Junglist Underground History
NORTH LONDON
You can’t talk about the history of Jungle without talking about North London. From the very beginning, artists and labels like Top Buzz, Noise Factory, Congo Natty, and Kemet Records were setting the blueprint. When Jungle music was pushed out of the West End, venues like Club U.N. and Roller Express were key to keeping the scene alive.
East LONDON
Going all the way back to the early Acid House days the combination of the number of warehouse spaces and tower blocks made East London the perfect location for the rave
scene to develop.
By 1991 the Hardcore scene was thriving and the seeds of Jungle had already been sown, bringing together people from all walks of life. From this community came Pirate Radio Stations, DJs, MCs, Promoters, Record Shops, Labels and a whole tribe of Ravers.
Broadcasting from Nightingale and Holly Street tower blocks, Pirate Radio Stations like Kool FM, Weekend Rush FM and Eruption FM were at the centre of the movement, spreading the culture far and wide.
west END
WEst LONDON
OUT OF TOWN AND THE M25
100’s of hours of research has ensured that over 80% of the names on this map are correct in their location, or no more than 5 miles from where they grew up, lived, held at least one event, broadcast from, etc. The remaining 20% are too important to the scene not to be represented and are typically from areas where the sound was exploding or the home counties.
in memory of…
To those Junglists who sadly are no longer with us, their music and talent will live on forever through the records they created and sets they performed on. The scene is far richer for them being a part of it, so to Skibadee, Kemistry, Diane Charlemagne, Stevie Hyper D, MC Ruff, Tenor Fly, Marcus Intalex (Da Intalex) and Tango, thank you and Rest In Eternal Peace.