The Evolution and Influence of Jungle and Drum N Bass Music

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receive royalty payments and Jungle producers now had to get copyright clearance, which made creating and producing the music more challenging. Furthermore Wookie said when describing Drum N Bass it has “More that rave-y kind of vibe, it went back into the university crowds – predominantly white. Drum N Bass is a predominantly a white scene, where as jungle was a predominantly black scene”. Wookie then states, “that in essence, there is no difference between Drum N Bass and Jungle, but with no longer using that reggae sampling I think it lost its Caribbean influence” (Bradley, 2013, p360)

This can generally be said to be the case within dance music every few years as genres change and mutate, the once “Hip” loses that authenticity of being a sub culture, which with it brings a togetherness, a sense of anti establishment (Thornton, 2001 pp3). Genres have come and gone, where they have their time in the lime light of public appreciation then tend to move back “Underground” whilst the next sound takes over, this is a natural progression of popular music …show more content…

David Langford is a 30-year-old mature Student who has been going out clubbing for the past 15 years. When I asked David about his first awareness of Breakbeat as a genre he said “in around 2000 when Stanton Sessions was dropped” which is a mix CD show casing Breakbeat music mixed by the Stanton Warriors. Langford then goes on to say that “Breakbeat isn’t currently in a good shape”. He said that “the particular high points for him in the Breakbeat scene were around 2000 and then again in around 2005/2006”, which coincides with the Breakbeat, boom of the mid 00s. Langford also interestingly points out that the Drum N bass crowds since its inception plus in contrast to Breakbeat always attracted a younger crowd and more female

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