Back to the more serious hardcore… this tune is an absolute VIBEZ. No Noise was a label run by L Double that did a lot of underrated tunes, and as a whole the EP is kind of housey and the other tracks on it aren’t as successful in my opinion… but this track is a…
Tag: 1992
Psychotropic – Hypnosis (SL2 Remix)
Here’s a bigger track than I usually post, but I’ve checked a number of mp3 sites and don’t see it for sale anywhere… also, this one has been in my head all week, need to exorcise it by posting it here! I’m not sure how well it’s known by name, but once you hear the…
Pum Pum Brigade – Tuffer Than Words
Here’s a nice EP I took a chance on recently, because it was cheap and I noticed it was released in the NL not UK – not sure if the artist behind it was Dutch as well, but I’m always looking for hardcore tunes produced and released outside of the UK 91-95. Despite the lulzy…
UDG – Heaven
Here’s another stone cold classic, this time a 92 oldskool piano stormer. My copy is a bit tatty but it’s still OK sounding, also to be clear this is the original rawer version on whitelabel not the more polished rerelease… big big tune played by all sorts of DJs back in the day! The artist…
Black ‘Ash – Cosmology
Here’s a record I’ve seen around a lot for cheap, finally grabbed a copy and I’m reasonably happy with the purchase. It’s by Vocation, of “Equilibrium” fame (and this tune) under the name “Black ‘Ash”. Pretty energetic with lots of samples getting thrown in non-stop. In general, it’s probably the raw quantity of (good) samples…
Bad Influence – Never Too Much
Another top favorite, hopefully this track gets some more appreciation than the classic I posted a couple days ago. Bad Influence was a project by Pascal, Cobbler and Jack Horner who did 5 EPs under this alias. This is probably their biggest track under the “bad influence” name, a frantic hardcore tune with great bouncy…
Burning Chrome – Didn’t I Do The Best I Could
Here’s a great 5 tracker that’s been hard to grab the past year or two since some Discogs joker put up the sole copy for a couple hundred pounds, making everyone think it was worth that much. Shame since it’s a great EP, 5 really varied tracks almost all of which I could see playing…
Funky Junky – Rudeboy
Here’s another ragga influenced track ala the Echo Minott one posted recently, though this is more of a proper 92 hardcore one. Just deep bass, a breakbeat, a kick drum, and some all-too-familiar ragga vocals…but all working perfectly together. It’s funny because tracks like this would have held very little appeal for me when I…
The Rising Damp – Coughing Fit
Seeing someone complain about low fi hardcore tracks today has motivated me to post a SUPER grimey EP that’s definitely not for everyone. As with some of the earlier boogie beat stuff, the production isn’t exactly razor sharp here, and I’ve done nothing to clean up/re-eq the mp3s. However, there’s plenty of good samples and…
Defiance – Hand In Hand
Here’s a track I played in the last two blog to the oldskool streams, figure it’s time to post it. Absolute favorite as of late, not particularly good breaks but just a winning combo of Joe Smooth – Promised Land samples with a fast stacatto hardcore melody. I’m almost positive the “Defiance” linked to in…