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TOTD: Rob Andrews ‘Length & Strength’

X-Nation — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:33:06 +0000

Here’s a gem for all you ragga junglists out there, whilst not necessarily as in your face as most amen driven ragga jungle tunes, its super heavy sub, rolling beats and an arrangement which consistently builds up throughout the tune, all add up to a sure fire winning track.

Released on Fokus Studio Productions which was a sub label of Fokus Recordings, the tune’s quality no doubt benefits from having been engineered by Little Matt aka Optical who was I believe the in house engineer for Fokus Recordings at some stage.
Rob Andrews himself doesn’t appear to have had many other releases, just another on the same label which we may feature next time.

This tune first came to my attention after being played by Mickey Finn at AWOL in 1994 and it was a little while before I happily found out it’s name and producer. Hopefully some of you will recognise it from the same place. Enjoy!

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X Nation is a Jungle and DnB producer/DJ dedicated to the music since the early 90's.... His style is heavily jungle and oldschool influenced, rough and uncompromising, and this is apparent in both his DJ sets and his production work. His authentic sound has seen him release with labels including Inneractive, 117 records, DSCI4, Scientific Wax, Originate, Jungle Alliance, Repertoire, Kingdom Records and Renegade Weed amongst others

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DJ Crystl – The Dark Crystl (Unreleased mix)

X-Nation — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 02:58:12 +0000

This version of The Dark Crystl by DJ Crystl never made it past dubplate, huge shame in my opinion! One of my favourite DJ Crystl tunes and certainly has his signature dark and futuristic sound to it. The twisted hoover/mentasm breakdown in particular is really sinister sounding. Great stuff.

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X Nation Oldschool Set – Carbon 6th Birthday

X-Nation — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:24:42 +0000

Recorded live at Carbon’s 6th Birthday event at the Concorde 2 on the 20.3.2010 Brighton

X Nation aka Stimpy with a set of classics alongside some more obscure bits from 93/94.

Carbon 6th Birthday 20.3.2010 – X Nation oldschool jungle by X Nation

Wots My Code – Dubplate (Simply Rolling remix) – Advance
Pascal & Sponge – I Got You (Ezee Boy) Face Records
Tango – Project 1 remix – Formation Records
LTJ Bukem – Atlantis (I Need You) – Good Looking
Foul Play – Being With You – Moving Shadow
4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Drowning In Her – Tone Def
Bounty Killaz – Approach & Identify – Creative Wax
Origin Unknown – Valley of the Shadows (Long Dark remix) – Ram
Omni Trio – Renegade Snares (Foul Play vip mix) – Moving Shadow
Dr S Gachet – Remember the Roller (Roller Coster mix) – Audio Maze
Higher Sense – Cold Fresh Air – Moving Shadow
Timmi Magic – Passing Me By – Decibel
Rob Andrews – Length & Strength – Fokus Studio Productions
Dead Dread – Dred Bass – Moving Shadow
Blipton Factor Wreckords 004

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