Liquid Wax is a relatively underrated label in my opinion. Everyone knows “never try the hippodrome” (at least I hope they do), but a lot of their later tracks are relatively obscure. I guess it makes sense since most of these later tracks aren’t as “anthemy” as hippodrome, but they are great very well produced…
Nicolette – Wicked Mathematics (Instrumental)
Here’s a single I see for sale pretty much constantly but never cared for… this is mostly due to the vocals on the A side which I absolutely can’t stand. However, I found it yet again last weekend, and decided to give the b side a listen – without the singing on top, this track…
Universe Tribal Gathering 1993
Ramski – Dream of Horns
Here’s a bit of a strange track. It was released in 95 on the Boom Tunes label, which put out some decent choppy jungle releases. The other side of this EP is pretty good 95-style jungle, with a fair number of changeups and timestretched vocals and breaks.. but nothing which particularly stands out to me.…
Floor Filler – Forgotten
Here’s a nice easy to find EP on Sound Entity. It’s got the classic “Basement Records” sound to it (which makes sense since it was engineered by Ron Wells), mixed with some early intelligent Lucky Spin sounding drums and melodies. Floor Filler – Forgotten
Auto-plex – Rebel Call
Here’s a nice EP I’ve had sitting in the pile for quite a while. The tracks are pretty varied in sound, with this tune containing the most memorable melody. Overall though, some of the production on this EP sounds a bit dated for 1993. No idea about the artists other than their names (Ian and…
DJ Skie – Whistlin’ In the Jungle
My DJ set on Thursday was tons of fun. Elements has been the main DNB night in Boston for years now, and the only one running consistently for 11 years (I’ve been going there off and on since the beginning). I got to play an hour of 92-93 and then drop some crazy 94-95 stuff…
v/a “Malcolm X” EP
I haven’t posted any random US stuff in a while, so here’s a Belgian single with some US oldskool tracks on it. The first side is taken up by several mixes of the track “the truth”, which is OK but nothing mindblowing. If I remember it right, it has a bunch of Malcolm X samples,…
Unknown Artist (Zulu Records) – Hold Me
To contrast the essential but very early track I posted by Leo Anibaldi yesterday, here’s a slick 94 jungle tune on a not-so-well known label. After years of digging for tunes, I’ve definitely grown to like labels like Zulu Records – labels that got in and got out with just a handful of releases to…
Leo Anibaldi – Bassbar
Here’s an absolute classic that was on my want list for 13 years or so before I actually scored a copy on vinyl. Leo Anibaldi was more known for his awesome “sound of rome” style dark italian techno stuff, from the same scene that brought us Lory D, Andrea Benedetti, Gabriele Rizzo, etc. However, his…