drumnbass.be forum » Drumnbass scene » Drum-n-bass massive » Help Wanted!! Help Wanted!! Author Post chino Newbie Registration Date: 05-08-2009 Posts: 4 Hi, i am currently about to go into my final year at university, i am doing my dissertation on uk undergroung music styles and there evolution and progression, i.e. from old skool to jungle to dnb which i guess will be my main foucus, but anyway yeah heres my question and i would really appreciate any input anyone has on this. Do you know of any books that are related to this topic, i already have All crews, state of bass, and rough guide to drum and bass, but are there any other books that anyone could recommend related to drum and bass, old skool, breakbeat hardcore, dubstep, uk garage basically any music that was at one time underground or rave-ish. Do you know of any videos, or any other online sources of information on this topic? And finally would anyone be up for answering a few questions on a survey if i decided to create one, which havent yet but just to gauge an idea a number of people i could get to answer one. Yeah so thanks in advance to anyone who can help me with this, i know its a long shot but i thought i may aswell ask. Cheers. 06-08-2009 19:35 Tomos Infidel Registration Date: 15-04-2007 Posts: 2,276 Helpfulness rating:  I can personally recommend Goldie's autobiography called Nine Lives. It's really interesting and easy to read. I read it in about 4 days. It's got quite a bit about the early drum 'n' bass scene and the emergence of the famous MetalHeadz label. Definitely recommended. I've also got All Crews, but I see you've already mentioned that. __ MySpace | Soundcloud | Drumnbass.be | Facebook "It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." Carl Sagan 06-08-2009 19:56 chino Newbie Registration Date: 05-08-2009 Posts: 4 cheers dude will check check amazon for it now. if anyone else has any recommendations of books or resources please post a reply! 06-08-2009 20:32 chino Newbie Registration Date: 05-08-2009 Posts: 4 c'mon guys 66 views, someone must know of some resources that could be helpful. I know this is a production slanted forum and i do produce and joined with that in mind but this is an important thing i need to do towards my degree. Any books/resources that focussed on detailing the production techniques used within drum n bass/jungle/hardcore would be extremely useful so that i would have something to reference for that side of things, as the academic culture basically works on the basis that if it has been printed and you can references it must be true, which imo is a bit stupid but thats how it works and it aint gonna change! Oh and Big ups Tomos, my copy of nine lives came today! 10-08-2009 23:12 brucifer Making all the tunes your mum loves Registration Date: 23-10-2007 Posts: 997 Helpfulness rating:  Youtube is the obvious place for videos, There is loads of old rave footage on there. The thing is, your question is a bit vague. You need more direct questions about the scene. Places that were important to the uk hardcore/jungle scene around London in the 90's were clubs like Labrynth on Dalston RD (closed now, considered the birth place of jungle), Awol at the paradise club(?) & The Rocket down Holloway Rd. But there were loads more aswell. Also an important thing back then was radio stations like Rush FM, Kool Fm, Don, Eruption, Rude, Apple and countless more. These were what made the music accessable to the masses. There was also the underground/free party scene going on. The well known obvious systems were Spiral Tribe & Bedlam. Also Exodus over in Luton. They did some massive parties back in the 90's, most noteable was Castle Morton. This is what lead to the Criminal Justice Act in the UK and slowed the rave scene down. Didn't really effect London so badly thanks to the amount of old warehouses and the hardcore anarchistical ways of the crews involved. If your intention is trying to define the genres, it isn't going to be easy. A lot of old ravers considered hardcore as teckno, jungle as hardcore and dnb as still jungle.... There are no real defining moments, they all gradually morphed from one to another and at a very quick rate in the early ninties. So in theory,some people may actually consider dnb stuff coming out today as techno, even though todays, they sound nothing a like. It all comes down to when you got into the scene. Also, other areas of the country created different styles of music in the ninties. Can't remember what was where, but it was the same way Croydon is known for dubstep... __ 11-08-2009 12:15 chino Newbie Registration Date: 05-08-2009 Posts: 4 Cheers mate. Yeah basically my question is can you name any books or video titles that will give any info on the whole scene(s). Cheers for your reply though i forgot about radio, will deffo be mentioning that very important aspect. 13-08-2009 01:32 drumnbass.be forum » Drumnbass scene » Drum-n-bass massive » Help Wanted!!