so, here's my take on this. It's hard to describe how different this tune sounded at the time. Andy used to end his sets with this and rewind it two or three times, the first time it dropped, you could see people didn't dance... they didn't know what to do. I know there's loads of that clown step or whatever type swing vibe these days, but this was the first one to do it like this. the second time he played it, you could see people start getting it. then the last rewind and he would start it again. the crowd would be at frenzy point by the end of it. it sounded totally fresh and so different at the time. Andy had to educate the crowd to play it, unfortunatley, it paved the way for modern jump up, but this was a turning point in drum and bass. I was stood next to Andy as he played this in Leeds for the first time, months and months, maybe even a year or so before it came out and i said 'what the fuck is that last tune' and he just showed me a piece of vinyl that said 'Triplets' on it in marker.
Yes mate I saw the "Triplets" and I reckon I heard this the first time he ever played it out in Bar Rumba; I saw him the week before on Saturday and he didn't play it then. I've never seen a tune get the reaction it did in that club is was fucking insane. Everyone was blown away.
Absolutely, it caused a level of excitement and debate in the scene that was hard to describe. Everyone was talking about it, dissecting it, either loving or hating it. Whatever your thoughts on Body Rock, it's a massively important tune in the history of the genre.
I recall Andy C dropping this in tiny little club in High Wycombe around 2000 / 2001 and it literally changed the way everyone danced. There was sudden 'bounce' and gyration to everyone that was completely in sync...the girls looked great dancing to this one! It was one of those tracks which had the power to transform the whole vibe of the club.
Happened out here in the states as well. In Sacramento, we had a club called The Rage that hosted a house night every wed. My buddies got the owners to let us have a jungle room. One of the local djs busted this ojt and the whole room was like a giant tidal wave going up and down at the same time. It was packed, hit , humid, lights were flashing, and the vibe was ultra massive!
Brings back so many memories! I had this on white label and I used to mix it with the Missy Elliot - Get Your Freak On acapella. I did this mix a thousand times! 😂😍
Yeah that combo was hitting for sure. Not many tracks mixed well with this 😂 I remember every time somebody tried to mix this with Jungle they forfeited the rest of their set
I remember when this track came out it was like marmite, people either loved it or hated it. Personally I like it and still do. It's trippy and that drum pattern is so unique.
My bff bought it on vinyl. We decided we hated it, she took it back & then it started playin in all the club's and b4 u know it...... we ran back out n she bought it again!!
Agreed. Regardless of where it sat in the aficionados pile of records, when played mid set there was absolutely nothing that could compare. Absolutely nothing came close at the time. Every set benefitted from this inclusion.
I'm an trance head, always have been and probably always will be, but I respect other genres massively and this is a blinding bit of deeb. Always loved this tune :-)
one of the best ive ever had the pleasures of raving it up to over the years. when it first came out it got caned by every single dj. andy is the boss!
I remember getting the tube home after a Telepathy rave in Stratford and when the train started moving after each station I thought Bodyrock was playing again.
It's a crime this doesn't gave more views. Just listened to the RAM documentary from BBC Radio 1. I had no idea. This was such a banger and game changer back in the day. I'm only 18. I've seen the executioner twice this year. Smashes it as always. Ram is something special. Thank you. Ram Records.
Mate I saw this the night it was first cut to dubplate. Immediately when it came in and the filtered build-up started everyone knew they were witnessing history. It destroyed Bar Rumba in Tottenham Court Road on Thursday. Next night on Friday at (the now defunct) The End, Andy C dropped it at his Ram Records night. Never seen shit like that since.
First DnB song i ever heard, about 2005 when i was 10 years old. My sister had downloaded it off limewire for some reason, and like fate i heard it and it spawned my love of Jungle mainly for the last 17 years.
