I’m about to move, won’t have internet for most of the week and might not be set up to rip tracks for a while after that.. In the meantime, here’s an awesome track to tide you over. It’s by one of my favorite prolific-yet-underrated producers, DJ Massive. Slick production (especially for 91), choice vocal snippets…
Category: Tunes
E.K.U.D.C.M. – Dub Plate Business 2
I did a pretty lengthy post a while back on MC Duke, who did some great early hiphop on Music Of Life plus some excellent jungle tracks. Here’s one of the EPs I didn’t post, Dubplate Business Part 2. The other tracks on this EP don’t stand out that much, but this first track has…
XTRO – Toys
As mentioned in a previous comment, here’s an obscure Juice Box Records EP that I love, but which not many people have heard. This release was by David Campbell, who did tracks under countless aliases as well as engineering several Klute albums . “Toys” features a breakbeat track on side A (though it’s programmed in…
Twinhead – Twinhead EP
Here’s a wicked EP I scored for 10p after digging an entire cutout bin basement… great record, too bad it took half a day to find along w/ 1-2 other nice bits in thousands and thousands and thousands of less exciting records. Most people prefer the “U Said U” track, which I already had on…
MA1 – The Switch/Ruffige (Remix) – Formation 39
Compared to some of the stuff that Pete’s been uploading, these tunes are hardly obscurities, but I reckon that Formation are one of the most under appreciated of the prolific hardcore/jungle labels. I’ve always thought of them as one of the ‘big four’ alongside Shadow, Subbase and Reinforced – not that there weren’t plenty of…
Smooth But Hazzardous – Push up the Levels
Here’s an ace Ron Wells track currently too rich for my wallet on original press, thankfully it was repressed on both the remix EP plus this excellent comp, both of which I have on vinyl. The tune has all the trademark elements of a Ron Wells / Jack Smooth production (aka “that early Basement sound”),…
DMC 91 Hardcore Mix
Here’s another DMC Hardcore megamix by The Berzerker, this time not Sub Base tracks but a variety of 91 hardcore tunes. As with the first one, it’s hard to say when one track ends and another begins, as elements of some of the tracks are used throughout. The thing that surprised me the most about…
House of Brakes (Ed DMX) – The Arnos Groove
Here’s a “new oldschool” gem from 2002 which I think a lot of people missed out on. I actually had no idea about it until my friend Ed (not Ed DMX, another Ed) sent me this mp3… It’s by Ed DMX, who aside from doing massive amounts of lurvely electro-ey stuff as DMX Krew has…
DJ Spice – Brand New (Stressed Out Mix)
Another day, another “why the hell is this amazing single selling for 3 POUNDS?!!!” EP, this time by DJ Spice. Soapbar put out some amazing EPs (as the DJ Aka I posted a while back shows), and this one is no exception. Total 93 ragga jungle/hardcore business with plenty of choice vocal samples and solid…
DJ Distroi & Boykz – Jungle Warrior
Here’s a great EP that’s nowhere near as appreciated as it should be. Both sides of this are equally excellent. The B side was featured on Hard Leaders III, but the A side wins out for me with its trip 2 the moon break and vicious synth lines. Distroi & Boykz did some great releases,…