Here’s another EP that I would have no idea about if it weren’t for B2VOS, where it gets mentioned fairly regularly. This is actually a US downtempo/”trip hop”/acidy breaks EP by Omar Santana, which uses plenty of classic hiphop and rave sounds. The EP itself is strictly downtempo speed, however it can be pitched up…
Hyper-on Experience Live PA @ Dance Paradise, April 1993 Video
Endless thanks to MattyC from B2VOS for hooking me up with the original DVD for this…Matt is the same guy who also ripped the original Hyper-on Experience 92 Demo featured on here a while back. if anyone can recommend a free streaming site where I can host the full clip for this as a single…
Mine the Rhythm – Feel the Fear
Here’s a nice track I picked up in Bristol last November. It’s a tune I’d heard long ago, forgotten about, then remembered the second the needle hit the wax upon hearing it in a store. Really nasty low fi hardcore madness. The production isn’t the sharpest (though the bass is pretty nice), but who cares…
Twang – There’s No If
I found this while trying to figure out some non-UK label tracks to post. This came out on the Dutch label Dance Factory. It uses the same vocal as the recently posted Headhunter – To the Sky track, but is older and pretty straightforward 92 stuff. The main mix of this song is just as…
Unknown 93-95 track… ID help??
Here’s a clip of the record I meant to buy when I instead bought that “The 2 – We is 1” single I posted last week. I’ve tried B2VOS and TuneId.com with no luck… If anyone has any leads on what this is, please drop me an email at the address to the right or…
S and A – Volume 1
Here’s a favorite of mine from 92/93. I recently mentioned the label Homegrown Records on here, saying that even though it ended up being a mostly happy hardcore label, early releases were standout not-too-happy hardcore/jungle tracks. Here’s an excellent example of this – S and A Volume 1. Despite being on a primarily happy hardcore…
The 2 – We Is 1
On with the obscurities… I picked this up after checking out a snippet of it which turned out to be from a different record. Ah well, this EP ended up being a decent slab of wax too. The B side (featured here) is a nice laid back breakbeat techno track, well arranged and tasteful. I…
Glide – All Right (Remix)
Here’s another “super cheap / why isn’t this record more in-demand?” track from Absolute 2. This remix record and the original EP were released on a sublabel called Absolute Groove which only released these two records. This mix was also released on the XL Recordings “Four Play” EP, along with tracks by Noise Factory, EQ…
Persian Prince – The Gorgon Wise EP
I had no idea about this record, checked it out since I didn’t recognize the title and was not disappointed – weird and cool ragga jungle engineered by Bizzy B. The timestretched vocal bit reminds me of Formula 7 “Timestretch the Bass”, and while I probably like that tune a bit more overall, this track…
Nice documentary clip on Sub Base / the Prodigy
I haven’t gone hunting for rave videos on youtube in a bit, but someone on b2vos just posted this documentary which is pretty nice. I still can’t believe how young all these producers were when they made these tunes!