Switching gears from 92, here’s a wicked 96 track which shows the upside of more jump-up style sounds, before “jump up” became a bit of a dirty word for some people (raises hand sheepishly + looks around the room). Here you get that thick bass sound so prevalent in jump-up, mixed with more subby stabs,…
Category: Tunes
Space Cube – Mental Terror
Here’s a personal favorite I meant to play in my set last Friday on Radio Frontline, but I didn’t quite get to it. It’s arguably a well known track (certainly not an obscure white label), getting play at the time in the hardcore scene from people like DR S Gachet, Kenny Ken and Druid amongst…
Digital Konfusion – Kill Dem Dead (Steaks Ill-Matic Mix)
A recent thread on B2VOS got me thinking about US produced tracks again – here’s one I like a lot, which is much better produced than the last EP I posted. This one is by a crew out of New York called Digital Konfusion, who I think primarily consisted of I-Cue and Peppersteak. I-Cue was…
Peshay + Roger Johnson – In My Soul
Here’s an early vibey amen number by Peshay and Roger Johnson. I’m sure the name Peshay is familiar to everyone reading this new and old, if not then go read this awesome article by RBMA about the Blue Note or check this wicked interview with him on the Uncle Dugs show. Roger Johnson might not…
Aphrodite & Nutty Jim – Full Effect (Hoover Mix)
Here’s a less appreciated yet nonetheless firing tune by Aphrodite. For me, “full effect” sits in the middle ground between hardcore and jungle… like all of Aphrodite’s early tunes, it has distinctive Amiga sounding low fi production. That grittyness lends itself to seeming like a 92 hardcore tune, but the track components themselves are restrained…
Ride C – Jungle Pressure
Here’s an exceptional underrated 94 banger from a small label called Quality Control. This EP is the first of just a couple releases on that label, and it’s definitely a strong start. On the A side (featured here) we get a deep-n-dark think & cold sweat breakbeat flex-out, drenched in delay with ominous synths and…
The Man With No Name – VIP
To be frank with you, I actually don’t know that much about the background of this tune. It’s exclusively on the unmixed disc of the VIP Champagne Bash album & I can only assume based on the style & corresponding artist name that it’s produced by the same artist that made the Follow The Leader…
Alter – Ego? – Main Line
Here’s a nice tune off the Deep & Dark label… Deep & Dark is the type of record label which I’d be tempted to go on and on about as a “Criminally underrated label” since I rarely see their tunes in mixes, but I’ll be honest: while I like most of their releases, none of…
Question Mark – Volume 1
Been a while since I posted some happy hardcore stuff, so here’s a personal favorite. It’s the first in a series of cheeky mashup records by Red Alert and Mike Slammer, similar in style to the SMD records Slipmatt was making except with that Red Alert + Mike Slammer lowest-fi gritty amiga production. No big…
Wiz – Freak Sexy Style
Here’s a personal favorite of mine from the Absolute 2 label… only for fans of weird, dark, strange oldskool. No catchy anthem business here! This EP is far removed from the other Wiz EP on Detroit House, so much so it almost makes me wonder whether it’s by the same artist (Mike James). But James…