A likkle junglist dictionary, originally posted by illithid on 4 Apr 2004 in the Jungle Scene forum: Watch the Ride- Watch how the needle is riding on the decks (turntables).. Listen to the way the music is playing.. careful with the needle. Careful, mind how your going somewhere. Careful how your riding a bus , [...]
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Shabba Ranks, Lady Saw, Jr Reid +More [Photos from CaribbSumFest 08]
This is an old post using an older gallery function. If it works, you get to peep some pix from the CaribbeanSummerFestival this summer – Shabba Ranks, Lady Saw, Junior Reid, Baby Cham and Warrior King……
Featuring: CaribbSumFest · concert · dancehall · deejay · fotos · live
Dubstep Sessions Vol 1 Mix By Hatcha Is EleMENTAL
SWrecords and Aphex:Recordings present… Dubstep Sessions Vol 1 “Dubstep is a sound that will literally stop you in your tracks, itfs so powerful and elemental.” Mary Anne Hobbs “The latest development in British dance music… ready to conquer the world” Gervase De Wilde, The Daily Telegraph Dubstep’s roots are a mixture between the UK Garage [...]
Featuring: diaspora · dub · dubstep · Hatcha · soundsystem culture · UK
Bong-Ra, Bizzy + Darqwan Bios From Planet Mu
Planet Mu artist bios for Darqwan, Bizzy B and Bong Ra… Darqwan : Oris produces as Darqwan, DQ1 and RS4… He’s based in Sheffield, Steel City, home of his seminal label Texture. A serious vinyl collector by the age of 8 and hardcore raver at 15, Oris began playing out at 16 and fast cultivated [...]
Featuring: breakcore · current artists · jungle · record labels · yardcore
From Dancehalls To Teknivals – A Short History
Musikal Resistance: A Short History (I) This paper was originally presented as an informal talk at the Rebelstar Activist Retreat, Crescent Beach, BC, Canada on November 26th, 2001. Musikal Resistance: A Short History (I) History. Rave Culture began at the juncture of several political social movements. i) Jamaican Dub Soundsystem Culture of the 70s/80s ii) [...]
Featuring: electronic music · history · Jamaican · rave · soundsystem culture · TAZ · UK · US
Dirty Harry, Negusa Negast + Steve Bedlam Forward The Reggae Revolution
Dirty Harry drops some history on us, via the KingBeatSound website. He talks about how he got into soundsystem culture, how Steve Bedlam and Negusa Negast brought the reggae/dancehall/jungle ting to the London party scene and how he established KingBeatSoundsystem in ’99 and found his niche alongside raging teknivals…. DIRTY HISTORY… KINGBEATSOUNDSYSTEM’s owner/ production manager [...]
Featuring: Bedlam Sound · Dirty Harry · history · KingBeat · Negusa Negast · RDK Hi-Fi · soundsystem culture · teknival · UK
Resources For Aspiring BIG Sounds
BIG Sound resources: http://www.speakerplans.com/ http://www.noisecontrolaudio.com/
Featuring: soundsystem culture · speaker boxes
Bristol’s Shady Past And Dark Arts
Excerpt from Wiki about Bristol’s underground: History of the Bristol Underground scene Bristol has long been a multicultural city. In the 1950s and 1960s there were waves of immigration that made Bristol one of the most racially diverse cities in the UK. This mix included greater access to new strands of music such as reggae. [...]
Featuring: Bristol · history · immigration-emmigration · Massive Attack · racism · riots · underground
Congo Natty Is Serious About Jungle Music
From the Official Congo Natty website: I & I music is to praise Haile Selassie I Jah Rastafari making a joyful noise unto the Lord, for it is Jah who has made I & I. Jah Rastafari sends his children a positive vibration that manifests through drumming (Nyahbingi) and chanting (Singing). The drum patterns of [...]
Featuring: Africa · Congo Natty · drumming · jungle · lineage · Nyahbingi · Rastafari
The Modernization Of Reggae Riddims
The Month In Reggae/Dancehall as published monthly on Pitchfork. The latest installment discusses Ragga Twins and The Bug in a way that complements my research today. Thus, here are excerpts for future reference: Wed: 06-18-08 The Month In: Reggae / Dancehall The Month In by Dave Stelfox To this end, respected reissue and archive label [...]
Featuring: culture · dancehall · jungle · riddims · updated riddims