A bit slept on, but Extreme G 2 soundtrack has a ‘96-97 Source Direct vibe to it.
The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development
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#82We can't accept drum and bass we need jungle I'm afraid.
Got me started on watching University Challenge, and now Cosmic Pumpkin is one of my very few "must watch new videos right away" subscriptions on YouTube.
I have to recommend digging into the story behind the person who used to upload UC episodes to YouTube before Cosmic Pumpkin, and the reason that they stopped uploading. Google "Dave Garda", I don't think anyone has done an authoritative writeup but it's a wild one.
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I'm going to see Bukem on Saturday, really looking forward to it!
Nice!! It's too bad MC Conrad died this year, they were killer together.
Damn! The Progression Session albums, the third one in particular, are absolutely amazing. When the album rolls in to Track #2, 'Big Bud - Pure', with him and DRS ... it's just magical.
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#84If anyone's interested and wants to hear more, I have a mix of 92/93 era Jungle [1] Some rough mixes here and there (especially the first one) because it was live from a NYE event. But it suits the style of music, that era was so raw and fresh, the future was being invented right there! Very happy days :) 1) DJ SS - Intro 2) Higher Sense - Cold Fresh Air 3) Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune 4) Roni Size - Time Stretch…
Never clicked a link faster. OG jungle is something special.
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There's still plenty of fresh underground music and the 'kids' are doing just fine. Yeah there's loads of mainstream garbage out there, but there always was. The main difference is that this stuff was being invented, whereas most electronic music now is derived from those early 90s invented genres, but even saying that there's still plenty of creativity. There's a night in London called Cartulis (which is usually at…
Was it being invented or discovered? I feel like with each new wave of music technology, people basically search the space for a while until the fruitful sub spaces are identified. The novelty of the exploration is what is there the first time and not there in the future. You don’t know what’s going to sound good until someone happens to bump into it. You get surprises.
hey, you got your drum-n-bass in my trance!
no, you got your trance in my drum-n-bass.
that new wave of technology meant that anyone with access to warez could create music for $0 instead of the thousands on buying synths and samplers. no more renting a truck to haul that gear to a gig; now it's just a laptop and/or tablet. new choons level achieved
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#86self-plug: i built a streaming platform devoted to 90s jungle deep cuts called .mixtape — good curated selection on there https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mixtape/id1391354414
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#87If anyone's interested and wants to hear more, I have a mix of 92/93 era Jungle [1] Some rough mixes here and there (especially the first one) because it was live from a NYE event. But it suits the style of music, that era was so raw and fresh, the future was being invented right there! Very happy days :) 1) DJ SS - Intro 2) Higher Sense - Cold Fresh Air 3) Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune 4) Roni Size - Time Stretch…
Oh hell yes, thank you for this.
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I can't edit it, so here's a direct site link: https://soundcloud.com/paullouth/paul-louth-jungle-mix-nye-2...
In general please don't use Soundcloud to share music. It's complete shit. It doesn't even allow seeking unless you register for an account. At least Youtube is borderline usable without signing in.
Soundcloud is one of the last bastions of creator-driven music hosting - I’m happy to support the platform given how useful it is to the indie community. There’s a myriad of mixes and tunes on there that would simply never exist or be found on other platforms.
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#89I remember Gran Turismo well. The Quest Mode theme from Tobal no. 1 goes unmentioned. It's just a short break looped over and over again. After playing this game, you realize if you like jungle or not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1mC6K5kqZU
I guess now I realize where all the music in the late 90s Need for Speeds came from
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#90Jungle instantly reminds me of Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things from 1996
Tundra is a masterpiece: