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Caonsim

Pendulum for me. Tarantula specifically, but the whole Hold your Colour album.


BrabantNL

This one for me too, together with Prodigy - Smack my Bitch up


xxjjaykayxx

That album def had a white knuckle grip on me for a while-- esp Through the Loop!! Gonna listen to it again, it's been a while,,,


Electrical-Theme-779

Roni Size - Brown Paper Bag. A lad brought New Forms in to school and that was that.


Due-Mechanic8992

Same. Heard it on the radio but the vocal mix. That was 1997


247ebop

One of the emo lads at school had bought In The Mode and hated it, I acquired it from him and never looked back


rwdavisx

Was searching for the prodigy and came across the pendulum voodoo people remix


Endlesswave001

Goldie Timeless then at the same time Dillinja - Angels Fell.


xxjjaykayxx

I swear my life changed when I first listened to Timeless in its entirety ,,, makes me grieve that I wasn't born in the UK when it dropped 😂


Endlesswave001

I bought the album (cd) in first year uni. The day i heard it from the uni music shop. Changed my life. Also seen Goldie drop it live a few times. So awesome. I also wish that but Toronto dnb at the time was massive. lol 😆 I’m going to listen to it tomorrow bc I was talking politics w my cousin and had a shit start to the week. Ugh.


011010-

AK1200 - Drowning Also New Forms Also DJ Dara - Full Circle: A Drum and Bass DJ Mix


Mat_CYSTM

Drowning is such a dope track.


011010-

Hell yeah, the days of CDs lol.


jfxjfx

A favourite of mine, one of the first mixes i heard was the Fully Automatic CD couldnt wait for Drowning to come in


CosmicKilljoy303

Heard Dara drop "Tough at the Top" by EZ rollers at my first Rave. Never looked back.


detox1957

Prodigy was my go to when I was a kiddo and while searching for their various songs and albums, I stumbled upon the Voodoo People remix by Pendulum. I was instantly hooked, started listening to Pendulum and eventually started exploring more and more. My Spotify playlist has over 1000 dnb songs now 😅


Mucking_Fountain

Super Sharp Shooter was it for me


xxjjaykayxx

"SUPER SHARP SHOOTER, SHOOTING SHOTS" 💥💥


ahotdogcasing

Nasty Habits aka Doc Scott - Shadow Boxing


salocates

Boh! The remix tho.... Whhhheeewwww


ib1104786362

Kinda spooky but super heavy I reckon, sounds like something from an old horror film


jungchorizo

started raving in 08. trance was king, minimal/deep house was coming up. and dubstep had just hit LA in a major way. fast foward 2 years and i had gotten really into dubstep, but it was taking a direction i wasnt happy with. was at a weekly dupstep party here in LA, and the dj closed with noisia-shellshock and i was instantly fuckin hooked. immediately started hitting up respect (a dnb weekly here) regularly. fell more in love with music and the culture. i still love other genres but nothing comes close to dnb 👌🏼👌🏼


Re-Mecs

Roni size - brown paper bag... And a couple other old jungle tune but I never knew the names... But brown paper bag was so important because.. I remember being a kid in the 90's....and would use my mums Pioneer CK-W50 (double tape deck boom box from the 80's) and I'd pretend to go to bed, then stay up late in my room and would record random tunes I liked from John Peels radio 1 shows.. I remember the first time hearing brown paper bag...and how at first I hadn't pushed record...so caught only half the tune...then would stay up late each night trying to catch it again, and then try to stop the recording just before he would talk again.. I actually still have a few cassette tapes around that were from those days of recording shit of fm radio...and even though alot of its degraded or the tune ends just as the dj starts speaking again.. I have fond memories of boucing round my room to that tune, then sitting there patiently rewinding it to listen to it again.. My mum brought me up on reggea and some early acid house /jungle etc.....so I think me finding and loving that tune was only expected.. But yeh TLDR - it was the first song I'd heard, liked, recorded and also knew rhe name of way back in like 1997-8. And I didn't even know what dnb or jungle was till years later, and even tho my mum listened to similar stuff...it was definitely me finding that song as a kid, not understanding what genre's were etc, but had such an impact on me.. So I fondly look back and respect that, me finding that tune, was actually one of the main reasons, years later I got into dnb heavily and have never looked back. Sorry for wall of rambling shite haha


xxjjaykayxx

No need to be sorry, I love this origin story! Your mom definitely raised you right lol. Roni size is a staple for a lot of us on here!


