Source Direct

[catalog]

that video with them is good, where he says 'shall i put the headphones on really loud, shall i'

 

[william kent]

That video's better than their tunes.

 

[luka]

the video is gold. so unselfconscious. very sweet lads.

 

[craner]

That video's better than their tunes.

I feel so guilty for not liking these tunes more. Sorry Versh, I let you and your mum down.

 

[luka]

the bathos of trying to be cool in provinical england.

 

[catalog]

they must have been fairly middle class? to have bedroom studio and all that? i really like the lookof the really gurny one, hes like jamie vardy. it's a good look, you don't see it so often nowadays

 

[catalog]

That video's better than their tunes.

thanks, i did just listen to this was OK.

 

[william kent]

This thread's making me realise I don't actually like Source Direct that much.

 

[catalog]

i'm listening to 'mind weaver' now, sounds alright. i mean its just classic jungle to me

 

[luka]

top gear jungle we call it.

 

[william kent]

I'd say the best tunes in the thread are 'The Crane' and 'Secret Liaison'.

 

[catalog]

The Suburbs

 

[catalog]

I'd say the best tunes in the thread are 'The Crane' and 'Secret Liaison'.

ok, i'll put them on next. what is your favourite jungle version?

 

[william kent]

ok, i'll put them on next. what is your favourite jungle version?

Probably this.

 

[catalog]

samurai love is not restricted to junglists, but they do seem to love it a lot.

 

[craner]

Photek was all over the Japanese aesthetic, wasn't he?

 

[craner]

Probably this.

That's more like it!

 

[catalog]

i'm gonna listen to that next, i dont think i know it

 

[catalog]

samurai records by that aussie guy. junglists have a 'code'

 

[Corpsey]

I came late to jungle really (other than hearing 'Incredible' and 'Original Nuttah' as a yoof) so I didn't appreciate that there would have been a split in jungle between those who saw Photek/Source Direct/Metalheadz as an evolution and those who saw those producers/labels as a betrayal of the spirit of rave.

All I heard was the intensity, the atmosphere, the virtuosity of the breakbeats, etc. And I loved it - thought Source Direct (whoever they were, I'd not seen the video) were geniuses, their tunes a peak of achievement in jungle — while still being a huge fan of ragga jungle etc. I basically loved all jungle, or all the jungle that had survived to be canonised.

It was a better time, in retrospect.