One of these days I’ll follow through with my threat to do an entirely non-UK 91-95 oldskool mix. Until then, here’s another nifty not-made-in-England hardcore tune I’ve dug up over the years. Unfortunately I don’t have any info about the artist, but the label address says Miami,a nd “27th Parallel” is a latitude line intersecting…
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Blacka T – Jungle Ina Mi Heart
Been a while since I posted something sufficiently rare that it’s not even listed on Discogs! Here’s a wicked little ragga jungle record which fits that bill. What makes this EP interesting, aside from the scarcity and format (not many jungle 45s out there), is that it seems more from the dancehall/ragga scene than from…
DJ Stretch – Tom & Jerry Tribute Set
Oh my word… what a mix!!! DJ Stretch just played a set earlier tonight (Saturday) as part of Radio Frontline, and it damn near broke mixlr from all the comments and “likes” it was getting. Featuring practically all the big Tom and Jerry hits, including a bunch of unreleased dubplates and some unreleased remixes/edits. For…
Override – Critical Phase
Last month Tim Reaper posted a Digital tune from Octopus Records here, and Droid (from weareie.com and sometimes writer here) pointed out how good the Override EPs are on that label. I’ve been meaning to post one of those and finally got around to it – definitely a personal favorite EP of mine for dark…
Unknown Artist – Jah’s Calling
Been a while since I’ve posted a mega grimey obscure 92 white label, hopefully this one fits the bill. One for the anoraks and not-on-label crew, this EP is by god-only-knows-who (anyone want to fess up?) and ranges in tempo from almost housier speed on one track to full 92 hardcore. There’s a fair bit…
System X – Mind Games (Cool Hand Flex Remix)
Here’s a nice somewhat hard to find tune courtesy of the Tim Reaper. “Mind Games” is probably one of Photek’s more well recognizable early tunes, done under his System X alias. Even if the name doesn’t ring a bell, the sounds no doubt will: a 93-94 amen smasher with dub fx, deep atmospherics, and the…
Blog to the Oldskool Radio Nov 17th 2013
Sunday’s radio show was pretty good. I was recovering from earlier in the weekend so it’s mostly laid back 94-95 with occasional jumps into amen smasher territory before dialing it back down. Unfortunately I didn’t keep track of the records at all and they’re in some random order spread across the crates near my turntables,…
Da Dogz – Non Stop
Blog to the Oldskool Rule #2: If I end up flaking on posting tunes for more than a few days, post a personal fav / real ripper of a tune when I finally get back to posting1. It’s been 11 days since I posted a tune (a week since Tim’s last post) so, well… you…
The Reel Master – Child’s Play
Here’s another track I probably should have posted around Halloween, but forgot. I don’t really feel like waiting a full year until next Halloween to post it, so, here goes. As the name indicates, “Child’s Play” is a classic 91 horror-themed breakbeat tune along the lines of tracks by The Psychopaths on Elicit or maybe…
Guest set on Radio Frontline 10/2/2013 (92/93)
Here’s my set from Sunday… I had a great time playing these tunes!! Because it was getting pretty late, I tried to do upbeat 92-93 stuff, not nearly as dark as I’ve been playing lately. Sort of fun “obscure anthems” if that makes sense? Big thanks to Radio Frontline for letting me guest, I was…