Damn, I’m too nice to you all giving up a track like this like this.. such a great mental, energetic and perfect small label 92 hardcore gem! “Assylum” mashes up bits of Tronik House’s “Mental Techno” (as used in Yaw Records, which is one of those labels that didn’t (to my knowledge) have any super…
FT2 – Body Tune Up (Remix)
Here’s another good 94-95 jungle release on Flying Fish, by FT, who I’ve previously posted this EP and this other EP by. Really good stuff, there’s also a couple interesting sampleable breakbeats at the end of the EP (sort of likes one of those “ultimate beats + breaks” comps) – not super usable but an…
Blog to the Oldskool Twitter
I brought this up as an idea recently, went ahead and created it… not sure what will be on there, probably random oldskool related youtube and other site stuff which I don’t feel comfortable hijacking for this site itself. stll, feel free to follow / check it out! http://www.twitter.com/blog2oldskool
Masaruni! – The Jungle Dub Experience
OK, I’m not gonna lie… this is not the best jungle record I’ve ever posted here. These tracks are cool but overall I wouldn’t say it’s a favorite or anything. Still, it’s interesting record, features Mad Professor, and I basically conned myself into paying way too much for it yesterday because I found it at…
Redlight – Selekta
SERIOUS 95 amen toonage here by the crew known as SHUT UP AND DANCE on their ragga jungle sublabel Red Light. The sublabel is probably best known for the classic track “bastards”, though there’s a number of other great tracks on the label. I can’t quite place the intro music to this one, swear it’s…
Bass Construction – Dance With Power
Here’s a decidedly non-obscure classic, basically the opposite of the obtuse white label tracks with loads of mashed samples I often post. Instead, here we have simple, feel good 91 piano hardcore vibes, combining vocal cuts from Bridget Grace “take me away” with Jocelyn Brown “Love’s Gonna Get You”, dominator synth, etc (piano riff sounds…
Mystery Men – Inspiration
Here’s a nice white label I got off of a reader of this site who was getting rid of some less popular oldskool stuff. Most of the stuff on Flyte is pretty underrated with the exception of the Flyte EP – and while this EP might not be as manic as Distroi + Boykz’s “Jungle…
Dope Skillz – Six Million Ways to Die
I try to post a pretty wide variety of styles on this blog, at least within the spectrum of 91-95 hardcore/jungle sounds – dark stuff, happy stuff, anthems, super grungy white labels, etc. One style that doesn’t get nearly as much attention as others is jump up; I simply don’t own all that many jump…
In Depth Perception – Rhizome
If you ask an oldskool fan about their favorite Lucky Spin records, they’d probably rattle off some combo of releases by artists like DJ Crystl, Orca, Trace or any of the other big acts which released on there. Much less likely to be mentioned: this one-off 93 EP by In Depth Perception… for about as…
The Criminal Minds – “On The Run” video
Check it out: Be sure to check the interview here, the release on Rephlex Records here, and DJ Spatt’s new album here!!