Forget Marvellous Cain’s original, this is the one.
Using a similar intro to the original, the Back 2 Basics boys rip a new hole in it and take the original sound system sample and pitch it down to cool effect then drop in the inevitable amen tearout.

A much remixed tune, the DJ Hype version was always popular too, with his trademark octave-bouncing basslines and pitched down drums that he pulled off to awesome effect at the time.

Although I’m assuming that most people know this the reggae sample is from what must be one of the most sampled tunes in jungle history, Cutty Ranks – Limb by Limb. As a side note, the SS mix of this tune released on Suburban Base was actually a remix of the Marvellous Cain track but had to be released with Cutty Ranks’ name on it for sample purposes after Greensleeves (or whoever owned the tune) got in touch.

“G-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-get mash up!”

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Massive amen tune from Sedzy on L-Double’s Flex Records. This was tucked away on the b-side of All My Love but was the way stronger tune on the releases in my opinion. I’ve opened with this one a couple of times when playing out and it always got the place jumping instantly.

Flex put out some serious tunes back in the mid 90s. For me the label became a bit hit & miss once D&B was in full force but I was a huge fan of most of the bits that came out pre-97. I expect I’ll stick a few more up on Drum Trip in the future. Luckily most of these releases, although highly regarded by many, are pretty cheap to pick up. No excuses now, eh?

Get on Discogs where you can nab it from just £1.50 (at the time of writing).

The intro sample, “You have to control the sound tonight”, is sampled from the 1981 film Babylon which also contains many, many other snippets nicked for jungle tunes, including one ultra-famous one. Even though it looks a little dated now it’s actually well worth a watch. It’s also great if you’re a South Londoner, like me, as lots of it is set around the streets of Brixton (in fact a few metres from my front door!) just around the time of the riots.

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My mate Jedi knocked up this little jungle mix recently that  many of you may well enjoy. A few stone cold classics as well as plenty of lesser known gems in here. It’s nice to see some of the hard mixed with some slightly smoother tracks, rare to see that nowadays as people just go for the total tearout tracks on jungle mixes.

Jedi has done a load of great mixes across the jungle and hardcore genres and a vast array of them are available to download on his site. He’s a regular at Raindance and various other old skool events around town and well worth checking out if you get the chance

01 Da Intalex – What ya Gonna Do
02 4 Horseman of the Apocolypse – Drowning In Her (Remix)
03 DJ Crystl – Sweet Dreamz
04 DJ devine& Essence – Ease Up
05 DJ Pugwash – N.A.S.A
06 Ginetix – All Torn Up
07 Droppin’ Science – Volume 1 Remix
08 Prisoner – Mr. Fix It
09 Northern Connexion – Rethink
10 Wild Orkid – The Magic in You
11 DJ Kane – Slave the 2nd Visit (Remix)
12 Spinback & Q Project – Riker’s Island
13 Ghostrider & Special K – The Conflict
14 DJ Dub Rush – Limited Time

DJ Jedi Jungle Mix March 2013 by Dj Jedi on Mixcloud

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Hold on to your sub, this one’s about to ruin your speakers. Simple rolling beats leading up to one of the most mental wobbly basslines I’ve ever heard.

Released on Juice Records back in ’95 this was one of many wicked tunes that those boys cranked out around that time. Juice, Splash and Undercover Agent never really seem to get the respect that they deserve – so many great tracks!

I have a vague memory this tunes being in some Hollywood film, perhaps something with Samuel L Jackson? Very strange to be watching a movie to suddenly hear a fairly underground jungle tune blasting out of the screen. Anyone remember this or am I making things up?

We’ll play a circle of dubplates, not one style in particular but a circle

Check out the full release details here, as well as the remix backed with the rolling ‘What Does It All Mean’ 

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All together now… “You had it, you had it oh boy”

From a time where tunes really were anthems, when tunes caused an entire venue to rush their gurning faces off. And not many did it better than this track.

Bass Selective were a collective of four, one of which was T-Power, who put out a couple of well received EP’s in 1992/93 on SOUR recordings sub label DJ Only Records. And Blow Out Pt.II was no doubt their biggest track.

The EP was released towards the end of 1992, a time when the scene was starting to split a little, with the happier vibes going one way and the dark, uniformed sound pushing towards jungle / jungle techno. This one is maybe the last great example of that classic hardcore sound before the two styles went their separate ways.

