DOES UK HAVE THE BEST HIDDEN GEMS? | Americans React to Roni Size, Reprazent - Brown Paper Bag

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  • @levivalentinovideos
    @levivalentinovideos 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +227

    You should be drinking Cider really when listening to Bristol DnB legends like Roni Size 😂

    • @samdavies5965
      @samdavies5965 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Briz!!!!

    • @Pigwig83
      @Pigwig83 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Stowford press

    • @levivalentinovideos
      @levivalentinovideos 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Pigwig83 1/2 an exhibition at the Corry Tap (those who know know) which is actually next door to Christchurch Studios where massive attack recorded back in the day

    • @morganmorgan-morgan2582
      @morganmorgan-morgan2582 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I arrived in Bristol in 2001 at the end of this era. Big up Full Cycle, Drive By, Timecode (if you know you know 😉)

    • @Pigwig83
      @Pigwig83 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@morganmorgan-morgan2582 hell yeah. Timecode mixes on Moving shadow.

  • @GRANT250MX
    @GRANT250MX 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +172

    It’s worth noting that this was actually a band. They play this live on stage with real instruments and synths.

    • @sayagain3524
      @sayagain3524 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yes 🔥

    • @jlucie
      @jlucie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      And a museum piece desktop 😂

    • @GRANT250MX
      @GRANT250MX 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@jayyydeee86 yes, Roni size is one person. Reprazent is the name of the group.

    • @BeExcellent1
      @BeExcellent1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Reprazent

    • @jayyydeee86
      @jayyydeee86 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@GRANT250MX yes exactly 👍🏻

  • @Howisthatright
    @Howisthatright 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

    Shiiiiit... Was 16yrs old when I first heard this. 42 now and I still have this track on my playlist. Great reaction guys!!

    • @littleredrainbow82
      @littleredrainbow82 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂 me too

    • @rossd735
      @rossd735 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Me three, remember going to the end in 2001 to see roni, good old dayz

    • @SC-gm4fw
      @SC-gm4fw 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Another 42 year old and remember spending most of Homelands 99 in the end arena listening to Roni Size and all the other Dnb heads

    • @andrewmcleod9993
      @andrewmcleod9993 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me 5, saw them on the other stage at Glastonbury 97 (on the TV) and they absolutely blew my mind and changed my life.

    • @stephenlamley541
      @stephenlamley541 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      14/15/16 for me too 90s

  • @markjones127
    @markjones127 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    Such an awesome tune, crazy hearing it referred to as a hidden gem though as it was a huge hit in the UK, mad to think it wasn't as well known globally as we all held him and his band in such high esteem, he was the man!

    • @Hold_My_Pocket
      @Hold_My_Pocket 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This is real British old school drum and bass. Made for the British dance scene

    • @finjibuns
      @finjibuns 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Got to remember DnB has only really blown up in the U.S mainstream in the last 18 months due to people like Fred again playing it in his sets he does with Four Tet and then obviously Chase and Status. It's had an underground following for a long time but those new to it have missed 20+ years of original DnB and Jungle

    • @markjones127
      @markjones127 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@finjibuns Interesting, back in the 90's because my surname was Jones and I was a big fan my nickname was Jungle 🤣

    • @Hold_My_Pocket
      @Hold_My_Pocket 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@markjones127 I bet when you went it out your pockets were full of chewing gum.

    • @jawarholol4651
      @jawarholol4651 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@finjibunsgrew up in the LA area in the 90's and DnB was hugely popular. Every weekend we'd go hunt for raves. It was a golden age

  • @BeExcellent1
    @BeExcellent1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +132

    There is no way this is your first time hearing this track! Next you're going to say you never heard Goldie Innercity Life!

    • @GaryPUK
      @GaryPUK 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As much as I love Inner CIty Life, for me the Rabbit in The Moon Vocal mix of it is an absolute masterpiece of a tune, if you haven't heard it you should give it a listen th-cam.com/video/-nXrjWe3tR8/w-d-xo.html

    • @andymcpandy2128
      @andymcpandy2128 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Have you seen the orchestral version?

    • @BeExcellent1
      @BeExcellent1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@andymcpandy2128 I haven't but I'm looking it up now, thank you!
      Literally just came from a garage and orchestra band set from an old BBC session too so perfect timing!

    • @davekennedy6315
      @davekennedy6315 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Drum N Bass wasn't exactly chart conquering in the UK, let alone elsewhere back in the day. I'm not sure if it even proved popular into Europe, let alone the US. Now The Prodigy were the only true world popular dance act back in the 90s (they repeatedly won MTVs greatest dance act numerous times throughout the 90s. Roni Size was @£%& all in comparison) Great as they come from my hometown and I was bang into them back in the 90s.

