"The
808 kick is the cornerstone of jungle bass, or jungle sub anyway. Detuned sine
waves with a square wave another standard. Everything filtered and manipulated
on the Akai/Emu. You would also find some people sampling bass notes or
basslines. Quite unusual for anyone to use synths except for the obvious ones
like Dead Dred, Arsonist. Pretty much everything was sampled - even the Reese
bass which was fairly easy to make yourself if you had the gear.
"I
was waiting on the 'the bass came from hip hop' argument from Matt, and whilst
its true that this is the source for the bass sound. The sensibility,
how it was utilised, was very much a reggae thing. Bass was rarely melody in
hip hop.
"AFAIK,
the only other genre to use sub as a major element was Miami Bass and at the
margins of electro."
Droid also nominates one tune out "too many" that's especially bass-dear to him: Foul Play "Being With You".
Pleasing me because I'd so wanted to include them....
He didn't specify which version, so I'm going to say this is his nomination
And this is mine:
Shivering...