A documentary about pirate radio, including some footage of Rude FM in London. https://youtu.be/XNKnYo1WGMs https://youtu.be/rIDOZe_aD_I https://youtu.be/8Xav1yVps3c https://youtu.be/3jyXOml4S9c Over the years, Rude FM has been host to some of the most renowned names from the scene. Dylan and Facs are two notable DJs, signed to Danny Breaks' label Droppin' Science, who came up through the Rude FM ranks. Dylan ended up forming his own label Freak Recordings, pushing the harder, darker side of Drum & Bass with releases from another Rude regular B Key. https://youtu.be/MR-2wViGYWw There was also Fracture and Neptune, who started as a DJ duo and ended up signed to Droppin' Science, but then went on to form their own label, Astrophonica. Other Rude FM alumni include Break, Mantra, Psylence, Sabre, Alex Perez, Mark System, 2 Shy, Evil B, Wiley, Riko Dan, Eksman and many more. The station has also seen guest shows from the likes of Loxy, Klute, dBridge, Skeptical, Anile, Genotype and Source Direct, to name a few. During the '90s stations such as Kiss would increasingly discover that advertising revenue and market share became as important as the music it played, new pirate stations once again sprung up to cater for underground music scenes that were developing. The biggest of these would be the rising rave music scene, with stations moving to a "rave on the air" format with back to back mixing and listener participation through 'shouts' - enabled by the growth of pagers and mobile phones. In London, such stations included the likes of Rush, Kool FM, Pulse FM, Innocence, Don FM, and Defection. The authorities and media increasingly alleged an organized crime and drugs link with the rave stations, culminating in a high-profile raid in Hackney in the summer of 1993 on Rush. The Evening Standard headline exclaimed, "Drug gangs set up fortresses." Toughened laws also sought to incur heavier fines on DJs and businesses that advertised on stations. The Rush raid was featured in the seminal BBC Two documentary Pirates, shown as part of the Arena series in December 1993. Across the UK, the picture was similar, with notable pirate radio stations including PCRL, Frontline, and Sting in Birmingham; The Superstation, Buzz FM and Soul Nation in Manchester; Dance FM, Fantasy FM, and SCR in Sheffield; Passion Radio, Ragga FM, For the People in Bristol; Fresh FM in Leicester; Z100 in Liverpool, and Dream FM in Leeds. By the mid to late 1990s, genres such as happy hardcore, jungle/drum'n'bass and speed/UK garage saw a new generation of pirate radio stations emerge. In London, Kool FM was joined by Rinse FM, Rude, Flex FM, Eruption FM, and Dream FM in championing jungle music/drum'n'bass, and the latter also happy hardcore. Speed/UK garage was being pushed by stations such as London Underground (notably the Dreem Teem), Freek FM (notably DJ EZ), Shine FM, and Girls FM. According to the research, both pirate radio listeners and those running pirate radio stations thought that licensed broadcasters failed to cater sufficiently for the needs of the public at large. An operation by Ofcom to take unlicensed operators off-air in late 2005 would reveal that London's airwaves were still very active, including long established stations such as Kool FM, Point Blank, Bassline, Lightning FM, Y2K FM, Deja Vu, and Rinse FM. Ofcom responded to a Freedom of Information request in July 2015, that revealed they had raided and seized almost 400 pirate radio set-ups in London in just a two year period. Out to all the London FM pirates of the past. Their contribution to the British music industry and to the London music scene has been immense. Flava FM 87.6 / Shine FM 87.9 / Rude FM 88.2 / Impact FM 88.2 / Centreforce FM 88.3 / Unity FM 88.4 / Conflict FM 88.4 / Ice FM 88.4 / London Underground FM 89.4 / Defection FM 89.4 / Raw FM 90.0 / Raw Mission 90.0 / Raw Blaze FM 90.0 / Chillin' 90.0 / Pure Magic FM 90.2 / Pulse FM 90.6 / Chicago FM 90.6 / Mission FM 90.6 / Y2K FM 90.6 / Rinse FM 91.8 / Passion FM 91.8 / Weekend Rush FM 92.3 / Kik FM 92.3 / Deja Vu FM 92.3 / Weekend Rush FM 92.5 / Taste FM 92.5 / Mac FM 92.7 / Freeze FM 92.7 / Format FM 93.2 / Touchdown FM 94.1 / Stompin’ FM 94.2 / Kool FM 94.5 / Origin FM 95.2 / Entice FM 95.5 / Heat FM 96.6 / Rinse FM 97.6 / Flashback FM 97.6 / Shake FM 98.0 / Fantasy FM 98.1 / Fantasy FM 98.6 / Future FM 99.1 / Upfront FM 99.3 / Rinse FM 100.3 / Cyndicut 100.4 / Pressure FM 100.4 / Don FM 100.5 / Eruption FM 101.3 / Erotic FM 101.3 / Industry FM 101.3 / Freek FM 101.8 / Temptation FM 102.4 / Chillin’ FM 102.9 / Delight FM 103.0 / Flex FM 103.6 / Smoove FM 104.0 / Rude FM 104.3 / Ruud Awakening FM 104.3 / Don FM 105.7 / Shadow FM 106.5 / Force FM 106.5 / Girls FM 106.8 / Dream FM 107.0 / Risk FM 107.1 / Freedom FM 107.3 / Dream FM 107.6 / Don FM 107.9 and Boomerang 100 Edinburgh #pirateradio #documentary #junglemusic ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoQ5Kfwhikw

