I didn't know this genre was a thing. I'm hooked!
You might need Ishkur's guide :D https://music.ishkur.com/
thanks for that, reminds me of epitonic.com
The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development
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#222most of this article is nostalgia. the reason game development use sampled music was because it was always about cutting cost, specially at Sony when they introduced CD audio to games.
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#223I'm not sure if it is Jungle music, but the electronic (drum and bass?) music in games like Forsaken 64 and Unreal Tournament (1999) was amazing.
I still listen to the UT99 soundtrack when I need to concentrate on something.
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#224most of this article is nostalgia. the reason game development use sampled music was because it was always about cutting cost, specially at Sony when they introduced CD audio to games.
Cutting cost: driving creativity since forever :)
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#225Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm interested in a lot of subculture music, and it really isn't there like it was for the most part. Most families of music seem to have stagnated or regressed. The early 90s gangster rap is definitely superior to mumble rap/emo rap, the 90s IDM/jungle/trance is superior to modern EDM/house/trap and the pop mainstream now is just garbage compared to the the mainstream from the late 80s/90s. Mixing and production are…
I don't agree. There are so many niche genres now that have never existed before, e.g. vaporwave, phonk, outrun, twee, etc. Gotta dig deeper. There is tons of fresh and original underground music being made still.
As a fan of both, I have to admit vaporwave and twee are both dead genres - although vaporwave has spawned a host of successor stuff, the great innovation there all happened a decade and more ago. Twee will always exist, but it's hardly a great example of a lively scene.
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#226When I read jungle music I totally thought about Diddy Kong Racing or the Donkey King games for SNES.
Nah. It's more in the direction of whatever this is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isiVdlz8bDY It's educational, reference real events and you may have a laugh at the same time ;)
This was hilarious!
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#227Ape Escape was mentioned. That game was released to promote the dual analog controller on Playstation 1. Back then the convention of camera control on right stick wasn't even established, so camera rotation was on the shoulder buttnos, while the right stick was used to control weapons!
The game's soundtrack is iconic. Dark Ruins is a favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jbNHgmU1TM
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#228If 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…
brilliant set, takes me right back, love it
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#229Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
I'm interested in a lot of subculture music, and it really isn't there like it was for the most part. Most families of music seem to have stagnated or regressed. The early 90s gangster rap is definitely superior to mumble rap/emo rap, the 90s IDM/jungle/trance is superior to modern EDM/house/trap and the pop mainstream now is just garbage compared to the the mainstream from the late 80s/90s. Mixing and production are…
> the 90s IDM/jungle/trance is superior to modern EDM/house/trap
This is your own fault for going to EDM/house/trap parties. Go to better parties, then you'll find better music.
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#230Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
I'm interested in a lot of subculture music, and it really isn't there like it was for the most part. Most families of music seem to have stagnated or regressed. The early 90s gangster rap is definitely superior to mumble rap/emo rap, the 90s IDM/jungle/trance is superior to modern EDM/house/trap and the pop mainstream now is just garbage compared to the the mainstream from the late 80s/90s. Mixing and production are…
> Modern metal is amazing compared to the stuff from the 90s though.
Eh, I've still got a lot of time for 80s/early 90s thrash. Megadeth mostly, it must be said.