Jungle Bizness an’ Ting
I recently wrote a guest post on the wonderful Bird in the Bush blog run by my friend @bushbirdie and I thought I should replicate it here. So without further ado, I’d like to tell you about a Shepherd’s Bush event we are working on. It’s called Urban Jungle and it’s a one off, free, 90s drum & bass night, which will be held at the Raving Buddha on Goldhawk Road on Saturday the 15th of October.
The whole thing came about thanks to Twitter and a noisy neighbour. Not so long ago one of the Shepherd’s Bush twitterati @NelsMels, had to contend with a neighbour repeatedly and loudly playing ‘No Woman No Cry’ late at night. @NelsMels suggested on Twitter that some old skool drum & bass might work as revenge a means of drowning out the offending tune. I added a few bass laden suggestions of my own, as did @chrishampson and before we knew it we were reminiscing about some of our favourite 90s drum & bass tunes.
Then we thought we should get together somewhere, bring our favourite tunes and have an evening of drinks and drum & bass. As we discussed this idea, more and more W12 tweeters wanted to join in and since none of our places are exactly palatial, the idea of hiring a venue was born. @NelsMels used to DJ and even owned a couple of drum & bass labels, so she got on the case and before we knew it, the Raving Buddha was chosen and booked.
So in the best 90s drum & bass tradition, we moved from front room to dancehall and this is now very real and the deposit has been paid. We have the following DJs lined up (provisionally) and we may even have a few surprise special guests:
XO (Last.Fm, Bassdrive, Dogs On Acid)
Tendai (Swerve, Groove Connection)
Nexxi (G2 & Gain Recordings)
Zinga
Immortalmindz
Plastic
Ben Kei
J-Potz
DJ Lync
To give you an idea of the kind of tunes we are talking about, here are some links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFVHjZYoq4Q (LTJ Bukem – Horizons)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diaz0aQGGow (Photek – The Seven Samurai)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7nbPUNxFKE (DJ Rap – Spiritual Aura)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My_YHRIFrZg (Seba & Lotek – Sonic Winds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYHE4HtWgTM (PFM – The Western)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij2GVjuXrxM (Dillinja – The Angels Fell)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K4LdyPRhgY (Omni Trio – Renegade Snares)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9iC3Yo2A2Y (Adam F – Circles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bitkNUl2mt0 (Roni Size – Trust Me)
If you fancy coming along or if you just want to keep up to date, please look for #bushw12 #dnbnight on Twitter or follow @cpetzny @NelsMels and @chrishampson OR ‘like’ our Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Urban-Jungle/244247792275388
Big thanks to everyone who has so far helped and encouraged our behaviour.