I just posted my rip of this up for someone, and was reminded how much I like this tune… a 91 track that actually sounds the part. Slow-and-steady beats without tons of edits, 4/4 hardcore backing kicks, mainly just a nice pad and apocalyptic buzzy rave synth dominating the track… oh yeah, and that NWA…
Drastik Plastik – Stress
This tune exemplifies the kind of stuff I like posting on this site the most: not your standard choppy amen tracks, but earlier more “out there” hardcore tunes. Frantic synth parts, tempo changes, drastic changeups, “where the hell did THAT come from?!!” samples. Drastik Plastik did a few other EPs, this tune is probably my…
Anthony Nathan – Life Goes On
Here’s another sick & cheap track that can be easily found on wax – a release on the Lucky Spin sublabel “Pure White”. It’s kind of surprising since almost all the releases on that sublabel are pretty in-demand, the only reason I can think of why this release isn’t as desirable is due to a…
1994 BBC Jungle Documentary
I forget if I posted this documentary yet, but here it is on my buddy Jason’s new site NETWORK AWESOME… Network Awesome is basically a curated collection of youtube clips with all sorts of great old TV shows, music, interview, old ads, etc, linked together.
Interface – Questions
Here’s a bit of a hidden gem, a low-fi dark 93 tune lurking on an EP of otherwise happy piano stuff. Tuch Wood is best known for putting out Johnny L “hurt u so”, and the rest of this EP sounds like it was meant to be along those lines… big melodies, female vocals, etc.…
Double Vision – Easy Does It
Deep Seven records was a label associated with RAM mostly known for some seriously deep and dark 93 tracks. This track is off the first EP on the label, and while the A side fits that description pretty well, this B side tune is a bit more of an upbeat 92 style track. “Easy Does…
Hedgehog Affair – Come on, let’s have some fun!
Looks like I haven’t posted any 91 gems in a bit, so here you go. It’s hard to overstate the importance of Ron Wells in early hardcore/jungle… as the engineer and producer for Basement Records’ hardcore-era releases, he was the driving force behind the distinctive “basement sound” that still holds up incredibly well to this…
The Cover Art of Reinforced Records (Book)
A friend just pointed me to this… looks like it’s one of those “build your own book” books so I’m not sure of the image quality, def wouldn’t mind having this on my coffee table though! I might take a chance and buy it at some point, if so I’ll report back on the image…
Steve C & Monita – Razor’s Edge
I’ve already mentioned how good Skeleton Recordings is in a previous post here, and no doubt will mention them again in the future – Skeleton is just a great early hardcore/jungle label with a high hit/miss ratio as far as tunes go. Most of the tracks they put out end up having well produced choppy…
Keen – Volume 2
I think if someone did a breakdown of stuff posted here vs the amount of tunes actually out there, one area I intentionally under-represent is choppy amen tunes. That’s not to say I don’t like them – there’s plenty of classics out there as well as plenty of classic producers (Bay B Kane!) who can…