Anybody into their hardcore knows Blame “Music Takes You” and Justice & Mercy “Sooth My Soul”. Before those two tunes though, Blame and Justice collaborated on this obscure hardcore bleeper on Chill Recordings. You can tell based on both these tracks that these guys were big into their hip hop back then (who wasn’t?). The…
Tag: 1991
QDT – The Cool Tip B1
Here’s a SERIOUS personal fav dark hardcore gem which is somewhat overlooked in my view. The EP this tune is featured on is a bit hard to find, as is the Rhythm Rebel EP I posted on this label a while back. luckily this tune was also featured on a cheap and easy to find…
Detromental – It’s Detromental
Here’s a serious early tune by Detromental, of X amount of Respect fame. Unlike that 92 EP, this one is from a year earlier and still much more in the bleep/techno vein (no big surprise that these guys were from Sheffield), rather than full on hardcore. Aside from the aforementioned bleeps-n-bass, these tracks seem to…
The Reel Master – Child’s Play
Here’s another track I probably should have posted around Halloween, but forgot. I don’t really feel like waiting a full year until next Halloween to post it, so, here goes. As the name indicates, “Child’s Play” is a classic 91 horror-themed breakbeat tune along the lines of tracks by The Psychopaths on Elicit or maybe…
Virtual Reality – Make Some Noise
I know 1991 stuff doesn’t seem to get as much of a response when I post it as 94-95 jungle does, but here’s a ravey 91 monster which is pretty undeniable in my opinion. “Make Some Noise” is on the 786 label (side label to Deja Vu, or was it the other way around?), and…
Bug Khan & The Plastic Jam – Beware of the Bassline
Here’s a 91 jam I discovered unplayed in a basement recently… almost hurts to put the needle down on a record in this good condition 🙂 Bug Khan and the Plastic Jam are best known for their track “Made in Two Minutes”, one of the most well known hardcore tunes this shy of, say, a…
The Witchdoctor – Drone
Here’s a tasty early hardcore track from the underrated Mutant Records label. Combining the KC and the Sunshine Gang “Let it Go” break (used most popularly in Zero B – Lock Up) with electro bleeps, this tune shows the stripped down earlier sound of hardcore, before bedroom producers started layering up a million mad breaks…
Underkut – Both Ends (DJ Fusion Remix)
It’s been quite a while since I posted a 1991 tune, I might need to make that up with a few posts of heavy early tracks. This one is a personal favorite which I finally tracked down as part of a 10″ doublepack reissue from 1994. The reissue contains the original 1991 EP on one…
Shaft – Techno Hallacaust EP
Here’s an early track by Shaft, aka Mark Pritchard of Global Communication and Adrian of The Anthill Mob… they’re better known for their “Ruhbarb and Custard EP” on FFRR, which was one of the better toytown tunes of 91/92. No childrens themes on this EP though, just some rough early hardcore!! Pretty skeletal in structure…
Derek C – Can’t Stop the Feeling
Here’s a nice 91 whitelabel I picked up for 50 cents in LA earlier this year… reissued later on this EP, “Can’t Stop the Feeling” uses the classic Mainline acapella by Jason Load Experience feat Ivonya, as used in loads of hardcore/jungle tracks (Omni Trio – Mainline, Lemon D – Feel It, 4 Hero –…