This work by indie filmmaker Ikon documents 20 Years of Jungle Mania, a rave held on 6 April 2013 at the Coronet Theatre in London. The event celebrated and commemorated 20 years of drum and bass music in London dance culture. In addition to coverage of the live performances and the crowd, the film features interviews with reknowned drum and bass DJs and producers who performed that night. FULL DOCUMENTARY: 20 YEARS OF JUNGLE MANIA (2013) https://youtu.be/QjKlcGCEIWU DJ Ron | Kool FM | Christmas Eve 1993 https://youtu.be/BucXS-DEjLc Roni Size & DJ Krust | Galaxy FM | Late 1994 https://youtu.be/ryuEXVS_dIk DJ Ron & Andy C + Stevie Hyper D & Stings | Kool FM | 15 Sept 1995 https://youtu.be/w8g8CyjnjSU Ray Keith and Charlie Brown | DON FM | 1994 https://youtu.be/haoZbPHOvqo Uncle Dugs & 5ive-0 | Renegade Radio | 10 January 2008 https://youtu.be/rPc5j4-pP-w Remarc | Weekend Rush | 1992 https://youtu.be/eQhPGKhsTUw Champion Puffa | 1993 Jungle Techno | Renegade Radio https://youtu.be/knjtiNBMgT0 Infinity & Young Gun | Conflict 89.4 FM | 1995 https://youtu.be/Z-i48DPvgas DJ DAZ & DJ Rhythm | Cyndicut FM | January 1994 https://youtu.be/6o-yHmhZeYM Majistrate & MC Evil B | Rude FM | 15 June 1997 https://youtu.be/rIDOZe_aD_I Smokey Joe | Rude FM | 1996 https://youtu.be/8Xav1yVps3c FEATURING INTERVIEWS BY: ★ THE RAGGA TWINS (FLINTY BADMAN) ★ KENNY KEN ★ MC DET & REMARC ★ BROCKIE & DEXTROUS ★ JUMPING JACK FROST ★ MC GQ ★ MC NAVIGATOR ★ GENERAL LEVY ★ MC SHABBA D ★ DEVIOUS D Catch a full schedule of DJs from around the world playing live 7 days a week on Renegade Radio 107.2 FM Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RR107.2FM/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Renegade_Radio Website: http://www.RenegadeRadio.co.uk The origin of the word jungle is one of discussion. Rebel MC is often noted for having popularised the term, and in the book Energy Flash, MC Navigator is quoted as attributing the word to him. Others such as MC Five-O attribute it to MC Moose, whilst Rob Playford (of Moving Shadow) attributes it to MC Mad P (of Top Buzz). Some thought of this term as empowering, an assertion of the blackness of the music and its subculture, inverting the racist history of the term "jungle music". The breakbeat hardcore scene of the early 1990s was beginning to fragment by 1992/1993, with different influences becoming less common together in tracks. The piano and uplifting vocal style that was prevalent in breakbeat hardcore started to lay down the foundations of 4-beat/happy hardcore, whilst tracks with dark-themed samples and industrial style stabs had emerged from late 1992 and named darkcore. Reggae samples and reggae influenced tracks had been a feature of many breakbeat hardcore tracks since 1990 particularly from producers such as Shut Up and Dance; however Ibiza Records, and the Rebel MC, were arguably the first to bring the sound system influence solidly into releases. During 1992 and 1993, the phrases jungle techno and hardcore jungle proliferated to describe that shift of the music from breakbeat hardcore to jungle. The sound was championed at clubs such as A.W.O.L., Roast, and Telepathy, by DJs such as DJ Ron, DJ Hype, Mickey Finn, DJ Dextrous, and Kenny Ken, record labels Moving Shadow, V Recordings, Suburban Base, and Renk, and on pirate radio stations such as Kool FM (regarded as being the most instrumental station in the development of jungle) but also Don FM, Rush, and Rude FM. Techniques and styles could be traced to such a vast group of influencers, each adding their own little elements. According to Simon Reynolds (an English music journalist and author who began his professional career on the staff of Melody Maker in the mid 1980s), jungle was like: "Britain’s very own equivalent to US hip-hop. That said, you could equally make the case that jungle is a raved-up, digitized offshoot of Jamaican reggae. Musically, Jungle’s specialised production, bass quake pressure and battery of extreme sonic effects, make it a sort of postmodern dub on steroids." Jungle was a predecessor to drum and bass, which saw success in the late 1990s, along with pirate radio stations and MCs’. #junglemusic #ukravescene #musicdocumentary ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk1tsXMB1yM

