Jungle and Drum & Bass, emerging from British *sound system* culture, have always been experienced as much through the body as through the ears. Powerful sub-bass frequencies created an intense physical sensation, felt as pressure and vibration throughout the body. The installation extends this multisensory tradition by introducing taste as an additional sensory channel through which music can be communicated and experienced.

The beginnings of Jungle emerged around 1989, followed by a period of rapid development through a range of styles, each with its own sonic identity, atmosphere and cultural context. By the mid-1990s, Drum & Bass had grown out of this evolution and continued to develop through its own distinctive musical styles.

The installation invites visitors to experience this evolution through taste. Individual flavour identities were developed for twelve historically significant styles, based on an analysis of their musical character and atmosphere. Each was then translated into an edible jelly cube made using natural ingredients and colourings.

Visitors listen to each musical style while tasting its corresponding flavour, tracing how the sonic identity of the genres evolved over the course of a decade. “The Many Flavours of Jungle & Drum & Bass” thus proposes taste as an alternative design language for interpreting and communicating music.