Here’s a fun Bogwoppa related track with an especially LOL-tastic intro swiped from the Monty Python album… for those who haven’t seen the other tracks I’ve posted by Secret Squirrel and assorted aliases, they’re actually by Julian Cobb aka hardcore don Hellfish. This release is in-line with a lot of the other Bogwoppa/Dance Bass releases…
2 Hi – Jump A Little Hi-er
Here’s a tune 100% removed from that last DJ Rap tune Tim posted… a fun cheesy banging 92 Dutch rave track. This probably won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but I’ve had it stuck in my head from some early US mix so up it goes. As the title indicates, this tune swipes the “jump,…
DJ Rap – Digable Bass (Heaven Remix)
Here’s a remix by DJ Rap and Voyager (plus supposedly an uncredited contribution by Lennie De Ice) of a tune originally written by Rap and Aston for her Proper Talent label. While the original of “Digable Bass” is already great, this remix really builds it up to new heights. A lush half-tempo intro leads into…
Eat Life – Digital Fish
Here’s a fun track I put in my mix for beantownboogiedown last year… despite the fast tempo and presence of breaks, “Digital Fish” is sort of a techno/hardcore/jungle hybrid, “jungle techno” without sounding that similar to Ron Wells/Basement Records stuff (though that’s what I’m most tempted to mix it with). Produced by Nick Power (who…
Manix – “Living in the Past” album preorder
Wow, just…. wow…. thanks to Law @ Drumtrip for pointing me to this on twitter. New Manix album in an oldskool style… including a vinyl picture disc version which is quite affordable (12 pounds including CD AND digital). Pick this up and support one of the originators and best artists in oldskool (just ordered my…
Sub Love – Maniac Music
Wow, I can’t believe I’ve gone 5 years writing this blog without posting about Sub Love… I think I’ve been subconsciously holding off just so I’d have something special to post on a rainy day. Well today looks pretty miserable out, so I guess now is as good a time as any! Sub Love was…
Darkman – I’m Gonna Get You
I went to post this and noticed I’ve already posted two other Darkman tracks before – his earlier record on Rinse Out right before this, and a tune by an unrelated artist on Sapho (great sparse 92 weirdness). This one is a 95 monster though, though it was released in 96 according to discogs. Most…
Blog to the Oldskool Radio – September 8 2013
Last Sundays show was pretty good in my opinion.. combining deep and atmospheric 93-95 tracks with bits of darkside and a 20 minute amen rinse out at the end. People in the chat seemed to enjoy it and stuck around, it didn’t get deathly quiet like it does for some 91-92 shows I do so…
Donovan Badboy Smith – Obsession (Yolk Remix)
OK, back to tunes which I want to post because they’re actually good 🙂 This tune involves two of my favorite oldskool DJs of that era: Donovan Badboy Smith and Yolk (DJ Milf). Smith was a resident at a lot of the big raves of that era (including Obsession, which this tune might be named…
ASC – Dreadlox
Here’s the extremely difficult to listen to track I mentioned recently… ASC’s “Dreadlox” on Bass Sphere. To be clear, this record is NOT by the leftfield + atmo dnb producer of the same name, though I know that producer was into oldskool back in these times.. rather, I think this EP was done as a…