This blog is dedicated to the sounds of Future Jungle ,J-Tek,140 Jungle,Jungle Breaks,Hardcore Breaks,Dubstep,Breakstep,Nu Jungle,Jungle Tekno and Nu-Rave
Franz Von - What’s A Life Worth Soho - Hot Music (Jon Kwest & DJ Melo Remix) Black Riot - A Day In The Life - (Xian Juan Moobahcore Rethink) Inner City - Big Fun (Boyfriend Edit) E.S.P. - It's You Rmx (Jon Kwest Rmx) Mr Fingers - Washing Machine (Jon Kwest Rmx) Nitro Deluxe - This Brutal House (Disgraceland Rmx) Kevin Irving - Children of the Night (Secret Sauce Rmx) Adonis - No Way Back (DJ Melo Rmx) ???-Cold n Fresh Cherrelle & Alexander O'Neal - Saturday Love (Kingman Fire & Riot Earp Edit) Toronto Is Broken - Spirit Song 2012 (Galvatron Remix) Bright Lights -KANUFYEELITTT (Schoco Remix) Time Travel-Release & Sustain Cryogenics Ft Overseas - We Forget Truant -Shacklez Time Travel-Ancient Civilisation(Noise Mix) Duckem & Inf.inia - Devious (Insom Remix) Tim Reaper -When Me Cease & Sekkle -Vicious Creatures Alias Unknown -Leda Sega Ft Aaliyah Latifah - On Your Mind Block Dodger Ft MC Nuclear -Mothership 6Blocc And Wulf -Liquid Assassin Kjah -I Can’t Stop
DJ Twista - Rock This The Flashback Project - Invasion HYPER - We Control Leeroy Thornhill - 80s child The Prodigy VS Wiley VS Audiomachine VS Benga - Warrior Guardian (DiiSTORTiiON Mashup) Magnetic Man ft. P Money - Anthemic LOTEK Feat Bunny Lee & King Jammy - The Rudest (Lightshapers Remix) 601 - Rage (Toronto Is Broken Remix) Toran Delaney - The Punisher Backdraft - Revolution The Prodigy - Weather Experience (Stiggy G 2012 Remix) MO' STRBLGHTZ - Forever ACEN - Trip ii The Moon (Part 3) Rememberrave - Buzzin '92 Menace Makes 3 - Do Ya Feel What I'm Feelin' (Damage Inc. SMD Stylee Remix) djfLow - Epic
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Brothers In Rhythm - Such A Good Feeling (Avro's Sister In Rhythm Mix) Andy Wilson - Love & Devotion (Neurygma Remix) Resin - Can You Feel It DJmen - I Can Stop Breakz - Do It Now Paul Cronin - ActivPoison [Altern-8 VS Praga Khan] RaveArcade - Base Race DJWislov - Hardcore Madness NRG - He Never Lost His Hardcore (Remix) Champion Breaks - Earful of Coke G Double E - Asylum Seeker Mannik - Cant Hold Back Neurygma - The Return of Jedi Resin - This Is Hardcore (DJ Nicky Allen Pumped Up Hardcore Remix) Ruffige Kru - Menace (Barefoot's 2013 re rub) Magi & Emanation - Everybody Say Love (The Prodigy Remix) https://soundcloud.com/glowkidmusic/gl0wkids-generation-x-radio
Just in case you missed it, this bad boy had it's first exclusive airing on Glowkid's Generation X radio show earlier this evening, its free to download and its a wicked tune!!!! Acid breaks for the 140BPM crew, you know what to do!!! Show some love!!!!
Futurizm has done an absolutely sterling 140 remix of mid 90's Jungle anthem 'R Type' by Jo, striking a perfect balance between faithfulness to the original and bringing it right up to date, this is a proper banger, get your ears round this bad boy cos' you're gonna love it!!! Whether you're a junglist, a future junglist or just a straight up good music lover, either way, go do the right thing and get supporting!!!
Currently holding the No1 spot in the trackitdown breaks chart and with good reason, super slick drums, dope bass and hands in the air piano 91/92 style, absolutely huge is an understatement so if you haven't got a copy yet, go and get this!!!!!!!