Of course at the forefront of the track is the piano riff right from the off which is no doubt one of the greatest piano melodies to come out of hardcore, and there are some worthy challengers. Combine that with some ruff breaks and the standard rushy vocal  from Elizabeth Troy (an ever present in the UK dance scene) and you have yourself a classic.

Something that has struck me about this tune in recent times is how it conjures up memories for the people who were lucky enough to be raving around the time of its release. You only have to take to Discogs and YouTube to see people reminiscing and remembering the exact moment they heard this track. As I weren’t there it would be stupid for me to explain it, so I’ll let the people who were there do it instead….

A few quotes from YouTube / Discogs….

JimmyV2009 (top comment on YouTube)
hands in the fckin air!!!

arsenalgnr
Oiiiii Oiiiiii… Whistles, Horns, White Gloves, Camden Palace back in the day.. MooooooooooonDance!!!!

MrBotty1975
OMG!!!!!! *PICKING HIMSELF UP OFF THE FLOOR FROM SERIOUS CLASS A MEMORY*

andybale1976
A tune that defines the Slammin Vinyl and World Dance raves in my opinion. You cant help but get goosebumps every time you hear the piano solo at the start and the classic ‘You had it oh boy’ lyrics.

brainbreezer
1992 i start the breakbeat round with blow out pt.2. When the people heard the first piano note, all in the club scream!!!

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Guest post by friend of Drumtrip @5nakey who gets all bleary-eyed writing about his love for Danny Breaks – Droppin’ Science Vol 1. (extra props for dreaming up the phrase ‘michelin starred musical cake’)

In 1994 jungle music was alive with ideas. Before the split the happy hardcore was totally complete there was still cross pollination between the two sounds as evidenced in this wonderful tune by Danny Breaks. The juxtaposition between euphoric, hands in the air samples and rough steppy amen breaks makes this tune one of the absolute musical highlights of 1994.

Breaks had previously risen to prominence releasing a string of instant hardcore anthems under alias Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era, most notably rave classic Far Out. (other huge efforts include the amazing Bust That Groove, Freedomism both personal favourites of mine)

Anyway back to the tune of the moment – Danny had just started his own label and what a tune to drop for the first release, a real statement of intent from what was to become a production line of jungle greatness. The instantly recognisable bell sample on the intro, the slow slow build as first the high hats and then vocals drift into the mix in what can only be described as ethereal fashion, and the BAM! probably my favourite amen of all time.
The drums in this tune do things to me that no other piece of music does – as funky as they are militant, as rolling as they are choppy, they are to me all that is exciting about jungle music.
The progression through the second and third breakdowns are just icing on what is already a michelin starred musical cake.

I could waffle for pages about how amazing i think this record is but the truth is – the music say it all. Danny Breaks if you reading – Thank you, the world is a better place for having this tune in it.

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Today’s tune is possibly my favourite track on Hype’s Ganja Records alongside the Wu-Tang sampling ‘Tiger Style‘.

Very simple and quite minimal in comparison to some of Hype’s work around this time, the track’s focal point comes from a sampled vocal taken from the Junior Byles‘ roots reggae track of the same name.

Add into the mix an eerie atmosphere, a cut up ‘Think‘ break and huge sub bass line that bubbles beneath whilst threatening to consume the whole track. The obligatory amen break of the time livens things up a few minutes in.

Sampling was still very much the way to produce at this point in the jungle and drum & bass scene and Hype was no exception. You can clearly hear the influence that 80s and early 90s hip hop had on his production as he almost carelessly laid cuts, loops and samples over each other.
As such his tunes have that ruggedness / roughness about them, similar to the East Coast hip hop productions from producers like the RZA and The Beatminaz.

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DJ Soul Slinger has been a pioneer of electronic music in the US for several years. As the founder and creative head of Liquid Sky Music and Liquid Sky D-Sign, he has been responsible for some of the most forward-thinking music and clothing to emerge from the New York City underground.
He started releasing jungle in 1994 and the focus of this post is the T-Power remix of his second release titled the Abducted EP.

Released in 1995 on Jungle Sky Records (a subsidiary of Liquid Sky Records) featuring a great bass line, piano samples and chopped up vocals courtesy of MC Det it is in my opinion one of T Powers best remixes.

You can purchase the vinyl from £2.50 on discogs worth it just for this remix. This remix can also be found on quite a few compilations from around the time and was also on T Powers – Self Evident Truth Of An Intuitive Mind Chronology CD.

Ruffin up the ride.

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