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
————————-
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

The post Dan Norman – Sounds Of Life 95-97 appeared first on Drumtrip - Hardcore / Oldskool Jungle Blog.

This happened

“There was a period (roughly) between 1993 to 96 where jungle was not only atmospheric or dark, but it had an other worldly, sci-fi feel. Labels like Deejay, Lucky Spin, Legend, Timeless, Rugged Vinyl and others captured this spacey, blissed-out vibe. A quality that now seems more or less extinct within the contemporary drum and bass scene.

I tried to select tunes for this mix that represent the broad spectrum of this sound. With brooding, dark tracks like ‘Fury’ and ‘Genesis Project’ to the more calming, deep sounds of ‘Intalect’ and ‘Traveling Pt 2’.

There is a feeling of nervous mystery and wonder to these tunes, as if they could be the soundtrack to that part of a sci-fi film where the human protagonists discover a new world, a mystery accelerated by the fact that these sounds now only exist in the past.”

01. Lucida – Tunnel Vision – Production House
02. Chuck E – Fantasy – White House
03. Mysteron – U Don’t Know – Timeless
04. D.O.P.E. – Travelling Pt 2 – Good Looking
05. DJ Monita – The Party (Remix) – Skeleton Recordings
06. Skanna – Greatest Thing – Skanna
07. DJ Pulse – Stay Calm (Foul Play Remix) – Moving Shadow
08. Rufige Kru – Fury – Moving Shadow
09. DJ Fokus – Trigger Happy – Lucky Spin
10. DJ Fokus – Pulse – Lucky Spin
11. Intense – The Genesis Project – Rugged Vinyl
12. Orca – Intalect – Lucky Spin
13. Sounds Of Life – Don’t Resist The Beat – Certificate 18
14. System X – Move Yourself – 3rd Eye
15. The Invisible Man – The Beginning – Timeless

The post Law mix for Two Hungry Ghosts appeared first on Drumtrip - Hardcore / Oldskool Jungle Blog.

On a rainy afternoon there is not much else to do but dig through the tracks, get a bit dusty and drink copious amounts of tea; and this mix is the end result.

The mix covers a nice spectrum of deep, atmospheric and ‘intelligent’ beats from 1994 to 1996, peppered, as you would expect, with Good Looking and Moving Shadow releases.
Within a few tracks such as the uplifting ‘Travelling Pt 2‘ and Gwange’s ‘Motionless‘ you can still very much hear the 1993 hardcore influences trying to get escape, in contrast to the more laid back and perhaps refined drum and bass sounds of later releases like ‘Dusted‘ by Axis or PFM’s take of David Holmes – Gone.

Enough talk now, allow 70 or so minutes to drift away…..

01.. David Holmes – Gone (PFM Remix)- Go Discs!
02.. Intense – Careless Minds – Good Looking
03.. JMJ & Richie – Universal Horn – Moving Shadow
04.. The Sentinel – Awakening – Basement
05.. DOPE – Travelling Pt 2 – Good Looking
06.. Atlas – Second Heaven – Deejay
07.. Q-Project – The Instrumental – Looking Good
08.. Boymerang – The River (VIP) – Regal
09.. Axis – Dusted – Good Looking
10.. Aquasky – Tranquility – Moving Shadow
11.. Oblivion – Sands Of Time – Street Beats
12.. PFM – Hypnotizing – Good Looking
13.. DJ Gwange – Motionless – Legend Records
14.. DJ Crystl – Sweet Dreamz – Deejay

You can find the rest of the mix series here.

The post Law – Deep Jungle Volume 4 appeared first on Drumtrip - Hardcore / Oldskool Jungle Blog.

You could say this tune takes you on a journey, but that would be pretentious. But Travelling is a 12″ itself that had a journey *ahem* originally on Rugged Vinyl and finally released on Good Looking but still had the Rugged Vinyl logo on the record. I’m sure someone somewhere is able to give you a full on history of why. Let’s just be safe in the knowledge that this tune got released and the world is a better place for it.

My history with Travelling extends back to it’s release year of 1994, buying it from DJ Pulses’ (and staffed by another member of Jazz Cartel and later Madcap) Buzz Records in High Wycombe at the same time I bought Dubplate Remix and Inner City Life if I remember back rightly. This was my first ever jungle purchase, my first dip into the big wide ocean of DJing. Also I was on my way to a Wycombe Wanderers match. It’s the little details.

Having heard another version on Fabio’s Kiss Show in July 1994 – which I believe remains unreleased sadly, RUGGED 13 comes close – under the name of Dope on Plastic, hearing this on vinyl for the first time I had to get my head around essentially to my ears a remix. Travelling Part 2 has since remained a staple of my DJ sets over the years – some would say milking it – easily slipping into more modern sets. Layered classic breaks, dropping out for little switches with that breakdown. Yes, that breakdown. Goosepimples arise to this day. Deep and atmospheric. Just such an amazing DJ tool with depth to it’s musicality as well.

The flip, Slow Train to Philly mix, underrated. More for listening pleasure but not being able to find it on youtube points to it being the overlooked poor brother of Part 2. It’s by no means shows, quality oozing from this more mellow mix of the tune.

A bargain to be found with this tune, although it does seem to be going up in price slowly. There are bigger classics. But this tune never ever gets boring to me. Fast forward almost 16 years and it still brings a smile to my face.

Big thanks to Wilsh @ www.uncertifiedmusic.com, check the new release Villem & Madcap – UNCERT003.
Oh, and of course, listen to Travelling Pt2 right below and Wilsh also knocked up a little mix oldskool mix featuring this classic, stream it below via mixcloud.com

The post Tune of the day: DOPE – Travelling PT2, by Wilsh of Uncertified appeared first on Drumtrip - Hardcore / Oldskool Jungle Blog.

