This is basically an “Anasthasia” knockoff but with more prominent breaks and some samples about UK football thrown on top. The additional synthwork reminds me a bit of 786/Deja Vu, but that could just be because of the synths used and not anything to do with the personnel involved in making the tracks. Andromeda –…
Month: September 2009
Lory D & Leo Anibaldi on TV circa 1992
Thanks to Rocco for pointing me to this video.
We R 3 – Happiness
I just had a pretty rough night Saturday; finding this record on Sunday almost made up for it. “Happiness” is a dead-simple piano stormer, something which doesn’t share ANY of the characteristics which initially drew me to oldschool (those being the chopped and layered beats, crazy sample usage, etc). Instead, this track is just a…
Temporary Mash Up – Just Close Your Eyes
Here’s some early happy hardcore on the Burning Bush Communications label. This was a sublabel of Stormtrooper Recordings, which did the classic Brisk + Rebel Alliance “Somtimes”. This track is classic 94-95 style – chopped amens with 4beat underneath, plus a classic hardcore vocal (in this case the same vocal as used in Nookie “Gonna…
Sub Sequence – State of Mind
I recently bought a large amount of 94-95 stuff from a classic Boston DJ, and I’ll probably be posting a number of these records over the next few months… since they’re all relatively cheap/easy to find EPs, anything you hear and like you can probably nab on ebay or discogs for less than the cost…