    • @AreYouEnlightened
      @AreYouEnlightened 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Right! Hidden gems my arse! The LP won the Mercury Music Prize.

  • @MrBirchieBirch
    @MrBirchieBirch 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    90's UK Jungle/Drum & Bass is a rabbit hole worth taking a trip down. .
    The UK was, is, and always will be on a different level.

    • @MrBirchieBirch
      @MrBirchieBirch 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      A few artists worth a listen...
      Photek
      Dillinja
      Source Direct
      Nookie
      Leon Mar
      4 Hero
      Foul Play
      Omni Trio
      John B (Visions album)
      Marcus Intalex
      Jonny L
      Doc Scott/Nasty Habits
      LTJ Bukem
      Dom & Roland
      Goldie (Timeless album)
      Adam F
      Droppin' Science
      Alex Reese
      J Majik
      Flytronix
      JMJ & Richie
      Skanna
      Harmony
      Digital
      Wax Doctor
      Flynn & Flora
      Blame
      Alpha Omega
      Big Bud
      Lemon D
      Stakka & K Tee
      L Double
      Helen T
      Boymerang
      Ray Keith
      Subject 13
      DJ Crystl
      Fokus
      Klute
      Intense
      Ed Rush
      Optical
      DJ Trace
      Jack Smooth
      Tango

    • @kildogery
      @kildogery 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@MrBirchieBirchHaha, just a couple 👍

  • @cupid_stunt7414
    @cupid_stunt7414 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    You should try picking up a copy of "New Forms" the album on vinyl...it was their debut album and won the Mercury Prize in 1997

    • @neverman3398
      @neverman3398 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      An absolute classic

  • @robertdickins7842
    @robertdickins7842 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I worked with Roni size , and krust in the past at the raves of used to MC. Great guys big ups to the Bristol massive

  • @Darthyoof
    @Darthyoof 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    This song has been a constant in my playlist for nearly 30 years

  • @LiamSerrant
    @LiamSerrant 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Roni Size use to live next door to my auntie and cousins in Montpellier, Bristol back in the 90s.

  • @Scoobay
    @Scoobay 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    One thing I’d love for you guys to check out, seeing as you’re interested in the history of UK music, is UK hiphop.
    We have quite an extensive history, going back to the mid 80’s. But for a good starting place:
    Roots Manuva - Witness.
    Released in 2001. You may have heard it already, it’s been used in a lot of media over the years and was even on NBA2k(I forget the year, 22 maybe).

    • @michaelrichardson2418
      @michaelrichardson2418 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Bruvva check out the boys catalogue they have reacted to a whole heap of UK hip hop like loads of it 💯

    • @neverman3398
      @neverman3398 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Big up Roots. Legendary tune.

    • @phantomthread4385
      @phantomthread4385 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Roots had thr best video shot at his school.so funny

  • @simonwood3457
    @simonwood3457 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    This is from the 90s and the first mainstream drum and bass tune in uk after winning the mercury music prize

    • @Si_Mondo
      @Si_Mondo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "The first mainstream drum n bass tune..."
      General Levy: What the f-ck was Incredible, then?

    • @benhorne6826
      @benhorne6826 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@Si_Mondo jungle

    • @chejones6058
      @chejones6058 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Inner city life was 2 years before this .

    • @chejones6058
      @chejones6058 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Incredible is Jungle this is strictly drum n bass

  • @magnusbobster3691
    @magnusbobster3691 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Reprazent used drum samples live on stage, however Roni Size then went on to create Breakbeat Era where he used a live drummer on recordings and on stage - it was beautiful, take a listen because he was pushing boundaries way ahead of his time.
    The city was Bristol and they had so many amazing producers and had and still still have a unique sound in the UK.
    The illegal raves going on in the early 90's were epic

    • @stephenlamley541
      @stephenlamley541 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They absolutely were the 90s were a special time.

    • @tactical1981
      @tactical1981 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I saw Reprazent many times in the 90s and they always had a live drummer.

    • @inoma1423
      @inoma1423 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@tactical1981Definitely had a live drummer when I saw them in the 90s!

  • @nfbody
    @nfbody 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Ooh I had this on cassette, dont live in the UK but I tore through this album over and over, quietly dancing on metro platforms etc lol

  • @rickb.4168
    @rickb.4168 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Aphex Twin Window Licker…..that’s a good rabbit hole to dive into.

