SERIOUS 95 amen toonage here by the crew known as SHUT UP AND DANCE on their ragga jungle sublabel Red Light. The sublabel is probably best known for the classic track “bastards”, though there’s a number of other great tracks on the label. I can’t quite place the intro music to this one, swear it’s…
Category: Tunes
Bass Construction – Dance With Power
Here’s a decidedly non-obscure classic, basically the opposite of the obtuse white label tracks with loads of mashed samples I often post. Instead, here we have simple, feel good 91 piano hardcore vibes, combining vocal cuts from Bridget Grace “take me away” with Jocelyn Brown “Love’s Gonna Get You”, dominator synth, etc (piano riff sounds…
Mystery Men – Inspiration
Here’s a nice white label I got off of a reader of this site who was getting rid of some less popular oldskool stuff. Most of the stuff on Flyte is pretty underrated with the exception of the Flyte EP – and while this EP might not be as manic as Distroi + Boykz’s “Jungle…
Dope Skillz – Six Million Ways to Die
I try to post a pretty wide variety of styles on this blog, at least within the spectrum of 91-95 hardcore/jungle sounds – dark stuff, happy stuff, anthems, super grungy white labels, etc. One style that doesn’t get nearly as much attention as others is jump up; I simply don’t own all that many jump…
In Depth Perception – Rhizome
If you ask an oldskool fan about their favorite Lucky Spin records, they’d probably rattle off some combo of releases by artists like DJ Crystl, Orca, Trace or any of the other big acts which released on there. Much less likely to be mentioned: this one-off 93 EP by In Depth Perception… for about as…
The Criminal Minds – “On The Run” video
Check it out: Be sure to check the interview here, the release on Rephlex Records here, and DJ Spatt’s new album here!!
DJ Mayhem Interview
DJ Mayhem aka Martin Ikin is, without a doubt, one of my favorite “unsung heroes” of hardcore / jungle. First releasing through Basement, his tunes there were some of the most memorable on a label already chock full of top notch tracks. His later tunes through Face and Precious Materials are no slouches either… still…
NPR Feature: “How the Internet Transformed the American Rave Scene”
Just found this, prob won’t have time to read it until after work but looks interesting! How the Internet Transformed the American Rave Scene
Metalheads – Knowledge
You’d be hard pressed to call yourself a true jungle or drum n bass fan if you didn’t know the Metalheads / Rufige Kru track “Terminator”, an early hardcore/jungle classic which is credited as being the first tune of its kind to use pitch shifting on the breakbeats. Since there’s no entry exam for reading…
Secret Squirrel & AJ Flex – Come Rudebwoy
Here’s a 92 classic that was played in a number of great mixes from back then…. “Come Rudeboy” starts with some deep sounding pads, and the “time flies when you’re with me” vocal sample from S.O.S. Band “The Finest” (as used in Foul Play “Finest Illusion”, but looped as it appears in Rufige Kru “Krisp…