I guested on Equinox’s Scientific Wax radio show last Sunday and there’s a little mp3 recording of it to download if you’re into that kinda thing

00:00 – Equinox

A load of new Scientific Wax d&b tunes

39:00ish – little interview

44:15 – Haste

01: Rhythm For Reasons (feat. DJ Nexus) – Music In Search Of The Light [Formation]
02: Tango & DJ Fallout – Violator Vol 1 [Tango & Fallout]
03: Cool Hand Flex – Dangerous [U No Dat]
04: Chaos & Julia Set – Fear The Future (Original Chaos Mix) [Recoil]
05: On Remand – Black Steel (Part 2) [Crack House Productions]
06: Gappa G & Hypa Hypa – Information Centre [Ruff Kutt! Records]
07: Dillinja – Steal The Way [Cybotron]
08: Essence Of Aura – Intruder [Outstanding Productions]
09: System A:D – 21st Century [Homegrown Records]
10: Bounty Killaz – Silent Voices [Creative Wax]
11: D.O.P.E. – When I Was Young (DJ Easy B & T-Bag’s Revisited Mix) [Rugged Vinyl]
12: Uncle 22 – Takes You High [Pure NRG]
13: Dopeski & Jakes – Cantankerous (Remix) [Wardance]
14: Ratty – Step Back In Time [Formation]

1:19:00 – Equinox

01: Ugh…can’t remember – can anyone remind me?
02: Sound Of The Future – Fearless Wonder (Neil Vass & Jim Polo Remix) [Formation]
03: Jim Polo – Dark Horse In Full Effect [Dark Horse]
04: From The Man Like Pennywise – Suspension Of Disbelief [Sypmphony Sound]
05: Mad Dog – Monged Out [Underdog]
06: Potential Bad Boy – Skip To My Loop [Limited Edition]
07: DJ Nut Nut – Forbidden Planet [Virual Motion]
08: Noise Factory – Can You Feel The Rush (Remix) [Kemet]
09: DJ Crystl – Warpdrive (Dubplate Mix) [Dee Jay Recordings]
10: Top Buzz – Maintain Her [Basement Records]
11: Sacred – Do It Together (London Massive) (Remix) [Pursuit]

DOWNLOAD HERE

The post Haste & Equinox 1993 Jungle Tekno mix appeared first on Drumtrip - Hardcore / Oldskool Jungle Blog.

You can see the original 2006 thread at breakbeat.co.uk here

This basically consisted of each DJ doing their seperate parts, and then my good self pasted them all together in Soundforge to create one uber trans-atlantic mega mix.
So I did my mix, and let the last tune play out, and sent to to Kola, who mixed into it, Did the same and sent it back. And I glued them together and so on.
All mixes are real, no editing has gone on the actual mixes themselves, just to make the mix continuous.

Featuring tunes from 1993 to 1997, covers a wide range of Jungle styles with some of our favourite tracks. No anthem biz, some proper out the crates biz.

5 DJs, 6 tracks each (bar J, he is above that)

The Essential Jungle Mix by The Law on Mixcloud

Law
01.. S.O.S. – Space Funk – Timeless [1995]
02.. DJ Crystl – Warp Drive – Dee Jay [1993]
03.. Source Direct – The Crane – Source Direct [1996]
04.. DJ Crystl – Your Destiny – Dee Jay [1994]
05.. J Majik – Your Sound – Metalheadz [1995]
06.. Basic Influence – Still Waters – Hardleaders [1995]
Kola Nut
07.. DJ Biggs – The Hunter – Back 2 Basics [1995]
08.. Daz – Identity – Splash Recordings [1995]
09.. Tango – Understand – Creative Wax [1996]
10.. Photek – Consciousness – Metalheadz [1995]
11.. Studio Pressure – Jump Mk II – Certificate 18 [1993]
12.. Q-Project – Night Moves (The Alliance Remix) – Legend [1993]
Stimpy
13.. Dillinja – In The Mood – Mo Wax [1997]
14.. DJ Gwange – Adrenalin – Legend [1994]
15.. Studio Pressure – The Lightning – Photek [1994]
16.. Unit 1 – Theme – Creative Wax [1993]
17.. Dillinja – Rastafari – Deadly Vinyl [1994]
18.. Shimon – The Predator – Ram [1994]
Ripon
19.. Desired State – Mind Games – Ram [1996]
20.. Adam F – Metropolis – Metalheadz [1996]
21.. Asylum – Bass 2 Dark – Metalheadz [1994]
22.. Future Forces – Flash Gordon – Renegade Hardware [1996]
23.. Boymerang – Urban Space – Prototype [1997]
24.. The Chameleon – Just Close Your Eyes and Listen – Good Looking [1995]
J Funk
25.. DOPE – Travelling – Good Looking [1994]
26.. Hyper Hyper and Gappa G – River Nijer – Ruff Kut [1994]
27.. H.M.P. – Runnins (Lifas Mix) – Frontline [1995]
28.. Smokey Joe – Special Request – (Noise of Art remix) Labello Blanco [1994]
29.. T-Power – Police State – SOUR [1995]

This is such an obvious idea, must have been done before but I can’t remember any D&B sets like it, so until someone states otherwise. This is a world first

The post Law, Kola Nut, Stimpy, Ripon & J Funk – The Essential Jungle Mix appeared first on Drumtrip - Hardcore / Oldskool Jungle Blog.