Massive shout out to Boomsha for bringing us a general release by this hugely talented producer and wow, what a great 3 tracker!!! each of the 3 tunes take an RnB classic and fuse it with bad boy future junglistic beats, in fact its kinda like a melting pot of dub, 94 Jungle and Hip Hop/RnB and damn its good!!! 'When I'm With You' takes a well known RnB tune which I just can't put a name too but I know I heard it all the time around the late 90s and turns it into an atmospheric jungle roller with wicked sweeping chords. 'I Get So High' takes the sultry breathless vocals of Toni Braxton and imagines them perfectly in a future jungle fashion with some speaker rumbling bass which we always like!! Try mixing this with Phuture Asassin's 'Unbrake My Hardcore' for a killer combo of tunes to rock the crowd!!! 'Live Like You Have' just has the sickest intro I've heard for ages and amazing organ like bass, a perfect set opener. Boomsha and Rolling Paper deliver with a massive massive E.P, Hip Hop and Jungle haven't sounded so good together since the late 90's, more fire from this awesome imprint!!!
Mulder-Code Blue Jim Polo & Neil Vass -Rollin Energy (Strange Rollers 2013 Remix) Curious -Trip 2 The Moon Simon Harris -Worldwide Massive Jem One - Podium Trollz Radiokillaz-Leatherface 100Me - Snarling In The Deep Tony Rocky Horror - My Sound MrPhlyte -Gangsta Riddum Boogie Times Tribe -The Dark Stranger (Protune's 140 Tearout Mix) Phuture Assassin -Unbrake My Hardcore FLeCK - Rolling soul Kid Chameleon -Bill Riddim Auntie Susan -1993 Auntie Susan - Get Mash Up Tango & Ratty -Out Back Free Download Link: http://hushmag.co.uk/upload/5176c160539b2 Hush Drum & Bass Magazine ISSUE 4 | http://www.hushmag.co.uk/
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INCREDIBLE RAVE BREAKS ALBUM FROM RESIN! Keeping the rave alive this is one hell of a collection. Grab the full album and support this wicked talent. After several releases from Resin on GTR, we get a full album from this immensely talented producer for the first time, taking us on a journey through breaks, hip hop, old skool and nu skool all rolled into Resin's unique style, this is an album for the party crew!!!! From the opening track 'Set Me Free' with its wicked chopped up samples of well-known old skool classics set over a pounding break and uplifting pianos to tough, stomping hoover laden tracks like 'So Much Devotion' and 'Move And Then Jump' through to house influenced stormers like 'I'm The One' and 'Make 'Em Clap To This' and 1993 hardcore techno influenced tunes such as 'Need It Tonight' and 'Dream With Me', this whole 13 track album is loaded with bangers from the man!!! Resin's signature infectious, Summery pianos and hip hop vox feature prominently on all the tunes along with those tight, pumping beats that make you want to throw those hands in the air and go mad on the dancefloor, if you are an old skool lover, there's plenty to jog your memories and make you smile, if you are a nu skool lover, this needs to be in your collection and playing loudly and repeatedly on your stereo. Summer is officially here with this album of killer joints and there simply isn't an excuse for you anymore not to get to know one of the best hardcore breaks producers in the scene today!!!! This is a album that is indeed full of substance!!!
Can't praise this great E.P enough, 3 absolute quality tunes that you must go and buy!! 'In The Groove' kicks off with a nice dark intro with snippets of amens building into a funky electro breaks/future jungle hybrid banger with some quirky vox. 'D.O.A' fuses skippy 2 step style beats with Gangster movie vox, raucous basslines and 303s. lastly, we have the amazing 'One Dove' which transcends from simply being a dancefloor tune into being an amazing home listening tune too, a modern take on Lenny De Ice's 'We Are IE', this is a 5min masterpiece from the stunning Pink Floyd like intro to the intricate melodys throughout the tune and has to be one of the best future jungle tunes of 2013 so far, you owe it to yourself to get yourself this fantastic E.P, don't miss out!!!!
Love your Jungle? Then you'll definitely love this great E.P featuring remixes of previously released tunes by DJ Beady such as his own 'Breathe In' and 'Breathe VIP', both classic Jungle rollers for those who know. New Koncept turn in an exceptionally good remix of the excellent 'In Your Eyes' as do Future Jungle warriors, The Radiokillaz.
100Me are back on Definition:breaks with an absolute banger of an EP! After releases on Top Drawer Digital, Bad Habit, Digital Acetate, and a remix on Warehouse Wax they are cementing themselves as a force to be reckoned with - sliding between 140 jungle, breaks and dubstep without issue.... The Divine Instrument EP shows the talents of 100Me with 5 tracks of filth and bass - from the nastiness of Snarling Beast to the dubbed out sounds of Brighter Sunny Day - this release has something for all and quality in abundance! http://www.beatport.com/release/divine-instrument-ep/1069331
Also watch out for a free giveaway booty from 100me in celebration of this release coming very soon.......
Turntable Actor Chloroform -Give Yourself To Me Final Conflct - We R Who We R Otter - Deep in The Funk The Rumblist-Forever Sleep Ben Venom - Destroyer 100Me-Snarling Beast Sanxion -A Short Story About Love 100Me-Industrial Complex Lucas & Strange Rollers - 100% Pure (Digitally Mashed) 100Me-Ok Lets Get Serious SixFootUnda - Into The Jungle J Majik & Wickaman Ft Kate Loveridge- Lift Me Up (Rewind Remix) Amiga Junglism -Hold On. Overtime Crew -Holy Caffeine JMT -Bright Lights DazzF -Colour of Their Skin Stuart Chapman -Ill Notes (RGs Remix 1) RenegadeGenius -Name of My DJ RenegadeGenius -Let Me Hear You Scream RenegadeGenius -Amen Attack (Part 1) Stoopid & Skywalker -Our Tune Time Travel-BreakInTheRain Duckem - MindTrap (Cryogenics Remix)
Kathy Brown-Turn Me Out (Avros Nu Raver Remix) Andy Wilson - Love & Devotion Piano Junkies - Feel The Power Mindless -Chrome DJ AitcH -Ready SixFootUnda-Dubplate Run Tingz Breakz - Do It Now 100Me -Livin Without You Borderline Jack-The Selecta Jay Walker - Creation (Beat Creep Remix) The Dub Sync- Ft Hi Life Connection -Bun Dem (T.Kay Remix) Sanxion -Bish Bash Bosh Paul Cronin-It's A Jungle Ting Truant - Shacklez (Schoco's Trapped Into The Sound Mix) DJ Mark C-Nuff respect Champion Breaks-London Bass Hackney Acid DJ Ziyad-Bad Boy Back Again 4 Horsemen Of The Apocalypse -Drowning In Her (Schoco's High Feeling Remix) Ruffige Kru - Menace (Barefoot's 2013 Remix). Sach Hybryd Vs Exit Point - Badman Sound Mastergroove - Anialate - Mystery & Kosine Remix) Sparki Dee -Delerium (Rise Of The Heavens) Backmasker-Saxy Beast CLSM Feat Effie-What You Runnin Away From Alternative Stream/Download Link: http://www.house-mixes.com/profile/tziyad/play/nuraveshow20413
Lethalness -Shout It Loud TC -New Style (North Base Remix) 100Me -Snarling Beast (Original Mix) Ed Rush - Bludclot Artattack (Karnage’s Future Cardioversion) DJ Fuzzbuzz-Reality Distortion (Audio Technica Mix) Jem One - Podium Trollz SixFootUnda - Anything And Everything. 100Me Ft Rachel Wallace -From Within (Radiokillaz Remix) Dodders -The Lost Boy 100Me -Industrial Complex (Original Mix) Champion Breaks -Hardcore Power Strange Rollers - The Ward (Trapped In Mix) https://www.facebook.com/FutureJungleWorldwide
GL0WKiD's Generation X [Radio Show] pres. EXIT POINT (UK) as a Guest hitting your speakers with a massive future jungle set!! This show was broadcasted @ InvolvedRadio.gr on Sunday 21 Apr.2013 FREE DOWNLOAD here: https://soundcloud.com/glowkidmusic/g...
Paul Cronin returns with a new E.P, 4 tracks of crunching amens, his signature infectious rave melodys and tough pads, ranging from the uplifting vibes of 'Enter' and 'Our Crew' to the spookier sounds of 'Dark Bass' and '20 Benson' this is a quality release for lovers of NuSkool beats!!!!
