Future Jungle
As much as I’ve wanted to be making music in the first half of this year, I’ve been occupied with a multitude of other things. So it’s perfect that during this period of not ‘being around’ as such, ravey influences have seemingly crept further towards the forefront of dance music.
If you’d have asked me, it was only a matter of time, but with it has come another squirmy gesticulation to try and work out ‘what to call it all’. Following on from the messy “nu-rave” tug-o-war a few years back, “future jungle” is a label that’s been sprouting up of late.
Now, I know why this sort of genre churning comes about, it’s sort of 70% definition of nuance and 30% rebranding exercise. I’m fine with it, but it has made me ponder why ‘rave’ appears to be such a grubby word when it seems the most concise summation of the sound. Say ‘jungle’ to the layman and he’ll think of DnB, say ‘hardcore’ and he’ll think of punk porn. Your Mum/Nan/bank manager knows what rave is.
(… Hmm. Maybe that’s why…)
