OK, even though I don’t post many new releases, time to catch up with some really worthy cool ones which I’ve seen as of late….
I should probably apologize to the guy who put this out about not posting this earlier, I actually got sent some of these with the OK to post a track or two prior to release date, but hit a super busy week at work with no time to post at all. Also, some iffyness regarding what tracks I could and couldn’t post up… It’s since been released though and is a really cool FREE comp including notable artists like Manix(!!!), Cartridge, Tim Reapah, Taype (who reads this blog and sent me some cool tracks a couple years back), Earl Gray and many more. Each track is labelled as a “tribute” to a certain year. While the years/styles are generally congruent, to my ears there’s a little bit of variability – some stuff in year X sounds more like X+1 or X-1 to me, but regardless of this the track quality is really high especially for a free net release. One of the 93 tracks I even forgot was a new tune, listened back to in my radio show and was stumped as to what record I had played.
Definitely check this out, and check the blog which released it Two Hungry Ghosts for all types of great posts on music (dnb and otherwise), art, etc.
Posts Tagged ‘new release’
Timeline (free 92-97 tribute comp)
Saturday, June 30th, 2012New Bay B Kane curated jungle comp “Junglist Manifesto” out now
Friday, March 2nd, 2012Mel Bay B Kane dropped me a line recently, regarding a compilation which he curated containing tunes based on his “have a break” sample CD on Whitehouse
If you haven’t read the interview I did with him a few years ago, definitely check it out here:
Bay B Kane Interview: Part 1 2 3
I took a quick listen and there’s some really nice tunes on here, including ones by my buddy Tommy FFF and another by the producer Phuture T. It definitely sounds like this was kept decidedly oldskool sounding, without may overt giveaways for updated production. Good for that, since the last thing I need to hear is a cheesy brostep remix of “hello darkness”…
There’s also a remix by Bay B Kane of a track by another artist on the label, which he’s giving away here:
Junglist Manifesto Single Download
The album is out now, available in all kinds of of digital stores… pick your poison below, or check your preferred site to see if they have it.
[Amazon]
[Beatport]
[Emusic]
[DigitalTunes]
[DjTunes]
[Itunes]
[JunoDownload]
[Trackitdown]
Coming Soon: Altern8 – Frequency Remixes EP
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
I got an email today pointing me to a new remix EP coming out for Altern8′s “Frequency”. I’ll admit, my first thought when hearing “brand new remixes of a classic rave track” is “do not want/nothx2u/kill it with fire/etc”. It’s just too easy for people to do quarter-ass remixes that take totally superficial samples/aspects of a track and staple them onto some existing trendy sound. That’s definitely not the case here though, most of these stay pretty true to the sound of the original… with the exception of AGT’s remix, which injects a bit of Squire of Gothos-esque k-wobble.
Rather than featuring trendier upstart producers with little connection with the track, you get three veteran producers who definitely know their way around some oldskool: Luke Vibert, DMX Krew and Killa Productions. You also get a remix by AGT Rave Crew who, while newer than the other producers, has been one of the primary pushers of oldskool rave at UK festivals like Glade for a while now. All in all, everybody involved seems to know their hardcore, and seems to have a vested interest in doing justice to the original.
MP3S (via junodownload)
Vibert’s remix takes the original melody but uses more restrained drums that switch to electro-bass and house in places, taming the Assembly Line break with a filter and making the whole thing more punchy and percussive. DMX’s Remix also keeps things pretty straight ahead- adding in Jungle Brother’s vocal samples and some melodic acid before going a bit mental later on, with some great portamento synth stuff. AGT’s remix is probably the “newest” sounding, maybe the roughest around the edges but it makes up for it throwing all sorts of changeups etc. Finally, the Killa Productions one sounds like the main “frequency” melody with an amen chucked into a blender – pretty crazy and noisy.
There’s also a limited edition color vinyl preorder, which includes mp3s of the release. All in all definitely one to look for, it doesn’t come out for another month and a half but you can pre-order /wishlist it now.
YELLOW VINYL PRE-ORDER (ltd 500)