    • @finjibuns
      @finjibuns 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That video still freaks me out 😃

    • @mrsullivan1969
      @mrsullivan1969 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Come to Daddy and the absolutely scary Rubber Jonny...both also by Aphex Twin

    • @Midlander77.
      @Midlander77. 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rickb.4168 Aphex Twin 🫣😱 Frightening good

    • @RecalcitrantBiznis
      @RecalcitrantBiznis 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Always loved Aphex Twin! Pacman will always be my favourite 😂

    • @gingerelvis
      @gingerelvis 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Any Aphex Twin or any one of his alias would be awesome. He is one of the most creative and chaotic producers of all time from producing pure gore like Come to Daddy to beautiful tracks like Avril 14th.

  • @damianwhittle7137
    @damianwhittle7137 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was at the Reprezent album gig in Manchester Academy back in 2000 ... Awesome. Life long lover of DnB... I'm an old man now. The DnB scene in the late 90's early 2000's was the best. Messy as... Northwest UK... Sophonic, Metropolis, X... It was so tight-knit back then. A real sense of community, supporting the UK DnB scene before it really exploded and became accepted and much more than a niche / underground style of 'dance' music.

  • @NiceWindow
    @NiceWindow 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    I think you would have probably enjoyed the full vocal version better - Dynamite MC on the mic.
    th-cam.com/video/EnAtyAJZRIE/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Reprazent-Topic
    this was released in 1997 .

    • @lokibrux
      @lokibrux 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      For real for real

    • @dancarter7840
      @dancarter7840 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Facts!

    • @leviking4891
      @leviking4891 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yeah thats the one i remember , had the album,

    • @airfixx_8952
      @airfixx_8952 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Step to tha riddim made outta brown paper....
      Yeh, bwoy!

  • @system-error
    @system-error 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Jamiroquai "Do you know where you're coming from" was the early jazz'n'bass track, at least you reminded me of that, another great track. Alex Reece and London Elektricity are also up that street, Jazz'n'Bass Street you could call it, there's a whole street of them.

  • @finjibuns
    @finjibuns 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man this takes me back to my Uni days, midweek student night at Ministry of Sound and then a few years later Fridays at Fabric Live.

  • @dancarter7840
    @dancarter7840 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    MC Dynamite, Ronnie Size, Reprazent, Gloucester n Bristol fully represented!! This was a big tune back in the day! All 3 of them are legends in the DnB scene.

    • @daveturner4134
      @daveturner4134 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dont forget Krust and DJ Die in Reprazent! OG UK B-Boys and hip-hop DJs! I once saw DJ Die play in Fabric. I couldn't hear for two days afterwards. Too loud!

  • @ians691
    @ians691 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Prisoners of Technology - Trick of Technology. If you don't get out of your seats for that one, then you're already dead :D

  • @teammacnamara5320
    @teammacnamara5320 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The fact you found this and then reacted is crazy to me. This was big in the uk!

  • @b62boom1
    @b62boom1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I was fortunate enough to meet Roni when he was DJing at a house party back in the 90s and a few times since. He's one of the nicest people I've ever met, a genuinely good soul. This track was an absolute monster!

    • @glenndouglas8822
      @glenndouglas8822 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Tell that to his ex 😂🤣 ol' Roni had a thing for stairs and pushing.

    • @Tim_Small
      @Tim_Small 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I can't claim to know much about the case but the jury unanimously cleared him of the charge, and the other charges were dropped.

  • @barrywhite5899
    @barrywhite5899 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I use to live two doors away from Roni in the mid 90s in Cotham , Bristol. He came to some of our house parties. It was peak time in Bristol for Portishead, Roni Size, Tricky, Massive Attack etc. good times. Home of drum and Bass, Bristol continues to influence this scene even today with several new artists coming from Bristol . Born on road etc Also look for DJ Krust

  • @Nosh_Feratu
    @Nosh_Feratu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    it started in the late 80s really, but this era in the UK (kinda early to mid/late 1990s) was really heavily Jazz influenced, so we had loads of labels like Mo Wax, Acid Jazz, Soul Jazz Records springing up, and we had all different kinds of fusions with Jazz, Hip Hop/trip hop and Electronica, Drum and Bass, House. . . so we had some pretty big artists come out of that like the two you mentioned here Jamiroquai, Reprazent, also Gilles Peterson founded Acid Jazz records in the late 80s and that had quite a big impact as it brought a lot of genuine Jazz artists into more mainstream musical styles, I think he was kinda doing like Mancusos loft parties in the US did for disco and jazz artists like Vincent Montana Jr, in the late 70S thru the 80S etc

  • @TravelinChina
    @TravelinChina 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Saw Roni do this track live in Oxford at the Valve Soundsystem. I absolutely lost it.

  • @gingerelvis
    @gingerelvis 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brown paper bag was one of the first DnB tracks that I ever heard, absolute game changer for me. I have since had the privilege of featuring him on the lineup for event promo artwork that I have designed.

