Always been a big fan of Dextrous, the way he manages to create a fine balance between jazz/funk inspired melodies & synthlines and ruff ragga vocals & basslines in his tunes, second to none pretty much. But this one is more leaning to the full on deeper side, starting off with a big rare groove…
Tag: 1995
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…
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…
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…
Tango Interview
(Droid sez): Despite my outrageous truancy, Pete has given me another chance and generously allowed me back in to post this interview I did with Tango when he was in Dublin a couple of years ago. Big ups to the indomitable Ricky Force who allowed me to crash a production session in his mountaintop mansion for a couple of…
Watika – Dark Mix 2
Here’s a really obscure 95 jungle EP.. Despite the record name it’s basically a Ragga jungle Record, though the music tends more towards dark stuff. Beat production isn’t amazing but definitely good enough, an interesting one to check for sure. Watika – Dark Mix 2
Sky Joose – X-Redskin
Here’s some tasty 95 ragga jungle from Sky Joose. Not much info available on this release, if you check the audio though you can hear that the beats in the other b-side tune sound quite similar to “Tales of Darkness”, so it’s most likely him. The elements here are pretty standard jungle – pads, dancehall…
Happy Valentine’s Day: “Sweet Love” Collection
In honor of Valentine’s Day (and as an excuse to do a stupid themed post), here’s a bunch of jungle versions of “Sweet Love”. The primary version is of course the massive M-Beat one.. if you know jungle you know this one. I went ahead and ripped my copy of it, but then checked and…
DJ Reckless – Freedom To Dance
Here’s something a little different: some happy hardcore from 1995 by DJ Reckless of “Reckless Karnage” fame. This is still from the period before everything got massively stompy (or was just in the process of getting stompy), so there’s still mashed amens with a classic 92 style vocal snippet. I’m not sure where the vocal…
Droppin Science video from 1995
Thanks to Droid for posting this on FB… interview with Danny Breaks circa 1995, showing him working on tunes, scratching, and watching kung fu movies between bong rips. Big respect Mr Breaks, I really like how there’s none of the pretentiousness and ultra-seriousness you’d have with a lot of producers now doing a video like…