Bay B Kane, real name Mel Jalal Tanur, quickly solidified with his place in the burgeoning hardcore scene in 1992. One most well known early tracks was the Simon & Garfunkel sampling “Hello Darkness“, released on his own label “Ruff Guidance“.

He perhaps hit his peak around 1994; a year when jungle was crowned king of the UK underground. He became known for his intense, dark and atmospheric tracks; often utilising the amen break alongside sharp bass stabs, and utilising samples from sources that other producers may have overlooked.

1994 was also the year when he created arguably his most well known work; the sub destroying slice of ‘intelligent’ drum and bass known as ‘Thunder‘ (under the alias “The Rood Project“). Despite being released on an established label such as White House, even today it’s popularity endures making it a tough one to track down for a fair price.

Today’s “tune of the day” track however flew under the radar a little for me personally – White House release 33, “Let Me Go / Unfolding Perspective“.

I first caught wind of this release around 10 years ago when I heard a friend spin “Let Me Go“. I was instantly hooked on the sample and amen combo – a sample I later found out was from the Gloria Estefan track “Can’t Stay Away From You“. If you know the Estefan track, but not “Let Me Go”, you might wonder how he managed to flip that sample to make a dark jungle track. Just listen, it works magnificently.

Eventually I tracked the tune down, at which point I discovered the B-side named “Unfolding Perspective”.

Unfolding Perspective is a little similar to Thunder in places. Both tracks have that atmospheric, dark and sombre vibe, and they both start with a similar sounding bleep riff on the intro. Unfolding Perspective however, probably goes to even deeper places.

Kane’s signature amen break is soon let loose among a foreground of pounding bass hits and ominous choir chords; until a masterful second breakdown occurs.

The breakdown samples a haunting vocal by Diana Ross, taken from the intro of her 1973 collaboration with Marvin Gaye entitled ‘You Are Everything‘. Once again, as he did for “Hello Darkness” and “Let Me Go”, Bay B Kane lifts a sample from an unlikely source and uses it to create a completely different atmosphere. The result is quite mesmerising.

Bay B Kane had a knack for writing deep and atmospheric drum and bass (without ever quite entering Good Looking territory), yet still maintaining the rugged, rough and ready sound that made jungle so popular in the first place.

Beyond 1995, with jungle being the past and two step D&B being the order of the day for the rest of the decade, Bay B Kane decided to call it a day. However he has had something of a comeback in recent years, making records in the style he is known and loved for. Check him at at soundcloud.com/bay-b-kane

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Volume 6 however goes back a bit further, this time the mix heads into darker, post-hardcore territory. Starting from 1993 we have early works from established producers such as Dillinja (under his Capone alias), Lemon D, Photek (as Origination and Code Of Practice), Fenturion (Adam F) and Dexxtrous (J Majik). Without meaning to, looking back at the tracklisting there is a lot of really well known producers here, under some very earlier pseudonymous. A personal favourite of mine is the Bay B Kane cut “Unfolding Perspective” which gets darker than night during the Diana Ross sampling breakdown.

Expect lots of resampled string sections and synths, muddy mixdowns, amens, sub bass and movie sample quotes.

Half of the selection would also be eligible for inclusion under our Bargain Jungle series, with several tracks like “Treat Me Right“, “Age Of Aquarius” and “Back To The Future Pt 2” all available for well under a fiver on Discogs.

Tracklist

01. Sleepwalker – Age Of Aquarius (No Surrender, No Retreat) (L.D. Remix) – Hardtimes Recordings
02. N.W.1. Treat Me Right – Camden Tunes
03. Code Of Practice – Can We Change The Future (Dubplate Mix) – Certificate 18
04. Capone – Side B-2 (Black Wax EP) – Target Recordings
05. Fenturion – Mothership – Force Ten Records
06. DJ Crystl – The Dark Crystl – Force Ten Records
07. After Dark – Reincarnation – Moving Shadow
08. Origination – Signal To Noise – Rudeboy Recordings
09. 4 Horsemen Of The Apocalypse – We Are The Future (Darren J Remix) – Tone Def
10. Dexxtrous – Aquarius – Infrared
11. Bay B Kane – Unfolding Perspective – Whitehouse Records
12. DJ SDR & Subsonic – Back To The Future Pt 2 – Shoebox Recordings
13. Atlas – Drifting Thru The Galaxy – Deejay
14. Dexxtrous & Sudden Def – My World – Infared
15. Internal Affairs – In My Soul – Reinforced

You can check out the rest of the deep jungle series to download at: https://soundcloud.com/drumtrip/sets/deep-jungle-series

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Thunder could be considered to be one of the first “Intelligent” drum and bass tracks. At the time the tune was released in 1994 the “Intelligent” drum and bass sound was in its infancy with Bukem just starting to break through. Nearly 10 minutes long the track starts with lush strings and female vox and builds before dropping  into a huge amen and heavy bass (note the sub-bass warning that came on the vinyl label to the right!) at around the 3.50 mark which continues for most of the track before fading back out again into the lush strings and female vox.

