OK, skipping the obscurities for a second and posting a long time favorite 91 track here… Despite being a relatively early tune, there’s quite a few parts in this one. The hip hop amen / combo break down leading to the simple synth drop works every time! Stu J went on to do some more…
Tag: 1991
Lloydie Crucial & Peter Ranking – The Cow (Don Gorgon House)
Here’s a track I put in my recent mix for beantownboogiedown.com (cop that if you haven’t plenty of great lesser known tunes in there w/ a full tracklist provided). This tune in particular is a nice 91 ragga hardcore jam by Lloydie Crucial & Peter Ranking, who collabed on a number of great ragga hardcore…
Trigger – Stratosphere (Techno Mix)
Here’s a nab from my Cali trip… I already had a copy of this Trigger EP but couldn’t pass up a slightly better condition double for $1.00 (especially with that great picture sleeve staring at me!) “Stratosphere” has got to be one of my favorite Belgian rave tracks of all time, without question. Despite being…
Unknown Artist – The Top Buzz EP
Here’s another record I grabbed on the cheap in SF, one I thought was by Top Buzz but discogs claims isn’t. On one hand that could be true since there’s certainly none of their patented “jungle techno” sound at play here… on the other hand, it’s from earlier than their other releases and one side…
Demon Boyz – Jungle Dett
OK I’m cheating and posting a more well known track… in fact, I’d wager it It doesn’t get that much more classic than this tune. Although primarily a hiphop act earlier on, Demon Boyz did some amazing hardcore/jungle stuff as well. This tune is one of those early tunes alongside the best by Rebel MC…
Head Factor – Nuff Respect
More small label business here, in the form of a solid 91 style piano hardcore track. You get a classic piano part (not sure if original/sampled) plus the classic “RESPECT – KISSING” combo vocal as used in this later Origination track (making me think that maybe these both are in some other acapella together which…
Wiz – Gizzadab
Another obscenely cheap EP, again by the aforementioned E-Type (see the Rollin Records release I posted below). Damn, it seems like the vast majority of not-rare hardcore stuff now is going for nothing… this record is literally cheaper than a single track in an mp3 store! While it’s not a massive stormer, it’s a great…
Bass Construction – Dance With Power
Here’s a decidedly non-obscure classic, basically the opposite of the obtuse white label tracks with loads of mashed samples I often post. Instead, here we have simple, feel good 91 piano hardcore vibes, combining vocal cuts from Bridget Grace “take me away” with Jocelyn Brown “Love’s Gonna Get You”, dominator synth, etc (piano riff sounds…
Lennie De Ice – We Are i.e. (original Reel 2 Reel / i.e. pressing)
So much has already been written about this tune… to sum it up for the n00bz: this is basically THE track in many people’s minds which invented jungle, or at least provided the prototype combo of amen break + ragga bassline. One of the top classic tunes of all time., it’s been redone and remixed…
Max Voltage – Make You Scream
Longtime favorite here! I never got around to buying this record simply because it’s such a cheap + easy to find tune, it almost didn’t seem worth it to pay the shipping costs (postage was 3 times what the record cost). I finally bought it a week ago though. One of the first records on…