Oh my gosh, what an anthem… can’t believe I’ve held out this long before posting this one. The title says it all really – nasty darkside with absolutely massive sinister bass omnipresent in the track, and with occasional vocal snippets and break layers dropping in and out to keep things interesting. Aside from this EP,…
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FZ – Forbidden Zone
Here’s a cool EP I scored on a trip recently… I’ve been after this for a while, and one of the few advantages of being a total record nerd is that I can easily identify records like this simply by the label even when there’s no info on the record (why it probably managed to…
3 Sample – Streets of Rage
Someone asked me to post this recently when I posted another 3 sample track. I think I actually prefer “High On Life” to “Streets of Rage”, despite “Streets” being the better known and more in-demand track. Still, it’s a good tune which warrants posting. The other thing which made me want to post this was…
Nebula II – Flatliners
Here’s a well known favorite that I still play regularly in non-oldskool sets… in fact I just spun this out last Sunday at a club down the street. Nebula II were probably best known for this track and “Atheama”, and while “Atheama” is great, this is my favorite – massive low fi descending synth line,…
Rhythm ‘N’ Ryme – Luv Drug
I’ve been posting pretty frantic crazy tracks lately, so here’s a more melodic, simple and catchy track which is slightly reminiscent of “DJs Unite”. This track was written by MC Excel of the Asmo – Rushamuffin EP. Rhythm N Ryme – Luv Drug
Tim Taylor – Istanbul (Taktix Remix)
Here’s a top favorite of mine. You may have heard the B side of this (“The Way”), as it’s been remixed a few times and features the classic Top Buzz sample “Are you really ready for some bloodclat jungle techno??!!!” Great tune, but the Istanbul Remix wins for me by far. The original of “Istanbul”…
Cool Hand Flex – Lock Me Up
Here’s a great track by Cool Hand Flex, an artist who has got to be one of the most underrated from the pack of early 90’s hardcore/jungle producers. This is especially true given how prolific he was, both in writing his own tunes as well as engineering tunes on his label. This track in particular…
Death By Stereo
I’ve previously posted about DJ Dance’s other less-known EP, however the movie “The Lost Boys” was on cable Sunday night and reminded me of his biggest tune, “Death By Stereo”. This track is unfortunately hard to find in original press, but there was a bootleg a few years ago of decent quality which is occasionally…
We R 3 – Happiness
I just had a pretty rough night Saturday; finding this record on Sunday almost made up for it. “Happiness” is a dead-simple piano stormer, something which doesn’t share ANY of the characteristics which initially drew me to oldschool (those being the chopped and layered beats, crazy sample usage, etc). Instead, this track is just a…
DBL Productions – Happiness
Here’s one of my all-time favorite piano hardcore tunes, which I’ve been holding off posting so as to not run out of goodies early on. DBL Productions – Happiness “Happiness” samples the Sinammon – “Need You Now” acapella, used in Sonz of a Loop Da Loop “Far Out”, D’Cruze “Want You Now”, and, oh, about…