Here’s a moderately well known darkside EP, prob best known for one tune being included in a number of Kickin related jungle comps. The tune that usually shows up everywhere is “Hideaway”, which is a quite good darkside jam (with someber synths, matching female vox and cut up kickback breakbeat). I thought about posting that…
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…
Blog to the Oldskool Radio – Feb 10th 2013
Finally, a new radio show posted… took me long enough! I took some time off from these, and was happy to bring them back at a new more easy-to-tune in time (see the post below this)… unfortunately I fractured my elbow and messed up both wrists a few days before the show, thanks to a…
Cris B – Mind, Body & Soul (DJ Hype Remix)
Here’s a tune that lay dormant in my collection for quite a while, unnoticed until someone sent me an additional copy as a “bonus” as part of a recent order. Getting the new copy made me take another listen and, damn if it isn’t a nice little tune!! This DJ Hype remix may not be…
PBB – Dum Diddley Dum
Here’s a great earlier track from the States, circa (1990?1991?). Pitched up it +8% like this, it actually goes quite well with early hardcore. No idea about the artist/label, if anyone knows anything please let me know! Definitely one for the 90/91 heads though. PBB – Dum Diddley Dum
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…
Underkut – Both Ends (DJ Fusion Remix)
It’s been quite a while since I posted a 1991 tune, I might need to make that up with a few posts of heavy early tracks. This one is a personal favorite which I finally tracked down as part of a 10″ doublepack reissue from 1994. The reissue contains the original 1991 EP on one…
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…
Macka Brown – Peoples Station
Seriously nice ragga hardcore here… if you haven’t read about him on this site before, Macka Brown is half of Bug Khan and the Plastic Jam, and aside from his Bug Khan tracks is probably best known for the 92 feel good anthem “Go Down Baby”. Aside from that though, he did a number of…
Dillinja – From Beyond
It’s kind of crazy how many tunes Karl Francis aka Dillinja put out between 1993 and 1994… between his labels Cybotron, Deadly Vinyl, Logic Productions and Lionheart, Dillinja must have either been living in a studio or super quick and efficient and cranking these tracks out. You can kind of hear the latter in this…