This is live drum and bass as you've never experienced before. Featuring the Jungle Drummer a unique live performer who has developed his own style through his musical awareness and experience, from ten years of playing with the biggest live acts in Turntablism, dance music and D&B. His stamina makes him able to drum at 180 BPM for 2 hours plus and his all out approach understanding of DJ culture, technical ability make him stand out on his own as a live drummer. DJ Fu is fast becoming one of the rising stars of D&B and Turntablism. Due to his musicality, tight mixing and scratching ability. His approach, originality and skills when working with the jungle drummer has not only taken his DJ-ing to another level but has evolved into one of the most successful drummer DJ combinations yet. In less than 2 years he has gone from being a resident at local nights to playing some of the biggest events in the world. Put this together and you get jungle vs fu a live project that is always developing, pushing boundaries, smashing crowds all over the UK, Europe and the USA.
Since their debut in summer 2006 as documented with their infamous Youtube footage from Truck Fest Oxford. The show has evolved to new heights of live performance, combining the best assets of both artists for a totally unique club experience. Mega mixes of classics where Fu matches the same pattern from the record to jungles drums. Jungles ability to play a broad amount of drumming styles means fu has to match his bass lines rhythmically across Hip Hop, Dubstep, Ragga, Jungle and D&B also testing the MC's ability to perform in unison with Jungle and Fu. As well as all this the show features precision drum timing, perfect mixing, Scratch and drum battles up to 200bpm, live remixes of old and new classics, super fast cuts and drops, firing tune selection and a massive bag of crowd teasing tricks ensure a great reaction from everyone, smashing dance floors wherever they play. This show is definitely not just another club set!
A crucial part of this show is the MC who adapts to everything that happens on stage creating a relationship between the performers. Which ensures the crowd have an extra dimension to the show accentuating the focal points of the performance going off where ever they play. The importance of the MC's role is highlighted in their new video by Stamina MC who has set a new level for MC's on the show. Currently they are working and have performed with Trip, Stamina MC, Lowqui, Eksman, Rodney P, Tonn Piper and are bringing through up and coming such as Harry Shotta and Script MC. They have worked with vocalists such as Deeizm and beat boxers Faith SFX, Killa Kella. Recently they've worked with Beardyman receiving a great response.
Due to the diversity of the show, it is attracting attention from all over the globe and its not just clubs getting in on the action. They've played at festivals like Glastonbury, Global Gathering, DMC World DJ championships, Z008, North Sea Jazz festival, Audio River, Nass Skate Fest, Summer Break, Gatecrasher to name a few. They've played alongside artists as diverse as Korn, Placebo, Rahzel, DJ Craze, Q-Bert, DJ Hype, Goldie, Andy C, Zane Lowe, Dreadzone, Krafty Kuts, Pendulum, Mad Professor, Scratch Perverts, Roni Size Reprezent, Annie Mac, DJ Marky, DJ Yoda, Skream, Benga, UNKLE, Diesel Boy, Mark Ronson, Carl Cox, Joey Beltram and Stanton Warriors.
Aside from festivals they have also been playing premier nights and events such as Drummer Live at the Docklands XL Arena the biggest drum event in the world, DMC World DJ Championships, Battle Jam, Warehouse Project, Warning, Ape, One Nation, Tuesday Club, Chibuku, Metropolis, Ministry of Sound, Random Concept and Drum and Bass Arena events.
Going from strength to strength the duo constantly seek to improve their routines, reach wider audiences and test their own limits. This year has also seen a continuing increase in publicity for the show. The hype around them on the internet grows daily as does their fan base. They are currently in the process of putting together original material due for release in 2009 will finally be their own music. As their notoriety grows from smashing club after club they look to take their show to new levels of performance.
The first show kicks off this Monday (13th October) from 9-11 pm For the first hour I'll be spinning nothing but UK bangers from the Hip Hop, Grime and Dub Step Scenes aswell as bare exclusives from myself and the UNCZ...then for the last hour its all about DNB where I'll be bringing up a guest MC and DJ each month to roll out with me...
This months guests are DJ Ruffstuff and Funsta...
Lock on if ya can and if you got any ideas of who you would like to hear on the show in the coming months let me know....
NEXT FRIDAY OCTOBER 17TH 2008 @ THE ROADMENDER,1 LADYS LANE, NORTHAMPTON NN5 6NJ
JUNGLE DRUMMER & DJ FU (Drum n Bass Arena) - 4 HERO (Reinforced) - DANNY BYRD (hospital) - NO FAKIN DJ'S (Chibuku) plus more. Three rooms of DnB, Hip-Hop, Breaks, Dub Step, Funk & Turntablism
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