Hi Djinn, thanks for taking time out to talk to us. First up, where are you from and where are you at now?
Easy, I’m in Manchester –   was born here, & lived here for a bit, had a spell over in the US before moving back living in Lancaster in my younger days, then ended up living in Manc again.

How did you first get involved with DJing? Were you strictly a Dubstep selector first or were you always into jungle / D&B?
I was actually playing breaks initially, but that was like, towards the end good era of breaks before it went nuskool and a bit wack haha.

Back in my Lancaster days I started getting into the partying circuit when I was 16/17; went to a few mad house parties & made friends with some older music heads that were DJ’ing & going to nights and stuff.  A mate of mine showed me a few things & I started off having a little go with his tunes some daft time in the morning when everybody had been up all night & nobody that actually DJ’d could be bothered to mix anymore – no doubt doing everybody’s heads in haha!

I loved it though. Carried on stealing a few goes here and there, bought a few of my first 12’s –  I’d turn up with a puny handful of records in my bag…. forever waiting to jump on!

Few months after, I started playing out at some of the Illegal raves in the Lake District that we all used to reach on the regular, some mad local nights, Korners (RIP!) and got my first club set in another city playing at Tangled, the Phoenix, Manchester….. I wasn’t even old enough to get in the club, that was a blag!

Nearly a year after I started, I finally got my own set of 1210’s – I’d always liked raving to dnb but at this stage was getting introduced to mixing it by another group of DJ friends & getting into it more. Breaks was becoming really dry at this point; I liked the earlier tracks but I just wasn’t feeling the new stuff coming out and it didn’t really go dark enough so it was a good time to get into mixing drum & bass, mainly Metalheadz –  it’s all I really used to play at first.

From there I kind of found my own dnb sound & started working backwards; getting my hands on 91+ era oldskool hardcore / jungle bits where I could; a lot of it tied in with the whole Reinforced/Headz kinda sound, it’s always been a style I’ve gravitated towards more over others. A few of my friends were older & had been part of the whole oldskool rave scene that went down so I picked up a bit of knowledge off them here & there too.

After I’d been playing mainly dnb for most of the time I’d been mixing, around ’07 I was hearing this weird dark bass heavy 140 stuff about…. First time I heard it in a club I remember I turned to my mate like, “WTF is this>!!?” it was big haha….later I found out it was dubstep.

Shortly after, I met my then bf at the time who was DJ’ing dubstep/grime and moved to Manchester, so after being around it more I started wanting to playing it more & more and eventually sussed out my own kinda 140 style that I was running with.

You have played both dubstep and D&B extensively at gigs around Europe, any particular nights that stand out?
I’ve had a wicked time at all my European gigs to be honest, they’re always mad fun and it’s great to have had opportunities to reach out & play a little further afield; Top Ranking @ Le Zoo, Geneva is up there with my faves.

UK events too like Beat-Herder Festival, VW Xtra Festival, too many club nights to mention and loads of free parties that have been rude as well –  dropped a set at a WWII Bunker Illegal to a few thousand in MCR years ago – that was crazy haha.

Being a fan of both dubstep and jungle, what do you think of the 140bpm-ish jungle sound that’s being doing the rounds recently (the likes of Paul Woolford / Tessela etc), any recommendations?
I love it! Jungle’s been influencing dubstep for time though, if you look at tunes like 6blocc – Babylonia, Tes La Rok – Hot Jam etc.  There’s varying degrees of it though really, you can get tunes that are more dubstep but with a jungle influence; like Innasekt – Static or Boxcutter – Brood. Then you got your minimal vibe like Pearson Sound’s ‘Blanked’, up to heavier tracks that are more like actual oldskool jungle –  Cluekid – Ninety Three is a good example.

DJ Madd – ‘Murder 96’ was a percy for me. Cotti & Cluekid – Legacy was always a big one too. Ipman’s remix of Killawatt – ‘Sidewinder’ didn’t leave my box for about a year.  And Sully – Flashback is nice as well. Tessela’s got some good bits too, I’d say that’s a bit more on the experimental side, like ‘Hackney Parrot’ is borderline slow Jungle-Juke with some house elements thrown in.

You have also turned your hand to production in-between DJ’ing – Can we expect to see any new releases on the horizon from yourself? Will “Red Rain” be hitting the shops anytime soon?
Red Rain has had a few talks, it should hopefully be getting a release, TBC at the moment…..

I have a debut dubstep EP which I’ve been working on, for like, forever!!  That’s pretty much signed, it should be coming out on Mindstep once it’s been fully finalised – I’m still doing a few tweaks & sorting vocals for one of the tracks at the moment.

Drum & Bass wise I have another EP due on NB Audio sometime, which will be featuring ‘Rule of Three’, the rest of the TL is currently in progress. I’ve been making a few more bits of a similar nature to this recently; I’m usually dropping this kind of dark, half-time style with a few amen tracks & rollers thrown in my 170 sets these days.

Let’s talk jungle. A tough one to answer but if you could only play out 5 jungle tracks for the rest of time, what would you choose?
Five for the rest of time out of 20 years worth…. Are you mad?!! Haha.

