It’s been ages since I bothered to record an oldskool mix. Not sure if it was worth the wait, but here’s a new one in honor of the impending end of earth (or not). It’s 30 minutes, 17 tracks most of which happened to be in the crate nearest to my turntables. Some stuff I’ve…
Author: Pete
Oddysey – “Joy of Joy”
Here’s a real obscurity I doubt almost any oldskool fans have had a chance to hear. I’m always on the hunt for weird/out there sounding stuff, and during some recent “obscurity mining” I stumbled on a copy of this record: Odyssey – Joy Of Joy It’s a hardcore EP from 1993 featuring really off kilter…
Insomnia – Nostalgic
Let’s see, how to accurately convey how amazing this tune is… I could say it’s “one of my favorite oldskool tunes ever” , but I probably say that about half the tunes I post. I could go on about how it perfectly marries just the right type of piano part (euphoric but not too cheesy)…
Gurn-faced Sundays
Ed Duran x3 sent me this video, some real top shelf gurning here: Repsect to the guy that comes into frame at 2:10 in the video, Bangface should book you for Weekender!
Cool Hand Flex – Who’s That
Not much love for that last mega-obscurity, so here’s something more standard for the site – a classic cool hand flex tune from 93. Combining sick scratching, good breaks and pretty heavy sub content, this tune shows why Flex was absolutely killing it 92-93. Coolhand Flex – Whos Thatlink removed pending posting on hardcore junglism
Random Vibration & Chyna – Blow Your Mind
Here’s a track I’ve had in my “secret dj stash” for a while, probably time to share though. “Blow your Mind” might not sound that special to fans of the crazy choppy jungle tracks posted here, but it’s something which in my estimation is a lot rarer than that: an obscure-as-hell tune which is also…
Mafia – The Black Hand Volume 1
Killer single here, both sides are simply massive 94 ragga jungle tunes…. side A is maybe a bit more crazy so it wins out, but just barely. Mega chopped frantic amen/coldsweat combo beats, loads of dub sirens and that reversed sound from the core. This single definitely goes for a bit more than the average…
All 91-95 oldskool vinyl night in Boston this Monday, May 2nd
Last minute fun thing around here (Boston): Me, G Notorious (previously known as “G White” in jungle’s heyday around here), and the infamous DJ Entropy playing all sorts of 91-95 hardcore/jungle stuff.. all vinyl sets. I’m pretty sure I’ve met everyone around here who has ever so much as glanced at my blog (Boston’s a…
Sonic Food – Ascend
Someone please explain to me how a tune this good is this cheap and low rated on discogs? I guess the B side is better than the A and the A side is pretty technoey for the time, but come on….. every track on the EP is pretty solid, yet I see loads of copies…
Chekists – Vengeance
Another white label I don’t have any info on, this one is a far cry from the choppy polished jungle I posted yesterday – it’s a lot moodier with acidy synths and a single note piano part coming in and out. The break layering in it sounded a bit awkward to me at first but…