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RIP John Aymer (Reel 2 Reel Records)

Just heard really unfortunate news that John Aymer, brother of Cool Hand Flex and Mike De Underground, has passed away.
From Lennie De Ice’s facebook:

My Condolences to John(Aka The Brutha Man,The Original Suddem Impact ,ReeL2Reel,G-String Productions,Long Jon) Amyer’s Family.
This Man had a vision & Even brought Ragga Jungle to Carnival in 1993 in the Park …one of the 1st to show the mass what was going on instigator of the Early format of Jungle break beat / WASCID (tHE REST OF THE CREW WAS CoolhandFlex , Uncle22 ) Game of Love by Sudden Impact/ Karma Records, the History

Big respect to the John and condolences to his family… aside from the ragga jungle connection mentioned above, Reel 2 Reel was quite a cool label full of some choice lesser known grimey hardcore. He and his 2 brothers are three of the most underrated producers in oldskool in my opinion, possibly due to not releasing all that much material on the “biggest name” 91-95 labels, though they put out a staggering number of tunes and were involved from the very earliest days. Rest in Peace man…

7 Replies to “RIP John Aymer (Reel 2 Reel Records)”

  1. well i hope he`s not resting in peace i hope he is smashin up the dance on the otherside !

  2. most definitely one of the people most responsible for pushing what i would call “proto-jungle”

    more amazing still.. there are records just coming out now..that sound like those old reel2reel records did.

    big respect to him and all his family.

  3. R I P John & condolences to all his family. John wasn’t just at the forefront of early Jungle- he came up with the name Jungle music. As in catalogue nos. JGS 001 etc…. JGS stood for Jungalistic Series. He released our first tunes on that label. He was a true Gent and is now a Legend. He should be credited more for what he achieved. God Bless

  4. Raw from china 2 was a classic and took me nearly 20 years to find out what it was. Respect man

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