Supper thankful to come up in the 90s early 2000s in D.C/Baltimore area to be apart of it all. Seeing people basically put drum n bass n the back small room with maybe 1 dj to see the main room being filled with drum n bass DJs
There's so many parts to this track when you break it down, it's a masterpiece of electronic music. The opening sequence of delicate female vocals that haunt the gentle opening of beats, the soft trickle of water in to whispering winds followed by the now famous automated vocals leading in to that compressed staggered beat. The haunting vocals accompany the beat perfectly as the whining amens drop in is sublime. When the track drops at 1:41 your spine was removed by the wobbling bass and chaotic step beats that to this day haven't been replicated to this standard imo. This track paved the way for a fresh taste of DnB to come back in the day. Great track, even greater times. Love and respect. ,
I remember hearing this at some crazy lil pop up rave in Riverside I think it was 2002/2003ish. Rolling outta my mind and the build drop hits... a couple had these crazy ass light gloves going, the place lost it!!! I couldnt get this chune out my head. Found it like a week later. Still have vinyl copy somewhere in the crates!
I have never seen a drum & bass track get a reaction like this track did, and I have seen a LOT of DnB tracks GO OFF in a LOT of RAVES. You name it - from the dirtiest Dillinja to the nastiest Noisia - none can compare to when this first came out, people were losing their fucking minds. It ruined raves and buried the floor.
A friend said once a very powerful sentence when I was 13 years:The worse the music sounded to you , the better drugs you are going to get.That was 15 years ago. I still agree to this , sick and twisted , but I love it
Hey, it may have inspired a lot of shit to follow, but as far as i'm concerned anyone hating on this track needs to get their head out of their ass. Classic tune!
This tune used to smash the dance up and was something totally different back in summer of 2001 along with Marky LK (instrumental) pushing boundaries unlike todays producers
eish, this brings me back!!! to "the hub",on sat nights, && manyyyy house parties,not to mention *_raves!_* ,like, _ballymore, eustace_ hehehe... *lekker times* !
People STILL get upset at even a mention of this tune...thing is they were probably losing it and calling for the rwd just like we all did back then. I personally love it and recall exactly when i heard it the first time. Miami, WMC 2001......crowd went totally bonkers!!! Love or hate it, the track cannot be denied it's place in the history of this music.
this was a pioneering track just cos of the divresity it brought to the tempo and swing. it was a bit of a novelty really, and back then we loved it. its kinda shite though lol
tune I remember falling out of legends of the dark black on Plymouth 1st time I heard it back in the day, everyone was like wtf is this and went mental
I wanna add, this tune did not start clownstep. It sounds nothing like Clownstep. Clownstep is basically more stabby, and doesn't have anywhere near the funk and production nous of this record. Some people say Twist Em Out by Dillinja started it; but I think anyone who really knows the genre knows it was Clipse who popularised clownstep with "Slippery Slopes".
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so, here's my take on this. It's hard to describe how different this tune sounded at the time.
Andy used to end his sets with this and rewind it two or three times, the first time it dropped, you could see people didn't dance... they didn't know what to do. I know there's loads of that clown step or whatever type swing vibe these days, but this was the first one to do it like this.
the second time he played it, you could see people start getting it. then the last rewind and he would start it again.
the crowd would be at frenzy point by the end of it. it sounded totally fresh and so different at the time.
Andy had to educate the crowd to play it, unfortunatley, it paved the way for modern jump up, but this was a turning point in drum and bass.
I was stood next to Andy as he played this in Leeds for the first time, months and months, maybe even a year or so before it came out and i said 'what the fuck is that last tune' and he just showed me a piece of vinyl that said 'Triplets' on it in marker.
Yes mate I saw the "Triplets" and I reckon I heard this the first time he ever played it out in Bar Rumba; I saw him the week before on Saturday and he didn't play it then. I've never seen a tune get the reaction it did in that club is was fucking insane. Everyone was blown away.
Absolutely, it caused a level of excitement and debate in the scene that was hard to describe. Everyone was talking about it, dissecting it, either loving or hating it. Whatever your thoughts on Body Rock, it's a massively important tune in the history of the genre.
Love
First time I heard it I ran through the festival following this sound... I found it. Took me year to figure out the name...
I also own it on wax
I recall Andy C dropping this in tiny little club in High Wycombe around 2000 / 2001 and it literally changed the way everyone danced. There was sudden 'bounce' and gyration to everyone that was completely in sync...the girls looked great dancing to this one! It was one of those tracks which had the power to transform the whole vibe of the club.