First Sight : ‘Radio Renegades’ Documentary [4th April 1996]: Pirate Radio London Kool FM - Jungle Drum & Bass Documentary. Watch Full Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVNvJ3nhm2g Kool FM, also known as Kool London, is a former London pirate radio station that now broadcasts online, playing jungle, drum and bass, and old skool. Kool is generally regarded as being instrumental in the development of the jungle music scene. Kool first broadcast on 28 November 1991 on the frequency of 94.5FM, from Hackney, East London. Kool has stated that it was "the very first pirate station ever to play hardcore jungle". Simon Reynolds would call it "London's ruling pirate station" in an account of the beginnings of jungle in his book Energy Flash, whilst in State of Bass, Martin James would consider it "The single most important pirate station in jungle". By late 1992, Kool started to promote its own events, leading to the founding of Jungle Fever in August 1993. Jungle Fever nights have been held at venues such as the Astoria and The Edge. In July 1993, its then-neighbouring station also broadcasting from the Nightingale Estate, Rush FM, was subject to a high profile raid by the authorities leading to media accusations of drug dealing at raves promoted by the two stations. In April 1996, Kool was featured in a BBC First Sight documentary about pirate radio in London, in which its Kool Skool club night also appeared. In the same year, it branched out by launching a sister station, Kool FM Midlands based in Birmingham, which continued until 2002. In May 2007, Kool FM featured in a BBC London News report about pirate radio station interference to the emergency services and their use of the airwaves. In August 2010, Kool relaunched as Kool London, operating as an online radio station, providing a live audio stream, archived shows, and a popular chatroom. It continued to promote events at venues such as Mass, the Coronet, and Electric Brixton. DJs and MCs to appear on Kool have included key figures in jungle and drum and bass music, including Brockie, Det, DJ Ron, MC Navigator, Bryan Gee, MC 5-O, Moose, Andy C, Mampi Swift, DJ Dextrous, Devious D, Ragga Twins, Flirt, Skibadee, Shabba D, Nicky Blackmarket, Tonic, Stevie Hyper D, and Crissy Criss. Kool has been involved in two live broadcasts with the artist Eddie Peake. The first in 2013 as part of his graduate final year project at the Royal Academy of Arts, and again in 2018 at the White Cube forming part of his Concrete Pitch show. The station celebrated its 30th birthday on 28 November 2021, with an event at the Heaven club. On 1 January 2023, original co-founder Eastman retired from running of the station. Catch a full schedule of DJs from around the world playing live 7 days a week on Renegade Radio 107.2 FM - www.RenegadeRadio.co.uk Contact the Renegade Radio Team on the following links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RR107.2FM/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Renegade_Radio Website: http://www.RenegadeRadio.co.uk Email: renegadewax@yahoo.com Out to all the London FM pirates of the past. Although they aren’t about now, their contribution to the British music industry and to the London music scene has been immense. Here's a list of some of our most loved pirate radio stations in frequency order from 1989-2006: Flava FM 87.6 / Shine FM 87.9 / Rude FM 88.2 / Impact FM 88.2 / Centreforce FM 88.3 / Unity FM 88.4 / Conflict FM 88.4 / Ice FM 88.4 / London Underground FM 89.4 / Defection FM 89.4 / Raw FM 90.0 / Raw Mission 90.0 / Raw Blaze FM 90.0 / Pure Magic FM 90.2 / Pulse FM 90.6 / Chicago FM 90.6 / Mission FM 90.6 / Y2K FM 90.6 / Rinse FM 91.8 / Passion FM 91.8 / Weekend Rush FM 92.3 / Kik FM 92.3 / Deja Vu FM 92.3 / Weekend Rush FM 92.5 / Taste FM 92.5 / Mac FM 92.7 / Freeze FM 92.7 / Format FM 93.2 / Touchdown FM 94.1 / Stompin’ FM 94.2 / Kool FM 94.5 / Origin FM 95.2 / Entice FM 95.5 / Heat FM 96.6 / Rinse FM 97.6 / Flashback FM 97.6 / Cyndicut FM 97.8 / Shake FM 98.0 / Fantasy FM 98.1 / Fantasy FM 98.6 / Future FM 99.1 / Upfront FM 99.3 / Rinse FM 100.3 / Pressure FM 100.4 / Don FM 100.5 / Eruption FM 101.3 / Erotic FM 101.3 / Industry FM 101.3 / Freek FM 101.8 / Temptation FM 102.4 / Chillin’ FM 102.9 / Delight FM 103.0 / Flex FM 103.6 / Smoove FM 104.0 / Rude FM 104.3 / Ruud Awakening FM 104.3 / Don FM 105.7 / Shadow FM 106.5 / Force FM 106.5 / Girls FM 106.8 / Dream FM 107.0 / Risk FM 107.1 / Freedom FM 107.3 / Dream FM 107.6 / Don FM 107.9 / Boomerang 100, Edinburgh #pirateradio #junglemusic #documentary ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1-697EtZDQ

