Jungle (sometimes oldschool jungle), is a genre of electronic music derived from old school
hardcore that developed in
England in the early 1990s as part of rave music scenes. The style is characterized by fast tempos (150 to 200
bpm),2 relatively slow and lyrical reggae-derived basslines, breakbeats, and other heavily syncopated percussive loops, samples and synthesized effects make up the easily recognizable form of jungle. Long pitch-shifted snare rolls are common in oldschool jungle. The terms "jungle" and "drum and bass" are often used interchangeably by the layman but this should not be the
case. Jungle originated out of oldschool and in the
late 1990's the term "drum and bass" was used in association with music that did not have the same emphasis on breakbeats and complex production.Producers create the drum patterns, which are sometimes completely off-
beat, by cutting apart breakbeats (most notably the Amen
break). Jungle producers incorporated classic Jamaican/Caribbean sound-system culture production-methods. The slow,
deep basslines and simple melodies (reminiscent of those found in
dub, reggae and dancehall) accentuated the overall production, giving jungle its "rolling" quality
Jungle music, is a style of dance music incorporating elements of ragga,
hip-hop, and hard core and consisting of very
fast electronic drum tracks and slower synthesized bass lines, originating in
Britain in the early 1990s