Tunnel crew
Heard this dropped at Bagley's never fully got my hearing back
Happened out here in the states as well. In Sacramento, we had a club called The Rage that hosted a house night every wed. My buddies got the owners to let us have a jungle room. One of the local djs busted this ojt and the whole room was like a giant tidal wave going up and down at the same time. It was packed, hit , humid, lights were flashing, and the vibe was ultra massive!
The bomb, Notts ❤
Was it the roundabout? Cos I was there and had the same exact experience lol
2024 and still listening to this banger.
Brings back so many memories! I had this on white label and I used to mix it with the Missy Elliot - Get Your Freak On acapella. I did this mix a thousand times! 😂😍
Yeah that combo was hitting for sure. Not many tracks mixed well with this 😂 I remember every time somebody tried to mix this with Jungle they forfeited the rest of their set
still rinsin this tune, more than 10 years later. thats the sign of a true classic
Still rinsin in 2025?
@Sevish I did actually last week
stood the test of time and still the number one best banger from our generation, we need big new remixes of this bassline
springy basslines and triplet pattern beats, that won anthem status in the clubs.
I remember when this track came out it was like marmite, people either loved it or hated it. Personally I like it and still do. It's trippy and that drum pattern is so unique.
was when people started experimenting with triplets in dnb, hence it sounding completely diff to anything out that year
2001 !!!!!
I remember it coming out…. I couldn’t get enough of it on the dance floor but wasn’t so impressive other than in the club
@@TeknoJoe23It also clashed horribly with 3/4 snare jungle tracks of the 90s
At the time I was like WTF is this. But as a DJ of almost 30 years, there are tunes that changed things. This is one of them for DNB.
This was really different at the time. We loved it in DC. Such a fun track.
When this track came out we used to laugh at it a bit, but when it was played at clubs the reaction was amazing. Andy C knows what he's doing.
My bff bought it on vinyl. We decided we hated it, she took it back & then it started playin in all the club's and b4 u know it...... we ran back out n she bought it again!!
Agreed. Regardless of where it sat in the aficionados pile of records, when played mid set there was absolutely nothing that could compare. Absolutely nothing came close at the time. Every set benefitted from this inclusion.
I'm an trance head, always have been and probably always will be, but I respect other genres massively and this is a blinding bit of deeb. Always loved this tune :-)
Classic. Ed rush and optical dropped this in Texas during the virus trip. That cover art for the single album is dope
one of the best ive ever had the pleasures of raving it up to over the years. when it first came out it got caned by every single dj. andy is the boss!
I remember getting the tube home after a Telepathy rave in Stratford and when the train started moving after each station I thought Bodyrock was playing again.
this is one of the funniest things ive ever read lmao ive been thinking about this comment for like 4 hours now
@@zacharrowood6178 haha brilliant!
This was a good 15 years ago but I can remember it like it was yesterday. Good times 😁
This was the move from grimy jungle to bouncy drum and bass. It was refreshing. And that loop misstep rewind in the middle..... unforgettable.
This tune still gets blasted out in 2019
The End memories 💥 amazing times
It's a crime this doesn't gave more views.
Just listened to the RAM documentary from BBC Radio 1. I had no idea. This was such a banger and game changer back in the day. I'm only 18. I've seen the executioner twice this year. Smashes it as always. Ram is something special. Thank you. Ram Records.
Mate I saw this the night it was first cut to dubplate. Immediately when it came in and the filtered build-up started everyone knew they were witnessing history. It destroyed Bar Rumba in Tottenham Court Road on Thursday. Next night on Friday at (the now defunct) The End, Andy C dropped it at his Ram Records night. Never seen shit like that since.
^^True story
Mate I'm 13 and I'm listening to this 😂
bruh i'm 4 and this shit my jam
@@bb4ke yea, you shit in your jam :p
Oh my! Still a banger all these years later!
I remember radio 1 in 2001 airing this (When they played decent music) with Pete Tong and Dave Pierce! What a great tune!
