Merry chrimbo, ya raving lunatics!!! Here’s your present: a track from the megarare DJ H “Bass Project” EP. I’ve seen people offer 100 pounds for this EP, and discogs hasn’t sold a copy since they started tracking sales. A lot of the rarest singles end up leaving you underwhelmed when you finally hear them –…
Tag: 1993
Acro – Sky Lab
Here’s some 93 goodness from Tech Itch & Decoder under the “Acro” alias. “Superpod” is the more well known tune on this, but I prefer this B-side track. “Sky Lab” features a lurvely rolling breakbeat which I wish I could ID.. I do know that this break was also used on N-JOI’s “Drumstruck”. In fact,…
The Prime Minister and the Chancellor – Red Lion
Here’s a nice lesser known record on J4M Records. J4M was mostly known for two artists – Nebula 2 (who dropped their incredible “Flatliners”/”COD Rider” single and remix single on there), and Bass Ballistics (of “Smoke This One” semi-fame). This EP doesn’t compare with those singles, and is somewhat “niche” oriented, but it’s is definitely…
FT & Myth – Straight Up
Here’s a fun track from 93, slightly reminiscent of something on Limited E-Edition. The drums don’t hit particularly hard, it’s just a bunch of crazy vocal loops dumped on top of each other, with a sample occasionally saying (what sounds like) “straight out of the jungle”. Needless to say I totally love crazy stuff like…
Dica & Ben Intallect – Can’t Stop the Pirates
Here’s a track which samples a classic TV news report on pirate radio. Check the BBC documentary below, which includes a clip of the TV report in question followed by someone playing the intro of this tune. Dica & Ben Intellect put out some great singles, as with most of the Boogie Beat stuff it’s…
Formula 7 – Dark Star
Here’s a great track by Formula 7 of Quayside recordings. It wasn’t my favorite track at first, but after hearing it over and over in a Ratty mix I really started to like it – the constantly pitch shifted vocals with layered non-pitch shifted think break hits on top, coupled with the strange melodies really…
Undercover Anarchist – Artcore
Here’s a great breakbeat track on a gabber/”artcore” label out of the Netherlands, Ruffneck Records. According to discogs, the guy who wrote this record(Patrick van Kerckhoven) was also the label head and was heavily interestered in bringing breakbeat sounds into dutch hardcore, under the name “art-core” (not to be confused with The jungle ARTCORE). This…
Edcase – Ed’s Venture
Here’s a single that typifies what I like to post most on this blog – obscure but excellent singles which are still easy to find for anybody “in the know” enough to be aware of them. Normally I just post one track from an EP, but both sides of this EP are great in their…
Joe 90 & Dr. Font – Ghostown
Here’s a track that’s definitely an acquired taste for some… I’m not sure I even liked it much at first, but it’s gotten stuck in my head a few times, in no small part due to the music. The horns do a nice job propelling the track along ala “Living in Darkness”, alternating with a…
TDK – Hype Time
Here’s two nice tunes for friday by TDK, someone who was strongly affiliated with Bizzy B / the Brain Records crew. The first track is from 93 but actually sounds much more like a 94 tune… decent atmospherics, choppy breaks, smooth without being corny, tasty and tasteful stuff. The second track (“Hype Time”), I finally…