Here’s another whitelabel goody…. Pow Pow is a pretty underrated 92-93 record label, though there’s a fair bit of variability between the releases. According to some comment on discogs, this record got plays in an old Easygroove set, though I don’t remember which one. The Bob Marley sample is pretty catchy and it’s definitely a…
Elektron – Electro Fever (Club Mix)
Though supposedly from 92, this Elektron EP has the whole 90-91 bleeps-and-bass thing down pretty well. I first got it 8 years ago or so in a little batch of white labels for a pound a piece – some of the other ones ended up being a bit rarer (eg Stu-J – Gadget), but even…
Ellis Dee – Synthetic Disco (Unreleased)
Present #2 for x-mas… Here’s an unreleased Ellis Dee tune straight from the man’s dubplates. Big thanks to DJ Quick Lung for providing it! This tune is from December 95 and sounds pretty hardstep to me. a steppy break (life could?) / amen combo, massive hiphop vocals and punchy bass. The vocals are taken from…
Anthony X-Cursa – Mind Control
Here’s a great 95 tune which is reasonably easy/cheap to find. Choppy but sparse intro beats roll along with C+C Music Factory Vocals on top (the same acapella as “through the vibe”, though diced a lot more here). Finally massive amens bash their way in alongside subby bass, crash accents and a number of spacey…
Merry X-Mas!
Some nice presents coming your way, in the form of a bunch of different releases being posted today… be sure to look out for updates throughout the day on Twitter or Facebook as more tracks go up!
Blog to the Oldskool Radio – December 23rd, 2012
Sorry for anyone who skipped listening Wednesday waiting for a dl/tracklisting… I ended up not posting the radio show since I wasn’t really happy with it. Instead, here’s an more impromptu set I did yesterday, filling in after Havoc and N-Flow on Jungletrain. This one actually ended up being a lot better of a set…
Schedule 3 – Break U Down
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a US obscurity, so here’s a nice tune that I don’t think many people know about. “Break You Down” is one of those super simple tracks that just combines a couple of critical elements of other tracks, but to very nice effect. Here we get the breaks from…
Bad Influence – Dance For Me
Here’s a B side gem from one of the Bad Influence (Pascal, Cobbler and Jack Horner) EPs. This EP is probably much better known for “Thoughts of an Innocent Mind”, the anthem-y A side track with easily identifiable “can’t stop this feeling… we are free” vocals. That’s certainly why I tracked the EP down initially.…
Silver Fox – Dread By Dawn EP
I think someone mentioned this EP in the comments of this site a few years back – it’s a really solid 4-tracker of darkside stuff, on a relatively small label (Three Scars only did one other EP, with DJ Pilgrim). While there’s nothing incredibly different going on here, all tracks have that nice combo of…
Ridger Racer OST
Just saw this posted on facebook… I’m definitely a fan of the intersection of early videogame and early hardcore/jungle stuff (either video game sounds in hardcore tracks, or videogame soundtracks that border on rave)… can’t say I was a huge Ridge Racer fan back in the day, but this soundtrack does a pretty good job…