Jungle & Punk Rock music with PS1/PS2 era of video games mix them together and you get JVNEBVG; His high tempo and energy puts your mind in the middle of the best rave Y2K rave of your lifetime. Inspired by snowboarding game series SSX, JVNEBVG music will make you feel like your playing SSX Tricky.
Where are you from, JVNEBVG?
I'm from Park City, Illinois.
Where’s Park City located in Illinois?
Park City is in the north, like in the north right by Waukegan, Wisconsin like the border.
Describe your style of music?
I describe it as drum and bass mixed with hardcore and rap and stuff like that. So it has multiple elements, especially with punk too, with more vocals; and what I'm saying in the songs, it's kinda like the style I guess. It's like new tech, I call it.
You have a lot of SSX references in your songs. How has that game series influenced your music?
Yeah, So I used to play like hella SSX when I was a kid. Listening to the playlist and fusion frenzy as well; just like that whole style of music, I would listen to a lot. (So as a kid that was my favorite.) I mean, I listened to everything, but those were the specific genres was like the style that I really liked and enjoyed. So I was like you know, I kind of wanted to more influenced by that so I wanted to make music kind of like that, you know
Which artists growing up inspired you to find your new sound of music?
Dang, This is kinda difficult , because like a specific artist is kinda hard to pinpoint it. But I mean growing up I’d listened to a lot of Slipknot and 50 Cent. And I don't know the style vocals of Slipknot, like in especially, “Duality” that song I really like the vocals; how they mix them and everything. So I was really inspired by that. And then 50 Cent, just like how raw his vocals were and stuff. So it kinda inspired me to just to tell your story and kinda be who you are. So listening to him and Slipknot they influenced me a lot to make the music I write.
What's something about you that most people wouldn’t know?
I have played World of Warcraft, like a lot and I actually coach high school wrestling.
You're big on wrestling?
Yeah, I grew up wrestling in high school and stuff like all that. I come from a little wrestling family, so that's what kinda did out here, especially in the Midwest, you know?
Tell us about your new project, Park City.
So Park City is pretty much about where I'm from. Obviously it's named after where I'm from. But essentially, all the songs in there, it's not like all of them aren't specific life stories of mine, but some of them are about things that I see in the world. like, that I saw growing up or like other people's stories that I've seen like, some friends & neighbors and stuff, and just kinda like the environment. It's like because it's pretty Park City is just like a trailer park located up north. So it's like a 2 little sided neighborhood. It's like on the other side of the tracks of Waukegan. So that's kinda like what the whole vibe is, you know, pretty much trailer park vibes and mixed with where I'm at now in life.
You have 1 song on Paradise on Park City that has a different tempo to it, can you kinda describe that track for us?
Yeah so Paradise was actually one of the last tracks we did on the project, by the guy who produced it all, Joshwa, he pretty much told me “check out this beat, I think it'll go well on the project.” And I just love the beat and I felt like I could tell a story in that song. So I was able to do those things, and I was like yeah this song belongs on the project. So even though it's a complete switch from what I'm usually doing, I just thought it fit the vibe and whole sound of the project and everything.
What motivates you every day to make music?
Honestly, I just fucking love making music man; Like it's one of my biggest passions ever. I'm like awkward as fuck as a person and shit, so like making music is kinda like where I feel like I can really be myself and separate myself from feeling anxiety and all that stuff. So making music to me is really just kind of a passion thing. I just really enjoy honestly making anything to be honest.
What message would you give to someone new that wants to jump to music but doesn't know what sound they would like to make?
I'd say, like go experiment, just be open to new sounds. You know what I'm saying? Like, you only got one life to live, so it's good to experiment and just listen to things. There's a bunch of genre blending nowadays, so you can blend so many different styles and everything; So just get into that kind of stuff, especially different sub genres.
How do you feel about the new generation of music?
I think it's really cool. I mean, people are doing new things. They're bringing back old things. They're, like, you know, mixing new things, mixing old things. And I don't know. It's just kinda like how music's always been. It's always been, like, you know, just certain eras of people, like, whatever they got going on, you know.
What song right now from any artist that kinda, like, gets you up and pumping every morning?
I've been listening to “Safety Dance” by Men without Hats. It's like one of my favorite songs right now. Just like, I don't know, the fucking extended version's sick because the intro it's like open vocals and after they say safety dance, the beat kicks in. It's just something that's really cool that they made in the eighties. So that's kinda what I've been bumping a lot right now.
Where can we find your new project, Park City?
You can find it everywhere. It's all over, Spotify, Apple Music, and everything. It's not on SoundCloud yet, but it's gonna be on SoundCloud. I just the distributor is kind of annoying, so I gotta work around that. But it's on everything else though.
Thank you for your time.
Thanks man, I appreciate you.