Drum and Bass / Jungle - Mid 90's
Discussion
Anyone into the 4am Kru? I’ve been following them for sometime but saw them “live” for the first time on Saturday at Reading. They did a very good job of taking me back to the early 90s….. I was more a House fans during the 90s but they seem to have captured the early Dreamscape and Fantazia nights I attended very well 30 years later.
I randomly chanced upon their tunes a while ago, I love the combination of old style production and more crucially, the fun element!
I’ve said for many years that the removal of the fun element from tunes was a step in the wrong direction.
I loved how the hardcore scene embraced pretty much any sample, no matter how daft or stupid it was. If it worked in a tune then that’s all that mattered!
To me, it embodied what the whole 92 scene was about, people having fun and writing tunes for the fun and love of it in their bedrooms. We always used to say, the best tunes were the ones that made you laugh! As time went on, the music got darker and more serious, and it partly got more boring too. People began obsessing for hours on end about what was the best high hat to use or some other nonsense, and along the way it made the music a lot more clinical.
The gritty edge got lost, which is a shame considering it was what jungle and d&b was all about any way!
Any way, yes, they’re well worth a listen, and I love the daft factor they’ve remembered to include, and are clearly having a laugh in the studio rather than beard stroking about some inaudible frequency or other nonsense!
I’ve said for many years that the removal of the fun element from tunes was a step in the wrong direction.
I loved how the hardcore scene embraced pretty much any sample, no matter how daft or stupid it was. If it worked in a tune then that’s all that mattered!
To me, it embodied what the whole 92 scene was about, people having fun and writing tunes for the fun and love of it in their bedrooms. We always used to say, the best tunes were the ones that made you laugh! As time went on, the music got darker and more serious, and it partly got more boring too. People began obsessing for hours on end about what was the best high hat to use or some other nonsense, and along the way it made the music a lot more clinical.
The gritty edge got lost, which is a shame considering it was what jungle and d&b was all about any way!
Any way, yes, they’re well worth a listen, and I love the daft factor they’ve remembered to include, and are clearly having a laugh in the studio rather than beard stroking about some inaudible frequency or other nonsense!
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