For Emergency Use Only hits a specific nerve in UK dance music history, and twists it with a grin. This isn’t a big, glossy, genre-fusing DnB album, but a pure and loving tribute to an absolutely iconic handful of early jungle cuts that have never left the dancefloor. This album is a tribute to the exact sound of Aphrodite’s Stalker and Zinc’s Super Sharp Shooter, nothing more, nothing less. There are no sparkling pads or emotional vocal features, just old-school samples, and fat and filthy basslines.

The joy of it all is in how unpretentious and fun it is, a total blast of bouncy, cheeky, low-end pressure with no interest in reinventing the wheel. Across all 12 tracks, For Emergency Use Only holds a vibe like few drum ‘n’ bass records do, almost idiotic in its simplicity, and that’s what makes it brilliant. There’s no overblown melodrama or radio-friendly hooks. Conrad Subs has completely committed to a sound that’s perfect for getting absolutely battered on the dancefloor. In today’s rave landscape, where too much DnB has become polished, festival ready pap, this record feels like a rebellion with tunes that are simple, raw, and immediate: jungle as it was originally meant to be. Many producers would try to vary it up, maybe throw a deep cut here, a halftime track there, but For Emergency Use Only is as consistent as it is relentless with its wobbles and donks. The energy never drops. Vintage all but lifts the bassline from Super Sharp Shooter wholesale, and the final track Freestylin’ closes things out with a gloriously obnoxious synth that could’ve come straight from Twisted Individual’s heyday. It’s a love letter to a sound that never went away, but rarely gets celebrated this well. Whether you’re driving, gaming, working out, or getting wrecked in the middle of a sticky club at 2am, these tunes have got you.