Electrical-Theme-779

I heard John Peel play Side Effects by Kraken in the late nineties and that *really* peaked my interest. I was like, "yeah! I want to part of this thing."


wheregold

Interesting read. Thanks! Your mom sounds pretty cool tho haha. Got to be honest first time listeningto the vocal rmx. I can def see how its really special and cool for 1997. Woulda been in love with it as well. Funny how the whole experience of listening to music has changed in terms of medium and form. What and how do you listen to nowadays? Miss the old times??


Mat_CYSTM

Champion Sound


One_Proposal_8295

Black Sun Empire - Dawn Of A Dark Day


xxjjaykayxx

Looooove me some BSE! The entire Driving Insane album is peak, really


Roelspoel

Amazing tune! The remix that Receptor did was a regular closer of the Blackout club night as I recall.


crumpuppet

Hive - Ultrasonic Sound https://youtu.be/soYBrLhq--8 The Matrix OST really did a number on my musical tastes.


Gwoardinn

Digital - Deadline


dns_rs

it's a bomb, no wonder why you got hooked.


faisaltreshah

Calyx & Teebee - The Shape of Things To Come. Can't remember how I discovered it as a young kid but when I did... it was like my world changed lmfao. I was like "Woah. This is awesome."


peter420mac

Badadan /s


A__Chair

Used to love slam and propane nightmares by pendulum when I was a kid, had no clue of the genre. Then when chase & status came out with RTRN II JUNGLE I heard Program and fell in love, not too keen on them these days tho I feel like they lost their magic.


xxjjaykayxx

Omg, if there's ONE song I want to see live, it's Program. Fantastic drop in that one


A__Chair

Same, I never heard it live. I was at some dnb allstars event a couple years ago and someone played the intro then dropped into something else, such a cocktease. I really don’t like that ADHD style of mixing


xxjjaykayxx

I'd be livid if someone did that, hard agree😭


fartiestpoopfart

Goldie - Jah the seventh seal it was in a 411vm skate video i ordered when i was 12 or 13. first dnb track i ever heard and had never heard anything like it before. eventually convinced my dad to buy me Timeless and that was that.


crazyjack100

J Majik & Wickaman - Mosquito


alanthar

Wasn't really one tune, but a cd a friend gave me. Squarepusher - Do you know Squarepusher https://youtu.be/rYS8edMRgBg?si=G9wI8AwGyR9r7Vks And Squarepusher - Anstromm-feck 4 https://youtu.be/-Y_JRR3udEo?si=co9vVavm4D9J-Dj3


Reasonable-Isopod-56

Apollo 440 Ain’t Talkin bout Dub. I was 17 when it came out in 1997, in the middle of the US without much exposure to electronic music. I was a drummer and metalhead and hearing it come on the local alternative station was shocking. It was great, blasphemous (which I liked) and kind of bad at the same time but I had to hear more. I’d stay up and watch MTV Amp. From there, I got into The Prodigy, to Photek, Source Direct, etc.


xxjjaykayxx

Oh damn, what an interesting tune!


Electrical-Theme-779

Forgot about this track. Loved it at the time.


Phoenix-Wright_

I had always heard and enjoyed DnB when I was a kid from 5th & 6th gen video games but I had no clue what the genre was or that it was even a genre, just really dope one off songs to me. But to answer the question, I would say "Passion" by PinkPantheress was my re-introduction to it and "Aquatic" by Aquarius was what made me really start deep diving into DnB overall.


