Jungle

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(Producer, vocals, b. 1965) Clifford Price a.k.a. Goldie was the most significant and visual exponent of the dance style known as jungle that emerged out of drum’n’bass in the UK in 1993. Early Angel EP (1993) and ‘Inner City Life’ single (1995) were masterful and his major label debut album Timeless (1995) confirmed his talent. A highly collaborative artist, the two-CD set of Saturnz Return (1998) divided critics and the faithful. ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley
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Jungle was a reaction against happy rave’s crossover commercialism. The music did not so much die as go back underground, becoming darker and more sinister in order to reflect the prevailing, early 1990s mood. By this time in dance music, there had been plenty of media scare stories about ecstasy fatalities. As drug use spiralled for some clubbers, tracks such as 4Hero’s ‘Mr Kirk’s Nightmare’ (Reinforced), Ed Rush’s ‘Bloodclot Artattack’ (No ...

Source: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music, general editor Paul Du Noyer
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