Review: Original Key's Faces Of Jungle series has been a consistent and prolific platform for some pretty exceptional and heavy hitting slabs of breakcraft sorcery in the last year. Name a currently active artist in jungle and D&B and there's a chance they've flexed here... As collection of the last four VAs proves. All styles and sounds should be expected from the juicy jump-up disco funk of Bassface Sascha & Fiendsoul's 'Back To Basics' to the Amen artillery of Sykes' 'Exit' via Veak's wild sub soaker 'Rebel' and Bring The Beat Mack's party-blazing 'Oh My Gosh', this collection digs deep across the board giving a lot of hugely talented artist a platform and spotlight. Face the music!
Review: DJ Hybrid's Deep In The Jungle slams straight into 2022 with another blazing collection of past releases, all curated and packaged together with the super sick stylings of one of 2021's runaway DJ success stories - Frenetic. Renown for her crucial three-deck blends and premium energy, she's the perfect match for the label's megamix as there are so many wounders and blinders to get through. If you know the label's output you'll already know this but just in case you're new to this Deep In The Jungle malarky, expect nothing but premium modern day breakbeat badness. Highlights include RMS's purring 'Streaks & Blurs', Toby Ross's mischievous '170 Style', Charlie B's 'Rave Up' and DJ Hybrid's tongue in cheek skank-out 'The Last Bumbaclaat'. Anthemic.
Review: All five instalments of the 36 Hertz 100th release celebrations in one sick and savage place... DJ Vapour has put together something super special here that reflects every aspect, ingredient and flavour of his label. Vibes fly across the jungle spectrum from the likes of French OG Le Lutin's hardcore heavyweight 'Da Ruckusssss' to floatier, more contemporary cuts like Physics' 'Children Of The Night'. Elsewhere we're pummelled into submission by the breaks on Filibration's The Real Door', we're hurled deep down the jungle rabbit hole on cuts like ShupAs' 'Come Selecta' and our heads are torn straight off by the bossman Vapour on cuts like the opener 'How We Used To'. Cool and deadly business; here's to the next 100 releases.
Review: DJ Vapour's 36 Hertz continue their 100th release celebrations with more frontline freshness. Upkeeping the label's reputation for savage sonics and dark, dangerous dynamics, each of these three cuts cover a different side of the badboy spectrum: ShupAs strikes first with a contemporary D&B flavour with 'Come Selecta'. Think 'Trex goes wild in a shopping centre with a chainsaw' and you get the flavour. Veteran Opius goes absolutely scatty on the breaks in the most wonderful and chaotic way possible on 'Just Keep Moving' while Finnish vibe maestro Physics brings a little barbed tension with 'Children Of The Night'. Serious hurters from the Hertz crew.
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