  • @markjoy3243
    @markjoy3243 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I used to go to the free New Year’s Eve gig in Bristol outside having it up to these guys.

  • @benjbeech2828
    @benjbeech2828 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Dude on the left has never heard of Digable Planets!? Mad. Btw Roni Size also worked with Bahamadia of Digable Planets.

    • @KamBoomBap
      @KamBoomBap 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He did do a track with Bahamadia but she wasn't in Digable Planets, that was Lady Bug Mecca

  • @bsmith6646
    @bsmith6646 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This brings back memories.. Can't believe how many years have gone by. 47 now and this is still amazing 🤙

  • @SeeDaRipper...
    @SeeDaRipper... 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    You haven't lived until you go to a dirty D&B night in Bristol.

    • @liamhansell
      @liamhansell 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Drive By @The Thekla was the one 🤘🏻😎

    • @embracedmadness
      @embracedmadness 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Caught the re-launch of the Valve Sound system there in Feb… alll the way from Australia. Box ticked. Was wicked.

    • @uphoriak
      @uphoriak 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Black Swan massive know what's up 😅

    • @Midlander77.
      @Midlander77. 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@SeeDaRipper... Those were most definitely the days,The Warhead tune used to send me blind 🦮

  • @akindele13
    @akindele13 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That was the Bristol vibe, being able to blend, Soul, Dub, Jungle, Reggea, Hiphop seamlessly. You should also check out Smith & Mighty, More Rockers, and the Rest off those Bristol guys.

  • @katyg3873
    @katyg3873 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    They play live with two drummers and double bases. This is as old school Classick as it gets. Other roni size tracks to check out : it’s a jazz thing, dirty beats, who told you, heroes, Mexican.

  • @whataboutme7174
    @whataboutme7174 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Sticking with Bristol vibe check out Tricky & his cover of Public Enemys Black Steel 🔥 Enjoy Chase & Status its great live

  • @elboy6715
    @elboy6715 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Bristol had a huge DNB scene with amazing nights at Ruffneck Ting plus other djs Die, Dazee.

  • @twentyfoursevensmoke
    @twentyfoursevensmoke 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    1. Yes its pronounced Ronny
    2. British genres like Garage, Jungle, Drum N Bass and Grime, always take all of the previous influential components like reggae and dancehall music, hip hop, forward into themselves and then they influence themselves, so grime led on from garage and so is very heavily linked to it, D Double E used to be a DnB DJ and then Dizzee and Wiley came up on garage sets and then you have the blend where DnB kind of drifted in and out of popularity between the 30+ years its been around and now you have P Money and what most would consider grime MC's, jumping back onto DnB
    3. the diggable planets reference i get which i bet is because both tunes are built around the double bass.
    4. Goldie was one of the godfathers of Drum N Bass and invented time stretching, something which went on to become a normal part of modern electronic music, but theres a few videos about it if you wanted to know more
    5. DnB might be compared to computer technology in terms of how it advanced and quickly changed its overall sound at lots of different times, you could say there are particular sounds of particular eras like the 90s stuff, the 2010s Jump Up, but in all honesty, its a mixed bag, because there will always be the mavericks that were leading the way with tunes that might not have fit in with what was going on at that time. Its too complicated to try and track IMO. it would be some crazy 6 hour documentary and even then you wouldnt be able to cover everything.
    Dont forget about one of the sickest DnB mixes of all time was from a video game.GTA3, MSX FM, Dj Timecode and Mc Codebreaker ;)

  • @tactical1981
    @tactical1981 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hyped to see people discovering and enjoying jungle/d&b for the first time. It’s been the dominant musical force in my life for 30+ years.

  • @richgreenmusic2211
    @richgreenmusic2211 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Yes yes guys, this is another anthem. Bristol crew represent!
    Ive been mentioning this in many comments.
    This track and album was performed live and the album New Forms win the mercury music prize in 97 beating the spice girls and radio head to the prize.
    Seminal, seminal track.
    "Testing new sounds" back in 97...its been done guys. All these tracks would be played in sets together, godyouve gotta hear mix tapes, thats a whole other dimension cos this is dance music made for clubs, thats where it happened.

  • @partdefjampartdischord5649
    @partdefjampartdischord5649 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Never clicked faster. This is just the sound of 1997 for me. Couldn't go anywhere without hearing it, and any time i hear this track now it takes me back to that exact time period!

  • @UnbelievablyBased
    @UnbelievablyBased 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That looks like an old Toronto streetcar at 0:18 Edit: yes, this is filmed in Toronto. This is Chinatown, on Dundas east of Spadina. This parking entrance is still there today.

