On to some more serious dark stuff, here’s an early Tech Itch track from Brain Records… almost as dark and heavy as his later skullstep stuff. “Death Trip” includes some dialogue from a Steven Segal movie along with chopped amens and massive bass drops. Not too many elements, from the get-go Mark seemed to have…
The Man From Formation – Darken You With My Presence EP
Here’s an absolute gem of 93 darkside … as far as Formation stuff goes, this is one of my favorites, and the fact that it’s not super rare and all 4 tracks are strong makes it pretty much a buy-on-sight record. Gachet even had a mix where he played 3 of the 4 tracks within…
Little Matt & Dark Deas – Losing My Feeling
Been slacking on the posts the past week, I’m actually writing this one from a bus en route back from NYC! I’ll probably do another when I get back, in the meantime here’s a nice tune by Matt Quinn aka Optical of Ed Rush & Optical fame. “Losing My Feeling” sounds a bit proto-happy hardcore…
Heavyweight – Vol 2
I’m pretty sure this track will be up a lot of people’s alley… absolutely massive amen smasher with choppy breaks, huge subby bass, good atmosphere sounds and a vocal sample which I think was also used in a classic Legend recs tune (the name of it is escaping my mind, I know at least it…
New Decade – Get the Message
No mega-obscurity today, instead here’s a well known feel good 92 track. Straight ahead and uplifting, I’ve always loved the little breakdowns and structure of this – nothing super out of the ordinary but definitely some effective builds throughout. New Decade (Paul Smailes) did a number of big EPs 92-93: the 4 New Decade EPs…
Jeep Head – Jungle Breeze
Here’s an appropriately titled track- a nice breezy 94 jungle tune. choppy but also laid back. Solid atmo and vocal samples layered on top along with some extra percussion and proper subby bass. No idea about Jeep Head, I know he did one of those 10″s on Street Beats /VDL. I’ve posted Section 12 tracks…
91-92 Hardcore Mix, May 2011
It’s been ages since I bothered to record an oldskool mix. Not sure if it was worth the wait, but here’s a new one in honor of the impending end of earth (or not). It’s 30 minutes, 17 tracks most of which happened to be in the crate nearest to my turntables. Some stuff I’ve…
Oddysey – “Joy of Joy”
Here’s a real obscurity I doubt almost any oldskool fans have had a chance to hear. I’m always on the hunt for weird/out there sounding stuff, and during some recent “obscurity mining” I stumbled on a copy of this record: Odyssey – Joy Of Joy It’s a hardcore EP from 1993 featuring really off kilter…
Insomnia – Nostalgic
Let’s see, how to accurately convey how amazing this tune is… I could say it’s “one of my favorite oldskool tunes ever” , but I probably say that about half the tunes I post. I could go on about how it perfectly marries just the right type of piano part (euphoric but not too cheesy)…
Gurn-faced Sundays
Ed Duran x3 sent me this video, some real top shelf gurning here: Repsect to the guy that comes into frame at 2:10 in the video, Bangface should book you for Weekender!