Here’s one of my personal favs from the last Blog to the Oldskool radio show…. really nice overlooked 92 tune with 93 leanings (wouldn’t be surprised if the date on discogs is wrong and it’s actually from 93… but I didn’t buy it then so I can’t say for sure!) Pitched up hip hop vocals,…
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Mark Archer – Armageddon Remix Project
Just a note that awesome ALTERN8-er MARK ARCHER has a great remix project going right now raising funds to press up a set of remix records featuring altern8 remixes by RADIOACTIVE MAN, DJ MARKY, CEEPHAX ACID CREW, MARK BROOM, NIGHTWAVE, THE HACKER, RENNIE FOSTER, KiNK, and NEIL LANDSTRUMM. You can contribute/order below, it’s actually quite…
Foul Play mini-mix by John Morrow (Foul Play)
I just got a heads up today from John Morrow of Foul Play regarding a mini-mix of their classics… though with a back-catalog like theirs, it’s hard to call just a “mini-mix” since there’s about 60-90 minutes worth of top notch tunes crammed into about 20 minutes. Anyone who hasn’t checked their back catalog NEEDS…
1995 Gabber Documentary
Thanks to tdo on b2vos for the link to this…. nice early documentary on Gabber. I’m sure this will be making the rounds on blogs / facebook + twitter shares soon enough!
Blog to the Oldskool Radio – June 30th, 2013
Here’s last Sunday’s radio show… by and large better than the last two shows I think. I spent more time going through picking stuff from my whole collection: some more well known tracks, stuff I’ve posted to the blog (linked below), some obscure b-side favs, etc. It starts off a bit ravey, gets dark and…
Aphrodite – Put the Fucking Record On
Back to some 92 grimyness….. Here’s a really early tune by Aphrodite, from a compilation EP containing several other artists plus one (maybe two) additional Aphrodite track(s). The other tracks are so-so but it’s all about the Aphrodite tunes on this EP, this one in particular. It might well be one of his earliest tracks,…
Brock Out Crew – Hard Core Romance
Here’s one of my favorite track on the Slam!/FistToFist series of label, and ironically one of the ones which you can get for not too too much if you look long enough. As I mentioned in this previous post of a tune from Slam!, a lot of the tracks on there are super expensive and…
Iain Clifton – Cosmic Twist
OK, back with this 92-93 whitelabel banger … Iain Clifton is a seriously underrated producer who did three releases on his label “Critical Rhythm” between 92 and 93. Every one of these is an absolute TUNE and worthy of owning. “New Sound By” is probably the best known of the three, but really there are…
Pure Science – Give a Little Darkness
Here’s a moody jungle number from 94. The artist behind this (Helen T / Pure Science) collaborated with DJ Nut Nut on a couple nice singles which are similarly dark, and also did quite a few jungle EPs on her own label IDM (Integrated Digital Music, not Intelligent Dance Music!). This tune isn’t exactly the…
N-ZO & DJ Invincible – Just Do It
Here’s a bit more of a vibey tune, nothing too crazy or massively chopped… a nice simple melody with female vocals, leading into rolling hotpants with half timey hits and a couple more vocal snippets. This track is sort of partway in-between a more tough ragga-ish track and 94-95 GLR/Lucky spin style atmo stuff. You’ve…