Review: The Freestylers take things on an old skool jungle tip here on, aptly enough, the Jungle Cakes imprint. "Entertainer" kicks off with a bounce, a wail of reggae-laced vocal, jungle tooting sirens, and sharp, rolling breaks. It swiftly progresses, with a souped up drop, into a classic latterday jungle riddim with low-slung swagger and lush amens. With plenty of attitude, this is a tune which keeps on giving, with samples, switch ups and all the sounds of 90s jungle. Watch out for the Serial Killaz remix as well, which is an essential addition to the package.
Review: Blimey here's a super-collabo if ever we've seen one! Russian breaks queen Lady Waks teams up with two of the busiest and most prolific bass acts in the game; Deekline and Freestylers. And that's before we even get to the vocal titans causing absolute murderation with the bars. Instantly recognisable, juicy and party-primed, "Junglist Warrior" has every act's signature stamped all over it and will absolutely crush any dance its faced with. So will "Conquered" as it takes us on a slightly deeper flex with some delicious honeyed vocals warming us up for another bumping bassline hook. Heavy.
Review: Oh em gee... Two of bass music's most enduring, party-smashing acts together on a classic '96 era Urban Takeover style jump-up D&B cut? You already know how this one's going to play out: chaos. The bass is warm and low, the beats are loose, the samples whiz around in a blur and the funk is in abundance. This lives up to its name.
Review: Grab your index finger, grab your middle finger. Put them together, tuck your other fingers into your palm and run around your house screaming 'murderation' because you're about to check two regal stench blasts from two of bass music's most important consistent names in over 20 years and you just know you're going to slap a lot of party people with them. Both flexing that funk/jump up/ roller vibe, "Ray Gun" takes a well known skank, some wry horn blasts and an infectious bass hook while "MOFOS" is pure middle finger business that's not dissimilar to filth ups from BCUK's Safari era. Stick 'em up!!
Review: Freestylers and Deekline on a jungle trip? You already know this is going to tan your hide, your mates' hides, your dancefloors' hides and, quite possibly, your mum's hide. Absolute slappage of the funkiest order: "Jungle Champion" is a bounced-out bubbler with a rising Zinc-style bassline that's harmonically tuned to perfection and a guttural Batonion vocal while "Rage" plays a swinging 60s wild card with its instrumental elements and unabashed bounce. Shaking and jumping with a tight bongo break, it suddenly switches from swinging to savage as the amens fire up mid way. Rewind, come again.
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