DJ Mayhem aka Martin Ikin is, without a doubt, one of my favorite “unsung heroes” of hardcore / jungle. First releasing through Basement, his tunes there were some of the most memorable on a label already chock full of top notch tracks. His later tunes through Face and Precious Materials are no slouches either… still…
NPR Feature: “How the Internet Transformed the American Rave Scene”
Just found this, prob won’t have time to read it until after work but looks interesting! How the Internet Transformed the American Rave Scene
Metalheads – Knowledge
You’d be hard pressed to call yourself a true jungle or drum n bass fan if you didn’t know the Metalheads / Rufige Kru track “Terminator”, an early hardcore/jungle classic which is credited as being the first tune of its kind to use pitch shifting on the breakbeats. Since there’s no entry exam for reading…
Secret Squirrel & AJ Flex – Come Rudebwoy
Here’s a 92 classic that was played in a number of great mixes from back then…. “Come Rudeboy” starts with some deep sounding pads, and the “time flies when you’re with me” vocal sample from S.O.S. Band “The Finest” (as used in Foul Play “Finest Illusion”, but looped as it appears in Rufige Kru “Krisp…
Bass Selective – Jessica’s Jaw
From the mega-cheap-why-don’t-you-buy-this-record, to a pricier and harder to find bit from Bass Selective. Bass Selective is best known as being a project involving Mark Royal aka T Power aka best jungle album of all time (“self evident truth of an intuitive mind”) maker – that was a bit later in his career though (95)…
Sy-uss & Reality – Tribal Instinct (Justice’s Remix)
Deep atmospheric 95 amens are on the plate for tonight’s entry – coupled with one of my favorite breaks (taken from Foul Play “Ricochet”) making this tune one to nab in my opinion Starting out doing some total hardcore anthems with Andrew Wright aka The Moog under the name “Justice + Mercy”, Justice did quite…
Lennie De Ice – We Are i.e. (original Reel 2 Reel / i.e. pressing)
So much has already been written about this tune… to sum it up for the n00bz: this is basically THE track in many people’s minds which invented jungle, or at least provided the prototype combo of amen break + ragga bassline. One of the top classic tunes of all time., it’s been redone and remixed…
Beat Masters – Untitled
I meant to put this track in my last mix, but forgot about… doh!! Anywhere, here it is now… solid-as-arock hardcore with plenty of good elements: great scratch sample, Monie Love “Ring My Bell” vocal snippet, crazy filtered synth, etc. It does get pretty repetitive and the beats aren’t exactly crazy, but it’s perfect for…
Bunjy & Cridge – Dopin’ Em Up!
OK, so this one will definitely NOT be up everyone’s alley… it’s some SERIOUSLY grimey low fi stuff. This EP makes Dance bass / Bogwoppa sound like big studio rave anthems in comparison. Also, I have to admit that the low fi / dodgy nature of these tunes isn’t entirely compensated for by the song…
Nico – Mind Flux
Here’s a track I featured towards the end of my recent mix (posted below somewhere, err too lazy to link it), a cool techno track off the underappreciated techno/rave label ESP by Nico. Nico put out a number of good releases on this label, but sadly died many years ago. This tune is pretty atypical…