These days, it feels like it’s getting rarer and rarer to find an early 90’s jungle or hardcore related record without any audio online or without a bunch of the “usual suspects” liking and posting about it. Here’s one EP which is a notable exception, made even more surprising by the fact that it was…
Tag: 1995
Poetiq Mindz – Good Loving
Here’s a nice one-off jungle EP that’s reasonably cheap and slept on. All four tracks are extra vibey uplifting stuff, no crazy amens in sight (which is probably why it hasn’t jumped up in price a lot), just lots of laid back think break, pianos and pads. No info at all on the artists unfortunately…if…
Ruff Stuff – Ear Drum / Kunfu
Been a while since I posted some rare tunes, so here’s something a little special – an (I think) unreleased dub I grabbed a while back and just posted on discogs and youtube. Both tunes are decent in my opinion, not top favorites but pretty good and with some nice elements for sure – solid…
Akustik Research – Original Silencer
Continuing with the serious tuneage posts, here’s a favorite on the Vinyl Addiction label. Vinyl Addiction is one of those jungle record labels with just a handful of releases, but where every single one is worth tracking down and where each fetches a pretty high price. Certainly not bargain bin tunes here. Of the two…
Motiv-8 – Don’t Need Your Love (Slammin’ Piano Mix)
Here’s a happy hardcore remix by Red Alert + Mike Slammer, a bit later than their more well known earlier Slammin’ Vinyl releases. By the time this was released, happy hardcore as a sound had become more established, and as such the track construction is bit less metal and more in-line with the other popular…
Kaos Theory – Sooth My Soul
Onto a wicked 95 one ripped by Tim Reaper (I’ve got it as well but never got around to digitizing mine). Even with jungle regaining popularity and prices of once-cheap EPs skyrocketing, this has remained quite a easy one to nab, making it a must-own for anyone serious about their 94-95 jams. Produced by a…
Sniper – Face
This is a nice tune I’ve kept off the blog since I figured I’d eventually chuck it in a mix… may still put it in my next (non jungletrain) mix, but figure it’s a nice one to share since it’s cheap, underplayed AND absolutely lovely. Spotlight was an awesome label (sublabel of Basement) which put…
DJ Massive – Final Conflict
I’ve posted plenty of stuff by DJ Massive before, both the DJ Massive C one (aka Alan from Elementz of Noize) and Roy Lasprilla. Not 100% sure which one did this. UPDATE: Roy Lasprilla has confirmed he did it. Either way, this is another quality EP under that name, this time in a 1995 ragga…
Ha Rei Ha – Jungle Melody (Jungle Mix)
I’ve been on a bit of a bhangra jungle kick lately, though more the concept than the implementation – a lot of the tracks I’ve heard so far are pretty lacking in the jungle execution. That Indian Posie tune by Lloydie Crucial is great though, and I like this one a fair bit (which I’ve…
Radioactive Kids – Forever
It’s been a few years since I posted a Radioactive Kids related tune, so here’s one that gets a bit overlooked in comparison to the other releases on the label. It’s a bit later on (95) and isn’t as dark or tearout as some of the other tunes I like on there, but it hits…