Here’s a wicked track I picked up recently. This is classic 94-95 ragga jungle stuff: mashed amens mixed with the beat used in “Helicopter tune” (I forget the name of it right now). multiple ragga vocal lines, the “ah!” sample as used in Ray Keith – Terrorist. My copy is a little bit worn down…
Zone – Ghosties
Here’s a classic 91 jam that’s been stuck in my head lately. The b side tracks are pretty good too, especially the second one. I’m still looking for the other Zone EP which I’ve never seen for sale… if anyone has a spare vinyl copy for sale (yeah right!) or even some mp3s so I…
Flytronix – Shadowlandz
Here’s a tune I was reminded of by a recent comment on here… it actually may not be the track referred to in the comment, but it’s a wicked tune/EP nonetheless. Flytronix aka Danny Demierre was one half of best-oldskool-group-ever Hyper-On Experience, in addition to doing some great singles of his own on Moving Shadow…
32 Troop – Old School Soldier
Here’s a solid Criminal Minds related tune… someone pointed out there’s not even a version of this on youtube, so I figure I’d post it here. The Criminal Minds are one of my all-time favorite hardcore acts, there’s countless great tunes from these guys on a number of labels. This EP is pretty good, I…
Zephania – Breathing Bass EP
Here’s one for the obscure white label crew. This EP definitely isn’t for everyone. The production on it is super low-fi (putting the “grimey” tolerance of even ardent oldskool obscurity fans to the test), however for some reason it sounds absolutely GREAT to me when blasted loud. It sounds like it was released around 91,…
3 Sample – High on Life… Rewind Come Again
3 Sample are best known for their tune Streets of Rage, which was on one of the Kaos Theory comps. I actually prefer this track, which is a secondary mix on the easier to find first EP on Output Level. It’s a dead simple tune – a female vocal sample, an eerie little piano melody…
The Prime Minister and the Chancellor – Red Lion
Here’s a nice lesser known record on J4M Records. J4M was mostly known for two artists – Nebula 2 (who dropped their incredible “Flatliners”/”COD Rider” single and remix single on there), and Bass Ballistics (of “Smoke This One” semi-fame). This EP doesn’t compare with those singles, and is somewhat “niche” oriented, but it’s is definitely…
On Remand – Controllin’ (Tango Remix)
Here’s a favorite of mine. Tango can do no wrong in my opinion, and this track is up there with his best tunes. Starting with a classic sample from the Outer Limits and an excellent not-so-often-used break (James Brown “Soul Pride”), this “Controllin” remix quickly breaks down into some moody synths ala Johnny Jungle’s “Flammable”,…
SDR & Subsonic – Martini
Here’s a nice 94 tune by the crew that brought you Digital Pressure – Watch This Space. A nice melodic section gives way to some seriously dark atmospherics and nasty amens, maybe not the cleanest beats out there but definitely something worth checking out for the 93-94 darkside fans. The vocal sample reminds me a…
Underground Maneuvers in the Dark – I Can’t Understand
Back to the obscurities… not much to say about this one. I think it has an Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark sample in it, but I don’t know that group well enough to say what track. Plus the classic “I can’t quite understand it” vocal which I don’t know the source for either, except that…