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The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development

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699 points atan2 | 4 comments | 13 Nov 24 18:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.612s | source
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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. chch ◴[13 Nov 24 23:24 UTC] No.42131345[source]▶
I was surprised to see Gen Z called out here specifically, though I guess it depends on where you live/grow up as well. I'd hazard to guess most of the millennials I know also haven't been to a rave!

I don't think there were any available in my hometown (or they were too underground for me to have ever heard about!), and there wasn't much exposure to electronic music at all, so it's not an experience I'd ever considered trying to find out how to have.

Just one person's anecdote, of course, but I wonder what the balance of generation vs. location is!

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2. dylan604 ◴[13 Nov 24 23:40 UTC] No.42131459[source]▶
It's just the specific conversations I've had. I'm in the GenX group, and partied with lots of millennials. Based on that experience I just rolled millennials into the "hasRaved == true" category. While never attending a full on rave, my kid has at least attended our old park parties we'd throw during the day with permits and everything. She'd be an elder GenZ, so at least she was introduced to the concept. These other conversations I've had haven't even had that.
3. underlipton ◴[14 Nov 24 00:15 UTC] No.42131729[source]▶
Can confirm. I imagine that it's highly localized, but the closest I got was dances at anime conventions and more mainstream venues that might play Jersey/Baltimore Club.

Per TFA, most of my exposure music that's now put under the EDM umbrella was through video games (DDR...). Also mix-discs curated from Limewire downloads, keygens, Windows Movie Maker AMVs, and the Newgrounds/Youtube/Bandcamp releases of amateur FruityLoops producers.

I suppose what might make this paradigm interesting to consider is that it means most of this music was a contributing element to some larger project, and not just something to enjoy on its own (though you could make the case that music at a rave is just a means to forging social and emotional connections). As such, there are a lot of songs that people my age will recognize immediately, and absolutely could not tell you who made them (just where they heard it first).

4. helboi4 ◴[14 Nov 24 11:53 UTC] No.42135341[source]▶
Yep, the rave scene is absolutely booming for gen z. I would say the spirit is much more lacking in millenials