It Came From The Jungle :: 4 Years [Interview]

3rd June 2010………….
Jungle politics!!

If you’ve been in and around Cape Town for the last err… 4 YEARS then you’d know that Thursday night is owned by the ‘It Came From the Jungle‘ Drum and Bass stompers at Fiction!…

Next week these crazy bassheads are celebrating 4 Years in the business.

It Came From the Jungle has not only kept the D&B flag successfully flying well high, it has also provide you out there with many, many top international acts.

In a nostalgic bid to bring a teary eye before the bass drops, Dont Party asked Niskerone, promoter and all round owner of the night, how this event came to be?

“During 2006, Cape Town’s midweek nightlife was going through a noticeable decline. Places like The Orchard Bank was closing down and Marvel changed their music policy to the R&B and Hip Hop side of things. It was during this period that Adam Klein and Jon Cline approached me to tell me that their opening a new club. I was offered a spot and chose to run a weekly night on Thursdays with the music policy catering to the lighter side of Drum & Bass. The name came about through many discussions with AK about what to call it.

On Thursday 4th May, Fiction finally opened it’s doors and It Came From The Jungle was their first night of business. We started it off as a free night and invited a few local D&B DJs to play alongside myself every week. The first few months was tough, as we we’re still building a name for ourselves, but around summer 06/07 things really started taking off. We started packing out the venue week in and week out and made sure that everyone left with a smile, that’s what we focussed on. In order to secure a fanbase, we had to make sure that everyone who attended our night would leave in high spirits and actually enjoy their hangover on Fridays… We released our first mixed CD in April 2007 and followed it up a year later with “vol.2″ in the ICFTJ series. Both releases were given away free on the night as a thank you to those that represented each week.

Over time we started hosting DJs from other cities and eventually started hosting international acts. We’ve brought over guys like Drumsound, Danny Wheeler, Temper D and Nymfo amongst others and also had the pleasure of having Dieselboy and Pendulum play sets “just for fun”.

In 2010, we’re continuing to raise the bar. The next major international act we’re hosting is the mighty Camo & Krooked who’ve already snapped up releases on most of the major D&B labels this year alone.”

Niskerone

Keep your eyes and ears locked to Dont Party kids, cos’ in the next few days we have got some MAD giveaways, generously donated by the ICFTJ crew, to giveaway!

more info: facebook event [click]