Dude, you had a really good post until you started talked
about when terms changed and why this happened.
here is a quick breakdown in the evolution:
breakbeat into jungle into drum n bass into... hopefully 2
step gayrage wont be the conclusion here. I guess after drum
n bass had rather fully evolved from "jungle"
(stereotypically noted by the overt use of ragga samples),
there was alot of splintering and redefining of the genre of
dnb. this was an evolution of the music, sparked sometimes
by one group creating new sound or a new piece of
technology which inabled new sounds to be created.
"racism" and the fear of not PC enough for MTV/VH-1 had
absolutely nothing to do with the evolution of the music,
the styles, the fusion or the title given to the genre.
now, as for aphex twin's audio lightbulb album being the
best dnb (on the idm tip), this is a good notion, although
squarepusher's feed me weird things definately overpowers
it by some measure. Please also check out T-power's
Waveforms album, which certainly has tunes which could not
be considered overly repetitive, boring or played out.
Dan Robitaille
SA - STL
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From: jon anderson <pyrrhonist2@yahoo.com>
Cc: djohn1@home.com
Subject: a "good d&b" recommendation
you say that the "jungle" you've checked out is too
repetitive? "jungle" is what they called d&b until i
think 1994, when someone said that it was a racist
term. so i guess you're referring to the older
styles, like the sort of hardcore rave sounding stuff
or stuff with raga elements and the speeded up vocals
and stuff...
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