Jungle music
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Jungle music can mean:
- A style of music prominently featuring the "Amen breakAmen breakThe Amen break is a brief drum solo performed in 1969 by Gregory Cylvester "G. C." Coleman in the song "Amen, Brother" performed by the 1960s funk and soul outfit The Winstons...
" - Drum and bassDrum and bassDrum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
, a form of rave music that has bassline and drum influence, but does not contain much influence from the "Amen break" - Oldschool jungleOldschool jungleJungle is a genre of electronic music that incorporates influences from genres including breakbeat hardcore, and reggae/dub/dancehall. There is debate as to whether jungle is a separate genre from drum and bass as many use the terms interchangeably...
, an electronic music style specific to the rave scene in the early to mid 1990s - Ragga jungleRagga jungleRagga jungle is a genre of music that emerged circa 1989-1990 and was initially heavily based on production of Michael West...
, a musical subgenre characterized by ragga vocals - A racial slur, used primarily in the 1950s and 1960s, to describe African-American influenced music as "noise" and "primitive"