There isn't a jungle revival, not really.
For a start, jungle never really went away. The die hards, the hardcore clung on to the scene, while the sound itself remained close to the DNA of multiple generations of British bass warriors.
Sully rose to the fore on the back of his experimental, bass-saturated take on 2-step, before veering back towards a sound indebted to darkcore.
Recent EP 'Blue' (Clash review HERE) stated his case clearly: an artful, deliriously noir salute to the sound of '93 it could only have been made in 2014.
The crushed percussion nodded towards the ashes of dubstep while the metallic sheen pointed towards the continuing, pervading influence of grime.
Follow up EP 'Concord' continues these aesthetic trends. The title cut opens the release, a fragmented rave roller, those shattered Amen breaks underpinning vocal snippets which seem to recall XL's classic 'Sweet Harmony'.
'Inroads' oozes bass, with sub-low textures smothering the track like primordial tar. The synths veer in and out, shards of neon light penetrating the murky depths of Sully's production.
Banshee then steps in to remix 'Concord', providing plenty of light and space amidst the producer's gloom. It's an artificial light, though, prompting a feeling akin to wandering in the fake heat of a botanical garden, the air thick with moisture but the urban world forever looming outside.
Out on October 27th, you can stream 'Concord' in full on Clash.
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