Disc of the day
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Magnificent late-'50s singles round-up that keeps on giving.
Features Disc of the day
Various
Rumble In The Jungle
(Soul Jazz, 2007)
Bespoke round-up of the Jamaican/UK ragga-raving sound.
In Brian Belle-Fortune’s sterling 1999 study All Crews Muss Big Up: Journeys Through Jungle / Drum & Bass Culture, he notes how the path to the largely instrumental, hi-tech drum and bass sound that followed was set when, “In early ’95, there was a conscious decision by the DJs, not to play anything ragga-oriented or with a full vocal.” And so the era of what was sometimes called Ragga Jungle was over. It’s a period that’s collected on this top drawer compilation, which sees the raw, fast sound of UK raving spliced with reggae bass and dancehall MCs. This 13-track set delivers blow after devastating blow - see how X-Project, AKA Tottenham’s Congo Natty, remixes the Barrington Levy/Beenie Man ganja track Under Mi Sensi into a startling clash of hip-hop, breakbeats, ragga and dub, or the unignorable sonic event that is DJ SS’s re-rub of Cutty Ranks’ trigger happy Limb By Limb. Other important names present include Shut Up And Dance and The Ragga Twins, both showing how this powerful sound came to be. And even though nothing here dates from after DJ Zinc’s 1995 banger Super Sharp Shooter, Rumble In The Jungle retains its feeling of love-it-or-run-out-the-door sonic adventure, as Cutty Ranks-loving Father Ted character Father Fintan Stack would agree.
Ian Harrison
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 01/10/2008
Further Listening
DJ Hype – Jungle Massive (WSM, 2001)
Various – Ragga Jungle Anthems Vol 1 (Greensleeves, 1995)
The Bug – Pressure (Rephlex, 2003)
Previous Disc of the day
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Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Magnificent late-'50s singles round-up that keeps on giving.
6:00 AM GMT 20/11/2009
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Isley Brothers - The Brothers: Isley
The Cincinnati siblings bed into their heavy period.
6:00 AM GMT 18/11/2009
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Lee Morgan - Search For The New Land
The trumpeter's most soulful excursion entrances MOJO messageboarder.
6:00 AM GMT 16/11/2009
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Excellent choice. May I also add for further listening pleasure "Jungle Hits vols 1-3" (Street Tuff). They were the first jungle/drum 'n' bass albums I ever bought back in the summer of '94 and the first volume even had a BBC TV documentary built around it. Good times although it seems a hell of a long time ago now.
This being the 20th anniversary of Acid House it'snt it time that Mojo did a major feature on the UK dance scene?
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Excellent choice. May I also add for further listening pleasure "Jungle Hits vols 1-3" (Street Tuff). They were the first jungle/drum 'n' bass albums I ever bought back in the summer of '94 and the first volume even had a BBC TV documentary built around it. Good times although it seems a hell of a long time ago now.
This being the 20th anniversary of Acid House it'snt it time that Mojo did a major feature on the UK dance scene?
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