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> in the 90s it was all like that, just amen break over really dark metal/industrial kind of sounds There was actually a whole scene from the start of the 90s

by afro88 3y ago

> in the 90s it was all like that, just amen break over really dark metal/industrial kind of sounds There was actually a whole scene from the start of the 90s that focussed on melodic and atmospheric jungle and dnb. Check out Good Looking Records. In fact even Metalheadz pushed some this sound a lot. I personally see that as a fundamental part of jungle and dnb from the get go.

nvm0n2 3y ago
I think GLR was the only label for a very long time that did that stuff though. I remember listening to DNB stations in the 90s and they were all very dark compared to today, I don't think there was any easy way to find out about liquid in those days for someone not deeply into the scene. I think that didn't change much until Fabio and Grooverider got their late night show on Radio 1 and wanted to make dnb more accessible, even so, I remember tuning in sometimes and just having to turn it off because it was too hardcore. It wasn't until I got fast enough internet and found online radio specializing in dnb that I really got into dnb but that was considered super obscure and there were only a handful of stations, and of those, only occasional shows played liquid. So I definitely feel it got more common since then.
- plasma_beam 3y ago
  Recommend checking out ASC and Aural Imbalance for modern takes on amen/GLR sound. They release under the Auxiliary label (search Bandcamp for them). A lot of DnB heavyweights are starting to bring back the 90s “intelligent” dnb sound recently. Really great to listen to. Nine Windows (collab between Kid Drama and DJ Trace) are another excellent example (also on Bandcamp). https://auxiliary.bandcamp.com/music https://auxiliary.bandcamp.com/music https://ninewindows.bandcamp.com/album/rule-of-thirds https://ninewindows.bandcamp.com/album/rule-of-thirds
- tessierashpool 3y ago
  I think GLR was the only label for a very long time that did that stuff though. Partisan. 720 Degrees. Metalheadz, as mentioned in the comment you’re responding to. Moving Shadow. Renegade. Nu-Directions. Nexus. I don't think there was any easy way to find out about liquid in those days for someone not deeply into the scene. Goldie literally got into the Top 40 in the UK in 1995 with “Inner City Life,” a track we would today call “liquid.” (The term wasn’t in use at the time.) Adam F “Circles” was another very big “liquid”-style track from that era. Sorry to be all “someone on the internet is wrong!!1” but what you’re saying just isn’t accurate.
  - nvm0n2 3y ago
    Never heard of those (except I think Nu Directions), so I hereby bow to your superior knowledge of 90s dnb! > The term wasn’t in use at the time It seems fair to say that if the terminology wasn't stable at that time then it was really the very start of that trend and I can be forgiving for missing a track that charted when I was 10 years old :)
    - tessierashpool 3y ago
      fair enough! you’re also not wrong that it’s had a resurgence.
  - pizza 3y ago
    Will just mention that Adam F's Circles is experiencing somewhat of a revival at the moment, as popular artist PinkPantheress incorporates it quite extensively in her 2021 hit 'Break It Off' - something like over 221 M plays on spotify rn!
plasma_beam 3y ago
Some DnB “OGs” such as Dom and Roland, Paradox are still heavy proponents of the amen sound, and can toss it up between darkish, breakbeaty and soulful tracks. Long time DnB fan, since late 90s. https://paradoxmusicuk.bandcamp.com/ https://paradoxmusicuk.bandcamp.com/ https://over-shadow.bandcamp.com/music https://over-shadow.bandcamp.com/music
pizza 3y ago
LTJ Bukem! Lookin' good.. good lookin'..! Love his Logical Progression stuff. And classics like Atlantis, Music, etc.
- krylon 3y ago
  Along with Air's Moon Safari, one of the Progression Sessions opened my ears to electronic music.
ArekDymalski 3y ago
> in the 90s it was all like that, just amen break over really dark metal/industrial kind of sounds not to mention whole ragga jungle which quite often was mellow, happy stuff on top of fabulously cut-up amen:)
yoz 3y ago
More Rockers was my favorite in this genre, especially their Dub Plate Selection Volume One. Gorgeous record. Also check out the first Spring Heel Jack album, There Are Strings.