Guess I would have to go with:

Mr Monik – Pressure (Hyper Records)
Doc Scott – Here come the Drums [Breakage remix] (Reinforced)
Futurecut – Whiplash (Renegade Hardware)
Peshay – The Nocturnal (Metalheadz)
Seba – 34 Alpha (Secret Operations)

And a question you were probably expecting…. Jungle or dubstep?
Aaaaaargh you can’t ask that! Last question was too hard already hahahaha. You missed off drum & bass too? I consider them all separate so I can’t really give you one answer, I love all three equally but for different reasons. Like they give me different feelings. If I had to pick for deepness & emotion I would say 140/ dubstep, If I had to pick for militant moodiness it would be drum & bass, and for menacing vibe & rhythm, jungle.

Tell us a bit about the selection for your Drumtrip Sessions mix.
The selection is a full vinyl mix featuring a few favourite ’93 to ’97 jungle tracks from my collection; a few forgotten classics, some sentimental tunes etc. Basically a bunch of tracks I’m into from some amazing artists that I think just work well with each other in content as well as structure, and that represent the varying styles of that era, both dark as well as deep/nice.

Finally, any shouts, links, gig info you want to list?
I’m back at Beat Herder Festival this year on the 19^th July! Looking forward to dropping a drum & bass set on Stumblefunk’s stage on the Saturday night 1am til 2:30 …. come check if you’re reaching

Couple of other things coming up soon too, info on my fb page.

Gotta shout Mindstep & NB Audio for backing my production, any promoters that booked me, people that play my tunes / mixes.  Makka (yes G!), past & present Lanc/Manny DJ family and my boy Ste for his continuing support. Oh and out to our current neighbours for not giving me a noise ASBO! ….. shit was about to get real with the last ones HA

[With thanks to Gary Brown (GB Multimedia) for the image]

Drumtrip Sessions #11 – Djinn

Tracklist:
Source Direct – Stone Killer (Metalheadz)
Photek – Hybrid (Science)
Rufige Kru – T3 (Metalheadz)
Rogue Unit – Nocturnal (Labello Blanco)
Mickey James – Nice n’ Deep [Exclusive remix] (Suburban Base / Moving Shadow)
Source Direct – Snake Style (Source Direct Recordings)
Nookie – A Drum, A Bass, A Piano [Origin Unknown remix] (Reinforced)
Bizzy B & Dextrous D – Come on People [amen mix] (Brain Records)
DJ Crystl – Warp Drive (Dee Jay Recordings)
Hyper on Experience – Lord of The Null Lines [Foul Play remix](Moving Shadow)
Digital – Down Under (Metalheadz)
Source Direct – Shimmer (Odysee Records)
Sounds of Life – Hidden Rooms (Certificate 18)
Paradox – A Certain Sound (Renegade Hardware)
Foul Play – Being With You [remix] (Moving Shadow)
Rogue Unit – Luv Dub [VIP] (Labello Blanco)
Q Project – Champion Sound [Doc Scott remix] (Legend Records)
The Sentinel – Heavy Vibes (Basement Records)
Skanna – Find Me (Skanna)
Sounds of Life – Currents [remix] (Certificate 18)

Find Djinn online at….

djdjinn.com
soundcloud.com/djinn
facebook.com/ukdjinn
twitter.com/djinn_dj
beatherder.co.uk/artists/djinn

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For show #001 I went for a little 4Hero and Goldie tribute. Going through the years from 1992 and the anthemic work of Manix, early Rufige, 4Hero and collaboration project ‘Internal Affairs’.

Be sure to check out Drumtrip Radio every Wednesday 8 – 9pm GMT on Mixlr with guests on rotation. Be sure to follow us to get alerts and updates!

Up next on Wednesday 9th April we have Dave M aka Brian Badonde taking the controls.

Tracklist
01. Manix – I Can’t Stand It – Reinforced
02. Manix – Hardcore Junglism (Exclusive Mix) – Reinforced
03. Rufige Cru – Menace – Reinforced
04. Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era – Peace & Loveism (4Hero Remix)
05. 4Hero – Journey From The Light – Reinforced
06. 4Hero – Students Of The Future – Reinforced
07. 2 Bad Mice – Mass Confusion (Rufige Kru Remix) – Moving Shadow
08. Internal Affairs – In My Soul – Reinforced
09. Nookie – Give A Little Love (Manix Remix) – Reinforced
10. Manix – One More Time – Reinforced
11. Internal Affairs – Hands To Heaven – Reinforced
12. Metalheads ‎- You And Me – The Beauty – The Beast – Synthetic
13. Rufige Kru – Fury – Moving Shadow
14. J Majik – Sunray (Rufige Cru Remix) – Infrared
15. Scarface – I Seen A Man Die (4 Hero NW2 Gangsta Move) – Virgin
16. Goldie – Jah – FFRR
17. Layla – Gotta Find Love (The Goldie Blue Room Vocal Mix) – Inferno
18. Tom & Jerry – Till The Morning – Tom & Jerry
19. Tom & Jerry – Maxi (Mun) Style (Nasty Jungle Remix) – Tom & Jerry
20. Nuyorican Soul – I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (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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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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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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