the great fake jungle rush of '96

Layo & Bushwacka had "Perfect Storm" on Low Life ('99)

Leftfield's "The Light 3000" is sorta jungle ('95)

Orbital's first jungle track was "Are We Here" on Snivilisation ('94)

This tendency has always kinda fascinated me too!

Deep Dish one was 'Monsoon' i think?

BT did a nice but gaye one 'The Road To Lostwithiel' on 'ESCM', and 'Flaming June' features bits of Lemon D's remix on it there too

'The Light 3000'? not 'Storm 3000'?

The Shame 'Katt'

more recently: King Biscuit Time 'Fatheriver'

Unless U2 trumped it on their 'dance exploration' pop album or attendant remixes thereof? Any ideas?

on the hip hop / jungle crossover tip: goldie ft KRS One - 'Digital'

also, but actually much earler: DJ Crystal 'perperual motion' which i actually have fond memories of but haven't listened to for ages

of course, i can't think of any examples at the mo to prove my theory...

the dilinja remix of this track is V good

the lone swordsmen's stockwell steppas album is actually almost all deep proto-microhouse except for the "keith boy remix" of "we love mutronics".

there is a similar track on emissions audio output called "yeah sista (drum & bass style)" by technova. i think it must also be a tenniswood remix because the sound is really similar.

I thought the best version of "Hand Of The Dead Body" was one of the Goldie ones.

also, but actually much earler: DJ Crystal 'perperual motion' which i actually have fond memories of but haven't listened to for ages

he's actually jungle going hip hop though here.

first i heard of the brotherhood was at least 96.

but hey i haven't looke dit up.

Mind, junglists (drumnbassists if you prefer) having been b-boys of one kind or another is hardly the most shocking news, I suppose...

xpost w steve

sie "cry" on the ruban d'alpha album (pussyfoot records)
todd terry "blackout"

Moonshine released the first stateside jungle comp (Law of the Jungle) and they were the US distributor for Subbase (and thus responsible for releasing Drum and Bass Selection 3 through 5--AND the domestic versions of #3 and #4 were the DJ Hype mixes, the UK originals are just unmixed tracks--as well as the excellent Jungle Dons comp and the less excellent D'Cruze album.) Other than that and a few after-the-fact hardcore comps though, I will concede the label is pretty uninspiring (so for that matter is Sm:)e with a few notable exceptions.)

Being on their promo list was good fun, though. Is John Aube the secret controller of US West Coast nineties rave?

also they licensed a TON of other good stuff in the mid-90s, like all of those trad-house mixmag mixes (derrick carter, sven vath & moby, etc) and stuff like "nightmares from rotterdam" and the skint compilation "brassic beats". and the great pre-mitsubishi pre-"big room sound" psychotrance comps

finally on the prole-tronica tip they put out all of those great "harddeserttrance" and "funkydesertbreaks" and dj dan and omar santana funky breaks cds. if anyone every gets to revaluating the US equivalent of "ardkore" they're going to start right here.

yeah, there's also a lot of crap, too. and their vinyl output is HORRIFYING. but considering all of the good stuff that these guys were putting out at an early stage of the game, and how refreshingly un-hipsterish and un-connoisseurish their output is, and how their cds are always available in tower and i'd say you're looking at a very important label in the development of US dance sensibilities ...

though, again, it's secondhand really because it's all licensed from other labels (either smaller or european or whatnot)

Ah, that's right. And then there was Rising High USA, which is how I got to interview Mr. Vibert way the hell back...

I'll be interested in Vahid's answer too. For the first time in moons I've pulled out FFRR's California Dreaming comp from 1993...

That song is the only reason I even kept that soundtrack in my collection as long as I did.

1 N.R.G. - I Need Your Love (3:58)
2 Joey Beltram - Get Into Life (3:58)
3 Acen - Trip II The Moon (Parts One And Two) (6:30)
4 Psychotropic - Hypnosis (SL2 Remix) (5:11)
5 Eden Transmission - I'm So High (7:26)
6 Smart E's - Sesame's Street (5:07)
7 Nighttripper - Tone Explotation (4:12)
8 First Project - Right Before (Remix) (5:44)
9 FX Creators - And You Will Enjoy (4:26)
10 Project One - Roughneck (5:52)
11 Acen - Close Your Eyes (Optikonfusion) (5:57)
12 Digital Bass - Bass Explosion (4:42)

Vol. 4 is nearly as good:

01 Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (7:45)
02 Illuminatae - Tempestada XVX II (6:58)
03 Kinetic - Golden Girls (Frank De Wulf Remix) (5:32)
04 Phuture Assassins - Roots 'N Future (5:54)
05 Vinyl Countdown - Paroles (5:30)
06 Nookie - Devotion (4:17)
07 CJ Bolland - Mantra (Live At Universe) (5:28)
08 Prodigy, The - Weather Experience (Top Buzz Remix) (6:49)
09 Illuminatae - Tremora Del Terra XVX (6:49)
10 EQ - Total Ecstacy (Remix) (5:05)
11 Mind Abuse - The Piano (Live At The Love Parade) (4:54)
12 Transform - Transformation (Feel Love Remix) (6:09)

I learned a LOT from these comps and from the Moonshine ones

Hey is that California Dreaming comp any good? I've seen it cheap second-hand and pondered...

Well I like it, though certainly it's a lot of nostalgia for me as well. If you've seen it cheap, grab it -- it will explain a lot as to where our heads were at in the first flush of the days of Clinton. Tranquility Bass, Young American Primitive...

dunno if i'd agree with lumping third eye foundation in with the rest though,its not like he had a token track trying to be jungle,surely he was just using the sounds with his own style,i mean its not like it was ever meant to be dancefloor jungle or anything (i presume)
plus all the tracks,give or take,had a jungle element,it wasn't just the odd attempt to mimick it...

DJ FOOD. Coldcut did 'Rubaiyat' on Let Us Play.

What's that totally skippable jungle track on Mr Scruff - Keep It Unreal called?

'Rubaiyat' is also very good. Bernard Purdie plays the drums on it.

Although not quite the same thing you should give John B a listen - the 'Future Reference' and more recent 'In Transit' albums have some great moments

97

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYP03pHtUjY