July: 9 drum 'n' bass releases you need to hear this month

DJ Rap 'Detonate' (Propa Talent)

Drum ‘n’ bass’s very own Princess Leia returns, here, prepping for album number 10 and fresh from headlining a massive Fantazia jam in Bristol in April – and she’s still dropping zippy tech bangers like it’s nothing. ‘Detonate’ features pummelling breaks, squelching synth energy and enough Noisia-style zig-zagging fills to keep the rowdiest dancefloor busy, and would sit happily on Viper or amid Ram’s zingier output. After all these years, it’s astonishing to listen back to old Hysteria tape packs and hear the evergreen Rap going toe-to-toe with Andy, Randall and the original rave-era jungle dons. She really was, and is, a marvel.

7/10