Dead Man’s Chest is one of the leading lights of the jungle revival and his Western Lore label brings together like-minded souls. As the title suggests, there are 1994-flavoured ambient workouts aplenty: Eusebeia’s deep and deadly ‘Divine Light’, Law’s luscious ‘Trapped In Paradise’, Double O’s intricately woven ‘God Is A Woman’ featuring the gorgeous, floating vocals of Sheba Q. But it’s packed with a variety of high tempo reference points. D’tch’s ‘Reperation Dub’ is menacing, stepping drumstep or halftime, or whatever you call it. Brazyn’s ‘Copycat’ knowingly channels face-melting tech-step grime. Sonic’s ‘Pressure’ switches into four-four during its pad-washed mid-section to redefine what we might mean by jungle-techno, then rolls out a fearsome Reese. There’s enough authenticity here to please the most die-hard junglists, but also warps a 30-year-old blueprint into new forms.
A1 | Dead Man's Chest (2) - Urban Fossickated Octave |
A2 | Eusebeia - Divine Light |
B1 | Bluematter - Zeus (Threshold Remix) |
B2 | Double O (4) - God Is A Woman |
C1 | Response, Pliskin - Plastic Face (Tim Reaper Remix) |
C2 | Sonic - Pressure [Crashed] |
D1 | Sam Binary - Pillars Of Creation |
D2 | The Law (4) - Trapped In Paradise |
E1 | Drum Mist, Dead Man's Chest (2) - Higher |
E2 | D'TCH - Reparation Dub |
F1 | Brayzn - Copycat |
F2 | Thugwidow - Peter |