I guess Mark Archer posted some of the original demo versions of Altern-8 tracks a while back, but I didn’t notice at the time… here they are, sounding quite tight for demos!! Could definitely imagine these being released as-is on some white label back then, while not as poppy and polished as the final versions,…
Desire – The Feeling Within Me
Here’s a longtime secret track I grabbed super cheap a few years back. I held off posting it because, even though it was quite cheap, nobody had it for sale on discogs (though it was cheap on another site), also I never heard anyone talk about it… I almost considered buying up a bunch of…
Blog to the Oldskool Radio – December 5th 2012 (All Reinforced Special)
This week’s radio show was an all Reinforced Records + sublabels (mainly Tom + Jerry) special… starting with their first 2 releases, moving through the years up to their second wave in the late 90’s / early 00’s. All in all, I’m quite happy with the track selection on this – one of my needles…
DJ Deckjammer – Prince of Darkness
Everything is getting dark… here’s a real darkside gem that seems to be going for quite cheap these days? Pretty sure I played this (or perhaps the VIP) on my halloween darkside special back around Halloween. No idea who Deckjammer was, there’s 3 releases on this label though all of which are pretty good (though…
Secret Squirrel – D.D.T.
Serious 92 classic here… I already posted the later remix of this tune here, it’s only fair I post the original as well. Bogwoppa/Dance Bass was known for having rougher than usual tracks with loads of crazy samples. his track sort of shows the nascent sound of the label while being more stripped down than…
A-Sides / Cool Hand Flex / Uncle 22 live PA from 1992
thanks to A-sides for posting this on soundcloud… download is enabled so nab it while you can! This is a recording of a live P.A i used to perform back in 1992, The pre jungle days with Cool Hand Flex and Uncle 22 when we were all based out of De Underground Records in East…
Sky Joose – Tales of Darkness
Here’s a crazy dark jungle track I meant to post yesterday… apparently quite pricey these days too (copy for 100 pounds on discogs right now). Sky Joose did some great records on ibiza related labels, Slam! and well as Jet Star… this is one of the two Jet Star EPs he did. Not too much…
Nick Power – Born to Jam
For people deep in the UK rave scene as it was going down, Nick Power was probably best known as the guy who ran Music Power record shop. Aside from that though, he did quite a few EPs under various guises, a number of which are in demand / classic tracks. Less die-hard collectors might…
Menace Makes 3 – Feel the Friction on My Feet
Been slack for a few days now so here’s a banger to make up for it… super catchy poppy stuff from Menace Makes 3 (aka Dylan Rhymes). This tune is in line with the other big Menace Make 3 tunes “Do you feel What I’m Feeling” and “Pure Hysteria”. Certainly not the most experimental or…
Blog to the Oldskool Radio – November 7th
Here’s the set for jungletrain this last Wednesday, November 7th. I think it turned out to be a pretty well rounded selection of stuff from the blog ( click through on the tracklisting to get to the tunes), augmented with vinyl and a few curveballs tracks (someone mentioned a grime track in chat so I…