  • @brato1000
    @brato1000 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    This was part of the evolution of drum n bass and what was later to be known as the Bristol sound which had that funky element to it pioneered by Roni size and Bryan gee for the next decade or two with their labels full cycle and v recordings which produced countless bangers. You can hear these jazz elements in brand new funk by Adam F which is another certified classic tune

    • @morganmorgan-morgan2582
      @morganmorgan-morgan2582 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Probably worth mentioning EZ Rollers records from the same time as brand new funk (and maybe a little earlier?) - particularly RS2000.

    • @neverman3398
      @neverman3398 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Omg. Easy Rollers… I forgot about that

  • @dnbtrooper
    @dnbtrooper 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My Best Uk Dnb! Ever that shaped dnb today. Enjoy.. your welcome
    The Nine - Bad company uk
    Cutslo - Ed rush Optical & fierce (locost remix)
    Turbulence - moving fusion
    The Pulse - Bad Company uk
    The One - Mampi swift
    Four Days - Bad Company uk
    Hard noise - Dilinja
    Medicine - ed rush & Optical (matrix remix)
    Alien girl - ed rush & Optical
    Squash - Total science
    Planet dust - Bad company Uk
    Trouble - Scorpio
    Bacteria - Ed rush & Optical
    26 Bass - Roni size
    Valley of the Shadows (Andy c) - Origin unknown
    Warhead - Krust
    Sonar - Trace

  • @chrisg1772
    @chrisg1772 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Liked your comment on dnd trying out sifferent sounds and genres. Its so true, sampling was huge in its early days, so many different drum patterns and techniques, poly rhythms and vocals. Compare that to a house song that is 99% of the time just a 4x4 beat all the way through

  • @BadBoyV1
    @BadBoyV1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Roni Size was featuring at a festival in my home town the other week lol

  • @nickspydiver
    @nickspydiver 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As someone who was there in the heart of Jungle/Drum and Bass back in the 90's it's great to see you discovering this banger . Hardly hidden though i think Ronnie Size won a mercury prize for it . Please check out Reinforced Records from London . Tek 9, 4 Hero, Tom & Jerry etc.

  • @wrena79
    @wrena79 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Had this ok vinyl back in the day. A definite feature of my dnb sets back then. Magic times

  • @stoatystoat174
    @stoatystoat174 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Roni Size & Reprazent, Brown Paper Bag, live for Radio One 1997 " is a great version of this live with upright bass, real drums, live vocals

  • @stud105
    @stud105 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Big hit back in the UK in 1997. The 90s music underground scene had everything. Good times.

  • @solitarymaninblack
    @solitarymaninblack 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There was a special night dedicated to Drum N Bass on BBC 2 in the 90s. The Band had a special performance.

  • @thedivinemrm5832
    @thedivinemrm5832 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Not sure why TH-cam recommended this. I'm not particularly a fan of DnB, however, this track has always been a certified banger. Glad it's still getting recognition.

  • @levivalentinovideos
    @levivalentinovideos 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Roni Size won the Mercury Music prize in 97 I think with this album and really but DnB further into the mainstream

    • @paulfletcher3998
      @paulfletcher3998 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yes it was this album. New Forms. Bloody amazing album.

  • @timcliffsmith
    @timcliffsmith 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    For about six months in 97, it looked like drum n bass was going to take over the world. Even the BBC was using it for their links.

    • @jdevlin1910
      @jdevlin1910 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      That kind of thing is what killed it let's be honest!

    • @mjaye3093
      @mjaye3093 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It took over my life... to this very day. I can't see it changing. Listen to Golden Brown by Dave Brubeck

    • @chrisg1772
      @chrisg1772 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It has taken over. You hear so many tunes in the radio that are drum and bass or use drum and bass beats. Hell, even sporting events and walkouts to fights use dnb. It's so much more widely accepted.

    • @itsamoggymoggworld
      @itsamoggymoggworld 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      BBC2 got Roni into Abbey road and they played a whole live set with the band… Unbelievably sick, I’ve got it on VHS somewhere. No VHS player though 😂

  • @mikedaveggie9955
    @mikedaveggie9955 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So many memories of this song and album, New Forms, from back in the day. Having it play in the background whilst me and the boys blazed, playing Tekken on a PS1. Good times.

    • @neverman3398
      @neverman3398 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Exactly the same as me.

  • @Dumptheclutchevo
    @Dumptheclutchevo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember seeing DJ Krust (from Reprazent kru) along with The Herbaliser, here in NYC in the late nineties. What an epic night that was. This song is just so timeless, much like a lot of DnB from that era tbh... Goldie, LTJ Bukem...