2021 still iconic
Will never forget hearing it @RAM @THE END .. Andy opening with it , and getting pissed off that no-one got it !! @@
People got it. They just didn't like it. Happy hardcore 2.0 😝
First DnB song i ever heard, about 2005 when i was 10 years old. My sister had downloaded it off limewire for some reason, and like fate i heard it and it spawned my love of Jungle mainly for the last 17 years.
Supper thankful to come up in the 90s early 2000s in D.C/Baltimore area to be apart of it all. Seeing people basically put drum n bass n the back small room with maybe 1 dj to see the main room being filled with drum n bass DJs
I grew up on this song. As a dj, I dropped this every chance I could get
Blessed is the laminator. I've been looking for this for about 5 years. YES YES:)
Used to listen to this on my apple iPod
Absolute Classic!
There's so many parts to this track when you break it down, it's a masterpiece of electronic music. The opening sequence of delicate female vocals that haunt the gentle opening of beats, the soft trickle of water in to whispering winds followed by the now famous automated vocals leading in to that compressed staggered beat. The haunting vocals accompany the beat perfectly as the whining amens drop in is sublime. When the track drops at 1:41 your spine was removed by the wobbling bass and chaotic step beats that to this day haven't been replicated to this standard imo. This track paved the way for a fresh taste of DnB to come back in the day. Great track, even greater times. Love and respect. ,
Which amens?
Burning CDs for my channel and came across an old Shimon mix from ATM Magazine. Instantly taken back to raving to Body Rock, still a banger.
I remember hearing this in a huge mud fest in Texas. Very interesting night.
Was massive back then, triple rewinds!
Listened to this track first time I dropped a pill, listened to about 100 times that night.Brings back some weird memories, but I fucking love it.
I seriously love that transition sound, omg
Andy C!!! The executioner!!! Kills every track!!! Damn I miss my clubbing days. Memories
Set your volume up to the max and enjoy the beautifull sound this record gives you my friends. You will not regret it.
What a tune!
One of the best classics By Andy C.
👌🖤
And Shimon
incriivel !!! tocarei esse 12´´ pelo resto de minha vida !!!!!!
BEST EVER. I still play it everyday without fail.
Im so glad they uploaded this one, a classic
Shrooming, halloween 2002, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, most intense trip ever.
CLaSSiC !!!!! MASSIIIIVE !!!
My fiance mixes this track all the time - honestly one of my favorite dnb tracks ever.
Brings back memories to my early teens
Great memories of summer 2001 out raving.
I remember hearing this at some crazy lil pop up rave in Riverside I think it was 2002/2003ish. Rolling outta my mind and the build drop hits... a couple had these crazy ass light gloves going, the place lost it!!! I couldnt get this chune out my head. Found it like a week later. Still have vinyl copy somewhere in the crates!
I have never seen a drum & bass track get a reaction like this track did, and I have seen a LOT of DnB tracks GO OFF in a LOT of RAVES. You name it - from the dirtiest Dillinja to the nastiest Noisia - none can compare to when this first came out, people were losing their fucking minds. It ruined raves and buried the floor.
imagine andy never released it, he wasnt so sure about body rock
This really is one of the best produced masterpieces of our century.
SOOO many stories behind it ;)
one of the top 5 best dnb tunes ever
A friend said once a very powerful sentence when I was 13 years:The worse the music sounded to you , the better drugs you are going to get.That was 15 years ago.
I still agree to this , sick and twisted , but I love it
I'm late to the party and this is magnificent. X
Got this the day it came out. My version is VINYL. SOUNDS a bit different. I remember the first time and heard this. EPIC!
Eu aqui ouvindo essa musica 21 anos depois . Ultima vez que tinha ouvido foi em 2002, quando eu tinha 16 anos. Hoje com 37
seen Andy C many times, i remember sikabdi rapping over this, it was imnase
Hey, it may have inspired a lot of shit to follow, but as far as i'm concerned anyone hating on this track needs to get their head out of their ass. Classic tune!
man that's true
This is the best track they made together i think👌
I totally agree. Important (and refreshingly different at the time (rhythmically speaking,)) tune......, and the inspiring a lot of poo bit.
