luka
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I LOVE MUSIC DISCUSSES JUNGLE
It couldn't survive, thank christ. The rhythmic parameters of the genres were so small that the entire collected body of jungle could be summed up on a 'jungle setting' on a Casio. "Renegade Snares" is all I ever needed, personally.
― dave q, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (13 years ago) Permalink
It became dated so quickly because it was ideal for use as incidental music between TV shows etc. Also, if the description "dance music you can't dance to" can be applied to Cabaret Voltaire, how much more can it be applied to Jungle! As something which was very much rooted in the dance music scene, it appeared to be promising something it couldn't deliver. Mind you, it was quite fun watching people trying to dance to it...
― MarkH, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (13 years ago) Permalink
Gareth - to answer your questions: no, I don't listen to it; no, it is not nostalgic for me; no, there is no canon, for by my lights it is a sequence of abominations.
― the pinefox, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (13 years ago) Permalink
Jungle is cool but it hardly ever feels, for lack of a better word, spontaneous.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (13 years ago) Permalink
Jungle - ugly music for people who just can't dance.
― russ t, Tuesday, 27 May 2003 09:07 (11 years ago) Permalink
nebbesh - 'raving'...err....whaaaat?! 'raving'....what the FUCK has 'raving' (how quaint) got to do with JUNGLE?!?!?!?!?!
And for the record - accept it... jungle is music for people who have absolutely no natural rhythm. Ugly music. It's the genre that the genuine clubbers avoid like the plague because of the hideous attitude and violence that it's associated with. Uusally because most 'junglists' are aged 15.
And I never ever went to any clubs where jungle would get people err... 'tearing out'. And I live in Bristol, mate, one of the natural original homes of jungle, so there aint nothing you can preach or teach to me about the genre.
Jungle - you'll be hiding your jungle vinyl with acute embarrassment in a few years. See also Happy Hardcore, another kiddie genre.
Deeply dud, extremely nasty.
― russ t, Tuesday, 27 May 2003 12:28 (11 years ago) Permalink
how on earth are you meant to dance to jungle? it's like idm to me tbh
― lex pretend, Friday, 28 October 2011 09:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
the rhythms are just too messy for me and the drum sounds are not very thrilling. i don't find the rhythms dazzling at all, they just seem entirely and randomly pointless. they don't go anywhere or resolve, i can't use them for anything...
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 13:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
the focus on undanceable rhythms that just code as "wacky" and purposeless to me
― lex pretend, Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:21 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i listened to "inner city life" yesterday and really enjoyed it though
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Thursday, 12 April 2012 07:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
It couldn't survive, thank christ. The rhythmic parameters of the genres were so small that the entire collected body of jungle could be summed up on a 'jungle setting' on a Casio. "Renegade Snares" is all I ever needed, personally.
― dave q, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (13 years ago) Permalink
It became dated so quickly because it was ideal for use as incidental music between TV shows etc. Also, if the description "dance music you can't dance to" can be applied to Cabaret Voltaire, how much more can it be applied to Jungle! As something which was very much rooted in the dance music scene, it appeared to be promising something it couldn't deliver. Mind you, it was quite fun watching people trying to dance to it...
― MarkH, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (13 years ago) Permalink
Gareth - to answer your questions: no, I don't listen to it; no, it is not nostalgic for me; no, there is no canon, for by my lights it is a sequence of abominations.
― the pinefox, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (13 years ago) Permalink
Jungle is cool but it hardly ever feels, for lack of a better word, spontaneous.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (13 years ago) Permalink
Jungle - ugly music for people who just can't dance.
― russ t, Tuesday, 27 May 2003 09:07 (11 years ago) Permalink
nebbesh - 'raving'...err....whaaaat?! 'raving'....what the FUCK has 'raving' (how quaint) got to do with JUNGLE?!?!?!?!?!
And for the record - accept it... jungle is music for people who have absolutely no natural rhythm. Ugly music. It's the genre that the genuine clubbers avoid like the plague because of the hideous attitude and violence that it's associated with. Uusally because most 'junglists' are aged 15.
And I never ever went to any clubs where jungle would get people err... 'tearing out'. And I live in Bristol, mate, one of the natural original homes of jungle, so there aint nothing you can preach or teach to me about the genre.
Jungle - you'll be hiding your jungle vinyl with acute embarrassment in a few years. See also Happy Hardcore, another kiddie genre.
Deeply dud, extremely nasty.
― russ t, Tuesday, 27 May 2003 12:28 (11 years ago) Permalink
how on earth are you meant to dance to jungle? it's like idm to me tbh
― lex pretend, Friday, 28 October 2011 09:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
the rhythms are just too messy for me and the drum sounds are not very thrilling. i don't find the rhythms dazzling at all, they just seem entirely and randomly pointless. they don't go anywhere or resolve, i can't use them for anything...
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 13:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
the focus on undanceable rhythms that just code as "wacky" and purposeless to me
― lex pretend, Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:21 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i listened to "inner city life" yesterday and really enjoyed it though
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Thursday, 12 April 2012 07:46 (3 years ago) Permalink