For those who may not know this about me, I am a massive Digital fan. I’d probably put him in my top 5 of producers, he’s managed to retain a style & quality in his tracks since he began up until now, whilst keeping up with the changing times. He’s also got a staggering workrate,…
Category: Tunes
Ramos + Supreme – The Journey, Pt 1
Gotta love these singles you know for one track but where another one ends up being your favorite… you might buy it for one reason and then later find out somewhere else on the EP is a tune you’ve heard in mixes but never quite knew before. That’s definitely the case with this Ramos +…
MC Valentine – Welcome Into the Dome
Not sure if this tune even is classified as hardcore, or more uk hiphop w/ heavy breakbeats…. either way it’s a fun little jam! Recorded at Monroe Productions, but not engineered by Pete Parsons (otherwise I’m guessing the beatwork would be quite a bit more advanced!) Starting with the MC asking “whatever happened to ‘watch…
Two Undercover – Unite
Here’s a classy 92 tune which, if not known by name, many would definitely recognize from mixes – Seduction, Top Buzz and plenty of others top DJs played this back in 92. “Unite” is yet more wickedness from the 786/Deja Vu Recordings camp, who did “Started Again” as well as numerous other classics. No idea…
Uncle 22 – Free
Strictly Hardcore compilations are a goldmine for excellent hardcore/jungle tunes. These comps save you having to dig through the entire back catalogue of Strictly Underground to find the killers – not like that an unpleasant chore, as it’s a solid label, but there is a lot of music to go through. These comps also offer…
Facs – Journey Into Sound
Since I’ve been slack about rerecording the 96-98 set from Sunday, here’s one of my favorite tracks I played during it: a lesser known tune by Facs. This tune pretty much defines hardstep for me – a heavy steppy beat (based on that processed “Life Could” break which is all over 96-98 tracks), classic b-boy…
Funky T – The Guvnor
Here’s a fun 92 whitelabel I don’t hear much mention of, though Mickey Finn and Kenny Ken both used to play it. The artist behind this (DJ Funky T) went on to do a solid EP on No U Turn, but this one is a bit rougher / definitely 92 white label style. “The Guvnor”…
DJ Dextrous – Nice ‘N’ Slow
Always been a big fan of Dextrous, the way he manages to create a fine balance between jazz/funk inspired melodies & synthlines and ruff ragga vocals & basslines in his tunes, second to none pretty much. But this one is more leaning to the full on deeper side, starting off with a big rare groove…
Mr Mix & Terroreyes – Darkness
With the renewed interest in darkside lately, here’s a longtime favorite I don’t hear spun or talked about much… Mr Mix + Terroreyes (no idea about the people behind those alises) did three great singles: two on Face2Face (presumably their label) and one on Dove (whose other releases were similarly dark 93-94 type tunes). Both…
The Full S.P. – Raw Basics (Tango Remix)
Here’s a tune Tim sent me for posting but never wrote up…. rather than harass him, I’m going to scoop him and do the writeup myself. You snooze, you lose Tim! Unlike most of what I post, I’d say this tune is far from obscure – in fact I’d class it as a pretty vital…