Re: Jungle dancing 101 with Prof. MOONSTARR

Ashwin Tumne (ashwin@visgen.com)
Thu, 16 Jan 97 12:22:28 -0500


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shanti,

ashwin

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From: Kevin Moon <moon@interlog.com>
Subject: Jungle dancing 101 with Prof. MOONSTARR

Hey Carlos and Headz,

Jungle music is quick (160 beats per minute)... a hell-of-a-lot
quicker than
house which is around 120bpm. So to dance to jungle you have to be
on speed
or have a good ear. Here is my solution...
The next time you try to shake your rump to some breakbeats listen to the
beats.

You'll hear something like |boom|bip|boom|bip|boom|bip|

Process it like this |boom|...|boom|...|boom|...|

You'll find a Hip hop groove riding right underneath all that
chaos! And it
makes sense too cause 160bpm/2 = 80bpm. This is why I'm a jungle fanatic.

Disclaimer: However the drum n base I'm into does not survive off old/new
ganster rap imagry and it doesn't rely on fads or popularity to rock the
party (None of that biggie smalls vocal loop sh!t). So grabbing the
bozac or
gunshots in the air is not a recommended move on my junlge dance
floor. Hehe.

Hope this helps out. M o o n

>While imatit: On New Years eve I was at a party, the dancefloor
was packed
>out. The DJs that night I knew were junglist to the bone and I
knew it was
>a matter of time before they dropped some. Sure enough a half hour
set of
>jungle was dropped. All good stuff much of it which I own myself. I then
>waited to see if anyone on the dancefloor could actually *dance*
to jungle
>'cause I ain't seen anyone who can yet -straight up (and I'm not talking
>no all purpose quirky jerky sh1t). Sure enough the crowd eventually
>thinned out to a couple of inebriates who were dancing way out of time.
>This is no dis to those people 'cause as a club promoter I thank God for
>anyone who will either break the ice or maintain when its needed. My
>question is how do folks dance to jungle in your hood?
>
>Carlos Mondesir
>Hot Stepper Prod.
>Toronto
>

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