Review: The Digital Roots team are back in action and flying out the blocks with this latest collection, welcoming a high profile collection of artists inside to explore modern jungle music across three spritely original creations. First up, SoulCulture, DJ Choppah and caliente dubs join forces for a rave-bending masterclass in 'Jungle Eyes', a sizzling backdrop of lethal synth growls and high energy drum work, followed by more intense designs as DJ Choppah steps out on solo duty for another system smasher in 'Get On It'. Finally, we are greeted by a mesh of shivering hi hats and gnarly LFO pulses on 'Cocaine Bear' as SoulCulture delivers one last solo smack. Heavy hitters all the way through.
Review: Tearing up the dance limb by limb, OG solider Marvellous Cain continues his current slew with these two fugly slap-abouts on Digital Roots. 'Sew Dem Up' is tailored for the darkest of hours with its heads-down rolling vibe before dropping into a classic bassline sample all old hip-hop heads will know and love. 'Propz' sends out flowers with its sweet jazzy undertones but then snatches them back its savage gutter-chomping overtones. Lap it up and get creative you crafty sew and sews.
Review: Throw some gang signs: Soulculture return to Digital Roots with this thuggish five tracker of beefed up thumpers, bumpers, steppers and tear-ups. 'Gangs' sets the tone and will have you bouncing over county lines with its rasping bassline. Four more furious sonic shoot-outs follow, highlights include the Tyke-like Q&A vibes on 'Work It' and the horn-heaved drama and relentless bass drive of 'Bang When I Enter'. Frenzied material.
Review: Dry your eyes pal, Marvellous Cain has linked up with fellow Kool FM old school matey for 'Tears', a fusion of old school energy with contemporary energy. A sweet garage-style vocal, a maze of fat basses and skipping beats, there's nothing to cry about here. Elsewhere we see Cain stripping things back and getting gritty with 'Switch' where chunky beats, cheeky jungle splashes and a bassline that buzzes with the power of 100 combined chainsaws build us up to a classic sample everyone will vibe with.
Review: Onward marching soldiers; Street Creeps and Silent Storm arm-up and fire off shots on the second edition of Digital Roots' 'Soldiers'. Street Creeps takes the lead; 'Warn Them' is pure lasers and a foreboding MC vocal advising how to fire your gunfingers while 'Ten Bags' has a bit more junglist grit to it. Next up is two tracks from Silent Storm: 'Fire 2 Night' ignites with a big vibe before hammering us with a DC Breaks style bassline while 'My Selec' dusts off the breaks for more of a tear-out sensation. Salute!
Review: Digital Roots have proven that their more than capable of releasing tunes which don't mess about but which carry an air of respectability as well, music that's for the dancefloor but that doesn't sacrifice itself for that purpose. DJ Choppah fits in with that trend and Just A Game is a release full of stripped back, industrial sounds but that still actually sounds really nice, a T>I esque three-tracker that's weighted in all the right places. Bonus points for the bright, colourful artwork as well - big ups.
Review: Invasion by name, invasion by nature: Silent Storm is in A-game takeover mode with this immaculate five-piece of timeless jungle jams. The title track will carpet bomb your crowd with deep funk Bristol science, "Clangers" will enforce martial law with its hypnotic out-of-this-world hook and groaning bass while "2 Deep" will create instant lockdown with its Cartoons style 96 era riff and Lafayette Afro sample. "Burn Them To Ashes" flattens and plunders the land with its spooked out drone bass while "Technique" claims victory with its Trilogy-style elastic bass and pummelling rolling drums. Invasion complete.
Review: Long-time Resistance Fammo crew member, now rolling deep with Digital Roots, Choppa returns with two more crucial jungle rollers. "Rolling Heart Ache" is instant rush material with its minor chord pads, sensual rave vocal and drop into a "Nightflight" style rolling subs. Restrained and classy. "Bad Sound" takes us down a darker pasture with its thick treacle subs and some really cool switches that drop into cheeky reggae samples and twisted amen blasts. The real deal.
Review: Toronto's Tyler 'Hungry T' Hewson emerges from the shadows with his first full debut single on Digital Roots with two seismic slices of ageless rave. "Friction On My Feet" works around a classic piano hook with big drone bass groans and amens so finely diced you can barely recognise them. "Feelings" takes on an even more authentic jungle twist as a classic Keke Wyatt vocal wraps itself around bellowing subs and rolling skippy breaks. Timeless.
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