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The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development

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Post by MivLives »

WaxProlix wrote: post #171
MivLives wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

PNW in general. Seattle is for sure active. They're not even that hard to find if you go looking for them.

I've not found that to be the case, though I'm only casually interested these days (too old to feel comfortable at most events, worried I'm more there to relive the good old days than a 'genuine' interest etc). With dB festival gone, do people just hit up showbox or monkey loft shows and try to make friends?

19hz has a good listing of events. A lot of it is announced on Instagram or Telegram (or the old classic of looking at the fliers on the telephone poles of cap hill). Renegades still happen (the bridge has been a super popular spot) but that season is sorta over. I more favor the Kremwork (that's more my scene) or digital hardcore shows which seem to just pop up everywhere.

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Post by ErigmolCt »

louthy wrote: post #16

If 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…

That sounds like an amazing set, packed with classics

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Post by ErigmolCt »

dylan604 wrote: post #47
louthy wrote: post #16

If 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…

> that era was so raw and fresh, the future was being invented right there! Very happy days I've been told by several Gen-Z that they've never been to a "rave", and I feel sorry for them. In my town, we had quite the underground scene, but then times changed and it is so much smaller now. Now, "kids" just call it all EDM instead of the specific genre that we know and love.

Some places today I think still try to recreate that authentic vibe, but still the times have changed

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Post by ErigmolCt »

OliveMate wrote: post #57

I can't accept Drum and Bass, we need Jungle I'm afraid. Genuinely glad I got to experience so much of it growing up with a PS1 and the genre's stuck with me. If you want to focus on listening or have some soothing background noise, it's perfect, versatile. While not all jungle, shouout to PS1 racing games for their killer soundtracks. The glorified mixtape of Gran Turismo 2 (all versions!), Colin Mcrae Rally's acid…

The PS1 era really was the golden age for soundtracks

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Post by gaoryrt »

TheRealPomax wrote: post #121

And the impact of Jungle in the last few months of 2024 in K-pop (They discovered two step garage earlier in the year, now they've moved on to jungle. I look forward to them discovering UK dubstep from before Skrillex)

You mean Right Now by newjeans?

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Post by midnightclubbed »

TacticalCoder wrote: post #144

In "Wipeout" on the original Playstation there's the famous "Firestarter" song by Prodigy. It's the, slowed down, amen break too I think: https://youtu.be/V_b5-RWOfMo EDIT: yup it's in TFA, facepalming myself.

Killer track but technically Firestarter isn't Drum and Bass (or Jungle). Prodigy slowed everything down after Experience (first album).

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Post by TomK32 »

TacticalCoder wrote: post #144

In "Wipeout" on the original Playstation there's the famous "Firestarter" song by Prodigy. It's the, slowed down, amen break too I think: https://youtu.be/V_b5-RWOfMo EDIT: yup it's in TFA, facepalming myself.

A real turning point for The Prodigy turning it from a producer-driven dance act into a proper band with a lead singer. Flint created a job in the act for himself not once but twice.
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