Originally released in 2008, this killer prototype future jungle tune is back with a bang with fresh new remixes for the breaks heads from Davip and Muny Torx and for the future jungle heads, the man like Vinyl Junkie pulls off yet another top notch remix, its out now and you can get it here: http://www.beatport.com/release/revolution-remixes/1024959
The long awaited and much anticipated E.P by Stormski has finally arrived courtesy of Kode 5 Recordings. I'm a huge fan of this producer since hearing a track called 'You Better Move' by him about a year or so ago, ever since then, I eagerly await new soundcloud clips of his new productions which encapsulate the uplifting 1992 sound to perfection while combining today's modern sounds, lets go through these 3 tunes because they're pretty damn special, I fully expect you to have bought all 3 of them by now after watching the video above!!!
1.'Driving Me Crazy' leans towards the housier side of old skool hardcore, a real summery tune with infectious vocals and wait for the drop....Boom!!! One for the 80's kids who like me will recognise the samples being used here, this is simply a massive tune, it's tempo allows it to sit nicely in either an old skool or a house set and no doubt, this ones going to cause some serious damage on the dancefloor!!!
2.'Dream Of Heaven', I remember hearing a clip of this last summer and I was just so blown away by it, I still am. Utilising what I refer to as the 'Cats Wiskas' piano melody which is just crazy infectious and adding in the vocals as used famously by Sunshine Productions for a devastatingly good modern rave anthem. I don't advocate drug use as I'm T Total myself but I'm pretty sure if you were at a rave dropping a few naughty ones, this is going to give you some serious tingles!!!
3.'Sanctuary Of Love' is also loved up piano hardcore at it's finest, I could hear the likes of Slipmatt and Seduction dropping this bad boy back in the good old days, happy and energetic vibes on this banger!!!!
This is true old skool with the Hip Hop sensibilities that those glorious tunes had, all about throwing it all in the blender and making unpretentious good fun party anthems. All in all, one of the finest releases this year so far, thats enough of my rambling, go and get these!!!
Top Drawer Digital : Future Jungle Expeditions Volume 3
To celebrate the full release of their latest album The Future Jungle Blog have got an exclusive Future Jungle Expeditions mix for you to download , free tracks ,a full review and Interviews with some of the artists involved .
Future Jungle Expeditions Volume 3 - Future Jungle Blog Set by Top Drawer Digital
This, the 3rd instalment of Top Drawer Digital's compilation series 'Future Jungle Expeditions' showcase the versatility of 140-150bpm Future Jungle, continuing in the spirit of its 90's precursor, an array of styles are here for your listening pleasure.
We start thing's off with Lucas' remix of E Lab Rat-Rat Hustle which has strong techno and hip hop leanings as per Lucas' inimitable style, a great half tempo drop with beat boxing samples leads into this continually building atmospheric roller.
Next up is a TDD favourite, Netherlands original Junglist, Bojcot Selectah with ' Winston Tribute ', neatly chopped up breaks with a heavy, hypnotic bassline and intricate pads. A track that will apeal to dubstep and breaks fans alike.
Schoco's 'Sunrise' is ethereal trance like future jungle that will send shivers down your spine and give you goosebumps, a slow burning, driving tune that builds up to an immense finale
RadioKillaZ 'Leatherface' takes a few samples from a well-known horror cult classic and marries it to a bassline reminiscent of seminal DnB anthem 'The Nine' for a dancefloor smasher par excellence, good tongue in cheek fun never sounded so good.
The Rumblist ' Forever Sleep ' is a musical masterpiece, intricate tearout breaks with so many subtle elements that make it a brilliant tune, constant key changes throughout keep this fresh and the basslines are huge, watch your bassbins!!
Perennial favourite of all discerning DJs and fans of future jungle alike, Electrux offers up ' Tau Ceti ', a wonderful combo of bleepy pads and a grimey bassline with skippy amen breaks, more of his consistent greatness.
Lucas & Strange Rollers''100% Pure(Digitally Mashed)' kicks off with a classic speaker rumbling reese bassline before a Irvine Welsh sample kicks in extolling the virtues of the raver's choice of mood enhancement, this track is full of vibes and extremely infectious, it seems that as the track title suggests, tireless veteran DJ of the scene, Digitally Mashed has had a hand in this great tune!!!