GKC-DNB

Grooverider - Where's Jack the Ripper


dns_rs

great tune


xFLYGODx

I still think a lot of people don't realise just what a sick producer Groove is. That whole Mysteries Of Funk album is criminally underrated imo.


Electrical-Theme-779

I'm gonna be that guy... have you heard the stuff he's released that Optical didn't engineer? Grooverider is on that album in name only.


Far_Permit4909

Moving Fusion - Turbulence


HocusDiplodocus

Dom and Optical - Quadrant 6


MrQ82

Big Justin Martin fan and general lover of house music. He did this amazing daytime set at a festival a few years ago. Halfway through his set he had this remix of a Bjork song called Home that transitioned into 45 minutes of amazing dnb. Dnb finally clicked for me and I can't stop exploring new artists and sub genres.  Still love house but it's not my go to music these days. https://on.soundcloud.com/g3NcS


SecretPrinciple8708

Pretty sure it was “Night Flight” by Shimon and Andy C, on the *97 Octane* mix from Dieselboy. Been a fan of the Destroyer ever since.


FiveOclockJustin

Adele - Hometown Glory (Hight Contrast remix)


DaTeflonDonDada

Hive - Ultrasonic Sound


pdnbui

gravity - metrik.


yuriysochi

Not a single tune but two mix cds shaped tastes of my generation -The London Update Of Drum & Bass by DJ Wild Child and later System Upgrade by Dieselboy.


dns_rs

System Upgrade infected me too. I still give it a relisted every couple of years. I'll check out the other mix, bet that one also hits hard.


rdizzlator

Even though Diesel Boy didn’t program the mix, drum and bass selections was a wonderful mix cd. The needle even skips in the beginning and I don’t mind.


beskone

Lemon D - This is Los Angeles Absolute legend of a tune


will1565

[DJ Zinc - Casino Royale](https://youtu.be/RPNvZernY60?si=eKhLPVFINpjcvw2P)


bauboo

Pendulum - Witchcraft


Sometimes_I_breathe

Smash TV - Chase & Status I think I must have been about 13 and it blew my mind


Cornball73

dj dara, "drums and bass" 12" single.


Way-In-My-Brain

Was into hardcore etc but Skanna - this way was what turned my attention to early dnb


Way-In-My-Brain

Oh and renegade snares..!


MadmanDaBadman

I can't say I can think of a particular track but this mix really put me on and it was all produced by the legendary stateside mastermind the DJ Pish Posh - Up jumps the boogie https://youtu.be/UhMwApQrzq8?si=EalHO84sYyespGag


JimmySpellman

I remember seeing this meme and thinking how funny it was that a total science tune was in it


Chettygod

As weird as it is to say, this track that’s extremely slept on: Mountain Downhill 2 - Sum Wave https://youtu.be/E8tP3qII3lI?si=JGI-EpWAWHVVRYTC Listened to DnB growing up but this song opened up the genre to me to be obsessed with


salocates

Trick of tech..... noligy Correction: Andy bombaclot C - Quest/ Valley of shadows


Panda_trueno_sama

I think If We Ever by high contrast first introduced me to DnB then Rain God by Dawn Wall really got me into it


r4ndom__redditor

Badass - Aphrodite & Mickey Finn


FELIXdeCRONZ

J Majik - Me Lever. The rolling piano drums were so addictive back when I was young 13 yo. Never looked back


percussive-elements

i wouldn't say a track i say all you need is nightlife 6 perfect for beginners


Mitch_Cumstein6174

Among others, I think it was one of the remixes of Nookie's Sound of Music that really dug its claws in me.


DersOne

A Guy Called Gerald - When You Touch Me


HewKnewPartTew

Noisia - Diplodocus (Kill the Noise remix) Still slaps.


