Anyone well into their oldskool should know about Rhythm Section – they were a rave group featured Rennie Pilgrim (now better known for his breaks work and Thursday Club label), Ellis Dee, Nicholas Scott (aka Newton), and Richie T (aka MK13, who I posted a great track by a while ago). Between them, they did…
Tag: dark
International Rude Boyz – Paragone Remix
Formation Records churned out a fair number of darker tunes between 92 and 94, but this is one of the best – the sinister pitch shifted beats layered with the Blowfly – Sesame Street break (as used in “Helicopter Tune”) and a 4/4 kick make this track choppy but solid, great for mixing or home…
Raw From China – Raw From China !!! Remix (The Omen)
Someone was asking about this recently so here it is… a pretty overlooked darkside track from 1993. The break production lets this track down a bit but the music is wicked, definitely something I’ve thrown in mixes before and would play again. I’m not sure who Raw From China was but all their releases were…
Jim Polo – Phantasy’s
Here’s a nice overlooked EP – serious deep + dark vibes on this one. Jim Polo did a number of EPs between 93 and 94: some solo, some with Neil Vass. He also co-ran the essential darkside label Dark Horse Records. The label’s biggest tune was probably Rolling Energy, though all the releases on Dark…
Biobreaks – Tenebre
I’ve posted a lot of Biochip C/Martin Damm-related material on this site since I started. No reason to break from that trend now, so here’s one of my favorite EPs from him. “Tenebre” reminds me most closely of his other Riot Beats EP as Psychic Parasite. “Move” uses the classic “nobody move, nobody get hurt”…
Flytronix – Shadowlandz
Here’s a tune I was reminded of by a recent comment on here… it actually may not be the track referred to in the comment, but it’s a wicked tune/EP nonetheless. Flytronix aka Danny Demierre was one half of best-oldskool-group-ever Hyper-On Experience, in addition to doing some great singles of his own on Moving Shadow…
3 Sample – High on Life… Rewind Come Again
3 Sample are best known for their tune Streets of Rage, which was on one of the Kaos Theory comps. I actually prefer this track, which is a secondary mix on the easier to find first EP on Output Level. It’s a dead simple tune – a female vocal sample, an eerie little piano melody…
SDR & Subsonic – Martini
Here’s a nice 94 tune by the crew that brought you Digital Pressure – Watch This Space. A nice melodic section gives way to some seriously dark atmospherics and nasty amens, maybe not the cleanest beats out there but definitely something worth checking out for the 93-94 darkside fans. The vocal sample reminds me a…
Formula 7 – Dark Star
Here’s a great track by Formula 7 of Quayside recordings. It wasn’t my favorite track at first, but after hearing it over and over in a Ratty mix I really started to like it – the constantly pitch shifted vocals with layered non-pitch shifted think break hits on top, coupled with the strange melodies really…
Ratty – Source of All Evil
Here’s one of my favorite tracks on one of my favorite EPs. Aside from a couple big tracks with Tango, Ratty was much better known as a DJ, spinning a lot of lesser known darkside tracks 93-94 which are now massively in demand. However, he did do several great releases, including this amazing EP on…