The vinyl release came with a remix of the original on the flip by Peshay titled “Peshay’s Ariel Assault Mix” which is a great take on the original. Unfortunately it is quite pricey to buy currently on Discogs (£35) but you can get the original unmixed on the The Best of Jungle Volume 2 CD compilation for £2.54!

A very underrated tune in my opinion but an utter classic and still sounds fresh today.

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This is a mix I did yesterday – March 18th. Deep darkside jungle. Every track played is the original vinyl or dubplate, except for the track marked * – which was given to me by the producer as a .wav. I don’t cut dubplates anymore so I played it off CDJ. Mixed on three Technics 1200s, a Pioneer CDJ-800 and a Rane Empath mixer.

Intense – Journey to the Unknown – Rugged Vinyl
Imposter & Lewi – The Shining – II Strong
DJ Ruffkut – Dub White – No U Turn
DJ D-Lux – Iron Plate – Brain Progression
DJ Ruffkut – Dangerous – No U Turn
Commando Alan Jamming Nam & Lieutenant A. J. Cracker – Bat 21 – Untold
Digital Pressure – Strictly Drug-Related – Juice Box
The Man With No Name – Painted Man – Hard Disk
Spinback & Windmill – Divine Inspiration – Legend
Wriggler Bascombe – Final Battle – One Nation
DJ D-Lux – Annihilation – Brain Progression
DJ Mayhem – Let Me Tell You Something – Face
Remarc – Mayhem – Dollar
Jim Polo & Neil Vass – Underground Feeling – Dark Horse
Wax Doctor & Jack Smooth – Unfriendly – Basement
Steve C & Monita – Smart Kid – Skeleton
Whitehouse Crew – Where the Sun Don’t Shine – Subliminal
Tango – Future Followers VIP – dubplate
Dillinja – Majestic B-Line EP – track A1 – Deadly Vinyl
Bay B Kane – Wickedest Man *
Area 39 – Clint – Vision
Intense – The Genesis Project – Rugged Vinyl

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My point is, our James knows a bit about Jungle so you best listen to this superb mix entitled The Darker Mix.
Cramming 31 tunes in 80 minutes it pretty much shows you the best that Darkcore had to offer.

01: t. power & the sandman – oedipus complex (bonus beats) [soapbar]
02: s.m.f. – aardvark [rugged vinyl]
03: hannibal lector – suicide [asylum]
04: doctor g – the beeline [g-spot]
05: bizzy b – brainstorm [brain]
06: kev bird & the wax doctor – airspace [basement]
07: reel II reel – private & confidential (B1) [reel 2 reel]
08: megadrive – mega 1 (B) [f project]
09: dj spice – brand new (stressed out mix) [soapbar]
10: nick power & dj ku – mus’ get dark [ruff tuff & wicked stuff]
11: structural damage – really livin [symphony sounds]
12: tom & jerry – we can be free [tom & jerry]
13: a guy called gerald – darker than I should be [juice box]
14: specky ranx & navigator – wild & free [x amount]
15: cool hand flex – your risk [de underground]
16: foul-play – feel the vibe [oblivion]
17: nebula II – peace maker [reinforced]
18: johnny jungle – I like to cry [face]
19: bad influence – such a feeling [bad influnce]
20: the good, 2 bad & hugly – know how to rock [ruff kut!]
21: the impact crew – feels good [u no dat]
22: sublove – drum + bass programme [earth]
23: metal heads – knowledge [synthetic hardcore phonography]
24: bay-b-kane – hello darkness [ruff guidance]
25: s.l.m. – the horror [tone def]
26: the good, 2 bad & hugly – got to release [ruff kut!]
27: dj clarkee – have a good time [red zone]
28: biology productions – stop cry [biology]
29: sound corp – security overload [tone def]
30: body snatch – esoterics (dark mix) [big city]
31: acen – obsessed [production house]

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