Undiluted is a jungle and drum & bass label that dropped onto the scene in 1998 thanks to the legendary DJ Brockie. Favouring the darker side of the genre and keeping its raw, gritty, jungle sound close to its core, the London-based label has rolled out high impact D&B from artists including: Ed Solo, Upgrade, Serum, T>I, Chase & Status, Jayline, the late Dominator and Brockie himself.
Review: In all due respects, if you need background deets on Brockie and Ed Solo you need to go back to school. If you don't, then you know what level of trouble we're dealing with here as the two hugely influential titans of the genre revisit their Undiluted vaults for an incendiary collection of high grade bruisers dating back to the turn of the century. Still hitting with the same spiked out futurism as they did almost 20 years ago, tracks like the distorted riff blunderbuss "Cheltenham Bass" the slappier, break-riddled "Mind Overload" and the star-gazing riff of "Dutty" still pack major punches to this day. Not ones to just look back, they've also commissioned a load of on-point remixes from some of the sharpest acts in contemporary jump-up: Turno, Serum, Annix, T>I... Need we go on? The story continues.
Review: Yes yes, it's the latest from Ed Solo and this time he returns with help from Hackney's own DJ Brockie. "Dutty" fulfils its promise with a huge, filthy sound punctuated by hard hitting snares and a ridiculously tough bassline. Annix steps in on remix duties for "System Check", a futuristic ramble through what drum and bass must sound like to your operating system - and final tune "Represent" switches back to the old school, swapping dirty jump up rhythms for a colder, more intense flow. If this is a taste of things to come, that LP is going to be massive.
System Check (Generation dub remix) - (5:49) 175 BPM
Lost Bass (Brockie & Ed Solo & Kane remix) - (5:34) 175 BPM
Review: A jungle classic - originally released in 2004 by jungle legend Brockie and Brighton based breaks artist Ed Solo - re-worked by the now-no-longer-together G Dub duo in 2006, finally sees the light of day as a digital release. For those that don't know, golden oldie "System Check" kicks off with a lengthy intro, going through the motions of a soundsystem check, dictated by a robotic vocoder, before falling into a rambunctious drop with all the hallmarks of a G Dub track. "Lost Bass" - remixed by the duo with Kane - is another monster, incorporating a creeping b-line, cinematic SFX, tense synth keys and rollicking melody.
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