Here’s one for the ragga jungle fans who check this site… based on my google stats, that’s quite a number of you! It seems there’s still a pretty huge following for ragga jungle, tons of younger kids who aren’t particularly huge oldschool collectors in general but who just start throwing piles of money at records…
Tag: ragga jungle
Sayoko – Sukiyaki
Here’s an interesting 95 jungle EP I found which isn’t listed discogs or rolldabeats. It’s on the US label Radikal Records, which put out some US pressings of a number of great rave records (as well as some no-so-great ones). The main track on this EP is a reggae tune featuring a Japanese singer named…
DJ Spice – Brand New (Stressed Out Mix)
Another day, another “why the hell is this amazing single selling for 3 POUNDS?!!!” EP, this time by DJ Spice. Soapbar put out some amazing EPs (as the DJ Aka I posted a while back shows), and this one is no exception. Total 93 ragga jungle/hardcore business with plenty of choice vocal samples and solid…
The X Men – My Sound Rule EP
Here’s a great ragga jungle track from 1994. Hyper Records put out a few nice early records, including a couple by DJ Panik and the Freaky (together and separately) which I like a lot. Unlike a lot of labels which fizzled out earlier, Hyper Records kept going from 91 all the way up through 2000.…
Bass Boyz feat. Tippa Irie – Hyper Hyper
Here’s a nice totally overlooked 94 ragga jungle tune. A lot of similar records go for serious cash now, but this tune is bare cheap… It has nice percussion (the congos reminds me of “Helicopter Tune”), decent vocals (took me a while to understand what the hell “twist me up just like a robot” even…
The Funky Dread Squad
Here’s a nice single I picked up while in the UK recently – raging lowfi 93 ragga hardcore stuff. Pretty rough production for 93, but not to a complete fault, i.e. the beats still punch pretty hard. The Funky Dread Squad – Give Me