I was listening to some Doc Scott and Kemistry/Storm mixes the other day (Mixmag and One in the Jungle) and it inspired me to have a dig for the kind of mid to late 90s tunes which were rated highly at the time but never surfaced much. Stuff you generally didn’t hear in a club and had to seek out unless you were lucky enough to live near Hoxton Square.

I was at Bournemouth Uni at the time and only managed a few trips up to Speed and the Bluenote but the guys from Fat Trax Records and their associates managed to get the big names down once a month or so. Luckily for me, they preferred the deeper styles so it was usually the likes of the DJs above along with DJ Lee and Peshay etc who would turn up at the weekend.

What I liked most about these guys style was the way they rolled out the mixes and showcased a wide range of moods and sounds across their sets. Always fresh and taking the path less travelled.

I think most of these tracks are around the 95-97 years. There’s some heavy bangers (Spirit – Fathoms), some deepness (Oblivion – Last Dance) and some all out technical masterpieces (Hidden Agenda – Dispatch 1). Don’t think I’ve heard an amen squashed, compressed and twisted like that before or since. Hope you enjoy the mix.

Origination – Brace Yourself – Creative Source
Spacelink – Timezone – Reinforced
Dj Krust – Going Nowhere – Full Cycle
Jonny L – Treading – XL
Hokusai – Divine – Source Direct
Intense – 1st Contact – Vibez
DOPE – Travelling – Rugged
Sounds of Life – Intallect Remix – Cert18
Oblivion – Last Dance – Street Beats
Danny Breaks – the Bear – Droppin Science
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J Majik – Lightsabre – Infrared
Hidden Agenda – Dispatch1 – Metalheadz
Nasty Habits – Prototyped – 31 Records
Dj Krust – Soul in Motion – Full Cycle
Spirit – Fathoms – Fresh86
Peshay – Music Remix – Good Looking
Source Direct – Exit 9 – Source Direct
PFM – One & Only – Good Looking
Photek – Hidden Camera – Science Virgin
Source Direct – Secret Liaisons – Good Looking

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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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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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Normally when an artist remixes a track they either play it safe and keep it close to the original or go for the riskier option of producing their own interpretation of the track. In Doc Scott’s case he chose the latter and with great effect produced this deep jungle classic.

Keeping pretty much only the “Champion Sound” sample taken from 400 Blows – Champion Sound the track drifts along with lush synths, deep bass and intricate beats. A truly great remix from the legend that is Doc Scott.

Champion sound rules my world

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Plenty of classics like Acen’s Trip II The Moon, The 2 Bad Mice classic remix of The Music Takes You and Lets Get Together. Recorded live @ Amnesia House – Book Of Love on 23rd Junge 1992. The mixing ain’t too shabby either.

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Tracklist:

Acen – Trip II The Moon Pt.1 – Obsessed [Production House]
Rhythm For Reasons – Grand National (Tango Remix) [Formation]
DJ Clarkee – Have A Good Time [RZ002]
Formula 7 – Its Just Not Ragga [Brain]
Blame – 2 Bad Mice Take You [Moving Shadow]
Project 1 – Come My Selector [Rising High]
Asmo – Rushamuffin EP – Run Come Follow Me [Amass]
Windy Milla – Ruff & Massive [Daddy Armshouse]
2 Bad Mice – Drumscare [Moving Shadow]
Jonny L – Hurt You So (The Full Mix) [YoYo/Tuchwood]
DJ Blatant – The Blatant EP Vol 2 – Blatant’s Return [Spare Beat]
Nookie – The Love Is EP – Give A Little Love [Absolute 2]
Metalheadz – Terminator [Synthetic Hardcore Phonography]
Doc Scott – NHS EP Vol 2: The 2nd Chapter Remix – NHS (Grooverider Inter Natty Remix) [Absolute 2]
Mystery man – Everybody EEEee
Satin Storm – Let’s Get Together [Satin Storm]
Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era – Higher [Suburban Base]
Liquid – Sweet Harmony [XL]
2 Da Core – Faith & Hope

Grooverider Amnesia House ‘Book of Love’ 23rd June 1992 by Old Skool Rave Tape Ar©Hive on Mixcloud

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When Law first approached me to do a mix for the Drumtrip Sessions, I knew that it would have to be a themed mix & not a theme that’s been widely done. I had a few potential ideas for themes, including a mix of D&B tunes on non D&B labels/compilations (Trace – The Beacon, Dillinja – In The Mood etc), a mix based around the various musicians and producers from other scenes who have had a brief flirtation with D&B (David Bowie – Little Wonder, Todd Terry – Blackout) but after giving it a lot of thought I decided that the best theme to go with in the end would be a mix of some lesser known D&B remixes commissioned by various labels for non D&B artists.

