new photoblog by Ed DDD & me: RAVE CITY
Category: Tunes
Action Man – Sleeping Lion
I’ve been on a bit of a break from ripping stuff since my record needles were trashed, finally got one new one today though. To make up for the absence, I’m going to post a couple of bits in semi-quick succession over the next couple of days. Starting it off, here’s a kind of hard-to-find…
Strategy & DJ Freshtrax – The Dreammaster
Here’s a record that’s been sitting in my crate for a while without me spinning it much… just put it on yesterday though and it’s pretty sick! Freshtrax was around from quite early on, in fact the earliest record I have by him is from 1990 He released and was involved in quite a few…
Clarky & Dillinja – Dark Science
It’s been a while since I posted something proper rare, so here’s a hard-to-find one-sided EP by Dillinja and Clarky. Dillinja needs no introduction, Clarky is actually one member of Defender who I posted a track by a few days ago.. “Dark Science” does what it says on the label, and is a solid slice…
Unknown Artist (Great Asset GAD32) – Untitled
Not much to say about this one as I don’t know who the artist is… it’s a classy mashup track combining the beats from “never try the hippodrome”, the accapella from Baby D – Daydreaming (which I’m sure will pop up in a new house/dubstep track any day now if it hasn’t already) , and…
Defender – Feel It (Bass)
Oh my gosh, what an anthem… can’t believe I’ve held out this long before posting this one. The title says it all really – nasty darkside with absolutely massive sinister bass omnipresent in the track, and with occasional vocal snippets and break layers dropping in and out to keep things interesting. Aside from this EP,…
Jack Horner EP
Jack Horner is one of those great forgotten artists from the 92-95 period with only a handful of releases, but where every release is great. Aside from doing an EP with Bad Influence which is good and very in demand, he did the great Summer in the south EP which is For sale on Digital…
Oldskool Label/Record Shop Locations, part 1
This post is thanks to Mark N, aka the only crate digger I know serious enough to find an oldskool tune hiding in a local Boston record shop I’ve been going to for years and years but had never found. He mentioned to me a while back that he likes occasionally tracking down the original…
Reincarnation Rave footage (6 parts)
found this on B2VOS, some good footage here! 2 Bad Mice live PA around part 4
Rave Related Movies, pt 1: Vibrations
I figure it’s about time I posted about some movies tangentially related to oldskool/rave… Here’s one of my favorites. No film quite nails the origins, sound and soul of techno quite like “Vibrations”. Watching this movie is like doing a vulcan mind meld with Jeff Mills AND Juan Atkins at the same time. Here’s the…