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Benny L & Cleveland Watkiss - Metaphors
Read more . . . →Benny L makes some of the hardest, most weaponised jump-up DnB going, all air-raid basslines and no mercy. Cleveland Watkiss is a jazz vocalist and one of the original jungle MCs, a proper piece of the music’s history. On paper they’ve got no business on the same record. On “Metaphors” that history and that horsepower actually meet: the vocal winds through the intro with real warmth before the bass drops in around 0:50 and turns the whole thing into a warehouse. What I love is that the bass doesn’t flatten the vocal, it converses with it. Watkiss floats over the...
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How Jungle Became Drum & Bass (And Why It Never Really Died)
Jungle vs drum & bass: same family tree, two years and an attitude apart. The Amen break, Goldie, Roni Size, and why Tim Reaper proves it never died.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestSundays. One email. Zero ballads from white guys in beanies. -
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Hoax, So What & Dynamite MC - Thread The Needle
Hoax, So What and Dynamite MC bringing old-school jungle energy into the present. Thread The Needle is DnB with actual roots.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestWhat you missed this week, minus the corporate emo. -
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Born On Road & P Money - Bristol Style
P Money over a Born On Road ragga-jungle cut is a layup. Bristol Style is unbothered, bass-heavy, built for a subwoofer and bad intentions.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogSome shirts are statements. This one is a verdict.
