Here’s one of the most twisted tunes I’ve posted up here… a dark and deep 93 amen track with tons of changes ups and samples, not to mention a time signature change partway through the song. It’s also the first release on Back 2 Basics, which ended up putting out much more friendly tunes like…
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DJ Exodus + Head Pressure – Glass Pipe Fury
In the Shut Up & Dance interview posted a day or two ago, Droid mentioned anti-crack tunes that started showing up around 93… Here’s one from 94 on Krome & Time’s awesome Tearing Vinyl label. The artists behind this release are each responsible for previous excellent tunes – DJ Exodus did several releases on Skeleton…
DJ Distroi & Boykz – Jungle Warrior
Here’s a great EP that’s nowhere near as appreciated as it should be. Both sides of this are equally excellent. The B side was featured on Hard Leaders III, but the A side wins out for me with its trip 2 the moon break and vicious synth lines. Distroi & Boykz did some great releases,…
Bay B Kane – Hyd & Seek
Everyone who reads this site should know about Bay B Kane: either by virtue of him being one of the top hardcore/jungle producers ever, or at the very least (for less informed people checking this), from reading the 3 part interview I posted on here a while back. This track is not as well known…
DJ AKA – Farside
Here’s one of my favorite 93 tracks… moody hardcore/jungle with tasteful orchestra stabs, brooding soundtrack ambience and fantastic sharp choppy drums layered perfectly by Pete Parsons. There’s a breakdown halfway through where you can practically hear the more euphoric 92 sounds of hardcore melting away into 94 darkside, as the classic “rush!” and “do it…
Holy Ghost aka Ouija Board – Spirit Player EP
Here’s a nice EP I got in the UK last weekend. Holy Ghost are most well known for “Nice One Boy”, a 92 track which inexplicably made it big (music video on MTV) despite having a deep, dark and dreary vibe lightyears away from the euphoric hardcore which was comercially successful at the time. WOEBOT…
Low Noise Block – Rave In The Bedroom
Taking me straight back to being 12 years old, This comedy side of a great white from 1992. Featuring a sample from “The Young Ones” on the bbc from 1982, the main track is exactly the same but without the sample is a dark techno influenced banger on limited E a sub label of ibiza…
Assorted 93-94 Jungles
Here’s a few tracks of nice 93-94 choppy jungle.This first one I have no idea about – found it in a Bristol record shop and it was labelled as being by “slipmatt”, but I think that was just because it has the same catalog # as awesome records #1 (SL2 “the noise”), which is by…
Mega City 2
Here’s some qualty darkness for today… Mega City 2 are most well known for “Darker Side of Evil”, a track which heavily samples the movie Predator 2. They also did a nice 4 tracker called “Demons By Daylight”, which is an absolute horror movie / ominous synth sample-fest. The two tracks featured below are probably…
Dopeski & Jakes
The weather has been pretty cold and shitty in Boston lately, so here’s some 93 darkness courtesy of Dopeski & Jakes. First up is the Snowstorm EP on Wardance Records. “Snowstorm” has all the trappings of a quality early darkside tune – twisted synths, chopped beats, screams, etc. “Cantankerous” is the lightest of the four…