The Jungle music sub-genre of drum-and-bass has been widely thought to have been played out. Just about the only place it has been heard of late is on the Ali G show. But the Brooklyn-based pH10, a ten-year concern that Time Out London describes as "The Beastie Boys growing up on Slayer rather than Afrika Bambaataa," beg to differ. We scored a streamable version of their track "Enter The Underground" (below), so you can hear what jungle sounds like in 2008.
According to bandleader Recone Helmut, the group has paid its dues and fears nothing but daytime employment.
"We are tough," he stated. "We’ve played the nastiest venues and rocked the sketchiest sound systems. We’ve played in areas of the world where the electricity shows off to its friends by killing expensive samplers. We have taken airplanes to play warehouse parties that were shut down before our gear cleared airport security. We’ve recorded entire records in unfamiliar studios with no engineer and the ‘tight deadline.’ Be assured, pH10 can take it. However, there is one thing that strikes fear in our jaded hearts… day jobs."
The image of Ali G may in your head you hear this, as it does in mine, but I thought this track was enjoyable enough. It’s sort of fun to remember jungle. As always, your mileage may vary.
Stream pH10’s "Enter the Underground (with Pete Miser and Jamalski)":
