Re: Jungle dancing 101 with Prof. MOONSTARR

Elson Trinidad (elson@westworld.com)
Thu, 16 Jan 1997 13:22:34 -0800


At 12.22 PM 1/16/97 -0500, Ashwin Tumne wrote:

>You'll hear something like |boom|bip|boom|bip|boom|bip|
>
>Process it like this |boom|...|boom|...|boom|...|
>
>You'll find a Hip hop groove riding right underneath all that
>chaos! And it
>makes sense too cause 160bpm/2 = 80bpm. This is why I'm a jungle fanatic.

I saw some girls dance to Jungle at a club and one of them was kinda
hopping up on each beat (1-2-3-4)
and moving her arms around. Probably the same dance moves as techno. She
didn't look stupid, so I guess that works as well. :)

>Disclaimer: However the drum n base I'm into does not survive off old/new
>ganster rap imagry and it doesn't rely on fads or popularity to rock the
>party (None of that biggie smalls vocal loop sh!t). So grabbing the
>bozac or
>gunshots in the air is not a recommended move on my junlge dance
>floor. Hehe.

Haaah! No and no "Running Man" or "Robocop" either! :)

Elson

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