by afro88 3y ago

nvm0n2 3y ago

I think GLR was the only label for a very long time that did that stuff though. I remember listening to DNB stations in the 90s and they were all very dark compared to today, I don't think there was any easy way to find out about liquid in those days for someone not deeply into the scene. I think that didn't change much until Fabio and Grooverider got their late night show on Radio 1 and wanted to make dnb more accessible, even so, I remember tuning in sometimes and just having to turn it off because it was too hardcore. It wasn't until I got fast enough internet and found online radio specializing in dnb that I really got into dnb but that was considered super obscure and there were only a handful of stations, and of those, only occasional shows played liquid. So I definitely feel it got more common since then.

plasma_beam 3y ago
Recommend checking out ASC and Aural Imbalance for modern takes on amen/GLR sound. They release under the Auxiliary label (search Bandcamp for them). A lot of DnB heavyweights are starting to bring back the 90s “intelligent” dnb sound recently. Really great to listen to. Nine Windows (collab between Kid Drama and DJ Trace) are another excellent example (also on Bandcamp). https://auxiliary.bandcamp.com/music https://auxiliary.bandcamp.com/music https://ninewindows.bandcamp.com/album/rule-of-thirds https://ninewindows.bandcamp.com/album/rule-of-thirds
tessierashpool 3y ago
I think GLR was the only label for a very long time that did that stuff though. Partisan. 720 Degrees. Metalheadz, as mentioned in the comment you’re responding to. Moving Shadow. Renegade. Nu-Directions. Nexus. I don't think there was any easy way to find out about liquid in those days for someone not deeply into the scene. Goldie literally got into the Top 40 in the UK in 1995 with “Inner City Life,” a track we would today call “liquid.” (The term wasn’t in use at the time.) Adam F “Circles” was another very big “liquid”-style track from that era. Sorry to be all “someone on the internet is wrong!!1” but what you’re saying just isn’t accurate.
- nvm0n2 3y ago
  Never heard of those (except I think Nu Directions), so I hereby bow to your superior knowledge of 90s dnb! > The term wasn’t in use at the time It seems fair to say that if the terminology wasn't stable at that time then it was really the very start of that trend and I can be forgiving for missing a track that charted when I was 10 years old :)
  - tessierashpool 3y ago
    fair enough! you’re also not wrong that it’s had a resurgence.
- pizza 3y ago
  Will just mention that Adam F's Circles is experiencing somewhat of a revival at the moment, as popular artist PinkPantheress incorporates it quite extensively in her 2021 hit 'Break It Off' - something like over 221 M plays on spotify rn!

plasma_beam 3y ago

Some DnB “OGs” such as Dom and Roland, Paradox are still heavy proponents of the amen sound, and can toss it up between darkish, breakbeaty and soulful tracks. Long time DnB fan, since late 90s. https://paradoxmusicuk.bandcamp.com/ https://paradoxmusicuk.bandcamp.com/ https://over-shadow.bandcamp.com/music https://over-shadow.bandcamp.com/music

pizza 3y ago

LTJ Bukem! Lookin' good.. good lookin'..! Love his Logical Progression stuff. And classics like Atlantis, Music, etc.

krylon 3y ago
Along with Air's Moon Safari, one of the Progression Sessions opened my ears to electronic music.

ArekDymalski 3y ago

> in the 90s it was all like that, just amen break over really dark metal/industrial kind of sounds not to mention whole ragga jungle which quite often was mellow, happy stuff on top of fabulously cut-up amen:)

yoz 3y ago

More Rockers was my favorite in this genre, especially their Dub Plate Selection Volume One. Gorgeous record. Also check out the first Spring Heel Jack album, There Are Strings.