Mac 2 Digital is a London-based drum and bass and jungle label owned by D&B legend DJ Randall and Coolhand Flex. The label came into fruition in 2012, following on from parent label Mac 2 Recordings which burst onto the jungle scene in 1996. The Mac 2 Recordings project was triggered by the closure of the infamous record shop De-Underground Records where many of the drum and bass heads used to pass through at the time. Mac 2 Digital has so far rolled out rough and raw D&B weapons from the likes of: Serum, Benny L, Trex, DLR, Shimon, Madcap, DJ Randall and Coolhand Flex.
Review: Randall knows what time it is. Not just in the UK but stateside too as he continues to rep and support some of the US's most authentic and clued-up junglists Jaybee and Dave Owen. Here they hit hard with some of their gulliest flavours to date: "Grimey Shit" nods at the KOTR/Benny L style of foghorn bass, "Sacrifice" gets even more twisted with a cyclical bass drone and some impeccable amen work while the rather sweary cockney free-for-all "F**k Off" mops up the mess with a heads-down techy edge. Perfectly on-point.
Review: With previous collaborations punching massive holes through the walls at the HQ of Bryan Gee's Chronic and Liquid V, US D&B soldiers Dave Owen and Jaybee now set their sights on Bristol: home of junglist daddy Randall. Long time supporter of US D&B talent, Randall's roped the two in for a heavyweight collection: "Blow" is an all-out gully roller that seems tailor made for Mac II, "Streets Is Dirty" is all about the rattling snare and Krust-style twostep while "You Want None" is a straight-up grade-A 3am dark-out that shudders and shakes with the same grunting restraint as Jaybee's solo groaner "Who Want Some". It's a rhetorical question - we all want some.
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