Thanks to Graham the Invisible Man for passing on this unfortunate news. American soul singer Loleatta Holloway has died aged 64 following a short period of ill health. Her manager Ron Richardson broke the news last night. Holloway was an incredible singer who might be one of the most sampled singers ever in jungle/hardcore… Listen…
Author: Pete
Vicious Crew – No Politics Vol. 2
Tonight’s tune is some seriously chopped hardcore/jungle from a crew of 3 producers, including someone related to the Ibiza/Noise Factory records camp: Big Vern aka Colin Biggerstaff. Colin also did EPs on Boogie Beat, Camden Tunes, World Bass, etc. I can’t say I’m the biggest fan of the first Vicious Crew EP, it’s good but…
BUBBLE-B feat. Enjo-G – バリバリスナック
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DEA – Sphere of Destiny
Thanks to Dara for selling me this one recently, a favorite of mine which might be an acquired taste due to its mega-rough production. The break layers are kind of hectic and don’t fully match up, the samples range from low-fi to lower-fi, there’s lots of variation in the levels, and the beats don’t seem…
Lethal – Execute the Techno Stylin
I’m not sure whether this track counts as outright hardcore or hardcore hiphop / britcore… either way, it’s a keeper! You might recognize the intro from MC Lethal’s “Rave Digger”, which makes me wonder whether this EP is by the same MC Lethal or whether it was just sampled on that EP. Overall, “Execute” was…
Mike De Underground & Cool Hand Flex – Day To Day
Back to another tune by one of my favorite under-appreciated oldskool acts, Cool Hand Flex. Definitely some pre-intelligent jungle vibes here, with a great buzzy breakbeat (I forget the break name but I used it in a recent track) and sparse percussion . Not a lot of sounds or changeups, but a nice well sequenced…
2 Kilos ? – Mohamed’s Mind
It’s been a while since I posted something pre-91, so here’s 2 really strong tracks from the Radioactive Lamb label… “Mohamed’s Mind” is a pretty well respected early single from back when hardcore was in its early stages, and seems to come from the same space (deep electro / industrial vibed tunes) as, say, Holy…
Spacework tunes on Soundcloud (free WAV downloads)
Just read about this on B2VOS… Spacework did some great tunes, I especially like the “aqua rhyme/cocaine problem smartass!” EP. Big respect to him for sharing them all on soundcloud! I’m not sure how long these will stay downloadable so grab them while you can. Latest tracks by Spacework
Neuromancer – Pennywise (Mickey Finn & Bay B Kane “2 Twisted” Mix)
It’s been a while since my last post, was away in NYC for a bit etc… to make up for it, here’s a stone cold CLASSIC, which every supposed oldskool fan should have. I bought the original of this tune while in NYC after only having this remix EP for years and years…. now that…
Adam F – Pressure
I hope I’m not pushing my luck posting this track up as the artist is obviously still huge (just saw him DJ a couple months ago) and Lucky Spin has a select few tracks by him sale digitally on sites like Dogs On Acid and Beatport… but this tune definitely isn’t for sale, and probably…