By no means am I a diehard drum and bass devotee. I could never do a night of just DnB / Jungle. But growing up in the 90s, raving to a broad spectrum of tunes from techno to breakbeat to whatever the DJ felt like dropping that night, certain records just hit differently. Goldie’s Timeless is one of them, and thirty (and a little bit) years on, it still resonates in ways that few albums from that era manage.
1995 was a peculiar moment in electronic music culture. Jungle had been bubbling away in the UK underground for a few years, largely invisible to anyone not plugged into pirate radio or specific club nights. It was fast,…




