depressing/sad jungle & dnb

[dilbert1]

what are the saddest tracks you know? this one leaves me gutted every time
edit i also think this is one of the best tunes to come out of the 'jungle renaissance' or what have you of the past 4-5 years

 

[catalog]

See also shiels' thread about exquisite bits of jungle tunes. You are gonna have some fun here sonny jim

 

[version]

 

[dilbert1]

thugwidow certainly has the anemic melancholia thing going heavy, to the point where some of his tunes sound kind of empty and lifeless (in an interesting way to me at least)

 

[dilbert1]

See also shiels' thread about exquisite bits of jungle tunes. You are gonna have some fun here sonny jim

'exqusite' is a larger category, perhaps I'll just change the thread title's descriptor to 'depressing'

 

[catalog]

Swings and roundabouts mate but dissensus is a free country

 

[dilbert1]

this one's hurtful as hell, for all the shit talk on photek being a drab robo-perfectionist this tune has feeling for miles

 

[dilbert1]

Swings and roundabouts mate but dissensus is a free country

of course i just mean like, I'm gonna try to narrow what potentially comes to mind for people when they read the thread title

 

[version]

This is possibly my favourite jungle tune. I find a lot of this stuff more bittersweet than sad/depressing, although there's some overlap between all three.

 

[catalog]

Yeah I'm an idiot on this actually, I make threads that someone else made 2 days ago.

 

[version]

This is possibly my favourite jungle tune. I find a lot of this stuff more bittersweet than sad/depressing, although there's some overlap between all three.

The 'lost futures' thing people like k-punk and Burial talked about's so strong with a tune like that.

 

[dilbert1]

This is possibly my favourite jungle tune. I find a lot of this stuff more bittersweet than sad/depressing, although there's some overlap between all three.

no this fits the category i have in my head perfectly. the bit that comes in at 3 min... its the vibe that hurts deep

 

[luka]

related but different

deep and haunting hardcore.

im particularity interested in the acid/hardcore transition zone as it as the first music i got into... The Brothers Grimm - Exodus (The Lion Awakes) The Exorcist. The Scientist. Ambient Mix Dream 2 Science - Breathe Deep F X U - The Scheme and the deepest and most haunting of all Bug...

dissensus.com

 

[version]

here are some of the other good jungle threads,

Ambient jungle = best dance music ever

In the Woebot thread someone linked to a FACT interview with the man, where he says: The people who have steered the Nuum discourse are not necessarily Dancing People, and actually what made Ambient Jungle so special was that it was the greatest dance music ever. The separation between the...

dissensus.com

Thrive in '95 - Jungle's zenith

Herein we make the case for the enduring beauty of 95 jungle, the year that the genre was shorn of overt external influences and grew into an utterly unique multi faceted musical artifact. We begin with some slightly obscure ethereal soulfulness from Override/AKA Klute: Feel free to chime...

dissensus.com

Totally exquisite bits in jungle

Old raver youtube comment levels of adoration very much welcomed with your choices 4.42 pants pish woo baby

dissensus.com

 

[catalog]

This is like a choose your own adventure book now for dilbert, we are all watching with baited breath to see where he goes

 

[version]

This is possibly my favourite jungle tune. I find a lot of this stuff more bittersweet than sad/depressing, although there's some overlap between all three.

Luke Davis 1 year ago

DJ Version from Stockport, England cries every time he hears this record.

 

[catalog]

Version are you from Stockport?

 

[version]

No.

 

[dilbert1]

This is like a choose your own adventure book now for dilbert, we are all watching with baited breath to see where he goes

go next? i'm just waiting for the sad tunes to roll in

 

[luka]

Version are you from Stockport?

his names Edward and hes from Stockport