Here’s a great single by Synchronome on the No Limit Label, which mostly released solid (if not amazing) wax by DJ Biz. The tracks on this EP are pretty fast and frantic for the time (near 170bpm), with lots of samples dropped in. The A side features some heavy cut up mentasms, but it’s the…
Month: December 2009
Acro – Sky Lab
Here’s some 93 goodness from Tech Itch & Decoder under the “Acro” alias. “Superpod” is the more well known tune on this, but I prefer this B-side track. “Sky Lab” features a lurvely rolling breakbeat which I wish I could ID.. I do know that this break was also used on N-JOI’s “Drumstruck”. In fact,…
X-Static – Ready 2 Go & Metropolis Remix
Thanks to Mark for pointing me to this single, I previously had bought an earlier EP by X-Static (Free) and, though it was good, it wasn’t a personal favorite or anything. This track is truly awesome though. All the usual crowd pleasing parts of a 92 tune (diva vocal + hiphop vocal + hardcore melody…
Ionosphere – Hypertension EP
Here’s a reasonably well known white label from 1992. Part of what makes me like this EP is the variety in the tunes, as you’ll hear in the two representative tracks below – one is a deeper heavy track that stays pretty straightforward, while the other is a weird bouncy track that changes up every…
94 Jungle Documentary
Thanks to DSP for posting this documentary, also to Hardscore and Nerbanite for posting it on their blogs. Wicked 94 documentary that shows shy fx in the studio, uk apache, shots of the lucky spin record shop (I want that Liquid Wax t-shirt!!) and stuff about the m-beat/general levy controversy.
Cool Runnings
Another good ragga jungle tune, this time from the Ibiza Records camp… I’d be curious to know what the intro is from. Even though the phrase “cool runnings” is jamaican slang, it always reminds me of that horrible 90’s movie about the Jamaican Bobsled team. I’d never actually seen it, so I started watching the…
Chris Jay – Champion Sound (Devious D remix)
Here’s a wicked track I picked up recently. This is classic 94-95 ragga jungle stuff: mashed amens mixed with the beat used in “Helicopter tune” (I forget the name of it right now). multiple ragga vocal lines, the “ah!” sample as used in Ray Keith – Terrorist. My copy is a little bit worn down…
Zone – Ghosties
Here’s a classic 91 jam that’s been stuck in my head lately. The b side tracks are pretty good too, especially the second one. I’m still looking for the other Zone EP which I’ve never seen for sale… if anyone has a spare vinyl copy for sale (yeah right!) or even some mp3s so I…