Here’s a reasonably well known white label from 1992. Part of what makes me like this EP is the variety in the tunes, as you’ll hear in the two representative tracks below – one is a deeper heavy track that stays pretty straightforward, while the other is a weird bouncy track that changes up every…
Tag: 1992
32 Troop – Old School Soldier
Here’s a solid Criminal Minds related tune… someone pointed out there’s not even a version of this on youtube, so I figure I’d post it here. The Criminal Minds are one of my all-time favorite hardcore acts, there’s countless great tunes from these guys on a number of labels. This EP is pretty good, I…
3 Sample – High on Life… Rewind Come Again
3 Sample are best known for their tune Streets of Rage, which was on one of the Kaos Theory comps. I actually prefer this track, which is a secondary mix on the easier to find first EP on Output Level. It’s a dead simple tune – a female vocal sample, an eerie little piano melody…
Cool Hand Flex – Lock Me Up
Here’s a great track by Cool Hand Flex, an artist who has got to be one of the most underrated from the pack of early 90’s hardcore/jungle producers. This is especially true given how prolific he was, both in writing his own tunes as well as engineering tunes on his label. This track in particular…
Death By Stereo
I’ve previously posted about DJ Dance’s other less-known EP, however the movie “The Lost Boys” was on cable Sunday night and reminded me of his biggest tune, “Death By Stereo”. This track is unfortunately hard to find in original press, but there was a bootleg a few years ago of decent quality which is occasionally…
Kemical Kids – Oh No
Kickin Records put out some great releases, including some all-time anthems like Messiah “Temple of Dreams” and “There is No Law”. Some of their best releases though are later EPs on the label. Of these, many are in-demand now, mainly including releases by Grant Nelson under various guises (Wishdoka, Ruff Rider, Twin Bass, etc). Here’s…
Brainstorm Crew – Play it Loud
It’s kind of tough to pick just one track to post by Brainstorm Crew, as there’s a number of wicked EPs / tracks by them. “Reach Up” is maybe my top all-time favorite hands-in-the-air piano anthem. “Pick up the Pace” is a classic ADD track with samples from tons of other formation tracks shuffled through…
Insomnia – Raise the Roof
Someone wrote me on discogs a while back asking me to post this EP since it was so obscure… It’s a decent single, not really my style drumwise (I’ll take low-fi choppy breaks over more drum machine sounding beats, at least for hardcore stuff) but the music is pretty good. Also, this EP is definitely…
Goldseal Tribe – Goldrush 160
Here’s another track from The Easygroove NYE 92-93 Fantazia Set… Realistically I’m not sure if I’d like this track very much were it not for listening to that mix over and over. But, I did, and so it’s definitely grown on me (even though I still expect to hear parts of “hardcore piano” kicking in…
Urban Shakedown – Summer Break
When I posted an Aphrodite track recently, it reminded me of another great track he (co)produced. Pretty much everyone who reads this site knows about Some Justice. here’s the video in case you’re the one person who doesn’t: While “Some Justice” was a huge tune caned by everyone and their immediate family, there was another…