Ben Venom makes a welcome TDD return with 'Destroyer', a punchy hardcore breaks/future jungle slammer with gnarly bass and electro/tearout influenced pads, this is seriously heavy!!!!
Eddie Voyager's'Let It Roll' is perhaps the raviest tune on the album, with hip hop vox and a 90's rave style melody running throughout over some super tight and funky drum programing, if this doesn't get you moving, check your pulse!!!
Sanxion's 'Ain't Nothing' takes modern bass music and puts it through a 140 breaks filter with a huge uplifting drop 40 seconds in before introducing some sweet pianos just before the 2 minute mark, what happens next is signature Sanxion twisted bassline madness that is simply irresistible
Final Conflict's'We R Who We R' takes us back to the mid 00's with a modern ravey take on the Nu Skool breaks sound, lovely organ pads and ragga vocals on this bad boy!!!
Vinyl Junkie concludes proceedings with 'SubTropical' which certainly has subs and is indeed very tropical!!!! again, there's just so much going on here and it sounds stunning, trippy bleepy pads, tropical jungle samples, bongos, eerie building melodies and a beastly bassline make for a banger of a tune to put the icing on the cake for Future Jungle Expeditions, an album equally suited as a selection for the clubs and raves as much as a great home listening compilation or indeed, one for your car stereo. Whatever your pleasure, if you've even heard one or two future jungle tracks and you are eager to find out more, make this your first point of call.
Lucas Interview Since the early days
of TDD up to now, what would you say have been the focal points of the label
growing and the sound of future jungle in general?
I think the progression of Top Drawer Digital so far has
been mainly down to the fact that me and Digitally Mashed make a great team.
We do things our own way, not following the pack or worrying
about conforming to what’s expected. We just want to write/play/release forward thinking bass
music within the 140-150 Bpm area unconstricted by rules. As far as Future Jungle goes, yes I’m one of the people who have
pushed to make the tag stick which it seems to have but it means different
things to different people which on a positive note should keep it diverse.
I’m not a Jungle purist myself and am happy with how things
are progressing. It’s a bastardised genre in my opinion with its roots firmly
set in the Old Skool but with no real allegiances to any particular part of it
, 140-150 Bpm Bass and Break Driven music for the current producers to do something
new with.
Personally I’m not
fussed if the term stays , we will just keep progressing and let people call it
what they like.
When putting together
this new compilation, the 3rd in a highly popular series, was there a certain
criteria you looked for?
I do love putting these albums together , My main aim is to
get a good cross section of all the styles I think sit under the Future Jungle
Umbrella within the Top Drawer Digital sound then work them into a track list
so that the album flows as a complete listen rather than just a collection of
tunes.
I’m really happy with how Volume 3 has turned out.
One of the tracks on
the album by Strange Rollers and yourself is entitled '100 Pure (Digitally
Mashed)', listening to it makes me think there must be an interesting anecdote
about how this came together?
I’d been planning a trip to the Strange Rollers Studio for a
while we’ve been involved in many projects together but never actually got
together in the studio to do something. It’s the first time I’ve ever directly
produced a track with anyone , generally I find the production process a very
personal thing. When we eventually locked down the date it turned out that DM
was DJing just down the road the night before so joined up with us for the day.
It was great to catch up properly and the 100% Pure track
came out of it too. DM definitely had some input on it so we wanted to give him
a mention in the title in someway.
Not wanting to put
you on the spot but of the more under the radar producers in this scene, who do
you see as potentially having a big impact in the near future?
I’m good at evading these sort of questions as a rule due to
the pure mass of new talent coming through all the time but if I have to name
one person I see potential in it would be Gav Ley , He has the ability to
become huge in my opinion in whatever style he chooses.
His productions are innovative, clean and powerful and he is
my big tip for the coming year.
And also, EDM is
evolving faster than ever right now, is it still possible to stick to your guns
with a sound or do you see the current 140-150bpm jungle sound also inevitably
evolving?
EDM has always evolved at speed, it’s the nature of the
beast , Do I see the current scene evolving ? it fucking better had ;) Evolve
or Die I say!
I don’t feel the sudden mass worldwide interest in
commercial EDM will really effect the likes of us , were about as underground
as it comes but the spread of The Future Jungle sound internationally does bear
well ,fingers crossed hey !
