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The Sound Of: Deep Jungle

Releasing both hidden gems from the old school and essential new-gen bangers, Deep Jungle has secured a reputation for buy-on-sight junglism. Alongside a mix representing the past, present and future of its catalogue, founder Harmony shares the secret of the label’s success with Ben Hindle

To say that Deep Jungle has become one of the jungle scene’s premier labels in under five years would be an understatement. Since pretty much...

Paradox: the numbers game

Three decades and nearly 200 records into his  career, jungle maverick Paradox is still breaking new ground, and earning new fans in the process. Ben Hindle speaks to him about using an old Amiga computer for his productions, keeping the funk in his breakbeat samples, and his dedication to performing live

“At the moment, I’m just trying to think of ways to bankrupt my distributor,” says Dev Pandya, his face plastered with a schoolboy grin. While...

HeadzState Metalheadz

"A place where we'll celebrate a 'golden age' of music, pushing artists to go even further outside the box and no doubt basking in the results for years to come"

Legendary drum & bass record label Metalheadz has announced a new imprint, HeadzState, which will deal with tunes on a different tip to its decades-spanning...

Skibadee

"As his firstborn it has fallen to me to help our family with the unexpected loss of my dad."

Asia Wride, daughter of the late jungle and drum & bass legend MC Skibadee, has launched a GoFundMe to support her family following his passing...

Nia Archives 'Part of Me'

The rising artist delivers more work from the 'Forbidden Feelingz' EP

Nia Archives has shared the video for her new single 'Part of Me'. The track is taken from the London-based, Northern England-raised jungle producer, DJ...

SHERELLE remixes Lone’s ‘Visited By Astronauts’ for new reworks EP: Listen

 "A space age, footwork jungle twist" on the 'Always Inside Your Head' track

SHERELLE has remixed Lone's 'Visited By Astronauts' for the latter's forthcoming reworks EP, which lands on 4th March. The four-track 'Natural Aerials' comprises alternative versions...

Nia Archives Fresh Kicks mix

Jungle and drum & bass’ breakout star Nia Archives demonstrates her electrifying sound for the Fresh Kicks mix series, and chats to Ria Hylton about her new EP, making “pres and afters” music, and inspiring young Black women to come to the rave

The lilting toplines and lo-fi-inflected sheen in Nia Archives’ ‘Headz Gone West’ began making waves in the Spring of 2020. The debut EP, which lasted...

Nia Archives shares video for new single, ‘Luv Like’: Watch

The third track taken from her forthcoming EP, 'Forbidden Feelingz'

Rapidly rising jungle and drum & bass DJ, producer, and vocalist Nia Archives has dropped her new single, 'Luv Like'. The track is the third...

The 'JUNGLE TEKNAH' producer will unveil a list of guests soon

SHERELLE has announced a four week residency at London venue Phonox, playing Fridays from 4th February. 

The BEAUTIFUL label boss, jungle and footwork purveyor...

Jungle pioneer M-Beat made some of the genre’s biggest chart hits, but disappeared from the industry in 1996. Having gone through hardships and been widely...

Some folk just exude music as if it’s pouring out of their skin. Their eyes spark up when they chat about beats. They can’t be...

'AKO Beatz...25 Years In The Jungle' is available to watch on YouTube now

A new documentary celebrating 25 years of the much-loved jungle labels A-Ko Recordings and AKO Beatz is available to stream now. 

The short film, 'AKO...

Julia Toppin selects 10 essential documentaries that paint a portrait of 30 years of jungle drum & bass, charting the stories of its origins to...

When compared to other UK dance music genres, the documentary coverage of jungle drum & bass is remarkably thin on the ground, largely limited to...

It's a story of UK Culture, jungle music, personal growth and self-development

Essex jungle pioneer Ray Keith is set to release a biography.

Written in collaboration with journalist Dave Jenkins, Dark Soldier is a 650-page account, described...

Retelling how community, architecture, and location fostered East London's underground dance scene

A new exhibition exploring the history of rave and pirate radio in Waltham Forest, London, will officially open next week. 

'Sweet Harmony: Radio, Rave &...

It's accompanied by a black and white, stop motion-style video

Nia Archives has shared a new single inspired by ‘90s jungle and reggae. Check it out below. 

‘Forbidden Feelingz’ is the first single by the...

Sully celebrates the infinite potential of the breakbeat in his thrilling On Cue mix, and chats to Oskar Jeff about his new release on 2...

In the early ‘90s, dubplates, exclusive early pressings of unreleased music, fuelled the buzz around DJs in the emergent jungle scene. In an excerpt from...

Exalted among the many musical innovations that Jamaica has given the world is the dubplate. An acetate pressing of unreleased music, produced especially for DJs...

Three-in-ten partygoers aged 18-22 want to experience nightlife as it was 20 years ago

The early 2000s in Ibiza is the clubbing era British ravers want to revisit most, according to a new poll. 

The survey involved data from...

Music must be sent for consideration by 1st October, and all tracks are donated to the album

Juke Bounce Werk has issued an open call for submissions to the label's forthcoming compilation, 'JBDUBZ Vol. 9'. 

The Los Angeles-based imprint is inviting new...

The James T. Kirk and Two Fingas story centres on Black British men amid a lost weekend in the UK capital

'JUNGLIST', the first novel written about the London jungle scene of the early 1990s, is coming back into print for the first time in more...