"What is slow jungle? Many of the jungle tunes are set at around 170-175bpm which is briefly double the speed of medium reggae therefore physically it feels so fast however the bassline on the other hand moves in half the speed of the drums so if you listen to bass on its own you won't feel the speed of the drums. Interesting right? What I will introduce this time is a term called slow jungle, some people call it 130/140 jungle. When you listen to jungle on big soundsystem you'd realise the impact is not only based on its speed. From DJ point of view slow jungle could be mixed with dubstep, grime and house. One of the slowest tunes here by Pangaea is fully influenced by soundsystem music so even though it has jungle elements it could also be taken as house and techno which I've been into lately." DJ Yahman

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From veteran General Degree to up and coming UK artist Malicious, Yahman picks what he describes as "interesting Jungle music with deejays and MCs that stands out the way lyrics are delivered also considering their ever evolving characteristic voice" Although it's a list of full on jungle bits he recommends the last two tunes to the Grime and Dubstep heads. He also insists that sometimes random reggae labels put out rare Jungle remix of certain deejays so it's really about the broad spectrum of digging!

French label Stix represent releases from reggae remake meister Mato to hiphop & R&B mashup specialist Taggy Matcher. From their vast and colourful catalogue Katsunori picks 10 of the best covers and originals in reggae music.