The Amen break explained: one drum solo from 1969 that built jungle
A few seconds of drums on the B-side of a 1969 soul single became the backbone of jungle and drum and bass. Here is where it came from and who got paid.
By D-N-B Desk
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A series that goes back through drum and bass and jungle history.
A few seconds of drums on the B-side of a 1969 soul single became the backbone of jungle and drum and bass. Here is where it came from and who got paid.
By D-N-B Desk
Drum and bass runs at 160 to 180 beats per minute and splits into light, mainstream and heavy branches. Here is what each name means.
By D-N-B Desk
A landmark album in 1995, a Mercury Prize in 1997, a best seller in 2005 and a number one single in 2012. The dates tell the story.
By D-N-B Desk
Jungle came first, out of the rave and the sound system. Drum and bass followed in the mid 1990s. Here is how the two connect and who built the first.
By D-N-B Desk
Six labels keep coming up whenever the history of the sound is told. Here is each one and the name tied to it.
By D-N-B Desk
Before jungle had legal radio it had Kool FM, Don FM, Rush and Rude FM. Here is what the record says about the stations and when the mainstream caught up.
By D-N-B Desk