I sort of go through phases of liking this tune a fair bit and not as much. “Final Battle” is a nutty 1993 amen track utilizing a ’92 sampletastic method of songwriting – throw everything but the kitchen sink in there, and see what sticks. To that end, we get video game bleeps, kung fu…
Tag: 1993
Essence of Aura – Never Trust Your Fantasy
Essence of Aura are pretty well known for their “Destiny” EP as well as the Distortion Crew remixes, however their other EPs are a bit slept on in my opinion. Case in point : “Never Trust Your Fantasy”. Pitch Shifted beats, ominous synths, reversed vocals and some time stretched who-knows-what sounds make for a simple…
Foul Play Productions – Finest Illusion
Here’s a real treat… one of the most revered and in-demand oldskool tracks out there. Despite having several pressings, this track is somewhat scarce due to the fact that it was recalled (on account of the uncleared S.O.S. Band sample). It was later released as a “legal” version on Moving Shadow with the SOS Band…
Count Zero – Inner Fury
Here’s yet another heavily under-appreciated gem: Count Zero’s “Inner Fury” EP on SDI. Written by DJ Massive under a one-off alias (perhaps because it’s a bit of a stylistic departure for him), this 4 tracker has got great sinister catchy synth lines, nice hiphop vocals cuts (MC Duke in this track), and beats which are…
Dexxtrous – Something Out There
It amazes me that as many years as I’ve been collecting oldskool and as nerdy as I’ve been about it , I still find plenty of crazy tracks that I never had any idea about. Not just obscure white label stuff either, but tracks on relatively big labels, or by well known artist. Not sure…
MC Jay J and Devious D – Sensational Jungalist
Here’s a favorite of mine from the not-incorrectly-titled Awesome Records label run by Slipmatt and Lime. “Time of Our Lives” was maybe the bigger track on this, and was previously released on another EP with another favorite tune of mine, “Drive Ya Crazy”. However, “Sensational Jungalist” is my pick on this release – great ragga…
Freddy Fuddpukker – Keep the Love Alive
Sorry for the delay in posting rips, been pretty busy lately. Trying to get going on these again though, so here’s a quality track to start things back up. Freddy Fudpukker is aka Cloud 9, who we all know for “Got me burnin’” and “Gonna be alright”. This tune isn’t as anthemy as those, instead…
Liquid Aliens – Are You Sure We’ll Be OK?
Liquid Wax is a relatively underrated label in my opinion. Everyone knows “never try the hippodrome” (at least I hope they do), but a lot of their later tracks are relatively obscure. I guess it makes sense since most of these later tracks aren’t as “anthemy” as hippodrome, but they are great very well produced…
Universe Tribal Gathering 1993
Auto-plex – Rebel Call
Here’s a nice EP I’ve had sitting in the pile for quite a while. The tracks are pretty varied in sound, with this tune containing the most memorable melody. Overall though, some of the production on this EP sounds a bit dated for 1993. No idea about the artists other than their names (Ian and…