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The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development

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695 points atan2 | 4 comments | 13 Nov 24 18:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.739s | source
1. nntwozz ◴[13 Nov 24 23:03 UTC] No.42131192[source]▶
Jungle instantly reminds me of Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things from 1996

Tundra is a masterpiece:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G01DKEig14

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2. psd1 ◴[13 Nov 24 23:17 UTC] No.42131294[source]▶
I do love that track, but although it takes the form of jungle it is utterly unlike jungle. Squarepusher is refined. Jungle is amateur. It needs to have the feel of "this is what we cafe because it's what we could make" whereas Squarepusher is grade 8 on at least two instruments. Love Squarepusher but he's not jungle.
3. 0x011011 ◴[14 Nov 24 08:37 UTC] No.42134214[source]▶
aaaah, seeing someone recommend a squarepusher album on hn makes my brain mush.
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4. timc3 ◴[14 Nov 24 11:13 UTC] No.42135107[source]▶
I can recommend more if you like and of course the Chris Cunningham video https://youtu.be/MWCSw_cNxKc

Not sure I would class it as jungle though.