Specialising in “sleek mid-tempo 1970s-style funk,” Jungle is a London based musical collective founded by long-time friends, Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland (J and T).

Since forming in 2013, Jungle has developed into a collective, working across varying disciplines with numerous artists. This approach challenged Josh and Tom to perform with a band to effectively translate their sound to a live environment, despite having recorded their music electronically as a duo.

In an interview with Pigeons and Planes, Josh summarised the message behind Jungle:

I think it’s about honesty and it’s about true connection and friendship. It’s about being in a collective and collective energy… It’s about fun and being happy with who you are and not really caring about what everybody else is thinking or doing. Not having to seek validation from other people, having that in your heart and knowing that if we’re having a good time — us seven on stage — that’s what really matters… We’re people like everyone else, we struggle with all those worries that everyone else has, but Jungle is a place where we can overcome those sorts of things.

Jungle’s eponymous debut album was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize in 2014.