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>the rest of you care to try hands at characterising "jungle," I'm all
>ears (well, eyes...).
Well first of all, I don't understand why people categorise this sort of music
so severley. I saw a compilation recently that claimed it had only drum and bass
tunes and definitely no jungle. Is there really such a clear boundary between
these styles? I don't think so. I just see this music as sampling a breakbeat,
most often 'Amen brother' which I think is bloody excellent and I don't care if
people think it is used too much, and chopping it up to make a new rhythm but
sometimes the structure of the rhythm is left unchanged for some of the track.
Over the top is usually some melody or chords and maybe a simple vocal or some
samples.
Usually the style is hectic so it is good to dance to. Who was it who said it
was difficult to dance to? I disagree, especially the more mellow beats played
by LTJ Bukem and produced by PFM, Source direct and others. They have a regular
pattern that is easy to follow but by no means boring. The bass-line is a huge
factor in 'jungle' tracks. A common bass-line in almost every breakbeat track is
a simple sine wave with a repetitive pattern that repeats every 8 beats or so
which is extremely effective.
This definition of what a jungle track is like is not true of every track as
they can differ immensely. Some tracks are completely chopped up so that you
can't really dance to them but just go completely mental to the beats.
I hope this has enlightened you further.
-Ed