Junglism Category

Ravers Are the Experts: We Love Machines

Ravers love machines, more than most people, and we are really, really good at it. We are probably the best on the planet at loving machines, because we get such incredible amounts of fun out of them. You could argue that gamers are just as good as ravers at having fun with machines. I have […]

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How to be a Raver: Nectar of the Gods

To everyone out there who enjoyed How to be a Raver: Food of the Gods – here’s the drinking version. Featuring mystical garden potions, synchronous drinking tricks, bottle magic on the dancefloors, electric boogie coffee, Ohoi! rum, people pouring bubbles like experts, and a little bit of schnapps and glögg. DID YOU MISS A DAY […]

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Ravers Are the Experts: Our Natural Habitats

Outdoor parties are the best. Electronic music sounds great under the open sky (this is where it really and totally unfolds properly), the blurpy and creaky sounds of psychedelic trance and techno just makes a whole lot more sense when you dance next to trees, and the tribal beats make cosmic sense when you dance […]

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How to Be a Junglist: The T-shirt Special (Extended Remix)

When you belong to an awesome subculture, you need to be able to communicate your sophisticated taste to your tribe instantly. You also need to communicate it when you walk around in mainstream areas of society, just to underline how much cooler you are. Let’s have a look at some printed t-shirt strategies applied by […]

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Blasts from the Past: The Babyface Special – Extended Mix

It’s time to have some time travelling fun. Let’s rejoice in the fountain of youth that true junglism bestows upon us and dive right into the ultimate BABYFACE SPECIAL! So where does this eternal youthful glow come from? Witchery? Dark magic? Chriszkas’s Time Machine? No. It comes from high bpm’s, high pulse and never leaving the dancefloor […]

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Jungle Feelings: The Weird Faces Special – Extended Mix

Ravers are effortlessly good-looking because of their glowing I-have-danced-all-day-in-the-sun skin, their beaming eyes and their positive attitude towards life. But not in a vain way. Vanity (or pride, if you want) is one of the 7 deadly sins, as anyone who has seen David Fincher’s “Se7en” from 1995 might remember. Or read Dante’s The Divine […]

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Jungle Feelings: Stuff that Glows in the Dark (remix)

I’m intensely attracted to stuff that glows in the dark. This is putting it mildly. When I see something sparkly or fluoresecent, I will immediately feel an urge to move towards it – and, if possible – dance below it (if it’s a main floor deco). Or in front of it (if it’s a backdrop). Or […]

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Jungle Confessions: The 24th Surprise

As you all know, the JUngLE Calendar likes the dark arts of number magic, and that’s why you could read the interview with dj Drop on day 4 (because of his birthday date on the 4th), and me on day 3,  for instance. And so, as I was searching for a possible main character for the interview […]

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Blasts from the Past: Roskilde 2008 part II

Did you enjoy the 31 pictures from Roskilde Festival 2008 that was posted two days ago? If so, get ready for some more pleasurable scrolling: Here’s the second round of digital memories from the same festival, and be warned: Things are becoming messier. Oh, but first: warm up with the warmup-scroll –> the 31 Blasts from the […]

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Jungle Confessions: “I love the crazy mix of reggae bass and sound effects”

Whohooo, it’s time for an energetic Q&A with the one and only Dj 2000F aka Frederik Birket-Smith aka dj Zoooooooof aka Jungle Professor Birkvit-Smith aka Frederick, original junglist, sound effect enthusiast and head of the Strøm festival. 2000F is a bit of a story teller, so let’s dive right in. You have 20000 words and […]

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