Subcultures Category
Jungle feelings: The Love and Kisses Special
Posted on December 6, 2014 6 Comments
All those awesome tunes and all that sweaty dancing makes everyone all emotional, so there’s a whooooole lot of hugging and kissing going on on those jungle dancefloors and beyond. Let’s dive straight into a junglistic love mix. If you want more love, check out the 7 most romantic jungle tunes ever. For more hugging, […]
Super rare photos: Blasts from the Past
Posted on December 2, 2014 8 Comments
Jungle pics from back when digital cameras and smartphones hadn’t entered the dance floors yet. These are digital scans from my not so digital photo album. Whaaaaaaaat! Only 3! Yes, you pixel-sucking digital vampires, I know we are all used to 35 photos at the very least from every single party these days (and that’s […]
“Dancing is a very important ritual”
Posted on November 17, 2014 7 Comments
Son Kite releases their 4th album “Prisma” today on the Danish label Iboga Records. I interviewed the Swedish duo a couple of weeks ago, and it was a hugely inspiring experience. It is quite rare for me to meet people who take the transformational potential of the dancefloor and the healing properties of proper raving […]
“Digital reality is a frozen skeleton”
Posted on November 15, 2014 6 Comments
The Swedish trance duo Son Kite releases their new album “Prisma” on November 17th. The album is released on vinyl on Iboga Records, and I did an interview with them about why streaming makes us unhappy and stressed, the significance of good, analogue sound, and the importance of being fully present in the now. Read […]
My 7 All Time Favourite Jungle Tracks
Posted on October 3, 2014 5 Comments
A little while ago someone asked me to do a list of my 5 all time favourite jungle tracks. “Sure! Absolutely!” I answered. Like the dedicated junglist I am. That just never ever ever gets old, digging out some of the classic anthems for people. Shortly afterwards I thought “Five… Oh, but which five? That’s […]
The playful festival of the future
Posted on September 29, 2012 Leave a Comment
Not many years ago, the ideas spawning at a festival like Boom, which is held every second year under the scorching sun in Portugal, would be too hippie-esque for the mainstream audience. Not so much anymore, where everything is about sustainaiblity, ecology, leave-no-trace and maker culture. Big commercial festivals like Roskilde Festival look to Boom […]