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Juno Recommends Drum & Bass
Juno Recommends Drum & Bass: July 2022
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Review: Chase & Status ride a new wave with their sixth album, honouring their long-held time in the limelight as two of the UK's most powerful bangercrafting hitmakers. While still managing to nod to times past, this limited new LP also works in brand new UK sounds - drill MCs Unknown T and Backroad Gee, for example, make standout appearance on the tracks 'Run Up' and 'When It Rains', while still retaining elements of creativity that are endemic to Chase & Status only. Meanwhile, UK dancehall maintains its strong standing, with Popcaan and IRAH featuring regularly throughout.
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Review: Blissfully layered jazzstep from DJ Fokus and Voyager, two titans of the style whose deft abilities have rightfully nailed them a spot on the brand new label Eternal Soul for their second release. Working in filtered yet booming bass on the A-siders 'Online Recorded' and 'Inteliquo', the tracks work in minimal and downtrodden moods, allowing for more rapid-fire drill n' bass elements to occasionally peek through. The B tracks pick up the pace, 'Aurora' suspending our ears on flos of sonic slush - the 'remastered' version, meanwhile, is much more than a remaster.
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Review: Gone but absolutely not forgotten, Marcus Intalex still feels present in the drum & bass scene, such is his massive legacy. Given how much original copies still fetch, it feels right for his very first solo 12" on Soul:r to get a fresh airing and put paid to the sharks. 'Zumbar' leads the way on this two-tracker, carrying some of those ascendant Rhodes notes and dusty brass stabs that made for a new angle on soulful D&B. Sharper than liquid, and a touch fatter than the Full Cycle crew, Intalex struck on something special here. The same goes on the flip with 'Temperance', which leans in on the synths for an amen powered peak time rusher that hasn't aged a bit.
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Review: Good vibes and positive outlooks only: Pessimist returns to UVB with two of his darkest weapons in a long time. 'WPN-1' is alive with halftime tension thanks to the epic space between the stuttering beats and the high voltage bass warps while 'WPN-2' doubles up the drums and gets militant with its energy and intention. Relentless and hammering in the groove and ice cold in the atmospherics. Timeless technoid war talk from the one of the sternest camps in drum & bass
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Review: Mr Deep Jungle takes a step away from his evergreen reissue / dubplate reviving imprint for a couple of breakbeat slap-abouts on Over/Shadow. 'Normal Function' is all about those full-on Amens that rattle and bang amid the tense, spooked-out textures in a way that you'd imagine Equinox hammering you with at 3am. Meanwhile on the B: 'Deep Breath' drives deeper into the 90s style with more of a steppier rhythm and some brilliant sci-fi dexterity. Think early Krust and you're in the right solar system.
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Review: It's raining breaks! A hailstorm of jungle and drum n' bass has hit our shelves, and first of the droplets to settle (that is, onto our turntables) is FFF's latest album. Breaking away from the bangerized, 'Part Of The Order' is a junglist's fever dream, occupying the liminal spaces between rollage, hard heat and liquidation in equal measure. On it, tribal drum grooves ('Planet's Rhythm') and lo-fi breaks ('Disco Undertaker') weave between bursts of heavenly synthwork and existential vocal samples. Even weirdo art-pop jungle rears its head ('J.W.'s Experiment'), proving this one of the weirder ends to De Roos' catalogue.
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Review: The young Slam! label makes another great impression here with a second superb EP. Brock Out Crew rally show their skills with opener 'Hard Core Romance.' It fuses prickly and driving drum breaks with funky little riffs and a soulful vocal that soars up top. Ragga MC stabs and jerking bass finish it in style and make it potent both emotionally and physically. On the back side of this crucial 12" is 'Don't Dis The King' which is a hefty dance hall and jungle fusion primed and ready for some seriously loud plays on monstrous systems this summer.
