Footwork jungle (AKA: Jungle Footwork, Future Juke, Jungle Juke) is a form of Footwork and Drum and Bass that emerged in the 2010s. It combines footwork's archetypal percussion - its skittering drum fills, handclaps, and syncopated rhythms - with DnB breakbeats and drum programming, merging the two into a style characterized by unconventional and frantic drumming and dense, off-kilter rhythm. Many footwork jungle producers incorporate samples inspired both by old footwork and old DnB, resulting in a varied and eclectic sound.
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Footwork jungle (AKA: Jungle Footwork, Future Juke, Jungle Juke) is a form of Footwork and Drum and Bass that emerged in the 2010s. It combines footwork's archetypal percussion - its skittering drum fills, handclaps, and syncopated rhythms - with DnB breakbeats and drum programming, merging the two into a style characterized by unconventional and frantic drumming and dense, off-kilter rhythm. Many footwork jungle producers incorporate samples inspired both by old footwork and old DnB, resulting in a varied and eclectic sound. Though the genre's name may hint at a close connection with Jungle, not all producers include jungle elements, though it is a common influence. Other DnB genres such as Atmospheric Drum and Bass, and Drumfunk or even Jump-Up may be present as well. Though most footwork jungle producers have incorporated elements of footwork specifically, influences from related genres such as Juke on one hand, and Ghettotech, Ghetto House, and East Coast Club styles on the other, aren't uncommon. Similarly - from the DnB side - influences from genres such as Hardcore Breaks, Breakbeat Hardcore, or even Darkside, have been implemented into the style by certain producers. Like most footwork and like various forms of DnB, footwork jungle is typically produced and mixed at 160 BPM.
With origins in the genre-mixing and eclecticism associated with the early 2010s UK Bass scene, footwork jungle would come about from the work of producers who chose to mix the two genres, mostly independent of one another - examples include Stray from the DnB side, and Machinedrum from the footwork side - later leading to the establishment of a full-fledged style around the mid-2010s. Philip D Kick's early 2010s compilations like Footwork Jungle Vol. 1 were also an early development point for the genre. The Footwork Jungle, a popular blog focused on the genre, was started in early 2014 and helped to kickstart the genre's growing audience.
The growing popularity of footwork in undeground Electronic Dance Music scenes around the world result in producers incorporate more eclectic influences into its sound, and paralleling the rise of underground trends like Deconstructed Club, which partially focused on mixing different global rhythms, different producers from various geographic locations - not necessarily from Chicago or the UK, footwork and DnB's birthplaces, respectively - would specifically mix the two. Producers/DJs like Yazzus, Lukrø, Samurai Breaks, Addison Groove, and Om Unit helped to popularize and develop the sound during the latter half of the 2010s. An affiliated sound that similarly seeks to integrate footwork with novel influences would come to be known as "footcore", a mix of footwork and Breakcore that emerged in the late 2010s.
