Here’s an underrated track which has always gone for quite cheap, possibly due to the artist and label behind it not being hugely known. the “Melodic Meltdown” EP is a great 93 plate by the gents behind Hypno-Genesis, and as such is sort of the follow-up to their more well known “Induction of a Hypnotic…
Tag: 1993
Space Cube – Mental Terror
Here’s a personal favorite I meant to play in my set last Friday on Radio Frontline, but I didn’t quite get to it. It’s arguably a well known track (certainly not an obscure white label), getting play at the time in the hardcore scene from people like DR S Gachet, Kenny Ken and Druid amongst…
Peshay + Roger Johnson – In My Soul
Here’s an early vibey amen number by Peshay and Roger Johnson. I’m sure the name Peshay is familiar to everyone reading this new and old, if not then go read this awesome article by RBMA about the Blue Note or check this wicked interview with him on the Uncle Dugs show. Roger Johnson might not…
Aphrodite & Nutty Jim – Full Effect (Hoover Mix)
Here’s a less appreciated yet nonetheless firing tune by Aphrodite. For me, “full effect” sits in the middle ground between hardcore and jungle… like all of Aphrodite’s early tunes, it has distinctive Amiga sounding low fi production. That grittyness lends itself to seeming like a 92 hardcore tune, but the track components themselves are restrained…
Alter – Ego? – Main Line
Here’s a nice tune off the Deep & Dark label… Deep & Dark is the type of record label which I’d be tempted to go on and on about as a “Criminally underrated label” since I rarely see their tunes in mixes, but I’ll be honest: while I like most of their releases, none of…
Question Mark – Volume 1
Been a while since I posted some happy hardcore stuff, so here’s a personal favorite. It’s the first in a series of cheeky mashup records by Red Alert and Mike Slammer, similar in style to the SMD records Slipmatt was making except with that Red Alert + Mike Slammer lowest-fi gritty amiga production. No big…
Under Rhythm – Moving
Here’s a classic example of a tune I might not have appreciated as much were it not for its presence in a mix… in this case, Easygroove played this during his 93 Dance Planet / Pure Energy set, alongside other classic small label jams like Kanata “Soul”, White Sports, the Demons by Daylight ep, etc.…
DJ Massive – Fall Down
Here’s a tune I played in my last radio show, which I think someone confused with Mad Ragga Jon – Fall Down on Me since it uses the same classic Tramaine “Fall Down” acapella. However, this tune is a bit more melodic than the Mad Ragga Jon tune, though like that one this also has…
Ramos + Supreme – The Journey, Pt 1
Gotta love these singles you know for one track but where another one ends up being your favorite… you might buy it for one reason and then later find out somewhere else on the EP is a tune you’ve heard in mixes but never quite knew before. That’s definitely the case with this Ramos +…
MC Valentine – Welcome Into the Dome
Not sure if this tune even is classified as hardcore, or more uk hiphop w/ heavy breakbeats…. either way it’s a fun little jam! Recorded at Monroe Productions, but not engineered by Pete Parsons (otherwise I’m guessing the beatwork would be quite a bit more advanced!) Starting with the MC asking “whatever happened to ‘watch…