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Lennie De Ice, British producer who pioneered sound of jungle, has died

No cause of death given for artist whose track We Are IE had a huge impact on the breakbeat-driven, bass-focused sound of jungle, drum’n’bass and dubstep

His friend and fellow producer Matthew Copeland posted the news on Facebook, writing: “You will for ever be the soundtrack of our generation god bless my brother fly high and keep the party going up there.” No cause of death was given. Born Lenworth Green in London, he later recalled being immersed in music as a boy: “I was into the new wave of hip-hop and electro like Mantronix, Jonzun Crew and Afrika Bambaataa, plus I’d grown up in the era of Gary Numan, the new romantics and ska,” he said. With a cornucopia of sound that blended Algerian raï vocals, cartoonish gunshots, cut-up commands (“let me hear you scream”) and a dub reggae bassline that was as naggingly catchy as its central electronic melody, We Are IE has endured as a classic of British dance culture, going on to influence dubstep in the mid-2000s.

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