Around the 95-98 era, when Jungle was starting to fade away and was slowly evolving into D&B, it caused a lot of ears to prick up with interest. Artists like Goldie, Photek, 4hero, Grooverider, Peshay, Source Direct, Roni Size, Wax Doctor and many more were all putting out full albums on major labels and D&B was seen as the freshest, most exciting thing around and everybody wanted a piece of the action. Back when CD/12” singles were still selling healthy amounts you’d usually buy a tune and get the radio edit and a longer club mix as well as maybe a remixes of the original track as extras.

As soon as D&B began to get noticed, labels would hit up the bigger artists of the time for remixes to go on these singles, both to cash in on the then-current D&B hype as well as to market the original artist to a new audience. It would soon be pretty normal to go down to the record shop, browse through the CDs in the Pop/Rock/Electronic sections and see artists like Optical, Roni Size, Alex Reece, Boymerang and Krust doing remixes for a surprising wide range of artists from different scenes. Often the pairings that you never dreamed could work well (Krust remixing Korn, The Ganja Kru remixing Natalie Imbruglia) were where you’d get some of the interesting results.

I’ve become an avid CD collector over the past year or two, browsing Discogs hunting for obscure tracks that not too many heads might have heard before, and now that I’m starting to run out of official compilations and artist albums to buy, I’ve started to make a move to buying up remix albums and CD singles which have D&B remixes on them. Many of these are available at absolute bargain prices; very few of them turn up in mixes or tracklistings elsewhere and some of them are pretty bloody obscure. It took me a long while to gather up enough material for this mix, so I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed compiling it.

(PS – Thanks to Executive Steve for the editing!)
(PPS – Apologies for bad mixing at times, think it was about 2am when I done this mix.)

Kenny Larkin – Loop 2 (Alex Reece Remix) [R & S]
David Holmes – Gone (PFM Remix) [Go! Discs]
Friends From Rio – Maracatudo (Wax Doctor Remix) [Far Out]
Espiritu – Baby I Wanna Live (DJ Pulse Mix) [Heavenly]
Project 23 – Pleasure & The Pain (Peshay Remix) [Dorado]
Peter Andre – Flava (Jungle Mix) [Mushroom]
Palm Skin Productions – Evolution Of The Beast (Part 1) [Mo Wax]
Flora Purim – What You See (Ghost Of Flora’s Dream) [B&W Music]
Grace – If I Could Fly (LTJ Bukem’s Roll It Mix) [Perfecto]
Hunch – Visible From Space (Aquasky Mix) [Clean Up]
Blue Amazon – And The The Rain Falls (Blame Remix) [Jackpot]
The Art Of Noise – Camilla The Old Old Story (J Majik Remix) [China]
Max Reich & Johannes Foufas – Alchemy (Seba Remix) [SVEK]
Q-Tex – Do You Want Me (Funky Technicians Remix) [23rd Precinct]
Deepika – History (Crystl Clear) [RCA]
Ken Ishii – Overlap (Lemon D Remix) [R & S]
Garbage – Milk (Goldie’s VIP Trash Your Sh*t Mix) [Mushroom]
N.G.O. – Windermere (Dillinja Roll Out Mix) [JVC]
Empirion – B.E.T.A. (Doc Scott Remix) [XL]
?? – Shinobi X (Remarc & Lewi Cifer Remix) [Breakdown]
Sugizo – Michael In The Cage (Source Direct Remix) [Invader]
Wink – Simple Man (ft. The Interpreters) (Optical Remix) [Sony Soho Square]
Project 23 – Sugarize ‘Lost Inna Dream’ (Boymerang Remix) [Dorado]
David Bowie – I’m Afraid Of Americans (V5) [Virgin]
Dub War – Million Dollar Love (DJ Rap Remix) [Earache]
Turntable Terranova – Precipice (DJ Krust Remix) [Hypnotic]

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