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Goldie releases a new single "Jungle Daze" with Natalie Williams on London Records. The label that just reissued "Timeless" continues the Goldie 2026 relationship.
We Rave You confirms, as of July 22, 2026, the release of Goldie's new single, « Jungle Daze » featuring Natalie Williams, on London Records. The source specifies that the single arrives alongside the announcement of an orchestral concert at London's Royal Festival Hall on November 14, 2026 - a « landmark orchestral performance » in the source's words. The single thus opens a cycle; it is not an isolated gesture.
An orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall is not trivial in Goldie's trajectory. It is the venue of the Southbank Centre, historic home of the London Philharmonic - the place where music is treated as an art form, not as a dancefloor. Goldie is going there with an orchestral project: the obvious reading is the continuation of « Mother » (the 60-minute piece that opened « Saturnz Return » in 1998) and the symphonic trajectory begun with the BBC Symphony Orchestra a few years ago. « Jungle Daze » and Natalie Williams fit into this movement, not just into a simple release news.
This is not a new signing. In November 2025, London Records already handled the anniversary reissue of « Timeless » - the 30th anniversary of an album that defined a way of making jungle « album » and not just 12". The fact that « Jungle Daze » is released on London Records thus fits into an editorial continuity, not into recent opportunism.
February 2026 had already seen Rufige Kru - Goldie's project - release the « Metal Giants » EP. The 2026 calendar is busy and coherent: Rufige Kru for the harder side of the Metalheadz house, Goldie on London Records for the larger-format side, the RFH for the orchestral gesture.
Natalie Williams is a British singer-songwriter who is more often found on the acid jazz / soul / neo-soul scene (association with Incognito, collaboration with Jamie Cullum). Her presence on a Goldie single titled « Jungle Daze » is not anecdotal: she bridges the soul vocal DNA of Goldie (reminder: « Inner City Life » with Diane Charlemagne) and an album-radio ambition compatible with the RFH orchestral format.
To be listened to. The pedigree is there, the London Records context places it in a trajectory, the RFH concert of November 14 gives it its horizon, and the vocal choice of Natalie Williams promises something less « pure breakbeat » than « sung jungle ». Full review to come as soon as we have the track on loop.