DM’s doing a tour of the USA , has had mix’s played on FM
station C89.5 in the USA and has a forthcoming mix airing on Kiss FM Australia
so things are looking good.
Lastly, what
direction would you like TDD to go in the future?
Top Drawer Digital will just go with the flow, we’re on a
journey that we have no idea where it’s going and are quite happy to just enjoy
the ride and see what happens.
Here's a full free mix from the host and DJ of The Top Drawer Digital Show, each Tuesday 7-9pm on http://nsbradio.co.uk showcasing tracks from the full Future Jungle Expeditions Series
Digitally Mashed Presents Future Jungle Expeditions Volumes 1-3 by Top Drawer Digital
Final Conflict Interview You've been involved in the breaks scene since 2003, tell
us a little bit about that journey...
Hailing from the Manchester area I was raised on good
music, I originally started out playing Trance but I discovered Nu-Skool breaks
through the seminal night 'Tangled' and never looked back. I promoted for a
night called 'Military Breaks' and played a host of venues including 'The
Pheonix', 'Zumbar' and 'North'. With a move to Leeds in 2004 I was involved
with events at 'Stinkeys Peephouse', 'The Fav' and 'Oceans Eleven'. I then took
a bit of a hiatus to pursue other business ideas but with a move to London in
2008 I was drawn back to the scene (should never have stayed away)
Playing at various venues across the capital I secured my
first residency playing hip hop, breakbeat, garage and dnb, a relatively commercial venue but this, combined with a move into production led to playing
regularly at Londons leading bass music night 'Supatronix' which led to playing
various events with the likes of Rennie Pilgrem, Elite Force, The Freestylers,
Jay Cunning, Pyramid, Jurassik...and even a set at Stanton Sessions with The
Stanton Warriors earlier this year.
Can you share a few thoughts on the current future jungle
sound?
I love it! I've always been a fan of clever percussion,
deep basslines and intelligent riddims and this genre has it all. I love the
diversity you get with Future Jungle, there is something for everybody in there
and means you can take the crowd on a journey through the various guises from
mellow reggae vibes to full on tear-out assaults.
You also run the Ruffneck nights which heavily promote
the 140 sound, what can we expect at a typical event?
Everything from the Future Jungle!, with a bit of Old
Skool thrown in for good measure. It was set up with 'Rennie Pilgrem', who has
always been ahead of the game with all things breakbeat, 'Jay Cunning' of Sub
Slayers who are in my eyes the leading bass music label at the moment and are
banging out some top class 140 non stop and Supatronix boss Jurassik who is one
of Londons biggest breakbeat promoters.
The whole ethos is just to have a good party, to push the
Future Jungle vibe and to showcase up and coming talent in the genre and
basically just go nuts for a few hours, we've created quite a buzz over the
past year or so and have been able to attract the likes of The Freestylers,
Pyramid and Schema to headline and have King Yoof coming up on May the 18th.
Whats the reaction been to 140 Jungle at your events?
Its a great vibe, with its infectious rhythms and deep
basslines it always makes the crowd bounce and it fits with so many genres
(Breakbeat, Dubstep) but has that fresh forward thinking sound and variation,
we've been very lucky in one sense that the Ruffneck events have always been
packed which shows that this is a genre that's going places. Even at the more
commercial venues i play at i drop some Future Jungle and the place goes nuts.
Who inspired you to get involved in breaks and who
inspires you today?
This is a difficult one to answer, I'm a massive Hybrid
fan, back in the day their DJ sets were more Nu-Skool breaks than the
orchestral immense soundscapes they do today, also I'd have to say The Stanton
Warriors and The Plump DJs brought me a lot closer to breakbeat. Nowadays I'd
say im inspired by the likes of Pyramid with there full on tear-outs, 'Toronto
Is Broken' (he's making big waves at just 20 years old) and Resin, love his Old
Skool vibe. But I'm still inspired by the likes of The Prodigy, The Freestylers
and Hybrid and think this comes out in my productions.
Tell us your favourite tune on Future Jungle Expeditions
3
The whole album is a great representation of all things
Future Jungle, they all have their place but if I was to pick one It has to be
Schoco - Sunrise. I love music that involves you and takes you on a journey and
this does just that, i think it sums up the album Future Jungle Expeditions.
