{"id":6274,"date":"2014-02-26T09:22:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T16:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/?p=6274"},"modified":"2014-02-26T09:22:07","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T16:22:07","slug":"digital-konfusion-kill-dem-dead-steaks-ill-matic-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/?p=6274","title":{"rendered":"Digital Konfusion – Kill Dem Dead (Steaks Ill-Matic Mix)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent thread on B2VOS got me thinking about US produced tracks again – here’s one I like a lot, which is much better produced than the last EP I posted<\/a>. This one is by a crew out of New York called Digital Konfusion, who I think primarily consisted of I-Cue and Peppersteak. I-Cue was a heavy hitter in New York at the time, and still DJ’s to this day. His crew + Liquid Sky \/ Jungle Sky seemed to heavily focus on the intersection of jungle, trip hop and hiphop, a quite popular combination at the time which helped a lot of US kids get into and “understand” jungle. There’s none of that in this particular mix though, just mashed amen badness through and through.<\/p>\n

No date on the release, but it sounds 94-96 era? “Kill Dem Dead” is a nice amen tune featuring classic Cutty Ranks vocals, pitch shifted \/ time stretched breaks, frantic scratching etc. The breakwork is definitely well sequenced but it gets a little bit repetitive later on in the track, and the record isn’t pressed quite as loud as similar UK records. Otherwise, it’s a a wicked tune in my opinion… watch for the bonus vocal sillyness at the end \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Not much info on this label, other than they did a similar jungle remix EP for Makeda’s dancehall resinging of Mary J Blige’s “Real Love”. Definitely a nice cheap EP for fans of 94-95 amen obscurities.
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A recent thread on B2VOS got me thinking about US produced tracks again – here’s one I like a lot, which is much better produced than the last EP I posted. This one is by a crew out of New York called Digital Konfusion, who I think primarily consisted of I-Cue and Peppersteak. I-Cue was… <\/p>\n

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