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Love Dove Jay – The Hitchcock Storey

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

I’ve been slack on posting releases lately, to make up for it here’s a darkside fav. Choppy beats, classic horror movie samples, and a nasty timestretched breakdown at 4:15 which is one of the sickest this side of Grooverider’s Sinister (Influence Mix) or DJ SS’s Nightstalker remix. Clocking in at over 8 minutes counting the intro and outro samples, this track is pretty epic. maybe more appropriate for mixing than for home listening. Still, it’s well structured and has a fair number of changeups which keep it interesting. Definitely one worth seeking out.


Love Dove Jay – The Hitchcock Storey

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Interception – Let Me Know

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

I’ve had this tune stuck in my head for a week now…. haunting 94 jungle which uses that “let me know” acapella, adding a somber melody which fits the vocal perfectly – an excellent combo which more than compensates for the less than exciting (but still decent) break programming. What makes this so special is that the acapella in of itself sounds a bit “eh” in my opinion… other tunes I’ve heard it in (Da Maytrix “Let Me Know” and Sy and Eruption “12″ of Love”) end up being a bit cheddared up by its inclusion. However, the simple melody in this track, coupled with ominous stabs ala tango/ratty/early formation records, really transform the vocal into something a bit “deeper” sounding. All in all, an excellent jungle track which I think is heavily underrated. If anyone knows who that original vocal is by, please leave a comment below.



Interception – Let Me Know

Crackles and pops left in because my copy is a bit battered, also this one goes for less than 5 quid so if you like it & want better quality, go buy a copy ya cheapo! :P

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System X – Got To Believe

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Here’s a classic Photek amen smasher under his “System X” alias – unlike his later more technical stuff, this track is more dancefloor, relatively straightahead 94 stuff with a great vocal hook. It was featured on the “Illegal Pirate Radio Vol 3″ comp, and while not being as choppy or rhythmically interesting as some of his other tunes, is pretty much essential when it comes to nasty 93-94 amen tracks. Not much more to say about it, other than the rip sounds a little bit ropey in the midrange since my needles are on their last legs… will be buying new ones in time for my next rip, I promise!

System X – Got To Believe

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Ellis Dee – Nice Up Your Scene

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Here’s a 94 ragga jungle track that might not be super complicated or choppy, but what it does do, it does well – catchy ragga vocals, a classic reggae music bit (Willie Williams “Armageddon Time” according to discogs) and lush sounding beats which I think are just an amen and think layered on top of each other. In fact, given the popularity of these breaks on their own, it kind of surprises me that I haven’t heard more tracks with this straightahead break layering combo. Anyone reading this can feel free to correct me and fire off a couple hundred examples, but I can only think of a few (Capone “Massive” etc) and I think the number of tracks which USE both breaks but in an alternating fashion (or with just occasional hits from one accenting the other) positively dwarfs the number which fully layers both breaks up and have them going similar to in this tune. Maybe it’s an EQ thing?

Another thing to note about this track is that it features “the Specialist”. The Specialist was an alias used by Dillinja on some releases, but not until 96 – so it could be him, or some other random artist using the name “The Specialist”.


Ellis Dee – Nice Up Your Scene

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Dem 2 Ruff – Nice Tune

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Here’s a nice 94 jungle track w/ great ragga vocal bits and a nice slowjam melody. It’s actually been repressed so it shouldn’t be too hard to find on wax, even the original doesn’t seem to go for too much. The artists behind it are still around and still releasing DNB, so check their site for current tunes including a remix of this track.
Dem 2 Ruff Myspace



Dem 2 Ruff – Nice Tune

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Floor Filler – Forgotten

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Here’s a nice easy to find EP on Sound Entity. It’s got the classic “Basement Records” sound to it (which makes sense since it was engineered by Ron Wells), mixed with some early intelligent Lucky Spin sounding drums and melodies.


Floor Filler – Forgotten

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Unknown Artist (Zulu Records) – Hold Me

Friday, May 14th, 2010

To contrast the essential but very early track I posted by Leo Anibaldi yesterday, here’s a slick 94 jungle tune on a not-so-well known label. After years of digging for tunes, I’ve definitely grown to like labels like Zulu Records – labels that got in and got out with just a handful of releases to their name. Not just a single one-off, but also not 20+ releases where half of them are disposable.

On to the track itself: it features vocals as used in Cloud 9 “hold me in your arms” (though a smaller vocal sample than in that tune, where the 2nd vocal line resolves the melody of the first), and the Chuck’s Beats amen which is aka the Bizzy B amen, the Demons Theme Amen, or whatever else you want to call that wicked combo of “amen brother” and isaac hayes – “breakthrough” breakbeats. The main music is just 808 State “Pacific State” pitched way up… simple but effective.
If anyone happens to know who this tune is by, please leave a comment here.


Unknown Artist (Zulu Records 1) – Hold Me

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Action Man – Sleeping Lion

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

I’ve been on a bit of a break from ripping stuff since my record needles were trashed, finally got one new one today though. To make up for the absence, I’m going to post a couple of bits in semi-quick succession over the next couple of days. Starting it off, here’s a kind of hard-to-find ragga jungle bit, which was later released in remix form on Greensleeves. The remixes were on a couple of ragga jungle comps as well… I know I’ve got the Greensleeves press somewhere in my record shelves but can’t seem to find it right now, so here’s the original. The production is noticeably rougher than on the 95 remix EP, but I still dig this version the most – it has a melodic ragga sample saying “like jumping” (which hopefully Mr. Droid can ID), which is absent from the remix.
[DISCOGS]
Action Man – Sleeping Lion

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DJ FT – Stop Lick The Crack

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

When I think of classic ragga jungle labels, “Flying Fish” isn’t exactly one which pops to the front of the list. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a decent label with enough decent releases, but I’ve heard a number of them and none really blew me away. Here’s a tune though which has really grown on me. It’s very straightforward and repetitive, maybe more of a DJ tune than something you listen to beginning to end. But it’s absolutely wicked – heavy, well produced choppy beats with good ragga vocals and not much else.


DJ FT – Stop Lick The Crack

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Hyper-On Experience – “Consciousness” (unreleased)

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Someone was asking about this never-released Hyper-On / Bukem collab tune, so I decided to rip it today from the one set I believe it was featured in – an LTJ Bukem Yaman mix from 94 or so. Props to Hardscore for hosting the original mix. I’m pretty sure Bukem plays almost the entire track in this mix, all 8 minutes of it or so. Despite being a huge Hyper-On fan, I’m not as into this track as their earlier stuff. It’s a good tune and very “of the time” (that 94-96 Good Looking sound) but not as manic as their earlier releases. Still, it’s nice to hear some Hyper-on drum work alongside Good Looking melodies. I asked Bukem about this track a couple of years ago and he said it would eventually be released on another one of those “producers” comps of his old tunes, so maybe it will eventually come out… at the rate Good Looking releases new stuff, you can expect to see it hit stores right around the time the sun burns out :(
Hyper-On Experience & LTJ Bukem – Consciousness (set rip)

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