Here’s a cool white label I got while buying a bunch of EPs in bulk years ago. There was some garbage in the lot, but I also ended up with STU-J “Gadget” and this EP, both of which are wicked 91 hardcore jams. I have no idea who Magnox were… it looks like they released…
Year: 2008
Moonwalk EP
Here’s a great 92 white label which is reasonably well known, but I figured I’d post it anyway. I’d heard a rumor that Aphrodite was involved with this, and confirmed today that it is indeed by Aphrodite & Claudio from Urban Shakedown… this makes sense because of some of the sounds in the track, not…
Nick Ball – E-Motions EP
Some releases take a while to adjust to, and get better and better with more listens. Other releases start off sounding great but the novelty wears off over time. I’d say Nick Ball’s “E-Motions” EP is a bit more towards the latter for me. I still like it, but it was definitely a record which…
Mind Therapy – Boss EP
I’m always on the hunt for old tracks with THE most mashed up, choppy, interesting break patterns, especially ones that don’t fall back on an amen/think combo but instead layer up a bunch of lesser known breaks into tasty polyrhythm lasagna. Probably my favorite record in this style is Mind Therapy “The Boss EP”. I…
Deja Vu / 786 Recordings
Two of my favorite 90-92 labels which not many people seem to care about are Deja Vu and its affiliate label 786 Recordings. In particular, releases by Naz Khan and David Hope under various names/combinations: Naz Aka Naz, Recall, Mind of Kane, Dread, etc. One thing which makes these labels so fun is that, for…
HMS & Fineart (Raveology)
One of my favorite things in 92-95 tunes is the variety of rhythmic patterns. In the transition from more standard drum machine programmed beats to using looped breakbeats (largely from hiphop records), some producers got seriously inventive when it came to chopping up and rearranging these breaks / layering them with other sounds. Case in…
First Post
The purpose of this blog is to try to provide information about some of the amazing (mostly lesser known) hardcore/jungle releases put out from 1991-1995, as well as some of the artists. Mp3s of tracks and live sets will be posted. Most tracks will be from long-deleted and extremely hard to find singles, where the…