Here’s a tasty early hardcore track from the underrated Mutant Records label. Combining the KC and the Sunshine Gang “Let it Go” break (used most popularly in Zero B – Lock Up) with electro bleeps, this tune shows the stripped down earlier sound of hardcore, before bedroom producers started layering up a million mad breaks…
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Area 39 – Attitude
Here’s an underrated 94 tune which I played on Sunday’s Radio show. Unlike the first couple EPs, some of the 94-95 Bear Necessities tunes are really excellent, especially ones Matt Quinn (aka Optical) was involved with: NUT-E 1 & Technarchy – Tuneful / You Cannot EP, Matt’s Head F.U.K. EP, Phat + Futuristic EP, and…
Blog to the Oldskool Radio – February 24th, 2013
Here’s the show from last night, really happy with this one! It’s pretty representative of what I spin at home and how I play oldskool when not doing my radio show, eg mixed with pitched up house, bmore, acid, etc. The only difference being that this set was 100% vinyl. I’ll probably do more shows…
Gang Related And Mask – Tear It Up
Normally this tune might have missed this website’s age cutoff by one year, but thanks to spinning Dara’s top notch 96 mix a bunch the past few days, I’m going to give it a pass. Here you have a wicked track by Gang Related and Mask, aka Roni Size and Krust of V Recordings fame.…
Flat 47 – Rooftop EP
Here’s a moderately well known darkside EP, prob best known for one tune being included in a number of Kickin related jungle comps. The tune that usually shows up everywhere is “Hideaway”, which is a quite good darkside jam (with someber synths, matching female vox and cut up kickback breakbeat). I thought about posting that…
Happy Valentine’s Day: “Sweet Love” Collection
In honor of Valentine’s Day (and as an excuse to do a stupid themed post), here’s a bunch of jungle versions of “Sweet Love”. The primary version is of course the massive M-Beat one.. if you know jungle you know this one. I went ahead and ripped my copy of it, but then checked and…
Blog to the Oldskool Radio – Feb 10th 2013
Finally, a new radio show posted… took me long enough! I took some time off from these, and was happy to bring them back at a new more easy-to-tune in time (see the post below this)… unfortunately I fractured my elbow and messed up both wrists a few days before the show, thanks to a…
Cris B – Mind, Body & Soul (DJ Hype Remix)
Here’s a tune that lay dormant in my collection for quite a while, unnoticed until someone sent me an additional copy as a “bonus” as part of a recent order. Getting the new copy made me take another listen and, damn if it isn’t a nice little tune!! This DJ Hype remix may not be…
PBB – Dum Diddley Dum
Here’s a great earlier track from the States, circa (1990?1991?). Pitched up it +8% like this, it actually goes quite well with early hardcore. No idea about the artist/label, if anyone knows anything please let me know! Definitely one for the 90/91 heads though. PBB – Dum Diddley Dum
DJ Reckless – Freedom To Dance
Here’s something a little different: some happy hardcore from 1995 by DJ Reckless of “Reckless Karnage” fame. This is still from the period before everything got massively stompy (or was just in the process of getting stompy), so there’s still mashed amens with a classic 92 style vocal snippet. I’m not sure where the vocal…