It’s kind of crazy how many tunes Karl Francis aka Dillinja put out between 1993 and 1994… between his labels Cybotron, Deadly Vinyl, Logic Productions and Lionheart, Dillinja must have either been living in a studio or super quick and efficient and cranking these tracks out. You can kind of hear the latter in this…
Tag: dark
Thunderhead – Untitled (Lost In Time EP)
Serious nasty darkside here, with co-production by Skanna. This “Lost In Time” EP highlights the darker 93 sound which is all the rage these days, in addition to being one of the tougher to find plates of that era (though far from the rarest). For some reason, I think I remember hearing that Thunderhead was…
Total Vision EP
Apologies for the crackly rip of this one, my copy of this EP has seen better days… I’m posting it anyway though since it’s a Total TOON! Also it’s not exactly cheap / easy to find. No artist behind this EP that I know of, I think it was a favorite with Ratty, at least…
Silver Fox – Dread By Dawn EP
I think someone mentioned this EP in the comments of this site a few years back – it’s a really solid 4-tracker of darkside stuff, on a relatively small label (Three Scars only did one other EP, with DJ Pilgrim). While there’s nothing incredibly different going on here, all tracks have that nice combo of…
Sky Joose – Tales of Darkness
Here’s a crazy dark jungle track I meant to post yesterday… apparently quite pricey these days too (copy for 100 pounds on discogs right now). Sky Joose did some great records on ibiza related labels, Slam! and well as Jet Star… this is one of the two Jet Star EPs he did. Not too much…
Blog to the Oldskool Radio October 24th: Halloween Darkside Special
In honor of halloween, here’s the darkside set I did on my radio show last Wednesday. I was hoping to get a chance to rerecord this and get it really nice sounding for today, but I’ve been crazy busy as of late. Also, listening back it’s not that bad aside from overall level inconsistency and…
Jamma – Candyman
This is a track that ImaginaryForces has requested a few times on the blogtotheoldskool jungletrain radio show whenever I’d play Phrenetic “Candyman”. I still probably prefer the Phrenetic track (darker pads, etc) but I’ve warmed to this one quite a bit and it seems a bit rarer/more obscure. Plus, now I don’t have to hear…
Formula 7 – Voodoo
If you check this blog a lot, you’re probably aware how much I love tracks with lowfi choppy breakbeats layered up. This track by Formula 7 fits that description well – a resequenced kickback intro transitions into that beat combined with the terminator break, combined with simple sci-fi-esque pads and a repeating “I thought voodoo…
Tango And Dom – My Mind Is Going (Remix)
Serious tuneage here… sorry the rip doesn’t sound that good, it’s from the 2002 reissue of the original EP, which includes this rare remix which was only ever on dubplate. To be honest, the remix sounds a bit like it might have just been recorded off of plate, but the music still shines through regardless……
Goldseal Tribe – You Will Die
It’s tough to pick a favorite track on the Goldseal Tribe “Michelob” EP, but this is the one for me… at least for this week! Tracks on this EP run the gamut from super catchy slowjam ravey stuff, to this dark hardcore/jungle jam “You Will Die”, which is not too far off from the tunes…