Tune Of The Day Archive
20 Dec 2010
Tune Of The Day: The Spice – Feel Free
Created by Tech Itch in 1995, using one of his many aliases, Feel Free by The Spice starts off with a lush intro with uplifting pads and warm vocals, but then switches at the drop into a fierce amen smasher. An early release on his label Tech Itch Recordings, this is the type of tune
16 Dec 2010
Tune Of The Day: Natural Forces – The Bassline Tune
This atmospheric jungle tune was made in 1995, by Subnation, famous for their darkside tune entitled ‘Scottie’, using a one-time alias called Natural Forces. It was released on a label called Spotlight Records, which was owned by Phil Wells, known for running Basement Records, who now runs Nu-Urban. The label produced a large amount
13 Dec 2010
Tune Of The Day: Original Substitute – Fall Down On Me
Essence Of Aura, although hardly overly prolific, made some of the finest jungle & hardcore tunes going in the 92-95 period. From the early dark outings on their own Outstanding Productions label to the lush tracks that appeared on the seminal Moving Shadow at a point when they were putting out a ridiculous amount of
08 Dec 2010
Tune Of The Day: Mafia The Blackhand – What Ever
This guy (or gyal) had something to do with Big Vern & The World Bass Records lot but that’s about all that I know on the matter apart from the fact that Mafia released a couple of white labels that were full of wicked amen jungle tracks. I’ve only ever seen a couple of copies
05 Dec 2010
Tune Of The Day: DJ Easy – Pitch Black
Excellent 1994 tune made by a one-time producer named DJ Easy, engineered by Mad Ragga Jon of Production House & Mad House fame and released on a label called Madboy Recordz, this being the only release on that label. The tune starts off with dark eerie pads, representative of the time. The amen is teased
22 Nov 2010
Tune Of The Day: Uncle 22 – Take You High
Uncle 22, a man most will know from “6 Million Ways”, here with some hectic hardcore on the De Underground affiliated Pure NRG label. These guys put out so many tunes in the early 90s on random releases that I think a lot of it has been all but forgotten which is a shame as