Archive for the ‘Bargain Jungle’ Category

Inspired by listening to both J- Rolla and Blick’s excellent All Peshay Mixes todays bargain jungle tune is Ruby – Salt Water Fish (Peshay Remix). Ruby was the collaboration of singer Lesley Rankine and Mark Walk. The duo, were originally from London, relocated to Seattle, Washington and concentrated on their trip hop / industrial styles resulting in two [...]

I’m a huge hip hop fan, and primarily East Coast, listening to Nas and Wu-Tang long before Jungle cast it’s spell on me. Despite coming from the South, Scarface (of Geto Boys fame) was as real as any East Coast rap, with his very deep and grainy voice, simple but effective rhymes; I Seen A [...]

Big remix here from Dillinja, as they all were back in 1995, this time Ninja Tune stalwart Funki Porcini gets the treatment, the tune being King Ashabanapal. The original is a fairly downtempo affair, Dillinja switches it as he does; with amens everywhere and huge sub bass, it is a fairly standard amen work out [...]

It took me a while to really appreciate Warp Drive remix after being so obsessed by the original for years, but this is the kind of tune you need to listen to extremely loud, or with headphones and let it just take you away. It is a fantastic remix, every aspect of the original has [...]

Like many big, and respected acts of the mid 90′s Jamiroquai dabbled in a bit of jungle, but it was not just a thoughtless remix, they actually collaborated with the once huge (and then outcasted) M-Beat. Jamiroquai were already well known for their laid back, acid jazz stylings and it seemed a logical progression (sorry!) [...]


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