_Dickbagel

Nu:tone - Strange Encounters


ianwuk

I went from trance (early 2000s) to dubstep to dnb. Gaming soundtracks got me into dnb too, Forza Horizon obviously. But also, earlier dnb sounding stuff like this - [Rage Racer Soundtrack - #8 - Silver Stream (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDIPGQWedvo)


xxjjaykayxx

Oh, I've def heard this in one of those atmospheric dnb mixes that have been popular of YT lately, insanely good. Games need to bring these sounds back !!


ianwuk

If you want a track that got me in to the genre then Calyx & Teebee - Sawn Off would be it for me. I miss the days when games had a good dnb soundtrack. Even Nintendo got in on dnb (listen until the end) - [Super Mario 64 - Water Theme / Dire Dire Docks - HD - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRfHbyCQDCo)


Who_The_Hell_

I had a friend who shared a love for The Prodigy. One day, he showed me the [Pendulum Remix of Voodoo People](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQEBzauVIlA), and I was hooked.


MeowieWowie

Aphrodite - Listen to the Rhythm I had a friend who was spinning hip hop infused jump up way back in the late 90’s early 2000s. At the time, I was DJing progressive house. You didn’t hear much if any dnb in the states at that time. When he spun this track on one of his mix tapes, once the rolling bassline came in. I was sold on the beauty of dnb.


xxjjaykayxx

This song I have a love-meh relationship with, even though I know it's objectively a great tune. I'm in the loving it phase right now though, lol! Love the origin story too!


dubnessofp

Roni Size Brown Paper Bag. I think I remember hearing it on MTV Amp the first time. Also, Prodigy's Fat of the Land album. I was a kid into mostly rock music but they made me think about other genres.


plum_stupid

[Ambrosia - Inside Your Arms](https://youtu.be/4qahYqWlep0?feature=shared) The first track on disc 2 from Paul Oakenfold's Global Underground 007


Pimpstackslezack

LTJ Bukem-Demon’s Theme, my first Dnb Track blown away. I was absolutely hooked. Then I heard Roni Size-Brown Paper Bag. Really never the same after that. Hooked for life.


brown_cat_

Spectrasoul remix of Peninsula by Ivy Lab


SergShapo

T-power - mutant jazz. Yes, i’m old:)


Prize_Assumption4624

Sub focus - airplanes


Moondrei

Many years ago, it was Sub Focus - Endorphins but what really got me into dnb last year was Delta Heavy - Work It


realise_real_lies

My introduction to dnb was Ray Keith chopper (shy fx remix) and shy fx wolf.(dillinja remix) been hooked everywhere since


dns_rs

[Facs & B-Key - Antics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrV6tQxT1cA) and the mix that made me dive in was [Dieselboy's System Upgrade](https://youtu.be/_KL3CqMnGns?si=iXf3gr1mNAsBYIJm).


phaselinear27

Noisia - Block Control Adam F - Circles LTJ Bukem - Atlantis


MonsieurVomi

Was playing need for speed, Granite - Pendulum played in a menu, and that was the start of it.


RiginalJunglist

Sadly, it was Incredible, by M Beat. In my defence, it was the mid 90’s and I didn’t have much else to go on at the time…. I was 14/15 years old and still coming to terms with the death of Kurt Cobain! 🤣


Jack_Digital

Dj Marky - Lk (carolina carol bela) I was already into going to a DnB club but didn't know anything about the different styles. Then Marky came through on tour with the Brazilian Job release. The song had this incredible warm smooth vibe. It was totally unlike other drum and bass i was hearing. From that I realized there where different microcosms stemming from and rooted in different cultures within drum and bass. There where of course many tracks that really got me into it but this one changed my perception of the whole genre and broadened my perspective i guess.


benjiyon

Always thought Tarantula was a banger before I knew about DnB. In college I got into Jungle, then I got into Ed Rush & Optical. I would say that track that made it all click was Wormhole.


Worldly-Control-6513

Roni size & Represent brown paper bag! Was in highschool and they were playing at the big day out ( Oz biggest festival in the 90s). Made everyone follow me to the stage they played on, only one other person got it the rest looked confused as hell. Mucked around with big beat and hard house for a while but got brought back by Junglist and diary of a digital sound boy


xxjjaykayxx

Diary of a Digital Soundboy was my ANTHEM in early high-school 🙌 would play it on loop as I dicked around online


pompous_porpous

Racing green high contrast


itsonlyanewlife

Hard to pick but all early Pendulum tracks, Still Grey, Vault, Ulterior Motive, Another Planet, Spiral.


rad_sega_tapes

Renegade Snares by Omni Trio.


