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The Birthday Bash III: “Raving is like deep meditation”

Time-travellers, tune in, and buckle up your seat belts once more – it’s time for the BIRTHDAY BASH ROUND III – The Up Close and Personal Edition.It’s the birthday of Chriszka the Time Traveller, and that means that extra potent portals and loop-holes in time will be manifesting everywhere. So kick away your chronologies and […]

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Gamers and ravers: The surprising similarities between the two worlds

I have been writing professionally about computer games since 2001 but I have been deeply involved in the electronic music scene for even longer, since 1993 – and I have found that the similarities between the two worlds are astonishing. To a hilarious degree. So let me share them with you: The 12 amazing similarities […]

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Jungle Explained: “It’s not earthbound, it’s more outer space”

What you see above is a picture of me, taking a chance. Or playing with time portals, possibly, but anyway – here’s the story: I have made The JUngLE calendar for two years in a row now. That’s 48 chapters packed to the brim with blasts from the past and more than a thousand pictures. It […]

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Jungle Feelings: The Love, Hugs and Kisses Extravaganza

Final day, and of course we have to end this with an explosion of emotion. Welcome to the Final Love Kiss and Group Hug Extravaganza to warm you right up and send you out to your Christmassy evenings.   Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, everyone! Magic raver hugs and Endless Enthusiastic Superpowers to you […]

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How to be a Junglist: Body Language

You’ve seen the hand signs, you’ve seen the head nods, you’ve seen the hugging. There’s a whole lot of body language going on in the junglist territories. Obviously, it’s a clever choice of communication when the music is loud or you’re just out of breath from dancing. Hand signs and over-enthusiastic jumping is the only way the […]

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Blasts from the Past: The Dressed Up Junglists

Yes, it’s dark again, and JUngLEkalenderen stubbornly continues its mission to liven up these long December evenings a bit. It’s Entertainment for the Eyes time! Welcome to the magnificent Dressed Up Junglists Special! Lots of rarities inside. Bloody intermezzo: Check the possible evidence of foul play in the sad and troubling collection of The Lost […]

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Trance Tales: The Ozora Adventures

It’s the shortest and darkest day of the year here in Scandinavia, and I’m in serious need of some warm colours and light. So today, I’m taking JUngLEkalenderen to a warmer and brighter place. It’s excursion time! We’re going on a trip to the most colourful week of the past year: The magical and magnificent […]

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5 problems only ravers know about

Time for some jungle trouble. As you probably remember, the 7 best things about being a raver are 1) knowing the secret locations of the best parties on the planet 2) possessing the Endless Enthusiasm Superpower 3) never giving up (a useful skill in so many ways) 4) endless supply of Magic Raver Hugs 5) […]

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Jungle Feelings: Magic on the Dancefloor

Back to basics. Hands in the air! Junglists: Let’s get back to what it’s really about: The magic on the dancefloor. This collection is dedicated to anyone who gets carried away by the music and the mixing.   If you wanna feel it too, listen to this masterpiece. Proper darkside, no mercy. Alright, back to […]

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The Lost Junglists

Junglists are experts in keeping their eye on the really really bright light at the end of that long, dark tunnel. In other words: Junglists are super optimists. But what happens when the long dark tunnel just keeps being long and dark? What happens when you lose your spark? Let’s have a look at the […]

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