This tune used to smash the dance up and was something totally different back in summer of 2001 along with Marky LK (instrumental) pushing boundaries unlike todays producers
Awesome tune. Got the OG vinyl still
eish, this brings me back!!!
to "the hub",on sat nights,
&& manyyyy house parties,not to mention *_raves!_* ,like, _ballymore, eustace_ hehehe... *lekker times* !
this tune is a f#@king classic. I can't wait until I can play it on the subwoofers let the room boom!
The birth of clownstep
lol i used to love this tune, was the "mission" tune lol , still good now!
Yesssss such a sick tune
I don't give a fuck what naybody says or what the athermath was. This tune is a fucking classic.
lots of music like this being produced under swing and bass vibe
Cool
The boss of all songs.
Still makes me skank out just as hard as it did when I first heard it years ago, fucking tuuuune🔥🔥🔥
I just thought back to Andy C dropping this with Signal at Fabric years ago! Total mind fuck! :)
Absolute monster
Sounds like something that 'designandbass' would've made.
Oh my god I completely forgot about that channel! Thank you so much for the nostalgia holy hell
@@edinchez lmao
For those who call this Jungle, this isn't Jungle, and for those who say it killed Jungle, Jungle had long gone by the time this was released!
Long gone? I am curious, when was jungle gone?
@@CerealKiller i guess u dont listen deep and neuro..
@@AsselParty6 years later I know, but jungle died around 1996. Jump up took over, then tech step and then this type of rubbish.
History.
Classic and The Best!
oldies but goldies
blasted this out my window neighbours wernt too pleased but i was loving it sounds good loud
People STILL get upset at even a mention of this tune...thing is they were probably losing it and calling for the rwd just like we all did back then. I personally love it and recall exactly when i heard it the first time. Miami, WMC 2001......crowd went totally bonkers!!!
Love or hate it, the track cannot be denied it's place in the history of this music.
To me it was almost like drum and bass flirting with happy hardcore 😅
@@deanosaur808 LOL I dunno what HH you were listening to that brought you to that conclusion mate. I think i get what you mean...i think😝
BODY ROCKIN BABY!!!!
Yes yes yes. Big up big C!!
This sounds like what being probed by aliens feels like.
This is such a tune when me and my friends get drunk
Atomics Maidstone damn I miss that place.. This tune would RAM the Dancefloor in seconds
Oh watch that last step
this was a pioneering track just cos of the divresity it brought to the tempo and swing. it was a bit of a novelty really, and back then we loved it. its kinda shite though lol
Dj Marky @ Parade of Peace 2002 na rua! Free!
A tune that never sat right with me, my loss I guess
it's awesome
Still banging!
OJ from back when it was called "hardcore"
This track kicks all kinds of arse, and was completely original to boot.
This has absolutely nothing to do with hardcore 😅😂🤣
Nope, this was dnb from 2001, hardcore was pretty much dead by then to those of us who followed it. It was a completely different genre altogether.
Tuuuuune
They dropped this in Stratford Rex one nation and Mickey Mouse was on the laser I’ve never felt such connection before to the whole experience
loves kinda fake loves kinda fake loves kinda fake love is love is loves kinda fake
🌠
fuckin piece of work! still have it on vinyl.. :)
WARNING. Song so bouncy I’ve now got a permanent head bop.
tune I remember falling out of legends of the dark black on Plymouth 1st time I heard it back in the day, everyone was like wtf is this and went mental
I wanna add, this tune did not start clownstep. It sounds nothing like Clownstep. Clownstep is basically more stabby, and doesn't have anywhere near the funk and production nous of this record. Some people say Twist Em Out by Dillinja started it; but I think anyone who really knows the genre knows it was Clipse who popularised clownstep with "Slippery Slopes".
awesome vibe!
Sh*t-hot track - nothing else like it!
Yeah!! The first clownstep Track :)
nossa, vim parar aqui pelo FERVILLE....ae sim !!!! junglist
This is Drumnbass! Not a 3 minute lego build Track like today! Yes!