Jungle in 1995 was a complex beast, it demanded you to stick your head down, soak up the bassline and occasionally flick your lighter. This certainly wasn’t the era of smiley faces and putting your hands in the air, although strangely enough, it was one of the most united and atmospheric.

Before anyone could demand a third or fourth reload on Leviticus’ ‘Burial’ a flood of hard stepping rough came flooding in from the likes of DJ Rap, Dillinja and Krome & Time.

By 1996 producers creativity was at an all time high and the sound as we knew it was due for a massive upheaval, mainly driven by the likes of Shy FX, Congo Natty, Aphrodite and DJ Red.

This was the unmistaken sound of jump up drum & bass, a sound that took elements from the past, combined with a slightly increased bmp, rubberised basslines and hip hop samples. It was also the rebirth of the ‘feel good factor’ and although many junglists took an instant dislike to certain producers efforts it really did take over the scene for sometime.

Rather than opting for the obvious classics of the era, the Drum & Bass Arena forum have delved deep into their record collection and pulled out a collection of diverse tracks that portray the time period in a totally different light altogether.

Come with it

Tracklist

JamieS23
London’s Most Wanted – Bear Witness (Mix 2) [Chronic]
Tonic – Hip To The Hoppa [Dee Jay]
Special K & Ruff Cut – Kill Or Be Killed [Lowkey]
Maldini – Kosmo [Phat Trax]
Tekniq – Hold it Now (Tekniq Remix) [Formation]

Tim-Reaper
Roni Size – Fashion [V]
Alex Reece – Basic Principles [Metalheadz]
Current Affairs – Turbulence (Just Jungle Remix) [Moving Shadow]
Northern Connexion – Re-Think [Back 2 Basics]
DJ Trace & Ed Rush – Untitled [Dub]

Dubplate-Derek
Concept 2 – Soon Come [Liftin’ Spirit]
Ed Rush – What’s Up [No U-Turn]
Joint Venture – Don’t Ever Stop [Liftin’ Spirit]
DJ Die – Play It For Me [V]
The X – New Dawn (ST Files Remix) [Jump Up]

Postman Pat
Swabe – Uno Dos Tres [Dope Dragon]
Jeru vs Dillinja – Me Or The Papes [White]
Lemon D – This Is L.A. [Metalheadz]
Mask – One People [Dope Dragon]
Bill Riley – In At The Deep End [Protocol]

SmokeyMcPot
Nemeton – Transamazonia (LTJ Bukem Remix) [One Little Indian]
Earl Grey – The Lick [Rugged Vinyl]
Dead Calm – Urban Style [Moving Shadow]
PFM – Wash Over Me [Good Looking]
Cloud 9 – Snow [Moving Shadow]

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I decided to have a look through my record collection and pick out a few tunes that I really appreciated the drum patterns on. I tried to stay away from the straight amens, but it’s jungle, so sometimes you just can’t avoid it.

Not surprisingly, Source Direct make an appearance as well as PFM, Doc Scott and Red One.

I included a much more recent track by Earl Grey called Winter Symptoms, it’s available for free download and goes to show that people are still making (what I would consider to be) jungle music, even in 2014. On that note, I’m currently putting together a contemporary jungle mix, of recent tracks with a similar “days of jungle past” vibe.

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Saint Etienne – The Sea ( PFM Remix )
Red One – The Futurist
Desires – Aquasky
Cloud 9 – Gun Star Hero
Engineers Without Fears – Spiritual Aura
Doc Scott – Last Action Hero
Boogie Times Tribe – Dark Stranger (Origin Unknown Mix)
Deep Blue – The helicopter song
Tom & Jerry – Air Freshener
Liftin Spirits – Will I dream?
Lix – Hardware
Source Direct – Forbidden Medicine
Earl grey – Winter Symptoms

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Finding a few hours spare one Sunday recently I gave it a go and the mix below is the result. The mixing a bit off in parts as I (sadly) rarely play this sort of music any more but the tunes are all great.

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1. Pascal & Sponge – Nosebleed -(Left Nostril) [Face]
2. From The Man Like The Pennywise – Suspension Of Disbelief [Symphony Sound]
3. Tango & Fallout – Violator Part 1
4. DJ Terror Eyes & Mister Mix – The Ritual [Face 2 Face]
5. The Reece Project – Spirit Come Down [Liquid Wax]
6. Formula 7 – War Cries [Quayside]
7. Pascal & Sponge – Raw Basics [Face]
8. DJ Taktix – Fatal Attraxion [Back 2 Basics]
9. Fast Floor – Sweat Shop [Smooth Recordings]
10. Harmony & Xtreme – NRG Rush [Lucky Spin]
11. Essence Of Aura – Intruder [Outstanding Productions]
12. First Prodject – Det-strumental [ULR One]
13. Roni Size – The efresher [Vinyl Experience/V Recordings]
14. DJ Crystl – Inna Year 3000 [Force Ten]
15. Harmony & Xtreme – SL001
16. DJ Pooch – Untitled [Pure White/Lucky Spin]
17. Cool Hand Flex – Shackout [U No Dat]
18. Vicious Crew – Alright [Stomp Records]
19. Goldseal Tribe – Your Love Pt 2 [Goldseal]
20. JMJ & Richie – Case Closed [Moving Shadow]
21. Bounty Killaz – Silent Voices [Creative Wax]
22. Tayla – Bang The Drums [Good Looking]

Stream online via Mixcloud

See the original post on my blog

http://mrhaste.com/2013/09/haste-hardcore-mix-part-5/

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A double A-side here from Nookie and the not quite so well known Drakey on short lived label Symphony Sound.
I can’t claim to know a huge amount about the label Symphony Sound, but perhaps the biggest tune they put out was the Stephen King’s ‘IT‘ sampling ‘Pennywise‘ by Neuromancer (which was by Drakey I believe). But without doubt my favourite release on Symphony is Suspension Of Disbelief / Mystery.

