Is this a Jungle?
By ineff on May 15, 2022 10:48 pm
In the mid 90s, I heard a report on public radio about a new kind of "underground" music becoming popular in the UK. It was played at incredibly fast tempos―almost 170 bpm(!), and for some reason it was called "jungle." The reporter explained that most people danced to it at half-speed, interviewed some slightly annoyed UK clubbers they'd waylaid outside an event, and played a clip.
It felt like alien music, dipping into atonality and a complex energy that felt frenetic and calm at the same time. To my ears, jungle was almost too primal/sophisticated for words―and it was fun. It would be years before I had a chance to hear anything like it again.
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