The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development

Post by timc3 » Thu, Nov 14, 2024, 11:18 AM UTC

magicalhippo wrote: post #54

I recall the Wipeout 2097 soundtrack[1] blew me away as a kid. I had heard some techno and eurodance was popular at the time, but the sounds coming out of the speaker at the store where the demo ran was on another level. Bought the CD and listen to it every now and then, and Orbital's Petrol track is still up there on my top 100 list. There was something raw, and edge, that seems lost in so much electronic music thes…

Post by helboi4 » Thu, Nov 14, 2024, 11:53 AM UTC

CuriouslyC wrote: post #94

louthy wrote: post #56

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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…

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…

Post by helboi4 » Thu, Nov 14, 2024, 11:54 AM UTC

louthy wrote: post #56

dylan604 wrote: post #47

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> 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.

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…

Post by PrismCrystal » Thu, Nov 14, 2024, 12:00 PM UTC

miek wrote: post #155

louthy wrote: post #56

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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…

Given when/where you were, you might be familiar with Global Underground. I was excited to learn recently that they relaunched in the past couple years www.globalunderground.co.uk

Post by helboi4 » Thu, Nov 14, 2024, 12:02 PM UTC

rorytbyrne wrote: post #229

CuriouslyC wrote: post #94

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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.