Since Tim’s going to have the 95/96 stuff covered nicely for a bit, here’s another 92 white label ripper… this time more of an in-demand one which has always been a bit pricey/hard to nab, though I was finally able to score it earlier this year on-the-reasonable. Detromental did a number of other whitelabels which…
Category: Tunes
PHP – Iree
Here’s a pretty obscure fun ragga hardcore EP I nabbed a while ago… I’d never heard it in mixes but found it while grabbing a couple other records from someone online. Honestly I could see how it might not be for everyone as it’s not a super polished hardcore tune or full of crazy samples……
Flynn & Flora – New World
Bit of background info behind this one, Flynn & Flora are the duo of J. Thompson (brother of DJ Krust IIRC) & F. Fiakkas. They debuted on well known Bristol label Full Cycle & had a few releases on there, before setting up their own outlet for their tunes, called Independent Dealers, where they put…
Oscar Da Grouch – Some Where
Here’s an interesting US jungle track from 1996, by N2O-affiliated LA jungle producer Oscar DA Grouch. Despite being from 96, this tune sounds much more like a 92-93 tune to me, with extra raw sound and the most bare bones of samples. The other tracks on this EP are more in-line with jungle circa its…
DJ Infinity & Back to Basics – People of Paradise
I got caught up watching a Robocop marathon Saturday, which made me start searching for a particular tune I remembered that sampled it… turned out to be this one. In my mind, there’s three basic “cheat codes” to winning classic hardcore/jungle: 1. Sample Predator 2. Sample Aliens or 3. Sample Robocop. This track uses the…
Language – Renegade (the Energy Mix)
I haven’t posted much bleeps-n-bass stuff on this blog, here’s a personal favorite that I think applies… a great early track from 1990 with just about all the elements common in later tracks (deep subby bass, bleepy synths, chopped ragga vocals, pianos, rolling breakbeats), just at a slower tempo. The label which put this out…
X-Groove – Feel the Power
OK, this is definitely not the standard type of tune I would post here, but seeing as it’s deep into summer, this site could use some feel good piano house. Here’s a cheeky Italian (remix? revamp? knockoff?) of the already-cheddar classic Love Decade – So Real. If you haven’t seen the video to “So Real”…
Strange Loop – Random Access
Here’s an obscure 92 whitelabel I bought at some point because I mistook it for another whitelabel…oops. Still, this A-side tune is a lot of fun, perhaps too much so! “Random Access” is a total sample-fest primarily centered on the melody from Xpansions – Move Your Body, though there’s all sorts of vocal snippets chucked…
Bug Khan & The Plastic Jam – Beware of the Bassline
Here’s a 91 jam I discovered unplayed in a basement recently… almost hurts to put the needle down on a record in this good condition 🙂 Bug Khan and the Plastic Jam are best known for their track “Made in Two Minutes”, one of the most well known hardcore tunes this shy of, say, a…
Jaco – Wicked Everytime
More quality-not-quantity business… here’s a somewhat underrated ragga jungle record from 95, somewhat in demand but thankfully not one of those crazy ones on Fist2fist or Slam! that go for more than a 4 bedroom house. Unity put out a number of good singles, the best known of which is no doubt Rude & Deadly…