Music listening and scenes

Five sources on events, news, history and instruments.

These sources are about music as people meet it: events, news, history and instruments. This page lists five sources, oldest first where dated.

Themes here: How forms evolve (1), Who holds the power (1).

The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development

Gustavo Pezzi, Pikuma. 29 Jul 2024. Blog post on a programming school's site, a music history with game examples.

The post is a long history of jungle. It covers samplers, the Amen Break, pirate radio and subgenres. It then walks through about a dozen console games with jungle-influenced music. Evidence is the author's narrative, a few interview anecdotes and embedded audio clips.

DJ With Apple Music launches to enable subscribers to mix their own sets

Andre Paine, Music Week. 25 March 2025. Trade news report on a product launch.

The article reports Apple's launch of DJ with Apple Music. It lists the partner platforms and the features users get. Most of the text is statements from Apple and partner executives, with no independent testing.

Photos taken inside musical instruments

Posted by worik, with replies from many commenters. 30 May 2025. Hacker News discussion thread.

The thread discusses photographs of the insides of string instruments. They use probe lenses and focus stacking. Comments cover how the photos are made and why they look huge. Others explain the repairs and shapes inside. Evidence is commenter explanation and a few replies from a user named charlesbrooks.

Altered states of consciousness induced by breathwork accompanied by music

Posted by gnabgib, with replies from many commenters. 28 August 2025. Hacker News discussion thread about a 2025 PLOS ONE brain-imaging study.

The source is a very long thread, not the paper. Most comments are anecdotes, jokes, practice recommendations and arguments about rigor. The linked study measured brain blood flow and heart rate variability in experienced practitioners.

San Francisco Bay Area/Northern California Electronic Music - Event Listing

Not stated. Undated. Event listing page, updated regularly.

The page is a reference listing rather than an article. It runs from early November 2026 into 2027 and covers clubs, bars, theatres and festivals. It also has a recurring-nights section, a venue list and a promoter list.

Connections to other subjects

These links are this wiki's own reading, not claims the sources make.

Glossary

Altered state of consciousness
A mental state that differs sharply from ordinary waking experience.
Amen Break
A short drum solo from a 1969 record, reused in countless tracks.
Automix
A djay feature that blends tracks automatically without the DJ's input.
B2b
Back to back: two DJs alternate tracks during one set.
Binaural beats
Two slightly different tones, one per ear, that some say shift mental state.
Cleat
A small wooden patch glued inside an instrument to secure a crack.
Darkwave
A moody electronic and post-punk style.
DJ software
A program that plays and blends tracks, often with beat matching and effects.
Drum'n'bass
The later name for fast breakbeat music that dropped jungle's ragga and reggae influences.
F-hole
One of the two f-shaped sound openings in a violin top.
Focus stacking
Merging many photos taken at different focus distances into one image sharp throughout.
High ventilation breathwork
Fast or deep controlled breathing, usually with music, meant to change experience.
Holotropic breathwork
A fast-breathing method with music, brought to the West by Stanislav Grof.
Jungle
A fast UK dance style built on chopped breakbeats.
Luthier
A maker and repairer of string instruments such as violins.
Open decks
A night where anyone can sign up to play a short DJ set.
Pranayama
Yoga practices for controlling the breath.
Ragga
A Jamaican vocal style with rapid chanted delivery over dancehall rhythms.
Sampler
A device that records short sounds and plays them back as notes.
Sound system
A mobile set of speakers, DJs and MCs, central to Jamaican dance culture.
Standing wave
A resonance that builds up between parallel surfaces and boosts certain frequencies.
Streaming catalogue
The full library of tracks a subscription service offers.
Timbre
The tone colour that makes two instruments sound different at the same pitch.
Tracker
Music software where notes and samples are typed into a grid of columns.