Hey Good Looking is a documentary about the record label, and the journey of the musicians and characters that got caught up in the web of delicious nonsense that was 90's DnB. LTJ Bukem | Kiss 100 FM | 8 May 1996 https://youtu.be/L-z5cvmtGyM LTJ Bukem | One In The Jungle | 24 February 2008 https://youtu.be/W1ICqOjF17k LTJ Bukem | Kiss 100 FM | 28 February 1996 https://youtu.be/-ZNUatGINhU In 1998 after Carney had been stalking LTJ Bukem and MC Conrad for a few years the larger than life manager, Tony Fordham, said to him at Turnmills, "Carney your persistence is getting noted, son." Unbeknownst to promoters booking the band from that day on they paid for one extra DJ, who wasn't a DJ, he had a camera. Daniel Williamson (born 20 September 1967), better known as LTJ Bukem (/ˈbʊkəm/) is a British drum and bass musician, producer and DJ. He and his record label Good Looking are most associated with the jazzy, atmospheric side of drum and bass music. Bukem was trained as a classical pianist and discovered jazz fusion in his teenage years, having a jazz funk band at one stage. By the late 1980s, he decided to become a DJ and gained fame in the rave scene of the early 1990s. His stage name came from his nickname "Book 'em" which derived from the TV show Hawaii Five-O where the character Steve McGarrett would say "Book 'em Danno" when someone was arrested. As a producer, he released a series of drum and bass tracks such as "Logical Progression" (1991), "Demon's Theme" (1992), "Atlantis" and "Music" (1993). His most notable release was the track "Horizons" (1995) which attained considerable popularity, using the main melody from Lemon Sol's song "Sunflash".He then dipped in visibility as a producer, with his work running the London club night Speed and his record label Good Looking Records, coming to the fore. A series of compilations entitled Logical Progression highlighted a jazz and ambient influenced side of drum and bass; the style became widely known as intelligent drum and bass. Bukem also explored the downtempo end of electronic lounge music, with sister label Cookin' and the Earth series of compilations. Some of the artists who rose to fame under Good Looking in this period include Blame, Seba, Big Bud, Blu Mar Ten, DJ Dream (Aslan Davis), Future Engineers, Tayla, Aquarius (an alias of Photek), Peshay, Source Direct and Artemis.On 16 July 1995, he did an Essential Mix alongside MC Conrad. In 1997, he remixed the James Bond theme for David Arnold's concept album of James Bond music Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project. In 2000, he finally released a debut solo album, the double-CD Journey Inwards. The album heavily emphasised his jazz fusion influences. 2001 saw a remix of Herbie Hancock.He ran the Speed clubnight in London with fellow drum and bass DJ Fabio. Viewed as an innovator in the drum and bass style, Bukem is known for developing an accessible alternative to that hardcore genre's speedy, assaultive energies. His style pays homage to the Detroit-based sound of early techno, but Bukem also incorporates still earlier influences, particularly the mellow, melodic sonorities of 1970s era jazz fusion as exemplified by Lonnie Liston Smith and Roy Ayers. Early in his career, Bukem was identified for his response to the "almost paranoid hyperkinesis" of breakbeat-based house music, and specifically for his reservations regarding the overbearing force of the hardcore mentality. Bukem's music from the early 1990s onward represents his efforts to map out an alternative future for drum and bass by incorporating softer-edged influences culled from London's 1980s rare groove and acid jazz scenes. Music on Logical Progression reveals these influences, as does his approach on 1993's Music / Enchanted, which features string arrangements and sounds from nature. His use of keyboards, live vocals and slow-motion breaks on these and future releases earned Bukem's music the tag intelligent drum and bass. While this designation caused controversy within the drum and bass community, it also influenced the popularisation of hardcore music in the UK during the mid-1990s. #drumandbass #drumnbass #documentarymusic ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bajoe3mC794