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> From: t-bird@salata.com
> Sent: Monday, December 28, 1998 12:25 AM
> To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: jazzy jungle scene
>
> ma> As for the previously mentioned reason smooth jazzy jungle
> doesn't
> ma> seem to get much playing time here in Philly (not as big of a
> scene i'm
> ma> afraid, as New York or Cali... everyone's event updates over
> there
> ma> make me jealous!), kids into jungle seem to want the tracks aimed
> at
> ma> the dancefloor... a little less complicated, repeating, sharp
> pounding
> ma> beats.
>
> don't be jealous of us here in cali. almost all the djs i've ever
> heard
> spin
> jazzy jungle here are friends of mine. the big junglists really
> aren't
> w/it.
> they seem to think of jazzy jungle as being faster "chill-hop". most
> of the
> people that dig the jazzy stuff (crowds, primarily) aren't really
> "junglists",
> they're people that are more into jazzy beat music.
>
> as far as danceability, there's a lot more jazzy "2-step" coming out
> now.
> the beats are more upfront and chunky, whereas the "roller" stuff
> tends to
> be
> too chill--why, i don't know, cuz it doesn't have to be!!
>
> ma> I guess in my perfect world there would be a club down the
> ma> street where it was full of music lovers who's only goal was to
> listen
> ma> to as much different kind of music that they could before the
> night
> ma> ended... dancefloor, whatever...
>
> in my world, people would dance to the above music...
>
> ma> but 9 times out of 10 people don't
> ma> seem all that focused on listening music when they go
> out...(there are
> ma> exceptions to the rule though) Anyway, jazzy jungle is really not
> that
> ma> hard to mix because there are plenty of things you can do get
> around
> ma> the melody if it clashes.
>
> people don't really pay much attention to the music unless the really
> *hate*
> it, or really *dig* it.
>
> as far as mixing jazzy jungle (or anything really), i think that most
> djs
> are
> too lazy--get more musical!! e.g., if the breakdown's longer than
> you like,
>
> put some beats in there, don't just go to another tune! i know that
> takes
> some skill, but so does playing a "traditional" instrument--i think
> that djs
>
> deserve more respect, but we're gonna have to *earn* it.
>
> -t
>
> p.s. i'd like to hear more dubby or reggae style jungle coming
> out... mr.
> england, are you working on any d&b?
>