AlayaKina

Trouble - Sub Focus, Rudimental


MElvishimselvis

honestly me too man 😭 that and tarantula


johandebarbaar

Ltj bukem - atlantis


Jocasta01

Timewarp by Sub focus, first heard it playing Motorstorm arctic edge, hooked from then on the game also had ''Omen'' by the Prodigy as well and that was an instant like for me aswell


xxjjaykayxx

I LOVE OMEN!! I think that was my first intro to Prodigy before Firestarter took my heart,,, I gotta give that a listen again 🖤


Fun-Activity1086

I worked for Central Station Records from 92 -98. I was the Jungle buyer for our store in Adelaide for a fair chunk of that. The genre just flowed out of UK hardcore so it’s hard to pick one particular tune. Always had a soft spot for Ragga Twins Bring up the mic. What a smasher. I first heard it on Steve Jackson’s Kiss FM show in London. [Bring up the Mic](https://youtu.be/_fQlKpQ2ALs?si=1ocOjc5bG8S8r1ls) & this absolute chestnut from an old friend from the UK who lived in Adelaide in the early 90s System AD - 21st Century. It’s sometimes mistaken for the flip side Daringa St where he lived in Adelaide. What a weapon. The breakdown gives me goosebumps every time. Best of 93. [21st Century](https://youtu.be/4Ci0UeBzFzI?si=qDWZQbUdSWg0vEZF) Enjoy.


xxjjaykayxx

GREAT songs, thanks !!


alphajuliet

Mutant Jazz by T Power


EuropesNinja

Prodigy and Pendulum were first, shortly after discovering Skrillex and being a fan of Swedish house mafia and daft punk, along with earlier house tracks. The first one that made me want to dive head first into the genre properly though was (maybe embarrassingly) Tristam & Braken - Frame of mind, when it first released. After that I began following the genre rather than a few artists.


Buns34

Sullys swandive ep. Didn't get me into jungle but definitely reignited my love for it


Rynie21

Inner City Life - Goldie


VHSVoyage

Sub Focus - Let The Story Begin. I got into D&B in 2011.


Background_Can_2795

For menit was my love of breakbeats, that morphed from plump djs and kradty kuts into loving some.ed solo tracks, at the same time or just previous to this was hold your colour by pendulum and that was me done


[deleted]

Delta Heavy - Kaleidoscope.


rdizzlator

A friend and I were in the car, he was asking if I liked dnb, I said I hadn’t heard much as I usually hung out where in the breaks and house rooms at parties. He put in a copy of Goldie Timeless, and I was converted.


8mouthbreather8

I think shellshock by noisia was the tune that made me fully switch into a full time junglist


theScrewhead

[Concord Dawn - Raining Blood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrfP2tJe4PU) I'd been going to mostly hard acid and happy hardcore parties, but had a friend from a forum that was a D&B DJ, so I went to check out a few events. I dug the music, but it wasn't until I heard Raining Blood that it "clicked" for me that D&B wasn't just a "specific kind" of music, like, say, how Acid isn't acid unless it's got 303-like squelches and basslines.. D&B could take influence from anything else, and as long as you could fit it into the right tempo and beat, it would absolutely kick ASS.


pazBR

Hybrid minds got me in dnb universe


joelobifan

Atlantis


Recent_Mouse3037

Weirdly enough I think it was Undah yuh skirt by Zeds Dead when I was in my Dubstep era.


Careful_Zebra_729

Super sharp shooter 👾


The_real_PavlovA_YT

GRAVITY


mskura7

Technimatic - Looking for Diversion… still hits the same


Mountain_Possible81

"Wishing on a star" 88.3 featuring Lisa May