Here’s a tune I can’t imagine anyone taking issue with… maybe not known all that well by name, it was battered in seemingly ALL the mixtapes circa 93 by a decent cross-section of big DJs. Written by Simon Bassline Smith, the popularity of “Palamino” was probably down to how it stood out as a harbinger…
Tag: dark
Ned Ryder – Lift Off
Here’s a track I played during Wednesday’s jungletrain.net stream on vinyl. Someone also asked about it in the comments, so here it is! Yet another obscenely cheap great 94 tune, which I think goes for so little since it’s on a relatively large press label (Back 2 Basics) coupled with not being in many huge…
Intense – Time Space Continuum
Sorry for the lack of posts, I’ve been stuck with more audio ripping issues… digital clicks all over the place, both through a USB->audio preamp device (clicks whenever a reasonably loud signal goes through), and through a standard USB recording device (random digital clips). I *think* I’ve got it kicked now, using an old laptop…
DJ Dub Rush – Da Gathering
Here’s a quality 94 darkside jam I’ve been hoarding. Evil Dead 2 samples, some nicely panned think-work and eerie synths, everything you could want in a seriously dark jungle track – up there with the darkest creepiest stuff by Mega City 2, Love Dove Jay, etc. Dub Rush did a bunch of great singles on…
DJ Syko – Ruffage 2 The System
Here’s a frantic 94 track by DJ Syko of Syko & Mak / Parliament Records fame, on the Parliament sublabel Candidate Records. Nowhere near as sampleadelic as his earlier singles, this tune combines choppy amens + funky mule break (a great combo) with some shrill siren noises and standard 94 pads, plus that “ow!” hit…
DJ Infinity – Eternal
First post of the singles I nabbed on my UK trip, here’s a great little 94 EP from DJ Infinity aka Bill Vega, who more recently has done breaks tunes with Paul Smailes aka New Decade (pretty sure I posted a mix by them) and was otherwise involved with tracks on the out of romford…
Capone (Dillinja) – Black Wax EP
Just got this recently, a great early Dillinja single from 93 under his Capone alias. Quite a lot of Dillinja’s early productions were amen smashers, and while there’s some good amen tracks on this EP, this is a darker tune with breaks similar to the intro of Edge of Darkness “Hellraiser”. As with the label…
Nemisis – Self Induced Trance
Back to the mined obscurities, here’s a nice unassuming 92 EP of dark hardcore. “Self Induced Trance” doesn’t have crazy choppy beats, instead it follows the more standard formula of taking parts out, putting new parts in, etc. Main things which made it stick out for me were the 3 Phase – Der Klang Der…
Plasmic Life feat Alistar – Death Trip
On to some more serious dark stuff, here’s an early Tech Itch track from Brain Records… almost as dark and heavy as his later skullstep stuff. “Death Trip” includes some dialogue from a Steven Segal movie along with chopped amens and massive bass drops. Not too many elements, from the get-go Mark seemed to have…
The Man From Formation – Darken You With My Presence EP
Here’s an absolute gem of 93 darkside … as far as Formation stuff goes, this is one of my favorites, and the fact that it’s not super rare and all 4 tracks are strong makes it pretty much a buy-on-sight record. Gachet even had a mix where he played 3 of the 4 tracks within…