Last night I came home from work with an old Jungle song stuck in my head, and it made me wonder about the origins of Jungle. Jungle is an intersection of Jamaican Dancehall with Breakbeat Hardcore. This video - General Levy's Incredible - is a particularly famous example with incredible rapping. It is the origin of Ali G's "Booyakasha" catch phrase and apparently it caused a schism in the scene between people into this sort of gangster jungle and intelligent drum and bass. Wondering where things had gone recently I found this video, which is a mind-blowing drum and bass jazz fusion. I bought the whole album.
Update: It occurs to me that maybe the reason I like this music so much is a subconscious connection with the constant rhythm of keyboard clacking that is my waking life.
