Episode 151: Back in the Jungle

There was a time not too long ago when almost every episode was footwork and jungle and the area where the two genres have been bleeding into each other of late. Drum’n’Werk, 160 BPM. I had to force myself to do anything else. This episode, after a short break, returns to that territory.

No fewer than four tunes here from the “Gradients” series of compilations that specifically chart the abovementioned area of overlap. Plus plenty of footwork, new and classic, plenty of jungle and D’n’B, and a brief left-turn into IDM territory.

• Stray – Blink [Gradients]
• Los x Swisha – 2 Da Wall [JBDUBZ Vol. 4]
• DJ Ends – Tru Da Night [Walkin]
• DJ FLP – Bounce Like [JBDUBZ Vol. 4]
• Philip D Kick – Vibe Off (feat. DJ Spinn) [Pathways]
• LeTryP – Let Me Hit It [Crossover]
• DJ Clent – Ball ‘Em Up [Bangs & Works Vol. 2 (The Best of Chicago Footwork)]
• Moresounds – Reality Tune [Pure Niceness]
• Tehbis – Alphabet Ooz [Gradients]
• Jonny Faith – Backbeat [Shapes: Mountains]
• Plaid – Recall [Polymer]
• Third Eye Foundation – No Dove No Covenant [You Guys Kill Me]
• Amon Tobin – The New York Editor [Bricolage]
• Young Smoke – Space Muzik Pt. 2 [Space Zone]
• DJ Diamond – Long Live A King [Footwork Or Die]
• bastiengoat – Wanna go with me [SHAWTY]
• Surly – Back in the Jungle [Surly EP]
• Noh Vae – Stamina [Nocturnal]
• Traxman – Taken A Trip U [Slash Time – The Album]
• BSN Posse – Soul Train [Drifting]
• DieMantle – Be Right There [Gradients Vol. 2]
• EQ Why – When N Who [Make The Feet Go Around]
• Fracture & Neptune – Chal Dub [Gradients Vol. 2]

BPM: 162