Here’s a fun track for Friday.. guessing the only reason this wasn’t bigger back when released was that it came out in 94 but sounds very much 92 style… not just the uplifting pianos (which contrast nicely with the Cape Fear soundtrack music sample), but the low fi hiphop vocals bits, etc. In fact, it…
Category: Tunes
Paul Z – One Small Step
With all the focus on jungle lately, it seems LOTS of tunes are going way up in price, not just the rare/in demand ones. For instance, Paul Z’s great EP “Open Mind” seems to be totally sold out on discogs as of writing this. Still, it’s nice that there’s plenty of other tunes like this…
Future Viper – Creatures of the Drum pt 3
Normally when I wait this long between tune posts, I try to post something super rare or in-demand or otherwise special. Dunno if this qualifies, but at the least it’s an odd tune which nobody checking this blog has heard before (well, before I played it on BTTO Radio Dec 27th). Certainly wasn’t getting rinsed…
TDK Revisited
Back in 2009, I posted a couple of tracks by the excellent TDK (of Brain Records) fame. At least I thought they were all by him – unbeknownst to me, one of the tunes was actually by a completely unrelated producer. Huge thanks to Tony/Justice for pointing this out and filling me in about this…
Ruff Stuff – Ear Drum / Kunfu
Been a while since I posted some rare tunes, so here’s something a little special – an (I think) unreleased dub I grabbed a while back and just posted on discogs and youtube. Both tunes are decent in my opinion, not top favorites but pretty good and with some nice elements for sure – solid…
Fusion & Dexterous D – Arm of Orion
Here’s a tune I know nothing about, but have played on the blog2 radio show a few times over the past couple years. It’s a nice amen track that sort of borders the line between dark and vibey. Not sure about the artist behind it, other than he might have been connected to Bizzy Brain…
DJ Kev – Happy Trax Vol 2
In preparation for Tim and I doing another darkside-meets-happy set (this time w/ me doing the happy stuff), here’s a happy favorite from quite early in the genre (93). I wish I could take credit for dredging this up myself, but I’m pretty sure it was in some Easygroove set or another, no doubt mixed…
Akustik Research – Original Silencer
Continuing with the serious tuneage posts, here’s a favorite on the Vinyl Addiction label. Vinyl Addiction is one of those jungle record labels with just a handful of releases, but where every single one is worth tracking down and where each fetches a pretty high price. Certainly not bargain bin tunes here. Of the two…
Zeno Zip – Mind Games
Here’s a cool 92 one-shot release by a one-shot artist. Nothing too mad, just nice hooky samples bordering on novelty but still within reason for me, plus good changeups and solid production for a 92 one-off EP. If I remember right, this was on my wantlist for quite a few years, nowadays it seems a…
Redskins & Dan Man – Don’t Worry
I’ll be the first to admit that, when it comes to what I post on this site, things aren’t exactly weighted with regard to actual jungle history. Though basically all this music is from that era, and there’s lots of cool and interesting stuff here (I wouldn’t bother posting it otherwise!), these tracks are all…