  • @exportmc5445
    @exportmc5445 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I seen Roni size and public enemy perform in the same day back in 2000/2001 in scotland Homelands Festival event New Cumnock Ayrshire Scotland what a day, no smart phones just memories ❤

  • @michaelwhite4608
    @michaelwhite4608 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Soundtrack to my teenage years drum n bass legend

  • @RobertMunro-wb6jb
    @RobertMunro-wb6jb 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What you want is represent .share the fall grooveriders jeep remix !!! Saw roni size dj at Glastonbury in 1999 and it was the first track he played in his dj set !!! Then later that evening represent played live with the full band / drum machines and the female vocalist and mc dynamite on the mc !!! I think the album that this track features from had been out 1 year and they performed the whole album ! It was a very special moment that I feel blessed to have witnessed!!!!!

  • @Barton.d
    @Barton.d 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Blast from the past,who else feeling nostalgic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏋️

    • @user-pn8eu3js4l
      @user-pn8eu3js4l 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      1997 or 1998 IIRC ??

    • @Barton.d
      @Barton.d 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-pn8eu3js4l 94-96 jungle really but I'll acknowledge post dnb 👌😎😗☁️🌲🌲🌲

    • @Barton.d
      @Barton.d 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-pn8eu3js4l I think 97 just after jungle, just as garage was blowing up,,,👌😎😶‍🌫️

  • @paulfletcher3998
    @paulfletcher3998 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The best band ive ever seen live was Roni Size Reprazent back in the year he won the Mercery Prize.
    They where headlining on Sunday night at a festival in Bristol.
    The whole crowd had been going all weekend and most were fading fast. They Reprazent came on stage and everybody went completely nuts. It was wild.

  • @ldma
    @ldma 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Saw a Roni Size DJ set a month ago at a festival...really awesome

  •  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There were a very few US artist back in the day that recognised the UK d&b scene per-se back then but the ones you know are Dr Dre, KRS One and Timabaland ... RZA also was onboard but the huge one that dropped is when KRS One did Digital with Goldie ... that you should check out if you haven't ... that is pure NYC and London just back to back

  • @flashskywalker1980
    @flashskywalker1980 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Now I remember why I stopped listening to drum and bass in the car 😂😡why does my foot always have to get so damn heavy. Oh well that’s the first time I’ve been done for speeding since I last listened to drum and wit the car 😂🤣😂

    • @BrodyLuv2
      @BrodyLuv2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ,
      😂🤌

  • @matthewmcguffey776
    @matthewmcguffey776 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Classic track from back in the day.
    Try "BACK TO REALITY" RMS
    for a bit of public enemy and others sampled into up to date jungle.

  • @markames6030
    @markames6030 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Roni size is a d&b legend

  • @tiestomagic6279
    @tiestomagic6279 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Takes me back, guys! Have you listened to any 808 state or Adam F?

  • @jward2266
    @jward2266 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This album was so SOOOO good. I knew Indie kids, Hip Hop dudes, Heavy Rockers who all felt it. If you like jazz with DnB check out Sci-Clone's - Melt. Bristol was such cool place to have doing its thing in the UK with its trip hop, DnB, jungle etc. Oh and to not know the Digable Planets is criminal!!! But I'm old now 😞😂

  • @arp_909
    @arp_909 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Will never forget hearing that drop for the first time. All time classic

  • @mumfnah
    @mumfnah 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Seen a couple times at raves, remember they also were at Ally Pally on NYE in the mid 90s and was a wicked set, i think first tine I'd seen dnb done on live instruments like that.
    Reminds me also of when i saw The Roots when they came over here and think was first time I'd seen hip hop done like that with the live instruments.
    Cant beat the 90s raving days imo

  • @Wilkse1
    @Wilkse1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    From my hometown Bristol ( Full Cycle Crew ) also a big shout has to be to DJ Die and DJ Krust.

  • @Nitihene
    @Nitihene 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Another childhood classic. Crazy that dnb never hit USA. Glad you guys get to experience decade old DNB classics for first time. Get em coming. You have such a fun journey ahead. Then you have also Jungle that is massive.

    • @jakesolo2872
      @jakesolo2872 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Always wondered why Jungle/DNB never took off in the States. Techno too, for that matter. They can’t seem to see past hip hop, which was neutered and turned into clown music.

    • @Nitihene
      @Nitihene 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jakesolo2872 Interestingly enough there is a EDM genres from us from like "Detroit techno" and "Chicago house" and also "electro" that was popular among b-boys. I think this goes to show what happens when record labels are dominating a domestic market. mp3 first and then music/videostreaming really opens up the world.

    • @wess6433
      @wess6433 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      it took off just fine in the US and we have had a healthy scene for 30 years all across the country. it was never commercially viable in the US (except for music beds in commercials and late night MTV) but that's fine. we lived it and loved it all the same.

