Goldie’s new Rufige Files documentary goes inside jungle history

Goldie is in archive mode but not the dusty kind. The U.K. jungle and drum ’n’ bass legend just dropped The Rufige Files, a new feature-length documentary tracing the history, mythology, and ongoing evolution of his Rufige Kru alias and project.

Directed by Goldie with Army Of Few and released through London Records, the film also features Photek, dBridge, Marc Mac, Heist, and Submotive to help tell the story of a project that shoved hardcore into darker and more futuristic territory. If you know “Darkrider” and “Terminator,” you'll already be familiar with the narrative but the film still uncovers new territory.

The documentary also zooms in on Alpha Omega, last year’s Rufige Kru album, which involved digging through original DAT tapes from the ’90s to recover sounds and rebuild the original Rufige era. The film is a showcase of Goldie doing what Goldie does best: taking remnants of the past and creating something new. In the film, he talks about making music outside the dead logic of metrics and engagement and frames the work as something much closer to instinct.

This will be essential viewing for longtime Goldie heads. But even if you're not, the documentary still serves as a primer for how much of dance music can be traced back to Rufige Kru.