We’ll start with the A side, Suspension Of Disbelief. This one just feels huge. Reminiscent of of the work of The Invisible Man at the same time, it bridges the gap nicely between the ethereal hardcore sound and darkcore. It’s starts off with the sounds of waves crashing and seagulls squawking before the drums and an orchestral horns come in to warm up. The track just builds and builds from there and really lets loose when the inevitable amen break joins the party. A mellower, less intense mid section arrives before the track builds up again into a crescendo.

The AA side was the one that first caught my ear on this vinyl. It’s a even more otherworldly but perhaps not as intense as Suspension, but just as good. The main sample was taken from the 1990 supernatural thriller ‘Flatliners‘ and once again this one builds up and up with tough beats, the obligatory amen, female vocals and 4-4 kicks driving the track along. Half way through things get bit dark with a halftime / pitched down amen slowing things down before the track rolls out.

Both tracks are similar and both are very atmospheric. 1993 was the year for  this sound, and it might just be my favourite year for the scene. Producers like Crystl, Invisible Man, Nookie, Gwange, Q-Project, Skanna and labels like Deejay, Lucky Spin, Legend and plenty of others were pushing this blissed out, spacey hardcore vibe. Shame it didn’t last too long as hardcore turned into either all out ragga jungle / hardstep, or down the more Good Looking style route of atmospheric drum and bass.

For more tunes on that ethereal hardcore tip, check out my mix for Two Hungry Ghosts blog

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He launched his own shop and label called Daddy Armshouse in Hitchin, Herts (next town over from where I’m at) and the record shop remained under the names Tygerstyle and Unknown Zone up until the mid 2000’s.

Nookie continued through the late 90’s releasing his own brand of deep drum and bass for Good Looking records before launching his own imprint Phuzion – You can now get mp3 copies of all his classics through Phuzion recordings.

On a complete whim yesterday I knocked up an all Nookie mix for the years he was probably at his most prolific; 92-94.
Featuring a whole heap of aliases across several labels it was completely unplanned and as such the mixing isn’t my best work but as always with Drumtrip its all about the tunes.
The mix….

01.. Cloud 9 – Mindbomb – Vinyl Connection
02.. Nookie – Spellbound – Bootleg
03.. Freddy Fudpukker – Midnight Affair – Symphony Sounds
04.. Cloud 9 – Gonna Be Alright – Vinyl Connection
05.. Cloud 9 – Call My Name (A.A.S Remix) – Moving Shadow
06.. From The Man Like Pennywise – Suspension Of Disbelief – Symphony Sounds
07.. Nookie – Shining In Da Darkness – Reinforced
08.. Johnny Jungle – Flammable (Cloud 9 Remix) – Suburban Base
09.. From The Man Like Pennywise – Mystery – Symphony Sounds
10.. Nookie – Devotion – Reinforced
11.. Cloud 9 – You Got Me Burnin’ (Original Mix) – Moving Shadow
12.. Foul Play – Open Your Mind (Nookie Remix) – Moving Shadow
13.. Nookie – Give A Little Love ’94 – Reinforced
14.. Cloud 9 – Gun Star Hero – Moving Shadow
15.. Goldie – Inner City Life (Nookie Remix) – FFRR
16.. Remarc – Ricky (Nookie & Ray Keith Remix) – Dollar
17.. Cloud 9 – Blissful Ignorance – Moving Shadow
18.. Nookie – I’ll Give It To You – Moving Shadow
19.. Gappa G & Hyper Hypa – River Nijer (Nookie Remix) – Ruff Kutt!
20.. Rogue Unit – Dance Of The Sarooes (Nookie VIP) – Labello Blanco

If you want to hear more Nookie tracks its worth taking a look at Blick’s excellent All Nookie mix which features a load of different releases and some of the more rolling Good Looking stuff.

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We had the amazing Kentish Kola Nut on the wheels who wowed us with his war-like appreciation of ruff and ready jungle work-outs.

It was a great selection in the end, really varied with some underrated gems scattered with a few certified classics.

Soundcloud MP3

Tracklisting
1. Princess of the Posse – Armed & Dangerous
2. M Beat – Rumble
3. Hyper On Experience – Lords of the Null-Lines (Foul Play Remix)
4. Roni Size & Die – Music Box
5. Eze G – Worlds Of Confusion
6. Studio Pressure – Jump Mk II
7. Ramos & Supreme – The Journey
8. DJ Mayhem – Inesse (Ray Keith Remix)
9. Johnny Jungle – Flammable (Cloud 9 Remix)
10. Underground Software – He’s Gone
11. Conqueing Lion – Inahsound
12. Citadel of Kaos – Passion
13. Bass Selective – Blow Out Part 2
14. Nookie – Gonna Be Alright (Cloud 9 Remix)
15. Parallel World – Tear Into It
16. Dillinja – You Don’t Know
17. Skanna – Until The Night Is Morning
18. Kemet – The Box Reopens
19. General Degree – Papa Lover Jungle (DJ Stretch Remix 1)
20. DJ Dextrous – Wanted Dead or Alive
21. Dr S Gachet – Remember The Roller
22. XTC & DJ Keen Nottingham – Reload & Come Again
23. Red Light – Sensi

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