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The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development

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louthy ◴[13 Nov 24 20:16 UTC] No.42129500[source]▶
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 (93 Mix)

5) DMS & The Boneman X - Sweet Vibrations

6) Engineers Without Fears - Spiritual Aura

7) Omni Trio - Soul Promenade

8) Codename John - Kindred

9) Brainkillers - Screwface

10) Dubtronix - Fantasy (Remix)

11) M-Beat - Incredible

12) DJ Rap - Your Mind (Gimp/Steve Mix)

13) Asend & Ultravibe - What Kind Of World

14) LTJ Bukem – Horizons

15) Bruck Wild - Silent Dub

[1] https://on.soundcloud.com/WjQVyJRfYMyQLP3f8

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dylan604 ◴[13 Nov 24 21:17 UTC] No.42130087[source]▶
> 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.

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1. morkalork ◴[13 Nov 24 22:29 UTC] No.42130886[source]▶
Gentrification and moral panic killed warehouse parties and raves.
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2. dylan604 ◴[13 Nov 24 22:36 UTC] No.42130960[source]▶
the local police here formed a Rave Task Force. it became very effective, and pretty much killed the scene. it got to the point where the cops would show up as the guys were unloading the PA from the truck. lots of cat and mouse games followed on trying to get past the cops. promoters even started lining up alternate locations to relocate if something got shut down. then the cops started threatening to use crack house laws to arrest the promoters for providing a place for drugs to be used. we don't have clubs to speak of and mainly just bars. we tried doing events at bars, but having to shut down at 2am is just a joke.
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3. morkalork ◴[13 Nov 24 23:03 UTC] No.42131201[source]▶
Yup, exactly this. In the city I'm thinking of it was a municipal bylaw allowing for obscene 5-figure fines for anyone organizing a rave, even it was just the DJ they grabbed. The scene withered after that.
4. buildsjets ◴[14 Nov 24 01:08 UTC] No.42132080[source]▶
It's just not a real rave until the cops cut the tunes and flip on the the house lights at 3AM. Then you get to run the gauntlet of berries and cherries while saucered and blowed. I do miss what I remember of the '90s.
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5. dylan604 ◴[14 Nov 24 05:02 UTC] No.42133293{3}[source]▶
Cops. Pfftt. Wait till it’s an outdoor event where the entire sheriff’s department rolls up, and all the deputies are holding shotguns watching everyone load back up in their cars to leave. Or when the ghetto bird is loitering overhead with the spot light just to scare the party kids.

I know the artist that made the image* used for the inside jacket for the Prodigy says it wasn’t about rave culture, but it’s still one of my favorite counter culture images.

* https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6c/54/ff/6c54ff7df285244d2d56...

Sorry for the Pinterest link. It was the first one to pop up in search

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6. 71bw ◴[14 Nov 24 07:31 UTC] No.42133859[source]▶
>Gentrification and moral panic killed warehouse parties and raves.

With my experience as a Polish Gen Z member, gentrification has only made raves MORE popular in here in A.D. 2024.

Bored kids out of good homes, eh...

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7. GJim ◴[14 Nov 24 08:53 UTC] No.42134296{4}[source]▶
> all the deputies are holding shotguns watching everyone load back up in their cars to leave

Tell me you're American without telling me you're American.

8. pixl97 ◴[14 Nov 24 23:39 UTC] No.42142480[source]▶
Add in posting all the details online so the cops know exactly where and when to bust the rave.
9. _kb ◴[15 Nov 24 16:50 UTC] No.42148580[source]▶
That's always been the cycle. As key acts from any sub-genre are subsumed into increasingly polished, expensive, and bland, club nights, festivals, and tours that community will eventually bifurcate into a properly dodgy and fun underground again.