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Jungle Came Back and Brought Friends
Read more . . . →I’ve got two browser tabs open and neither one is work. One is a jungle EP from a speed garage producer. The other is Nia Archives’ second album. Both came out this summer. Both are the reason my neighbours now know what an amen break sounds like. 1. Conducta - Soundboy Johnny Rolling breaks, Reese bass that wobbles properly, and Conducta’s tag sitting right on top. His Soundboy Johnny EP came out on Nia Archives’ Up Ya Archives label in May, and the title track is three minutes of a garage producer making jungle without losing the swing from his...
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Flux Pavilion, Freestylers & Belle Humble - Cracks Begin To Show
Flux Pavilion, Freestylers, and Belle Humble let the bass fracture on purpose mid-drop, and it's the best idea on the whole track.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestSundays. One email. Zero ballads from white guys in beanies. -
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UK Garage Sold Out Alexandra Palace
Read more . . . →Ten thousand people in Alexandra Palace, arms up for a two-step beat. Sammy Virji headlined two consecutive nights in April and sold both out. On the other side of the Atlantic, jigitz and Charlotte Plank premiered “car crash” at Coachella in the California heat. A month later, Virji announced a Finsbury Park headline for August. UK garage is a main-stage sound now, and these two records helped put it there. 1. Sammy Virji & Skepta - Cops & Robbers Skepta walked into the studio, put a UK garage documentary on mute, and freestyled the whole thing without writing a word...
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