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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This is a mix I did yesterday – March 18th. Deep darkside jungle. Every track played is the original vinyl or dubplate, except for the track marked * – which was given to me by the producer as a .wav. I don’t cut dubplates anymore so I played it off CDJ. Mixed on three Technics 1200s, a Pioneer CDJ-800 and a Rane Empath mixer.

Intense – Journey to the Unknown – Rugged Vinyl
Imposter & Lewi – The Shining – II Strong
DJ Ruffkut – Dub White – No U Turn
DJ D-Lux – Iron Plate – Brain Progression
DJ Ruffkut – Dangerous – No U Turn
Commando Alan Jamming Nam & Lieutenant A. J. Cracker – Bat 21 – Untold
Digital Pressure – Strictly Drug-Related – Juice Box
The Man With No Name – Painted Man – Hard Disk
Spinback & Windmill – Divine Inspiration – Legend
Wriggler Bascombe – Final Battle – One Nation
DJ D-Lux – Annihilation – Brain Progression
DJ Mayhem – Let Me Tell You Something – Face
Remarc – Mayhem – Dollar
Jim Polo & Neil Vass – Underground Feeling – Dark Horse
Wax Doctor & Jack Smooth – Unfriendly – Basement
Steve C & Monita – Smart Kid – Skeleton
Whitehouse Crew – Where the Sun Don’t Shine – Subliminal
Tango – Future Followers VIP – dubplate
Dillinja – Majestic B-Line EP – track A1 – Deadly Vinyl
Bay B Kane – Wickedest Man *
Area 39 – Clint – Vision
Intense – The Genesis Project – Rugged Vinyl

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The set comes in at just over an hour and it was a real random selection, almost picking out the first vinyl that came to hand when thrusting around in the crates and shelves, and it turned out alright.

Props to my dog who seemed to enjoy the beats and sat about licking various parts of his anatomy to the sounds of Krome and Time, Remarc, Danny Breaks and a whole heap more.

Recorded on Monday 19th March, catch the video archive below.

MP3 Download

Tracklisting
01.. Sounds Of Life – Release The Bells – Cert 18
02.. DJ Rap & Ashton – Get Rushed – Suburban Base
03.. Intense – Paradox – Rugged Vinyl
04.. Parallel World – Tear Into It – Good Looking
05.. The Truper – Volume 1-A – Street Beats
06.. Foul Play – Being With You – Moving Shadow
07.. Dillinja – Moods – Logic
08.. Digital – Down Under – Metalheadz
09.. Krome & Time – Studio One Lik – Tearin Vinyl
10.. Remarc – RIP (Remarc Remix) – Planet Mu
11.. Andy C – Roll On – Ram
12.. Danny Breaks – Firin’ Line (Origin Unknown Remix) – Droppin’ Science
13.. Peshay – The Piano Tune – Good Looking
14.. DJ Gunshot – Wheel ‘n’ Deal – No U Turn
15.. Darkman – Dis Sound Ruff – Ministry Of Sound
16.. Tango – Understanding – Creative Wax
17.. Wardance – Sleeplessness – Formation

Thanks to everyone that tuned in, the next show will feature non other than the ever wacky Kola Nut.

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It was a great selection with quick mixing and even a little bit of Hype-esque scratching too.

Track List
Omni Trio – Future Frontiers
Cloud Nine – Jazzmin
Wots My Code – Dubplate
Lords Of The Null Lines – Disturbance (Tango Remix)
Under Rhythm London – Sub Circle (Remix) – Booby Trap Recordings (white)10″ Urep-4a
Leviticus – Burial
Nookie – Only You
Dj Hype – Rolllll The Beats
Kings Of The Jungle – Move Your Body
Dillinja – Sky
Dillinja – Tear Down
Asylum – Base 2 Dark
Krust – Set Speed
Dopeskillz – Pranksters
Alex Reece – Basic Principles
Remarc – Ricky
Omni Trio – Feel Good
Goldie – Jah
Renegade – Terrorist
Andy C & Shimon – Nightflight
Invisible Man – The Bell Tune
Dj Taktix – The Way
Essence Of Aura – Spiritual Aura

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Roughneck tracks from the Kemet crew, Remarc, EZ Rollers and more.
A word from the man himself;

I gone done did a mix, ennit.

There are a few lesser known tunes in there along with some classics. It’s available to download and stream from Soundcloud. The track listing is as follows:

– Family of Intelligence & Beefy – God Alone [Kemet]
– DJ Flash – Pulp Fact [Urban Gorrila]
– Remarc – Sound Murderer (Loafin’ in Brockley Mix) [Planet Mu]
– FX – The Sound of FX [Tone Def]
– Dark & Deadly – Proline [Drum & Bass]
– The Boogie Down Kru – Cake [Runninz]
– Fusion ft Jucksey Nice – No Resistance [Kemet]
– Tek 9 – Pushing Back Remix [Reinforced]
– G-Force – Lively Body [Big Orange]
– Half Breed & Redneck – Selecta [24 Carat]
– 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Drowning in Her (4 Horsemen Mix) [Tone Def]
– E-Z Rollers – Believe (Foul Play Remix) [Moving Shadow]
– Family of Intelligence – October 16th [Kemet]
– Prisoner – Mr Fix It [London Somet’ing]
– Family of Intelligence ft Vernon Smith – The Seed [Parousia]
– Urban Shakedown ft D.Bo General – Some Justice ’95 (Nookie Remix) [Urban Shakedown]
– Siamese Minds – Killer Instinct [Collusion]
– DJ Vern & DJ Ash – Squeeze [Tearin Vinyl]
– Remarc – Ice Cream & Syrup (Hard Mix) [Planet Mu]
>Fallen Angels – Hello Lover (Desired State Remix) [IQ]

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Tracklisting looks like…

01.. Remarc – Ricky (Remarc & Lewi Cipher Remix) – Dollar
02.. Funky Porcini – King Ashabanapal (Dillinja Remix) – Ninja Tune
03.. Desired State – Killer Beat (Q-Bass Remix) – Ram
04.. Suburban Knights – State Of Art – Intelligent Music Company
05.. Tom & Jerry – On & On – Tom & Jerry
06.. Koda – Time Of Signs – Intalektive
07.. Natural Mystic – Space – Octopus Records
08.. Deep Blue – Sunset Over Stevenage – Moving Shadow
09.. DJ Crystl – Live EP – STU
10.. Phaze 1 – Try A Style – Odysee
11.. Dillinja & Ruffkut – Vol 3 A – Heavyweight
12.. Intense – Prophecy – Rugged Vinyl
13.. Oaysis – Outcry – Moving Shadow
14.. Scarface – I Seen A Man Die (4 Hero NW2 Gangsta Move) – Virgin

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