Here’s issue two of our ‘Global Interpretations’ Guest Mix series courtesy of Jon The Dentist, and boy, is it a stinker. Best known as a trance DJ and producer, he is also a huge fan of 90s DNB and this mix proves it. Enjoy!
in 1995 The BBC broadcast eight iconic shows featuring 8 of the best MCs and DJs the UK had to offer. If you lived near a pirate radio station, hearing jungle on the airwaves was nothing new, but if you lived outside the scope of that network, you had no chance, unless you had a good friend that would send you tapes!
We take a look at, and a listen to the first round of BBC Radio 1’s now iconic ‘One In The Jungle’ , first aired in the summer of 1995.
Big Up Your Chest!
Stevie Hyper D was one of the best MCs the international drum and bass scene has ever known, possibly THE best. His life was tragically cut short in 1998 after years and years of hard graft. He was on the cusp of international stardom and a bright future as an MC at the very top of his game. Ten years ago a discussion between his nephew Darrell Austin and film director and producer Jamie Ross-Hulme gave birth to an idea for a full length feature film about Stevie’s life story. Fast forward to 2024 and Hyper – The Stevie Hyper D Story has seen its first airing in Odeon cinemas across the UK, with a second showing scheduled for the 27th November. We have seen the film and also managed to catch up with Jamie to get some insight into the journey from initial idea to big screen. BIG UP to EVERYONE involved in this epic and NOT TO BE MISSED film that has just become the most important production regarding DNB history so far.
I went to my first drum and bass rave in 2007 when I was sixteen years old. Dancing around in a grotty warehouse in the middle of the Somerset countryside, I felt at home for the first time. After that rave it became the thing I lived for. Fourteen years later I started DJing and producing drum and bass, becoming more heavily involved in the scene. With a new lens through which to see the world due to the evolution of social media and a university degree, I started to notice the lack of female names, and not just behind the decks, and it led me to thinking, why is there such a gender imbalance in the EDM industry?
We look at 6 of the best drum and bass albums of 1995, the year jungle was at it’s creative peak. If you haven’t heard of any of these, or even some of them, now is the perfect opportunity to take a listen to a selection from each of these scene defining and bona fide classics.
You’re welcome.
DJ Wuffnuffs is our newest contributor, but also the provider of our latest Guest Mix in a brand new series we’re calling ‘Global Interpretations’ – the idea being that we touch base with DJs from all over the world to get their own personal, but also geographical interpretations of Global drum and bass culture. If you’re in a far flung corner of the world and want to contribute to this series, you can hit us up via the ‘Meet The Team’ page.
Even the snowy Swedish weather can’t stop our latest featured artist from setting the dancefloor ablaze! If you like a healthy dose of metal and punk in your DNB, we’ve got the artist for you! We caught up with Levia to talk about her latest EP release out now on Imagine audio, “Game Changers.”
Miss Medik is one of our new recruits and a highly valued member of the team here at INSIDE DNB. She is also a highly talented DJ and producer and cares about all of the things we care about, including acceptance of neurodivergency and gender equality across all echelons of society. We are very pleased to call her a member of the crew! Read about her story here!
Vibe City 3 hosts some amazing liquid tracks from artists all over the Globe, some of them better known for other genres too. Read a bit more about this wicked album project here!
For anyone lucky enough to see Stevie Hyper D at the peak of his creative prowess during the mid to late 90’s, they will know that he wasn’t just a charismatic and highly influential Mic controller, he was a game changer with a skills set that propelled lyrical creativity and vocal delivery into a whole other realm, and to be fair, down a road that has never really been travelled before or since. We caught up with Jamie Ross-Hulme, the producer of a brand new feature film about the iconic MC, that needs your help with funding in order to make it to UK cinemas.
