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Jungle United
Electric Brixton, London SW2
5 Stars
JAH revolutionists, protest junglists and pioneers of homegrown drum and bass turned up alongside Rebel MC Congo Natty to tell it how it really is in this top-drawer Brixton line-up of drastic-action performers and DJ instrumentalists.
Partying across the generations, with Natty and Congo Dubz trigger-happy on the levels, the ocean of revellers go berserk as the full force from a stash of energising sounds hits home.
Among the mass of nighthawks on the bill it’s early bird Jacky Murda’s heavily pitched beat tantalisers that first shine, offering up glorious bpms and heavy, dug-in-deep subsonics.
It’s a devastating set but the storm that is to come is heralded by the arrival of UK All Stars, each one taking full control of proceedings from then on.
Abandoning gentle accelerations for the sake of raging fury Top Cat’s A Friend In Need (A Friend With Weed Is Better), Tenor Fly’s Born Again, Tippa Irie’s All The Time The Lyric A Rhyme, Daddy Freddy’s unbelievable freestyling and Sweetie Irie’s Sunshine In A Bag provide the compelling delights.
With this fusion of top-notch dance and impassioned calls for freedom, unification and rebellion, it’s a night when one-love junglism proves an irresistible force.
Top Cat and Tippa Irie play the Drum in Birmingham on September 27 and Congo Natty play the Forum in Kentish Town, London, on October 25.