lol this is clearly me going through your archive posts... but, on the Jungle question: I think part of the issue may be that you want something very specific, which is something that keeps the dubby roots and novel percussion of pure jungle, but doesn't have the "grating and melodramatic" aspect, and (I'm assuming) doesn't descend into the lounge-y, gloopy jazz-lite mess that so much DnB ended at. And I think, historically, the window for that stuff is really small. Also, most people love the grating and drama of Jungle, obviously - it is fundamentally club music, not at-home music. I'm sure you know about Source Direct, which might fit your bill. 4Hero's "Parallel Universe" LP, Fast Floor's "Quest for Intelligence" EP, and there was a label called "Liquid Sky Music" that put out a comp series called "This Is Jungle Sky" of mostly more poppy and atmospheric Jungle (then DnB in later iterations). Incredibly, there's like seven volumes of the comp on Spotify. It's really hit or miss but I throw it on sometimes to find tunes.
lol this is clearly me going through your archive posts... but, on the Jungle question: I think part of the issue may be that you want something very specific, which is something that keeps the dubby roots and novel percussion of pure jungle, but doesn't have the "grating and melodramatic" aspect, and (I'm assuming) doesn't descend into the lounge-y, gloopy jazz-lite mess that so much DnB ended at. And I think, historically, the window for that stuff is really small. Also, most people love the grating and drama of Jungle, obviously - it is fundamentally club music, not at-home music. I'm sure you know about Source Direct, which might fit your bill. 4Hero's "Parallel Universe" LP, Fast Floor's "Quest for Intelligence" EP, and there was a label called "Liquid Sky Music" that put out a comp series called "This Is Jungle Sky" of mostly more poppy and atmospheric Jungle (then DnB in later iterations). Incredibly, there's like seven volumes of the comp on Spotify. It's really hit or miss but I throw it on sometimes to find tunes.
When you see a cover like that Love Joys record, you simply have to click and listen. So fire.