After six years of running this site, I’m breaking out of the strictly digital realm and starting a label called 8205 Recordings. The goal of 8205 is to unearth select hardcore/jungle tunes from 1991-1995 that never made it off dubplate or DAT, and press them to vinyl. Each release will be limited to between 100…
Author: Pete
Subject 13 – Hip Hop Gangster
Here’s an excellent recent nab of mine which I’d never heard prior to buying. This EP might have eluded me until now since it’s from 1996 rather than 95. Even though 96/97 happens to be around when I started buying dnb/jungle, I’ve often steered clear of tracks from 96 when digging for oldskool since that’s…
Blog to the Oldskool Radio – April 6th 2014 (pt 2)
I meant to post this last week, but finally got around to cutting out a needle scratch and skip in it. This was the second set I played last Sunday on Jungletrain, more varied 94-95 selection but a bit laid back by and large. Thanks to GeorgeOfTheJungle in chat for recording it and sending me…
The Feedback Principle – Tear Down The Place
Here’s a nice unknown-but-not-hard-to-find 92 tune I can’t recall seeing in many/any large mixes… mixmeisters, feel free to correct me on that. I discovered it recently while rooting around in my collection for overlooked 92-93 tracks to play on last Sunday’s show. The label it was released on, Rumour Records, is better known for compilations…
Blog to the Oldskool April 6th 2014 pt 1 (92-93)
Here’s part one of my two part set from Sunday, with this played on Radio Frontline. Big thanks to everyone who tuned in live and joined the chat, from regulars like Eddie Timewarp, Havoc, Tim, and Nick DJ FX, to friends I hadn’t seen in a while like Rike (Yell-o-Phase/KHK Records). It really makes it…
Fuze – Fluctuations
Here’s a 95 jungle tune for fans of GLR / atmospheric / intelligent stuff. Nothing crazy or extreme going on here, just pleasant melodic pads, rolling breaks and female vocals. The label this is on (On-Line Recordings) put out a handful of other similar style tracks 95-97, all quite cheap and easy to find these…
Hyper-On Experience Interview Series
The final clip from Tim Cant’s Hyper-On Experience interview series was posted today. All in all, it’s been one of the most interesting and engaging interviews I’ve seen related to oldskool in a long while. As Tim Reaper pointed out, this period happened so long ago and so quickly (a few short years 20 years…
Templa – In N Out Your Mind
Here’s a nice white label obscurity. Though supposedly from 1992, this track didn’t come out until the mid-noughts on the flip of a reissue of D’Livin “Why”. It’s actually worth tracking both the original of that EP down and the reissue, as the other tracks on the original are nice (not featured on the reissue),…
Tim Reaper – BTTO Radio March 23rd, 2014
Almost forgot to post this one… Tim, you should have reminded me!! Nice set from Tim from last Sunday, starting w/ some more hardcore stuff moving into some excellent jungle selections. Well worth the download!
Abyss of Time – Deep Flowin
Here’s a dark German jungle tune from 1995 I took a chance on recently. I’ll admit I hadn’t really heard much about this label before getting this – based on the producer’s site and info on discogs, it seems Outlaw Records were based near Mannheim, part of the Milk! Club scene and started around 94…