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Before jungle had legal radio it had Kool FM, Don FM, Rush and Rude FM. Here is what the record says about the stations and when the mainstream caught up.
Jungle's first national audience heard it on pirate radio. Wikipedia names Kool FM as the most important of the stations, with Don FM, Rush and Rude FM carrying the music alongside it.
The stations were unlicensed, which is why legal radio only picked jungle up later. Wikipedia lists Fabio, Grooverider, DJ Rap and LTJ Bukem among the key DJs of the early scene.
Kiss 100 broadcast a jungle show called Givin' It Up in 1994. BBC Radio 1 followed in 1995 with One in the Jungle. By then the scene was at its most popular, and the sound was starting to be called drum and bass.
Our Culture and History panel carries features on Brockie and MC Det, two voices tied to the station.
A few seconds of drums on the B-side of a 1969 soul single became the backbone of jungle and drum and bass. Here is where it came from and who got paid.
By D-N-B Desk
A landmark album in 1995, a Mercury Prize in 1997, a best seller in 2005 and a number one single in 2012. The dates tell the story.
By D-N-B Desk
Jungle came first, out of the rave and the sound system. Drum and bass followed in the mid 1990s. Here is how the two connect and who built the first.
By D-N-B Desk
