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Rinse FM started life in 1994 as a jungle station, and jungle lies at the roots of each new music Rinse has championed since. With Rinse: 20, Uncle Dugs, the station's only dedicated old-skool DJ, offers a potent reminder of the genre's power. "It's my 'Story of Jungle mix'," says Dugs. "A story of jungle music until it changed to drum 'n' bass." Opening with Lennie De Ice's "We Are I.E" -- widely accepted to be one of the first jungle tracks -- the album travels through an exhilarating chronology of the genre's evolution through the '90s, mixed all on vinyl, live. Dugs is perfectly placed to take listeners through that history. He's been involved in pirate radio for 20 years, having caught the rave bug as a teenager. Listening to the mix, you can hear that passion bubbling to the surface. Dugs returned to Rinse in 2011 to start a new weekly show of old skool jungle and hardcore on the station, as well as regularly inviting in legends of the scene to be interviewed on air. The response has been astonishing, which is one of the main reasons why a mix like this -- which recaptures the energy and innovation of a scene at the height of its creative power -- feels like an important statement. With so much of the new music that Rinse champions so strongly connected to jungle, there's no better time to remind people of those roots, and how deep they truly run. Artists include: Lennie De Ice, Code 071, Bodysnatch, The Criminal Minds, D'Livin, Noise Factory, Kuff, X Project, Nookie, Cloud 9, Origin Unknown, Long Dark, Slipmatt, Leviticus, Conquering Lion, Alex Reece, Andy C, Jo, Shimon, Wild Apache, DJ Phantasy, Shy FX, The Fugees, and Zinc.
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