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I conducted this interview with Jeffee last summer. For a brief bit of context, Jeffee was probably the preeminent US Junglist of the 1990s. Today, people likely know him for his Jungle Spliff tape, which was uploaded to YouTube a number of years ago and has since acquired somewhat of a cult following (Jungle Spliff by DJ Jeffee (DJ Mix, Ragga Jungle): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list – Rate Your Music). However, in the mid-1990s, Jeffee was pivotal in connecting…
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[This interview was originally recorded and published in April 2023] So within the fourth chapter of this series I wanted to have a chat with a fascinating figure and a man who is putting it on within the modern day Jungle scene: Jon Stockwell aka – The Jungle Connoisseur [https://www.instagram.com/the_jungleconnoisseur/]. I first came across The Jungle Connoisseur’s Instagram page when he posted a reel of Dillinja’s ‘Ja Ya Know Big’, the B-side to Dillinja’s classic ‘The Angel’s Fell’, around May of…
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So to kick off what is the second part in this series exploring Jungle I contacted Owen Hatherley. A fount of architectural wisdom and expert on Modernism; this was to understand his perspective on the relation between music, drum ’n’ bass and cityscapes. Having seen that he was a fan of Eddie Otchere’s Junglist, it seemed fitting too. Owen needs little introduction regarding his background, but I will mention the immense impact his book ‘The New Ruins of Great Britain’…
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