Finally, whats coming up production and DJ'ing wise from
yourself and where can we hear more of your sounds?
Production wise expect some more high octane Nu-Jungle
bangers, there's a few in the pipeline im really excited about people hearing,
more to come on Top Draw Digital and Bad Habit Musik and even working with a
singer at the moment to explore the more vocal side so watch this space.
Dj wise there are many more Ruffnecks planned for the
rest of the year, more Supatronix events but what i'm most excited about is the
Bad Habit USA Tour where i'll be playing 'I Love LA' at The Airliner in Los
Angeles on the 21st April, 'Concrete Jungle' in Las Vegas on the 23rd and 'The
Kava Lounge' in San Diago on the 29th with a few radio appearances along the
way on KPFK RADIO Fm and deeprootedradio.com. Future Jungle Worldwide!
Schoco Interview
Hi Dan, tell us a
little about yourself for the uninitiated
Hi, I'm a producer from Fellbach near Stuttgart, South
Germany. I mainly produce future jungle at the moment, but also other styles of
breakbeat music and sometimes Techno.
My tunes and remixes have been released on Quantum
Progression Audio, Boomsha Recordings, Top Drawer Digital, Digital Acetate,
Brainfunktrax and Junglist Manifesto.
And there will shortly be more releases from me on
Boomsha Recordings and Digital Acetate, and some others are in the pipeline…
As a producer, you
have a very unique take on the future jungle sound, very minimal and euphoric,
often you produce between 130-150bpm and many of your tunes are quite techno
influenced, when making tunes, what do you aim to convey to the listener?
That’s very simple: music creates emotions, positive or
negative. If I can touch the listener with my sound and my music creates
positive emotions, I’m happy!
Music has always been very important to me, and I always
wanted to create music on my own. I personally hear a wide range of different
music. And as a producer you are always influenced by your personal taste, but
that is often a more subconscious effect in my opinion. When I start producing
I often have an idea what kind of tune I want to do, but the result is almost
always very different to my plans. Often it’s more like what the sounds make
with me, not what I make with the sounds... and I always keep my productions
very open till the end. Sometimes I change nearly everything on an almost
finished tune, when I’m not 100% happy with it. Another important thing in my
productions is that I always try to give every single sound enough room to
breathe, that’s why they often sound more minimalistic.
As you're
appearing for the 2nd time on TDD for Future Jungle Expeditions 3, whats your
favourite track on the album?
The whole Album is superb! But I Think I have to choose 2
tracks that stand out a bit in my opinion:
The first is RadioKillaz’ Leatherface. It totally sounds
like slow-downed version of Alien Girl from Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce, and
I like that, big tune!
And Forever Sleep from The Rumblist. This is such a huge
sounding and euphoric tune, perfect for the wee hours!
Lets imagine for a
second that I am an alien who's never heard of future jungle, how would you
describe it to me?
It’s very difficult and almost impossible to describe
future jungle without describing the roots of fj, plus there are so many
influences and fj has such a variety of sounds and the boundaries to other genres
are fluid… and I’m not a big fan of classifications to be honest.
But if had to make a definition, I would say it’s a
breakbeat based and bass driven sound between 130 and 150 bpm with a lot of
drums, main influences are all kind of other breakbeat music, and it’s open for
all kind of other influences.
In my opinion, this openness for different influences is
very important to develop fj further and to keep it alive! We shouldn’t start
one of those ‘true’ or ‘real’ debates again...
Lastly, where can
we hear more of your sounds and any last words and shout outs?
Massive shouts and thanx to Dan (Bright Lights), Generic
Bass, Kano (Bay B Kane), Chase (Sound Shifter), Daz Breakz, Lucas, Digitally
Mashed, Dave (Rich Tones), Ali (Visible Sound), Dave (Breakz), Jules (Time
Travel), George (Sir Charge), Ryan (RyKennon), Gav Ley, Ruined Jon, John (Vinyl
Junkie), Ritchie (Strange Rollers), Dennean, David (D-audi), Aitch, Laurence
(DJ L.A.B.), Simon Harris, Otter and everyone I forgot in this list, all others involved
in the future jungle movement and everyone who listens, plays and supports my
sounds! BIG UPZ!!!
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