Here’s a personal favorite of mine from the Absolute 2 label… only for fans of weird, dark, strange oldskool. No catchy anthem business here! This EP is far removed from the other Wiz EP on Detroit House, so much so it almost makes me wonder whether it’s by the same artist (Mike James). But James…
Tag: dark
Override – Critical Phase
Last month Tim Reaper posted a Digital tune from Octopus Records here, and Droid (from weareie.com and sometimes writer here) pointed out how good the Override EPs are on that label. I’ve been meaning to post one of those and finally got around to it – definitely a personal favorite EP of mine for dark…
The Reel Master – Child’s Play
Here’s another track I probably should have posted around Halloween, but forgot. I don’t really feel like waiting a full year until next Halloween to post it, so, here goes. As the name indicates, “Child’s Play” is a classic 91 horror-themed breakbeat tune along the lines of tracks by The Psychopaths on Elicit or maybe…
Mr Mix & Terroreyes – Darkness
With the renewed interest in darkside lately, here’s a longtime favorite I don’t hear spun or talked about much… Mr Mix + Terroreyes (no idea about the people behind those alises) did three great singles: two on Face2Face (presumably their label) and one on Dove (whose other releases were similarly dark 93-94 type tunes). Both…
Watika – Dark Mix 2
Here’s a really obscure 95 jungle EP.. Despite the record name it’s basically a Ragga jungle Record, though the music tends more towards dark stuff. Beat production isn’t amazing but definitely good enough, an interesting one to check for sure. Watika – Dark Mix 2
Abreaction – The Mind
Something a bit different here… I remember this tune being listed on some website a few years ago as “experimental hardcore.. for the deeper heads!” or something to that extent. Listening to the tune then I thought “I don’t get it, these beats are pretty straightforward/not that choppy? sounds pretty normal to me”. I guess…
Sound Corp – Regen-Time (Mix 2)
Here’s a gem I found in my collection while pulling tracks for yesterday’s radio show… Most people probably know Sound Corp for their dark anthem “Dream Finder”, probably not as much for this tune (or if so, possibly for a different mix of it – there’s at least 2 others). This mix of Regen-Time is…
Dev/Null – I Can’t Believe How Dark It Is (Fright Night Radio set March 21st 2013)
Here’s my set from the Fright Night radio show a few weeks ago. It took a while to post since I wanted to either rerecord it or at least cut out a few dodgey parts (record skips etc less than stellar transitions). I ended up doing the latter, so this is the exact set from…
DJ Senator & The Bagman – Tranqued
Here’s an interesting EP which took me a while to get fully into – it sounded promising when I heard it years ago, but when I finally got around to buying a copy, none of the tracks really resonated much and it kind of sat in the back of my collection. I just found it…
Black Widow – The Stalk
Here’s a weird EP I don’t see mentioned much… it’s on the New York label “Death Records” which otherwise focused on 4/4 hardcore and techno stuff (ala Industrial Strength). In fact, this EP is probably more “breakbeat techno” than it is breakbeat hardcore style – there’s breakbeats in it but the structure is much more…