Here’s a great track by Cool Hand Flex, an artist who has got to be one of the most underrated from the pack of early 90’s hardcore/jungle producers. This is especially true given how prolific he was, both in writing his own tunes as well as engineering tunes on his label. This track in particular…
FT & Myth – Straight Up
Here’s a fun track from 93, slightly reminiscent of something on Limited E-Edition. The drums don’t hit particularly hard, it’s just a bunch of crazy vocal loops dumped on top of each other, with a sample occasionally saying (what sounds like) “straight out of the jungle”. Needless to say I totally love crazy stuff like…
Aftermath – Everything Starts Now
Here’s an EP I have absolutely no recollection of purchasing… from the sticker on it, I gather that I got it from an MVE for 1 pound at some point. I can see why it’s not an in-demand single: despite being obscure, it’s got that 1994-95 proto-intelligent soundto it. While I like that style a…
Death By Stereo
I’ve previously posted about DJ Dance’s other less-known EP, however the movie “The Lost Boys” was on cable Sunday night and reminded me of his biggest tune, “Death By Stereo”. This track is unfortunately hard to find in original press, but there was a bootleg a few years ago of decent quality which is occasionally…
Kemical Kids – Oh No
Kickin Records put out some great releases, including some all-time anthems like Messiah “Temple of Dreams” and “There is No Law”. Some of their best releases though are later EPs on the label. Of these, many are in-demand now, mainly including releases by Grant Nelson under various guises (Wishdoka, Ruff Rider, Twin Bass, etc). Here’s…
Dica & Ben Intallect – Can’t Stop the Pirates
Here’s a track which samples a classic TV news report on pirate radio. Check the BBC documentary below, which includes a clip of the TV report in question followed by someone playing the intro of this tune. Dica & Ben Intellect put out some great singles, as with most of the Boogie Beat stuff it’s…
Brainstorm Crew – Play it Loud
It’s kind of tough to pick just one track to post by Brainstorm Crew, as there’s a number of wicked EPs / tracks by them. “Reach Up” is maybe my top all-time favorite hands-in-the-air piano anthem. “Pick up the Pace” is a classic ADD track with samples from tons of other formation tracks shuffled through…
X Rated Cru and DJ Red Ant – Never Say Never
Here’s one for the ragga jungle fans who check this site… based on my google stats, that’s quite a number of you! It seems there’s still a pretty huge following for ragga jungle, tons of younger kids who aren’t particularly huge oldschool collectors in general but who just start throwing piles of money at records…
Doctor In the Tardis
Here’s a few Doctor Who related tunes. First up is a track by Kay 9 aka Blame of “Music Takes You” fame. While most early Blame tracks were anthemy melodic endeavors, Kay 9 was sort of Blame’s more raw jungle/hardcore alias. Aside from the Doctor Who theme, “Who’s in the House?” also samples the intro…
Mind Therapy – Heart of the Jungle
If there’s one prototypical “amazing but unknown” act that prompted me to start this site, it’s Mind Therapy. These guys put out 7 wicked jungle/hardcore EPs (more if you include their “Beats R Us” releases), most of which pop up frequently on discogs for 5-10 pounds or less.. and these aren’t giant pressing big label…