Re: Si, pero Nina....

Date: 25 May 2003 07:50:24 -0700
Newsgroups: alt.music.jungle,rec.music.afro-latin
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email-address-deleted (Rizla Ranger UK) wrote in message news:<email-address-deleted>...
> Just wondering what the musical crossover is like over
> there (I'm presuming you're in the EEUU), have you heard
> any of what is these days called "UK jungle"?
>
> Has 'jungle' noticably influenced or had
> any impacto at all on the 'Latin scene'?
>
> I'm just thinking out loud, like the way Jungle
> had its influence in Ragga/Bashment and then trickled
> down to Chutney etc
>
> Hehehehe, have any of the Latin crowd even noticed Jungle?
>
> :)
I've never been entirely clear on the difference between Jungle and
Drum -n- Bass.
My hunch is that it wouldn't work well with salsa. Reggae (broadly
defined) has more of an influence in the salsa and merengue than any
of the new ("new" meaning, say, came to prominence since the mid-80's)
electronic dance music does. (Well, actually, there's a lot of stuff
which staddles merengue and house, so that's an exception.)
One reason I got interested in Latin music is that I was not taken
with house, techno, etc. Of all these newish forms, drum -n- bass is
the one that I find the most appealing, though I think I like it very
impure and mixed with other things. I have to admit though that I
occasionally hear some house that I like as well, but most of it gets
on my nerves. Something like Basement Jaxx's (sp?) "Romeo" does it
for me, but maybe because there are a lot of other rhythms layered in.