Jungle is a fast electronic music genre that emerged in the United Kingdom in the early 1990s from breakbeat, rave, reggae and sound-system culture. Rapid chopped drums and deep bass became defining features and led directly into drum and bass.
Rupert Parkes, better known as Photek, once described jungle in a way that still seems unusually precise. For him it was not primarily a set of instruments. It was a method of programming and using sound. Talking about Modus Operandi, his 1997 debut album, Photek described the music through soundscapes, space and bass rather than…
Creating a soundscape that transports the listener to the heart of a rainforest can be a challenging task. However, with the help of electronic tools, it is possible to recreate the natural sounds of the jungle. We need to identify the different elements that make up a rainforest soundscape. The most obvious ones are the…
