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If you're unfamiliar with this logo and the record label known as Flex, and haven't heard of its owner L Double, you're either a fairly newcomer to Jungle/Drum 'n' Bass or you've never been a diehard Junglist. And that's perfectly OK, it is my job to catch you up.

L Double has been a major player and, in some respect, a pioneer of the genres know as Jungle and DnB since the early 90s when Raves in the UK would draw tens of thousands to massive fields and the US was just beginning to follow suit. At the time DJs like Mickey Finn and LTJ Bukem were debuting records comprised of sped up breakbeats infused with reggae basslines and big room style Techno synths. At first we called it hardcore breaks. Then when producers like L Double pushed the BPMs up a bit and refined the sounds to be clearer and slightly more percussive, the term Jungle stuck for a few years until the genre fully matured into what we now know as DnB.

His imprint, Flex, has released some of the biggest tunes known in the genre and the 90s rave scene in general. Tunes like Retreat, which was recently revisited by Chase & Status.

Another massive tune released by Flex, which at one time was highly sought after on limited blue vinyl, was The Shit, a collaboration between L Double and still one of the biggest artists in the DnB genre to this day, Shy FX.

Lastly, one of my personal favorites, a record I rate as one of the best 12 inches ever released on picture disc within the Jungle/DnB genre, L Double's The Rider. (I'm unable to find a link for you other than this)

This Brooklyn native is certainly no newcomer to Jungle/DnB. While he was managing predominantly Reggae and Hip Hop records stores like Soul Shack and Beat Street, his true passion was going home at the end of a long day to sit in front of his Akai MPC with a bowl of food and a blunt to tap out some of the most precise and musical Jungle beats this side of the Atlantic.

If you're a DJ looking to beef up your Jungle crates with top notch badman tunage, look no further than this mythical creature from the streets of Brownsville.