Discogs says this is a combination of the Jamie Principle song and the Candy Stanton vocal, however I’m 99% sure there was already a popular house bootleg around this time which was a combination of those two elements… so this could just be sampling that. I might even have that house track on wax, need…
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Family Foundation – Express Yourself
It’s pretty rare that I get to post tunes that were big enough to warrant videos on MTV, but here’s one. “Family Foundation” were one of those acts that combine really poppy / almost eurodancey melodies and over the top female vox with jungle/hardcore breaks, ala Dream Frequency. This track was first (I think?) released…
Youtube videos vs Downloads vs Both?
I’ve noticed that a number of other oldskool related blogs have popped up since this one started and most of them embed youtube videos in lieu of posting actual downloadable mp3s. I’ve posted links to youtube tracks on rare occasions in the past, but am wondering if I should be doing that more often. Either…
Under D-Influence – Brand New 49T2
Look here, another great early single by DJ Spice…. the original from Soapbar, not the dnb one on Fokuz. DJ Spice is not credited on the EP, but his Soapbar release shared a title with the artist name on this (Under D-Influence). Hardcore Vinyl has a pretty excellent track record, and this EP does not…
Nasty Habits – Street Knowledge
I just posted my rip of this up for someone, and was reminded how much I like this tune… a 91 track that actually sounds the part. Slow-and-steady beats without tons of edits, 4/4 hardcore backing kicks, mainly just a nice pad and apocalyptic buzzy rave synth dominating the track… oh yeah, and that NWA…
Drastik Plastik – Stress
This tune exemplifies the kind of stuff I like posting on this site the most: not your standard choppy amen tracks, but earlier more “out there” hardcore tunes. Frantic synth parts, tempo changes, drastic changeups, “where the hell did THAT come from?!!” samples. Drastik Plastik did a few other EPs, this tune is probably my…
Anthony Nathan – Life Goes On
Here’s another sick & cheap track that can be easily found on wax – a release on the Lucky Spin sublabel “Pure White”. It’s kind of surprising since almost all the releases on that sublabel are pretty in-demand, the only reason I can think of why this release isn’t as desirable is due to a…
1994 BBC Jungle Documentary
I forget if I posted this documentary yet, but here it is on my buddy Jason’s new site NETWORK AWESOME… Network Awesome is basically a curated collection of youtube clips with all sorts of great old TV shows, music, interview, old ads, etc, linked together.
Interface – Questions
Here’s a bit of a hidden gem, a low-fi dark 93 tune lurking on an EP of otherwise happy piano stuff. Tuch Wood is best known for putting out Johnny L “hurt u so”, and the rest of this EP sounds like it was meant to be along those lines… big melodies, female vocals, etc.…
Double Vision – Easy Does It
Deep Seven records was a label associated with RAM mostly known for some seriously deep and dark 93 tracks. This track is off the first EP on the label, and while the A side fits that description pretty well, this B side tune is a bit more of an upbeat 92 style track. “Easy Does…