Over the last decade and a half, the Londoner Tim Reaper has proved that jungle is still alive and vibrant as it has always been. Throughout his flourishing career, he has been making old-school(ish) jungle for a network of labels that represent this scene: 7th Storey, Foxy Jangle, Parallax Recordings, Lickshot and many others.

Reaper has become one of the main names in a movement that has introduced jungle to new generations. His talent is supported by a deep understanding of this music and what came before it. By naming his label ‘Future Retro’, he is stating that the music he makes and releases is in tune with the past, but doesn’t simply aim to recreate it. Reaper has managed to find new grooves in the old jungle sound, imagining alternative futures or new directions the scene could have taken if it had never evolved into what we know today as drum & bass.

At once nostalgic and futuristic, Reaper’s DJ sets are moving time travels between the present and the first half of the 1990’s, when the jungle scene took off among the rave culture in the UK. At CAM’s Opening Party, the DJ will introduce the syncopated euphoria of jungle music to new audiences, while speaking to the heart of old jungle fanatics.