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Review: There is no more iconic figure in the world of drum & bass than Goldie. In fact, he has pretty much transitioned to natural treasure in the years since he operated at the genre's bleeding edge as a DJ, label boss of Metalheadz and producer. His Timeless album, now a hard to believe quarter of a century old, was his big breakthrough and took d&b into new realms. The epic title track will always be the benchmark by which all others are judged by the whole flow the record, precision beat work and lush synth sounds have rarely been bettered.
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Review: There is a real wealth of superb old school jungle in the house this month and this new EP from Underdog is another case in point. It's a split from Dark Dean and Hankinson and it takes no prisoners. There is darkness and depth to the flurry of jungle breaks that opens 'Touchdown Junglist.' Cosmic effects, bird class and MC work all add fuel. 'Good Vibration' (feat Carmen Naida) is another big one with a dub swagger flipping into a drum & bass rhythm with attitude to spare. A Future Mix of the opener is more silky and soulful then we get a swaggering 'Good Samaritan Dub (feat Stevie A)' to end on a nice vibe.
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Review: 1985 Music signs up Bredren for a timeless new EP that offers up perfect drum programming and a range of moods and grooves. 'Aloose' kicks off in fantastic minimal and stepping fashion with snappy snares and twisted bass. 'Trench' then fizzes with static electricity over another minimal drum & bass rhythm and 'Grim Reaper' brings some late night menace in the edgy synths and broken beats. 'Cuffed' sounds out this super classy and stylish EP with another perfectly reduced take on drum & bass.
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Review: MsDos is a drum & bass legend but a debutant on the Amen Brother label. He brings all his considerable know how to this new party-starting EP. It blends a wide range of rhythms and styles into explosive cuts designed for maximum impact. 'Rave Land' is exactly that with its saw tooth synths and kinetic drum tumbles. 'Break It Down' brings a deeper bass sound but still high energy and great old school samples. 'Lazers' is an all out piano banger and last of all is the 4am pumper with its subtly euphoric chords, 'Dope Rhythm.'
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Review: Workforce is a solo project from Jack Stevens, best known as one half of crisp modern D&B masters Spectrasoul. Following the runaway success of the Late Night Soundtrack series and drops on Exit, 1985 Music and Critical, Stevens is back on Must Make Music with a new album of finely sculpted rollers shot through with melancholic moods. Madi Lane sets the tone with her heartfelt vocal on 'Death Dreams' while the snatches of singing on 'Broken' equally casts the record in a meditative space. This is soundsystem music for heavy hearted headphone trips as much as the club, but the likes of 'Flight Instructions' have more than enough heft to shake the crowd up good n' proper.
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Review: Vibez '93 is on a banging run of late, with plenty of killer cuts served up on a hugely regular basis. The quality remains high each time and this new one continues that trend. Landing on clear blue 12" vinyl, this one opens up with 'Flipside' which pairs plunging bass and silvery snares with soulful chords. 'Save My Soul' has an aching vocal to it that really elevates the whole tune and then 'Let It Move' plunges into a deep and cavernous world with hard-edged breaks and jumpy bass. 'Warlord' is a kinetic and catchy roller to close.
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Cat: PRSPCT 272. Rel: 06 Jun 22
Drum & Bass / Jungle
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Cat: NHSCS 21EP. Rel: 04 Jul 22
Drum & Bass / Jungle
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Review: FFF - so F'ing good they named him thrice! Following the first part of his album last month comes this equally fiery and forthright second part. As always, the focus is on the authenticity as the Dutchman twists, turns and subverts the classic foundation motifs into something brand new. Highlights include the Detroitian keys and kicks of 'Paragon Of Reason', the slow-mo stomps and swampiness of 'Time Is Eternal' and the total hardcore abandon of the jungle techno bash-about 'Only You'. Order order!
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Review: As you will surely know if you are reading this, Thugwidow is an ambient jungle project from Alex Lowther-Harris. He is someone who has lived all over the country and now lives on the Isle Of Anglesey. He has taken in a wealth of influences for this new EP including some controversial ones such as touches of happy hardcore and added them to his own dark and intense jungle style. It makes for tunes that pair heaviness with heart tugging emotion across four well designed and highly effective tunes.
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