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^ and music video: Shot in Helsinki's Croydon, Itä-Pasila, which environment is used as raw material for mundane psychedelia.

Shot in Helsinki's Croydon, Itä-Pasila, which environment is used as raw material for mundane psychedelia. Mynthol out now > https://ampl.ink/jK66a

BASSLINES Simple and super catchy. Has that pure jungle swagger you just don't get from revival tracks. Clear idea with the composition. Also sesame street break is used in 4x4-type way, not in complex way with ghost snares. Here the intrinsic value is not complexity, but absorbing catchy...

Jungle uses populist music styles (which were original junglists' own demographic's music) as it's raw material, and makes avant-garde, experimental and technical collages and mosaics out of them. Then the jungle djs autonomously broadcasted that music on pirate radios. This just inspires me, no...

I guess musical influence is one thing. Original junglists were directly influenced by rare groove, reggae, hiphop, acid house/techno/rave. I think the oomph, impact and immediacy comes from rare groove/reggae/hiphop, which has that "real" immediacy compared to dance music. Also the original...

There's just something in original jungle what the revival stuff doesn't have... For example basslines: like this track has space in bassline, and generally bassline melodies were catchier. The humble sine bass needs some effort to sound good I guess.

Always loved sax snippets in UKG (they're bit quiet here but you'll get the idea):

Boost your fresh spring day. '96-style early drum & bass. STREAM/BUY

DJ Eastwood remixing 'Cape Fear':

Step into the cyber tropical zone. 'Cyber Tropical' is melodic jungle, but not uplifting like most of my melodic productions, whereas ‘Liana Network’ is inspired by Deep Blue’s classic ‘The Helicopter Tune’. The former track mixes futurism with tropical vibes as the name suggests. In the latter...

@A Liniment's Evil Work is your Basic Channel dub mixes made from stems?

Jungle Technology album's journey extends with the closing track's parts 2 & 3. These two tracks marches militantly forward with various amens, keeping the vibe air-y and certainly using timestretch. Part 2 has mechanical and slamming amens alongside psychedelia, whereas part 3 slowers the tempo...