    • @wess6433
      @wess6433 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jakesolo2872 the size of the US and a lack of exposure on radio. none of these media corporations were taking a chance to play reprazent/bukem/goldie during drive time on the radio. millions still built and maintain a healthy US dnb scene even without that support

    • @airfixx_8952
      @airfixx_8952 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wess6433 - Yeh man, first time I went to NYC in 97 all the records shops were crazy for DnB. Everything was kinda in reverse; we were a bunch of London lads digging crates for Detroit Techno, Chicago House & old skool HipHop and everyone there wanted to know about all the stuff coming out of London & Bristol at the time. The music was so much more of a melting pot back then.
      Shout out to Sonic Groove, Liquid Sky, A1, Fat Beats and so many others........ Good times.

  • @jakesolo2872
    @jakesolo2872 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Jazz DNB is - or was - a whole sub genre in itself and I used to listen to it a lot mid 90s to early 00s.

  • @frysteel8146
    @frysteel8146 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Classic... I once had to proof to Dynamite MC and D Bridge ( Bad Company) that i´m worthy taking over the mic at a big festival in Austria. One of the best Moments ofr my life.. shaking hands with Dynamite and then hosting the main D&B stage for 3 hours ( DJs playing: D Bridge, Total Science and Dylan) 🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂

  • @jez-s
    @jez-s 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It was a ‘97 vibe in the uk dnb scene. Another album that came out in the same year was Adam F’s Colours. And a stand out track named Circles infused jazz and actually had been playing on dance floors from around ‘95. He also won a MOBO award for the album. His early work is criminally underrated, and was far more musical and experimental in my opinion than Roni’s. But don’t get me wrong, Roni is great and this track is one of the all time classics.

  • @V8-vantage
    @V8-vantage 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I went to school with MC Dynamite, he's from gloucester about 40 miles from Bristol I still see him regularly

  • @l3rimm
    @l3rimm 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fellas, this track was everything back in 97. The album, New Forms is a masterpiece and won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize that year. It's a legendary track. You should check out more 90s dnb and jungle. Fair play

  • @bendybenbenderson
    @bendybenbenderson 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The guy with the black jacket & dredds, underneath the falling tv, is Roni Size

  • @nakul1966
    @nakul1966 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember digable with cool like that. That was a great tune.

  • @cbretschneider
    @cbretschneider 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Drum & Bass is the only genre of music that still sounds fresh to me. So diverse and dynamic. The cool thing about the Roni Size Reprazent project was the use of live instruments. They toured as a drum & bass band. I hope you check out some LTJ Bukem too. He was fully on the drum & bass & jazz vibes. Ed Rush & Optical's Wormhole is dope too, to check out some neurofunk. I can't wait until you guys start getting into speed garage and 2-step. Cheers fellas 🍻

  • @elliottwhite417
    @elliottwhite417 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Got to see roni play live 2 years ago. His set was incredible. Also managed to get a picture with him too! You should check out his other track “it’s jazzy” definitely one of my favourites

  • @martinvalentine9228
    @martinvalentine9228 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    You should check out the godfather and innovator of Drum Bass. Goldie.

    • @wayneedge6905
      @wayneedge6905 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Terminator is still one of the all time classics from Goldie, never get tired of hearing it

    • @KEATSO433
      @KEATSO433 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wayneedge6905 now there’s a tune

  • @JM-yf3ol
    @JM-yf3ol 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If you dropped this at any festival in the UK you’d see heads immediately start bobbing & a big reaction from the crowd. Epic tune.

  • @davidagcole
    @davidagcole 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Drum n bass is a mix of all genres. It can be hectic, heavy and screwface or chilled, jazzy and soulful. Take your pick.
    It's got you covered either way.
    The most expansive genre of music imo. (of course I'm biased 😂)
    Also check out Brazilian Drum n Bass called Sambass. Those Brazilian boys have it large. Dj Patife, Drummajick and DJ Marky.

  • @Hooliman434
    @Hooliman434 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The Photek remix is amazing as well

    • @neverman3398
      @neverman3398 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🔗 link please 🙏

    • @Hooliman434
      @Hooliman434 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/s_XlRB2DAsg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=2R9o2t7JqJOu1Yzx

    • @triggerstrategy
      @triggerstrategy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@neverman3398 th-cam.com/video/K5n3EMw1cdQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=6JhRKesl0iha6GlE

  • @robertdickins7842
    @robertdickins7842 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yes guys this is literally the guy I mentioned to you the other day check him out playing this live WOW. Roni size, dj krust, and DJ zinc are all from Bristol Uk. Classic analogue jungle drum n bass . 90 s

  • @benzuploads5350
    @benzuploads5350 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I grew up around these guys so the guy with egg and dreads is Roni size and the guy he pulls out the way of the running guy is dj krust he made music as well check out a track of his called angles

  • @ryrilo5078
    @ryrilo5078 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dnb/jungle was the most samples heavy genre other than hip hop at the time. The music was invented by the turntablists mixing sped up breaks with reggae baselines.

