Format: CD/2xLP
Released: May 18
Label: Planet Mu
The late great Sir John Peel once commented he was delighted to hear that so-called intelligent jungle existed because that suggested there was some truly unintelligent jungle out there that he was really keen to hear!
It's perhaps no co-incidence that Peel later discovered Shitmat. A renegade producer of preposterously chopped up jungle, he made his mark with daft but gloriously hooligan junglist versions of TV themes like 'Mastermind' and 'The Archers'.
You perhaps won't be surprised to hear that the latest in his prolific array of albums doesn't contain a wholesale move to emo, r&b or anything else currently trendy. This is trademark hardcore dance music from the MC counting down to the first beats on 'The Golden Age Of British Dance', to Snap-on-speed workout 'Nasty Rabbits' and the Shut Up and Dance-like slippery Amen breaks of 'Downer'.
His sense of humour is definitely taking a bit more of a backseat on'One Foot...' but it's still present in the sounds and psychotic beat programming. Less blatantly novelty, but by no means highbrow or pretentious, you can't help but feel Peel is looking down from a cloud up there in the sky and smiling approvingly.
3/5
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