Necessary Bass At Juno Download

Review: Serial badass junglist Marcus Visionary continues to bring the ruckus with another couple of killer cuts, all in his iconic jungle revivalist style with oodles of modern D&B production thrown in to the mix. "Bass Report" features a vocal sample from legendary reggae artist Gregory Isaacs, and this vocal curls and dances like smoke rings around the stuttering drum beats, jingling SFX and rolling bassline below. The track tells a story about the music's heritage as well as being a whole lot of fun! There's also a dub version too, should you wish to hear the track without Isaac's vocal.

Review: Bombaclaat! Phat ragga jungle vibes in this one with wicked drum edits. Gets the raggajungle lovers on the dancefloor for sure. This something you can play in almost any kind of set. Its a real DJ tool and one of those tracks you reach for in a set to bring the vibe back up. We will defiantly be dropping this in the near future.

Review: Junglistic flavours reign supreme here in this summer time soaring riddim. Marcus Visionary teams up with vocalist Mr Williamz for "Standard" - a reggae-drenched piece with rough, rattling breaks, cooing instrumentals and plenty of soulful melody. Let yourself drift away with the music and relax. Chirpy, chattering lyrics add another element to the lilting rhythms and murmuring bassline below. In the Dubplate Jungle remix, Frisk enters the arena, for an early Shy FX-style venture, with sped up vocal, punchy drums and pattering percussion which will guarantee a rewind.

Review: While it could be argued that drum and bass is a far more rich and varied musical artform in 2012 than it was 10 or 15 years ago, nothing slays a dancefloor quite like an old skool chunk of reggae/jungle fusion. This release from Necessary Bass boasts two cracking examples of this. Both "Possessed Remix" (a showdown between producer Marcus Visionary and soulful toaster Tarus Riley) and "Herbaltsic" (DJ Tuskan and vocalist Cali P) boast just the right amount of ruffneck old skool flava and hustling, soul-flecked vocal toasts. The results aren't particularly pretty, but they're extremely effective. "Herbalistic", for example, is classic ragga-jungle reborn. For those with long memories, that can never be a bad thing.