I got caught up watching a Robocop marathon Saturday, which made me start searching for a particular tune I remembered that sampled it… turned out to be this one. In my mind, there’s three basic “cheat codes” to winning classic hardcore/jungle: 1. Sample Predator 2. Sample Aliens or 3. Sample Robocop. This track uses the…
OG Pirate Radio Dons
Out to ImaginaryForces for this one, be sure to catch his show on Rude FM Friday August 30.
Blog to the Oldskool Radio – August 11th, 2013
Here’s the full 2 hour set from yesterday… some fun nerdy darkside and more subdued choppy stuff in here. Chat room was lively for the first half of the show, shout outs to Tim Reaper (of course), Recoil, Timewarp, Ombrios, GeorgeoftheJungle, Thumbzo, Havoc (or was it N-Flow?), and everyone else who tuned in. Blog to…
Language – Renegade (the Energy Mix)
I haven’t posted much bleeps-n-bass stuff on this blog, here’s a personal favorite that I think applies… a great early track from 1990 with just about all the elements common in later tracks (deep subby bass, bleepy synths, chopped ragga vocals, pianos, rolling breakbeats), just at a slower tempo. The label which put this out…
Unreleased DJ DLux tunes
A year or two ago I hit up DJ DLux (Brain Records Crew back in the day, now a DJ on Deja Vu since years) and he mentioned having some unreleased tunes kicking around still… looks like he ripped them from DAT recently and posted them on his soundcloud! What’s more, they all have download…
X-Groove – Feel the Power
OK, this is definitely not the standard type of tune I would post here, but seeing as it’s deep into summer, this site could use some feel good piano house. Here’s a cheeky Italian (remix? revamp? knockoff?) of the already-cheddar classic Love Decade – So Real. If you haven’t seen the video to “So Real”…
Strange Loop – Random Access
Here’s an obscure 92 whitelabel I bought at some point because I mistook it for another whitelabel…oops. Still, this A-side tune is a lot of fun, perhaps too much so! “Random Access” is a total sample-fest primarily centered on the melody from Xpansions – Move Your Body, though there’s all sorts of vocal snippets chucked…
Bug Khan & The Plastic Jam – Beware of the Bassline
Here’s a 91 jam I discovered unplayed in a basement recently… almost hurts to put the needle down on a record in this good condition 🙂 Bug Khan and the Plastic Jam are best known for their track “Made in Two Minutes”, one of the most well known hardcore tunes this shy of, say, a…
Tim Reaper – Darkcore Guest Mix for Blog to the Oldskool
Here’s Tim Reaper’s guest mix for Sunday’s radio show. There’s some seriously nice tunage in here, nothing exceedingly nerdy but definitely not obvious choices by any means either. Tim even managed to fit a handful of tunes from the blog in, which I’ve linked below. Tim playing 4/4 Basement Records tracks…. never thought I’d see…
Jaco – Wicked Everytime
More quality-not-quantity business… here’s a somewhat underrated ragga jungle record from 95, somewhat in demand but thankfully not one of those crazy ones on Fist2fist or Slam! that go for more than a 4 bedroom house. Unity put out a number of good singles, the best known of which is no doubt Rude & Deadly…