    • @neverman3398
      @neverman3398 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do you remember Hardcore? Always started with a Jungle break and then turned into absolute garbage? 😂

  • @richgreenmusic2211
    @richgreenmusic2211 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Guys talking about the evolution of jungle and dnb, there are many mix cds and quite a few documentaries out there that explain history but not one that really covers the whole 30 years. We need a 'Golden Age of DNB " docuseries.
    I'll send you some info on historical mixes and videos etc.

  • @hiddentechno8266
    @hiddentechno8266 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Not quite a hidden gem in the UK, their album won the Mercury Music Prize in 97, so this was a pretty well known track.

  • @Ah-ed6ie
    @Ah-ed6ie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thing with uk we never really advertise. If it's out there its out then it makes the music scene. Becomes a trend

  • @michaelrichardson2418
    @michaelrichardson2418 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Yes boys Roni is pronounced Ronny. 😂

    • @BeersBars
      @BeersBars  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks ✌️🍻

  • @presidentskroob522
    @presidentskroob522 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was released nearly 30 years ago. That is fucking insane!

  • @JohnnyQ2K
    @JohnnyQ2K 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You should check out the Roni Size and Method Man track called Ghetto. Celebrity

  • @AlexVegasUK
    @AlexVegasUK 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When I was like 19 I rented a room off the guy who played bass with Reprazent... creator of this amazing double bass riff!

    • @neverman3398
      @neverman3398 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Was he with Portershed or was that the drummer?

    • @AlexVegasUK
      @AlexVegasUK 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@neverman3398 He's been involved with a lot of the Bristol scene but not Portishead I don't think.

  • @benjaminchambers4350
    @benjaminchambers4350 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I left comments on here months and months ago saying to react to old dnb tunes and it's great to see you start to do it but I hope you will look at many more I love drum and bass and Mampi Swift the one, Pascal serious sounds, Bad Company the nine,DJ Krust warhead and the warhead 2000 remix would be a good start, that is just a few proper rave tunes it would be great if you could check out some old live sets because that's what the whole point of jungle drum and bass is about there's really no point in just picking out a couple of old dnb tunes like zinc ready or not remix or roni size brown paper bag and listening to and analysing them all the way through because they weren't made for that , they were made to mix live on a big loud sound system and to be played for the people who were there ,at that time dnb was purely underground and so special I would love to see you really delve into this alot more ,I love watching your videos ❤

  • @lokibrux
    @lokibrux 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember seeing Roni size at the Que back in 99. Planet V night. I still get goosebumps just thinking about that night.
    It lives, the bass is the heartbeat that it gives
    When we apply the brakes, there'll be no skids
    Just more elements to consider as we glide
    Dimensions and the measurements and the evidence you will find
    Change it, rearrange it so it's regularly updated
    Hits from every angle so expect the unexpected
    Represent the fusion of the mind and stay connected
    The starboard is presented, the slice of the market's been indented
    Delivering the style we give you so that means a mention
    In your direction is the bearing that we aimed ascension
    Instead the way the floor the stunner made a re-invention
    And then you get your money's worth before you've even sensed it
    Make you bigger for bigger for the whole nation
    Send it down to one and all with no discrimination
    Like a safe with 50 locks, there's many combination
    No matter which way that you turn you reach the same destination
    The fullness of the spectrum, 360 keep it circling
    Deep inside the flow is where it's working it
    Underneath, submerging it, time to make it go deeper
    Way past the point that blows holes in your speaker
    Under and over to get over and under
    First you get the lightning and then you get the thunder
    The sound is the music and the music is the feature

  • @chejones6058
    @chejones6058 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brown paper bag is what Ronii bought his weed in back in the day in Bristol

  • @krashuk3356
    @krashuk3356 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Have a look into Adam F especially his work that he did with some of the biggest names in hip hop back in the 00's. I don't think any UK Drum and Bass Producer did this before him.

    • @krashuk3356
      @krashuk3356 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/OEAYZpM6cv8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=SNdyc2U4Sw8jnX70

  • @jlucie
    @jlucie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So dope you checked this one and are interested in the evolution of Jungle and DnB.

  • @bengalinsky4300
    @bengalinsky4300 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I saw these guts playing live immediately after the Roots at Glastonbury back in the day, everyone was in shock 3:18

  • @akindele13
    @akindele13 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Classic album, the era most off Us in America got into the music. Loved that era, Jazzstep era😂