Konkrete Jungle

Drum N Bass or Jungle, the electronic music genre that was birthed from a bizarre menage a trios between hardcore techno, dancehall reggae and hip hop, has never really received the critical attention and audience here in the States that it certainly deserved. Maybe it's the intensity of the low-end electro-rumble tearing through your intestines or the hyper-speed breakbeats; or maybe it's the genre's turn towards the dark and technical side of the synth sound, but for some reason the sound virtually disappeared from American dance floors about ten years ago. Fortunately for those of us that like a little doom with our boom, S.B.K. Designs and Psycho Acoustiks are working to change that with their Konkrete Jungle parties. This week's installment sees sets from Evansville, IN's dark-tech specialist DT3k, a live P.A. set from Solid State Intelligence and a host of locals that know their way around a double-speed Amen Break.
Sat., Aug. 30, 9 p.m., 2008