directly from Detroit
and Chicago to Britain. It arguably first went to mainland Europe *then* it
hit Britain. So that's also another possibility where the Rotterdam sound
came from? And we all know that house was the bastard child of funk (via
Parliament) and Kraftwerk, so it's no wonder the Germans fell in love with
it.
Anyway, that's my rant...
quoted 14 lines Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 10:07:24 +0100
>Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 10:07:24 +0100
>To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>From: "somatics" <somatics@ntlworld.com>
>Subject: Re: [idm] OT: Rotterdam sound
>Message-ID: <00e701c0d79e$4cc5a600$e52efc3e@oemcomputer>
>
>jungle is the bastard son of uk hip hop & breaks , simple as that .
>it progressed from early 90's uk "hardcore" which fused breaks & Belgium /
>German techno influences . one of the first releases of "jungle" was on a
>label called IBIZA records. total drum n bass.
>
>somatics@ntlworld.com
>http://somatics.c8.com
>icq # 110698430
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