Bukva Sound Vinilo y CD

Review: A slick update to the modern jungle psyche comes in the form of DJ Sofa's latest EP 'Danger Management'. With former releases on iconic labels including Future Retro London, Myor, AKO Beatz, N4, Straight Up Breakbeat, and Ruff 'N Tuff, we're more than astonished at this Finnish rising star's quick but effective bubbling-up to scene-stardom. Snappy, crisp breaks come mashed up with detail-attentive transitions and FX, with the 'Transmission' and 'Monkey Business' making for particularly infectious bits.

Review: Contemporary drum & bass bringers Response & Pliskin take a break from their pressurised plus-170 numbers for a dreamy foray into atmospheric breaks and liquid jungle. 'Live Ur Life' is a varied EP, beginning with the opening new age breaks of the title track, upon which we're geysered on high over humid rainforests of sound, while an ascendant vocalist - capable of wingless flight and incorporeality at will - accompanies us on our aloe vera-doused journey. Once we approach our quest's mythical, live-giving source, we're met with 'Virtuous' and 'Over The Hill', two raw yet revelatory Pandora's boxes uncovered somewhere deep in the heart of said jungle, and which both channel a dialectically calming yet ominous sound. Closer 'Hate Is Reality' refuses to deny hate as a fundamental composite of our lives, healthily channelling this extreme affect into a measured but heavy amen riffer.