Junglism Category

Rave Culture: Aliens, spaceships and cosmic adventures

You might have noticed that mainstream culture has turned its gaze towards UFOs, aliens, and possible parallel universes in recent years. But as always, ravers are decades, if not eons, ahead. Rave culture is PACKED with references to space travel and aliens and has been so since day one. The entire festival looks like it’s […]

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Ravers are the Experts: Surviving the long, dark tunnel

Ravers are the experts: Surviving the long dark tunnel

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The Dark Stranger mix: Darkside jungle and drum’n’bass with eerie horror vibes – from 1993 to 2024

When I immersed myself in the jungle scene in London at 19 and became instantly obsessed, the big darkside anthems were packed with (horror) movie samples, and I was completely fascinated by that. I still am.  So: Here’s my newest mix, an hour of carefully handpicked darkside jungle and drum’n’bass with eerie horror vibes and […]

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Ravers are the Experts: Keeping Warm at All Times

Rave culture can keep you warm through the coldest and hardest of times. Because the heart of rave culture is the dancefloor. And the dancefloor is the place to go for (re-)heating up our hearts when life freezes over.

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Jungle Feelings: The Bladerunner Special – round II

This is my jungle set from the Tunnelsyn party in Copenhagen in November 2024. The party was in a tunnel, so I had a lot of fun mixing in ‘Valley of the Shadows’ here and there, because hearing the ‘Felt that I was in this long, dark tunnel’ sample while partying in a tunnel is […]

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Blasts from the Recent Past: Birthday Bash Edition 5.0

Last year, I celebrated my birthday with a pop-up-vernissage that would slowly transform into a party and then into a jungle rave. These are the rare photos and videos from the event.

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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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