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Last of my Florida posts.. hope everyone had a good X-mas & Boxing Day! This Secret Squirrel (aka Julian Hellfish) tune is great, sort of a revamp of the Mu Venom/DDT EP, with much beefier layered breaks in a 93 style (crazy time streching/pitch shifting). It’s actually pretty simple like the original, a dutch sounding rave synth makes a brief appearance but mostly it’s the original vocal samples and those crazy timestretched breaks.. more than enough for me though!

Secret Squirrel – Coming on Dark

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Here’s a track to contrast “In Complete Darkness” which I posted a few days ago… not much in the way of big catchy melodies here, just great mad choppy breaks and sparse samples dropped on top. The scratching bit should sound familiar, as it’s the intro to Tango’s absolutely massive / essential / massively essential “Grand National” remix, which consists of someone scratching with the Hijack “Badman is Robbin” acapella.

Engineering duties on this track are by the great Julian Hellfish/Secret Squirrel/Undercover Elephant, who I’m still waiting on some interview answers from. I had actually forgotten I even owned this until I heard someone spin it recently… I think it was maybe DJ Foo? Whoever it was, thanks for the reminder, as this EP is back out in my “to play” crates now

The Beat Mash Crew – Favorite Cuts

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Here’s a wicked single by Julian Cobb (aka Hellfish, Minister So Sinister, Undercover Elephant, Zookeeper’s Revenge and a bunch of other aliases), released on the Bogwoppa label in 92. The title track samples the “Battlestar Galactica” theme, coupling it with a nasty amen which might be the The Chuck’s Beats / Slowjam amen… it’s hard to tell for certain since it’s low fi + crunched to hell, but it has the low end of that version of the break. Track B1 is suprisingly straightforward for Bogwoppa stuff, but an excellent track nonetheless. 2 other electro-influenced hardcore jams round out this EP.

The Minister-So-Sinister – Battlestar Hardcore

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The Minister-So-Sinister – Underground Terra Dome

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