I’m a massive DJ Crystl fan and loved pretty much everything he put his hand to, so I always wonder what could have become of him if his album project on Payday would have been realised.

Anyway this is a great interview, and although I’m sure he might cringe reading it back today, it’s great to see the passion and his early attitudes to rave music (being a Hip Hop head originally).

Taken from the October 1995 issue of Generator magazine. All credit goes to Stringz @ DOA.

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I’m aware that plenty of people are not really a fan of these types of mixes, thinking they are a bit lazy or obvious. I can understand that argument to an extent – it would be easy to just mindlessly mix a bunch of tunes by the same producer.

But a lot of the producers I love were / are capable of a huge range of styles. This means you really have to have a think about your selection and the progression of your mix.

When mixing I don’t plan out tracklists, but I do make a careful consideration before selecting my next tune. This, in my opinion, is one of the most important skills in DJing; being able to make a quick decision on what will go nice with your current tune, whilst setting up your mix for the direction you wish to take it in.

There is another reason I love an all artist mix. It fits nicely with my nerdy, and maybe slightly OCD tendencies for order within my collection. If I collect Source Directs back catalogue, I want to then archive in a series of mixes (and of course, listen to it myself).

Anyway, it occurred to me I have 20+ all artist mixes already uploaded to my Soundcloud account, so it made sense to add them to a playlist.

These date back about 10 years, with several volumes celebrating some really prolific producers. I think there are five Dillinja mixes alone, five Photek mixes and three Source Direct. There are also mixes documenting the works of more contemporary producers like Breakage and dBridge, as well as old favourites of mine like The Invisible Man, Adam F, Seba, Nookie, Crystl and Omni Trio.

Tracklists each mix can can be found within the description of the relevant Soundcloud page.

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A man who lets the music do the talking, Wheeler comes with a atmospheric mid 90s selection which gets a little dark and aggressive towards the end. Personal highlights here being Krust’s amazing “Soul In Motion” and Digital’s “Lower Depths”.

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Up next we have DJ Jamie of Section 23. Wednesdays, 8pm!

Tracklist: 
1. Codename John – “Deep Inside Of Me” – [Prototype Recordings] 
2. DJ Crystl – “Let It Roll” – [Dee Jay Recordings] 
3. JMJ & Richie – “Deep Bass 9” – [Moving Shadow] 
4. Nookie – “Only You” – [Reinforced Records] 
5. Sounds Of Life – “Currents” – [Certificate 18] 
6. DJ Harmony – “Let Me In (Adam F Remix)” – [Moving Shadow] 
7. Hardware – “Lix” – [Frontline Records] 
8. Photek – “Complex” – [Photek] 
9. L.T.J. Bukem – “Rainfall” – [Looking Good Records] 
10. Adam F – “Aromatherapy” – [Section 5] 
11. System 7 – “Interstate (Doc Scott Mix) – [Butterfly Records] 
12. Studio Pressure – “Fusion” – [Photek] 
13. Solo Feat. J.T. – “Pressure (Peshay Remix)” – [Mo Wax Excursions] 
14. Digital – “Lower Depths” – [Photek Productions] 
15. DJ Krust – ‘’Soul In Motion” – [Full Cycle Records] 
16. Matrix – “Double Vision” – [Metro Recordings]

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The Facebook group recently grew to over 700 like minded members, so to celebrate Maph has put together “Beautifully Crafted Jungle Volume 1”. The first of what will hopefully be a regular mix series from Beautiful Crated Jungle’s affiliates and members.

As the group’s jungle tastes are so similar to ours, we are pleased to say Drumtrip is now affiliated with Beautifully Crafted Jungle and hope to come up with some collaborations on mixes and write-ups over the coming months!

To the mix; Maph opens with the utterly majestic Sweet Dreamz by DJ Crystl before digging deep with tracks from Peshay, Atlas, Aquasky and a personal favourite of mine by DJ Krust. Check it out. And remember to join the group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/195082833944478/

DJ Crystl – Sweet Dreams
Voyager – Voyager
Peshay – The Real Thing
Funky Technicians – Airtight (Remix)
Code Blue – Angels In Dub (DJ Crystl Remix)
Aquasky – Dezires
Atlas – Second Heaven
T Power – Octagon
PFM – The Mystics
Krust – Brief Encounter
Soundman & Don Lloydie – Greater Love (Grooverider Remix)
Doc Scott – Far Away
Atlas – Drifting Through The Galaxy
Essence of Aura – Northern Lights
Courtney Pine – I’ve Known Rivers (4 Hero Remix)

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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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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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