JUNGLE BELLS REWIND 🔔🖤
My ears are still ringing, my body is still tired, and my heart is completely full. Nearly 24 hours of drum & bass across two days, and somehow every moment felt necessary. Thousands of us together each night in the main room, then hundreds refusing to let it end at the afters — because when the music hits like that, you don’t leave.
Seeing Circadian for the first time as a solo artist felt special. Finally experiencing Rudimental live — one of my all-time favorites BUCKET LIST DNB— was emotional in ways I didn’t expect. Born On Road couldn’t make it, but that Monrroe b2b Sustance w/ LSB set was absolutely mesmerizing… one of those moments where time disappears.
A bunch of the dnb homies from around the country dropping tunes made me shed a tear for dnb happiness for sure. Shout out to Jen Symmetry, Rae Sheetz, Krystallize, Alfonz Delamota, Bad Syntax, and 360 Degrees!!!
The madness peaked with Armanni Reign shelling on the mic alongside Dillinja and Danny Byrd — absolute masterclass. Then DJ SS b2b Roni Size for their first-ever tag set… still can’t fully process how wild that was. Walking in as Brown Paper Bag dropped sent the entire room into chaos.
Kings of the Rollers destroyed the main room, and Inja closed the whole weekend out in the most perfect, emotional way possible.
The afters were a whole different universe. Friday night with Roni Size in a room of maybe 100 people was the most intimate set I’ve ever witnessed from him — unreal energy, pure history happening right in front of us. Saturday night? Just as magical. The second-night afters with Melinda and Uproot the Fiasco were straight 🔥🔥🔥 — vibes locked in, smiles everywhere, community at its best.
Jungle Bells wasn’t just a rave — it was a reminder of why we do this. The music, the people, the moments you carry with you long after the bass fades. Forever grateful. 🔊🌲🖤