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Another Jungle Another Jungle

Another Jungle Another Jungle

Artwork by Alice Bowman (née Hu) coccodoodles Tumblr coccoderma Twitter ← Your Majesty Previous cover art by this artist → On The Thirteenth Day Next cover art by this artist
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By Michael Guy Bowman bowman Bandcamp YouTube YouTube mguybowman Twitter michaelguybowman.com Other mguybowman Instagram ← How Do I Live (D8 Night Version) Previous track by this artist → GameGrl (Original 1993 Mix) Next track by this artist.
Released 1/10/2025.
Duration: 4:39.

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Also released on Homestuck Vol. 9about 12 years, 7 months earlier.

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The following commentary is properly placed on this track's main release, Homestuck Vol. 9.

with respect to this album —
about 4 days later captured 12/17/2018 Michael Guy Bowman ✑ Tumblr

Before this track was used in Homestuck along with Beatfox's "A Taste for Adventure", it was actually made for a nearly 3-year-old defunct fan project. Housetrapped was a story about an alternate Sburb session and "Another Jungle" was a the-same-but-different theme for the loading screen of that universe's Sburb client. Sound familiar?

When we shifted into gear to create new Homestuck music following the start of Act 6, I was asked to refurbish the forgotten 40-second theme I'd written as the theme to Sburb Alpha. "Another Jungle" is thus the alpha equivalent of "Sburban Jungle" which I had written back when Homestuck began - structurally both songs are very similar, but each with their own melodies and sound choices.

"Another Jungle" has the benefit of years of experience with production I did not have when Homestuck began, and to me the fidelity difference really shows. Since writing "Sburban Jungle" I'd become far more familiar with automation, recording, eq, mixing, mastering, and all the techniques that polish a music project. "Another Jungle" is far more dynamic than its predecessor, with each subsequent section of the song having its own unique way of using the instruments and sounds in the project.

My favorite touches to this one are all the very mellow sounds that contrast with the brisk pacing of the track - the various pads, the wah-wah guitar, the echoing melody, all of it underlined by drums and brute synth loops. The sudden change in energy when the guitars duck out in the middle and the melody of "Showtime" whispers in is a favorite moment of mine. The very pop ending with its retro house sound was another choice I wouldn't have seen myself making three years back. Hope you enjoy this one as much as I do.

with respect to this album —
about 12 years, 1 month later Michael Guy Bowman ✑ Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music, adapted to text

And then Homestuck Volume 9 - oh my god, I can't believe I busted my ass so hard back then... I have Another Jungle, which was more stuff in the style of Sburban Jungle. I think it's more evolved as a piece, I really love the way it progresses, and it's less copycat from section to section. Just a moment of great composition, if I dare say so myself.

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