Double O: Firm Meditation (digital, Rupture LDN, June 2023)

David Double O (co-founder of and DJ at the Rupture nights at London’s treasured Corsica Rooms) recently defined jungle as “dub with breaks”. Which I found interesting, ‘cos I’d already noticed that this is exactly what it is in his hands. This record gives you 72 minutes of laid-back clattering breaks, clanking echoey dub noises, and some very fine toasting. There are bleepy touches and vworp sounds just occasionally some glittering synth-lines that are a bit more d’n’b. But essentially, this is peak jungle revival, and it’s top-notch business, and I’m absolutely loving it.

I bought this from the label’s bandcamp page.