Here’s a bit of a hidden gem, a low-fi dark 93 tune lurking on an EP of otherwise happy piano stuff. Tuch Wood is best known for putting out Johnny L “hurt u so”, and the rest of this EP sounds like it was meant to be along those lines… big melodies, female vocals, etc.…
Tag: 1993
Double Vision – Easy Does It
Deep Seven records was a label associated with RAM mostly known for some seriously deep and dark 93 tracks. This track is off the first EP on the label, and while the A side fits that description pretty well, this B side tune is a bit more of an upbeat 92 style track. “Easy Does…
A Thief, A Terrorist and a Lunatic – Track Two
This track is pretty atypical for Luna C (of Smart ees/Kniteforce Recs fame), but not entirely without precedent since he also did the “Snowball” EP which was a pretty damn dark record. This EP is three tracks of really solid 93 darkcore type stuff – one tune samples Meng Syndicate “Carpe Diem”, one Predator 2,…
Addiction – Wildstyle EP
Here’s a wicked EP that seems to be going for cheaper and cheaper (as are a lot of the Vicious Pumpin’ Plastic releases). The A side is probably much better known, as it appeared on the first Illegal Pirate Radio comp as “Jump”. However, I hadn’t heard this B side track before picking up the…
Atomik – Battle of the Satelittes
Here’s another big catchy 92 style tune, but from 93. Atomik did a number of great singles, including a six track EP I’ve been getting a fair bit of play from recently and an earlier 3 track EP which is also pretty nice. The label which released this (Strong Island) is also pretty underrated, having…
Orca – Jungle Vibes
Despite getting back into buying vinyl pretty heavily the past month or so, I haven’t been that excited to post any particular track(s) as of late. This tune changed my mind though – since it’s a great example of a slept-on B side on an otherwise well known release. So, I’m guessing most people know…
Captain Codseyes – Headache
Captain Codseyes – Headache
The Beat Mash Crew – Favorite Cuts
Here’s a track to contrast “In Complete Darkness” which I posted a few days ago… not much in the way of big catchy melodies here, just great mad choppy breaks and sparse samples dropped on top. The scratching bit should sound familiar, as it’s the intro to Tango’s absolutely massive / essential / massively essential…
Fat Controller – In Complete Darkness
“In complete Darkness” is such a classic track, it’s a bit deflating when you hear all the original samples and realize all the music is sampled wholesale (except for the bassline probably). I mean, we all know that most of those classic piano and synth parts in hardcore tunes were sampled from some marginally earlier…
TMR Inc. – Sample City
TMR Inc was comprised of two producers: B.T. and Crazy D, who released a series of EPs on their own label TMR Inc No idea if they’re the same TMR who did the infamous “Pirate Tune” track which fetches disgusting amounts of cash pon di eBay: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view…