Retro Jungle Production Techniques With Pete Cannon

I’m 42 and have been doing this since mid 90’s and have still never showed anyone but my wife my music.

Pete is full of ability and enthusiasm without a hint of ego, a rare combination of positive energy.

Sample him saying a word ending in "p" and you got a great kick.

playing the 808 state horn by mouth is worth the whole vid, although the whole thing is really dope

Super interesting - how anyone learned these techniques pre-internet is nuts.

4:20 you nailed why sample based music making is so good. The act of sampling is actually fun and exciting. It is like fishing. You boringly dig through records until you "catch" something and find a sound that inspires you. From there, it is off to the races.

Fantastic history lesson and end result. Having never made music this way it's really fascinating. A proper craft.

OCTAMED. Those were the days. A golden time. The limitations made us more resourceful, but now we have it all, and it's marvelous, but hard to get a vibe going.

Woulda killed for this vid a decade ago lol

I was introduced to Photek literally only last year, im 26, and became obsessed w/ how this music is created.

I’m 15 and I bought an akai s2000 because of watching this video! Big ups Pete! Ur my biggest inspiration in music!

Ok, had to stop the video at 13:55 'cause I was smiling so much. Big ups to Pete Cannon for replaying 808 State's "Pacific". That was a huge track back in the day in my native Detroit (specifically, the Pacific 0101 variant). I still have my Tommy Boy copy on vinyl with "For A List DJ's Only" stamped on it.

Back in the middle 90's when I obviously could not afford an AKAI sampler, I got the 8 bit one for my Amiga, and my usual trick was to first record from the source I want to sample to tape, in long play mode, and then I would put the tape in a player which did not support the long play function - it would then play out slower, I would sample it like that and then play with high pitch notes to get back to the real sample tune, but with much better sample resolution lol, same applied to sampling 45's at 33 rpm :)

That bit where he did 808 state was epic! Proper grin on my face 😁

This guy is me and I never got around to do doing what he has acheived! We used to haul our Amigas and Synths around to a mates house and sit in his kitchen at all hours! Armed with Sample cartridges, Atari STE's aswell BTW! we would create all sorts of stuff. This was from 1991 to 1995! they were bloody good days, we would record onto Tape and then bomb around in our mates tin-pot Ford Fiesta MK3 blaring whatever we had made.

You just have to love the SOS crew for this. This video is not just entertainment - it shows some important cultural heritage.

Jesus! This is one of the most interesting music vids I've seen in a LONG time. Wish it was 2 hours long

It dominated not only the UK-dance music scene. Also in Holland this was everywhere. I danced my ass off and I also had octamed and the Amiga 500. After going out I stayed up, completely influenced by the music, and went to bed deep in the afternoon. Golden times!

A module like this should be taught on all music production courses: The Appreciation Module (How hard it was, and how easy you have it now). Great demo and trip down memory lane thank you!

The program he is using is called a mod tracker. They are older than DAWs, but they are still extremely useful! The work flow is different, but I'd say it's actually better for music that uses a lot of samples, and ESPECIALLY jungle music! What makes them so powerful is you can quickly chop a part of a sample that you want, and you use keyboard shortcuts to place in the notes, instead of using a piano roll. If you want a modern mod tracker, you should get Renoise! Or if you don't want to pay for it, OpenMPT is also very good!