Formation Records churned out a fair number of darker tunes between 92 and 94, but this is one of the best – the sinister pitch shifted beats layered with the Blowfly – Sesame Street break (as used in “Helicopter Tune”) and a 4/4 kick make this track choppy but solid, great for mixing or home…
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Hope & Dave – Rushing (aka Masquerade “Rushin”)
Here’s a tune that’s pretty much the opposite of what I posted on Wednesday, and not my typical favorite type of tune. However, this track has wormed itself into my head and just won’t leave! It’s a straightforward housey hardcore track from late 91/early 92, male vocals and all.. nothing crazy going on but solid…
Nebula II – Flatliners
Here’s a well known favorite that I still play regularly in non-oldskool sets… in fact I just spun this out last Sunday at a club down the street. Nebula II were probably best known for this track and “Atheama”, and while “Atheama” is great, this is my favorite – massive low fi descending synth line,…
Wishdokta – Rush Hour (Last Minute Mix)
I used to think of Wishdokta more for his techno hardcore tracks like “Evil Surrounds Us” or his happy hardcore, but he also did some absolutely mental, absolutely essential 92-93 hardcore/jungle. This whole EP is great, but “Rush Hour” in particular checks all the boxes for me – fast and frantic, cut up and layered…
Alec Empire “Bass Destroyer” free download
Alec Empire just posted up a track off the “Bass Terror” EP for Free DL on soundcloud… it’s a great EP, a must for both oldskool and breakcore fans… most accounts on there are limited to 100 downloads so grab it quick! Easygroove used to play a few tracks from this, and I finally nabbed…
Mental Babies – Land of Confusion
WARNING: THIS TUNE MAY GET A GENESIS SONG STUCK IN YOUR HEAD. PROCEED WITH CAUTION!! Mental Babies was a project by Steve of Noise Overload (have I posted anything by them yet? If not I will) as well as a few other people. As the name implies, “Land of Confusion” rips the the song “Land…
On 1 Crew – Let Em Ave It EP
Here’s a rare and in demand EP… It’s good, but to be honest I think this record’s scarcity surpasses the actual quality of the music itself. Still, 4 quality tracks and a killer discogs want/have ratio = worthy of posting… I’ll get back to the bare cheap stuff you all should be buying soon enough…
Raw From China – Raw From China !!! Remix (The Omen)
Someone was asking about this recently so here it is… a pretty overlooked darkside track from 1993. The break production lets this track down a bit but the music is wicked, definitely something I’ve thrown in mixes before and would play again. I’m not sure who Raw From China was but all their releases were…
Formicula 4 – Formic Acid
Here’s something a little different… a 91 techno track by several German producers including Mike Ink. Maybe not congruent with what I normally post but who cares… “this is acid… I’m gonna give you acid!!” Formicula 4 – Formic Acid
Jim Polo – Phantasy’s
Here’s a nice overlooked EP – serious deep + dark vibes on this one. Jim Polo did a number of EPs between 93 and 94: some solo, some with Neil Vass. He also co-ran the essential darkside label Dark Horse Records. The label’s biggest tune was probably Rolling Energy, though all the releases on Dark…