Here’s an early track by Shaft, aka Mark Pritchard of Global Communication and Adrian of The Anthill Mob… they’re better known for their “Ruhbarb and Custard EP” on FFRR, which was one of the better toytown tunes of 91/92. No childrens themes on this EP though, just some rough early hardcore!! Pretty skeletal in structure but heavy as anything with nice squelchy synths and vocoded electro vox backed by both drum machine drums and a subtle beatboxing breakbeat. Heavy stuff, also a pretty cheap and plentiful EP to pick up.
Shaft – Techno Hallacaust A1
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Tags: 1991
Do you think you could pin a date on a release coming out/party tunes played at/producers beginning to write.. that would be the ‘birth date’ of jungle music? I know arguments go back further than 1991 but for 1991′s sake, what date would you say?
Just thinking, as Jung’s turned 21 now
Would be nice to have a birthday party for it, at least on some good anniversaries
i think it would be impossible to date the birth of jungle
obscure global comm. artifacts like this make me unbelievably happy. thx u are the humble don ~ bless