Episode #19: Evolutionary Rhythm [1995-1996]

Between the year 1995 and 1996 jungle began splitting further into other sub-styles. What was once known as jungle was now being recognized as drum & bass by newcoming fans. During 1995, P-Funk introduced "P-Funk Era" which would revolutionize the sound of drum & bass as many artists began to incorporate more rolling basslines into their production. During this same year jungle became more commercialized. Though he was mostly intrigued by acid house and Detroit techno, Alex Reece rose to become a very influential name in the jazzy/intelligent drum & bass scene. Although remaining an underground genre, Goldie's "Timeless" sold 150,000 copies in the UK alone. Goldie also formed his label Metalheadz in this time period which signed Doc Scott, Dillinja, and Photek. Intelligent drum & bass was seeing a large popularity while the jungle sound of the early 90's had slowly begun to fade away. In 1996 Grooverider coined the term "hardstep" for a new wave of drum & bass productions. Hardstep was a move dancefloor oriented style when compared to intelligent drum & bass and the language of the track composition incorporated the same rolling bassline that was becoming widely used in the previous year. From hardstep there immediately came techstep and darkstep. P-Fun - P-Funk Era Alex Reece - Pulp Fiction DJ Pulse - Let You In (Wax Doctor Remix) 88.3 feat. Lisa May - Wishing On A Star Aphrodite - Wanted It More & More Richi & Jmj - Free La Funk (Pfm Remix) Jon The Dentist - France (DJ Trace & Ed Rush Remix) Roni Size - Secrets Bigga World - My Perspective Adam F - Metropolis Aquasky - Images