I am loving the tracks you guys are posting! BPM is just a number to me and I love to slow a good DnB down to 140 or 145.
The label that I get alot of tracks from, had been calling their stuff “140 Jungle” or “Future Jungle”. Is it just sped up breaks..? or slowed down DnB…? or something different. haha
Sometimes i feel that the crowd is not ready for the DnB Vibe, as we know its totally unique. and a track at 140 would be better suited to their dancing. But hell i go all over the place…
Check out
-Lucas
-100me
-Strange Rollers
-Bojcot Selecta
TopDrawerDigital put together a compilation of their top 50 tracks which are Excellent!
I played 140-150 future jungle out at a gig the other week. Had a lot of good feedback on it - it’s something I toy around with and pick up here and there (as I’m mainly a breaks DJ - and on Beatport a ton of that stuff is listed under breaks so I’m just exposed to it).
This was my tracklisting from the other week (some ravebreaks in there too):
Big C - Big C Intro
Ryo - Sands of Time (Original Mix)
E-Lab Rat - Rat Hustle (Lucas Remix)
Simon Holmes - Break It Down (Original Mix)
Vinyl Junkie - Electro Rays (Original Mix)
E-Lab Rat - Tribe (Original Mix)
Lethal Formula - Aliens (Original Mix)
Pressa - Be With Me (Original Mix)
Electrux - E.M.P (Original Mix)
Electrux - Hallucinosis (Breaks Mix)
Simon Apex - The Light (Ravebreaks Remix)
FearofDark - Rolling Down the Street, In My Katamari (Noms Kawaii Till I Dai Bootleg)
Madcap - Artillery (Into The Future Remix)
The Prodigy - No Good
The Crystal Method - She’s My Pusher
Stanton Warriors - Turn Me Up Some (Shockone Mix)
The Rumblist - Gadge (Shade K Remix)
Visible Sound - So Tired (Odeed & Wish Remix)
Vinyl Junkie - WhaGwarn (Original Mix)
Strange Rollers - Pushin (Original Mix)
Kid Chameleon - We Live In Peckham (Original Mix)
601 - Can’t Take It - Original Mix
Kieran M - Heart Is On Fire (Sanxion Remix)
The Prodigy - Voodoo People
Backdraft, Vinyl Junkie, Tracey Elizabeth - Virus (Toronto Is Broken Remix)
The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (Noisia Remix)
Wardian - Ozymandias (Original Mix)
I found this sub-genre around 2011. Since then I’ve released a few FJ/140 tracks on labels both in the states and the UK. To the OP, if you dig TopDrawerDigital I recommend you check out Boomsha Recs, SubSlayers, Warehouse Wax, and Digital Acetate (They closed shop last year but their back catalog is super vibey). Big Ups for pushing this sound! I’m originally from Atlanta and hearing your report of the crowd response to Jungle really makes me happy. Peep my tunes from 2012/13 if your interested in my 140 stuff. Otter Music & Downloads on Beatport
I think your correct in not calling Aquasky’s 140 stuff Jungle but check out this Congo Natty tune from last year. Its Jungle at 140BPM, no way in hell id call it breakbeat cause its straight up ragga jungle from one of the founding fathers of Jungle - Rebel MC.
I don’t really understand the hatred for 140 Jungle.. I think it has something to do with the “Future Jungle” term that originated by DJ Fresh when he started calling his 140 stuff Future Jungle…
Otter knows his way around FJ - Boomsha, Kutoff, Digital Acetate releases.
General comment: At risk of banging on and admit to having bias, but definitely check out www.planet-rave.com (replaced www.nu-rave.com). Loads of shows featuring Future Jungle/Hardcore Breaks/Ghetto Funk etc. Esp label owner Daz Breakz’s Boomsha FJ show Friday night - is definitive IMHO.
For the record, I don’t hate 140 jungle or Aquasky.
I do hate DJ Fresh though. How you go from Bad Company to the garbage he produces now is beyond me. Oh, and the Bad Company digital remasters are flat out terrible and sound they were mastered by someone with severe hearing damage.
