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Ellis Dee – Nice Up Your Scene

Here’s a 94 ragga jungle track that might not be super complicated or choppy, but what it does do, it does well – catchy ragga vocals, a classic reggae music bit (Willie Williams “Armageddon Time” according to discogs) and lush sounding beats which I think are just an amen and think layered on top of each other. In fact, given the popularity of these breaks on their own, it kind of surprises me that I haven’t heard more tracks with this straightahead break layering combo. Anyone reading this can feel free to correct me and fire off a couple hundred examples, but I can only think of a few (Capone “Massive” etc) and I think the number of tracks which USE both breaks but in an alternating fashion (or with just occasional hits from one accenting the other) positively dwarfs the number which fully layers both breaks up and have them going similar to in this tune. Maybe it’s an EQ thing?

Another thing to note about this track is that it features “the Specialist”. The Specialist was an alias used by Dillinja on some releases, but not until 96 – so it could be him, or some other random artist using the name “The Specialist”.


Ellis Dee – Nice Up Your Scene

8 Replies to “Ellis Dee – Nice Up Your Scene”

  1. Ah, good call I forgot about that one.. Pretty sure Pugwash has a myspace now, maybe I’ll hit him up and see what he has to say.

  2. It is Armagideon Time or Armagedeon Time by Willie Williams depending on wether the sample is from the album or the single, and I would guess as the vocals are not from that track maybe The Specialist is the vocalist?

  3. Got the promo of this for £2 from shop i used to frequent that had boxes and boxes of tunes 4 deep – not all hardcore/old skool etc but 10 mins digging would always show up a classic or 2 😀 and all for £2 with a free record for every 5 you bought!

  4. sounds awesome, I miss shops like that! I really need to make it to the UK sometime soon and do the rounds, though a lot of stores check discogs + ebay religiously now so it’s getting harder and harder to find those awesome bargain bins.

  5. yeh i bet theres still some devastating hardcore/jungle collections lying dusty in people garages and lofts waiting to be discovered, as for record shops i dont live in london anymore and thers no vinylshops in the countryside 🙁

  6. The Specialist is now me , EL INDIO . Check me out on Facebook . Another tune I done with ELLIS DEE is called ' JUNGLIST WARRIOR ' from1994. Cheers.. says:

    I am Infact THE SPECIALIST . Nowadays I am calked EL INDIO , Roots Reggae singer songwriter , previously lead artist : songwriter with duo REALITY SOULJAHS. I also voiced ‘ JUNGLIST WARRIOR ‘ for Roy ( Ellis D ) in 1994. Cheers for the interest . I’m on Facebook . Peace….

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