There are some real gems in here such as a remake of the unreleased Tango & Fallout track “Revelations”, an unreleased Dillinja dubplate “Baby Your”, and the almost mythical Photek track “Feeling Up”.

A word from Jam One himself…

Just a little mix of unreleased jungle tunes and VIP’s from cd albums and re-makes.

I know some technically came out but they are not that easy to get. Also please do not ask me for any tunes as I have been ordered to guard some of these with my life.
Big up to the Re-make community out there!

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Jam One – Dubplate Jungle Mix [March 2014] by Drumtrip on Mixcloud

01 DJ SS – Black Remix
02 Unknown – Champion Sound 95 (Renegade Genius Remake)
03 Noise Factory – The Future (A-Sides Remix)
04 Int Rude Boys – Drum Program (Tango Remix)
05 Da Intalex – I Like It 96 Remix
06 Asylum – Bass 2 Dark VIP (DJ Destiny Remix)
07 P-Funk P-Funk Era (Zinc Remix)
08 Krust – Angles (Dubplate mix)
09 Invisible Man – Untitled
10 FBD Project – The Core (Advanc3d Remix)
11 Original Substitute – Can I Dream
12 Roger Johnson – Crazy Day Dreams
13 Photek – Mindgames 95
14 Dillinja – Baby Your
15 Ray Keith – Sing Time Vip
16 DJ Fallout – Revelations (DJ Nee Dubplate Remake)
17 Photek – Feeling Up
18 LTJ Bukem – Atmospherical Jubilancy
19 DJ Krust – Asian Love Dance Remix
20 Dillinja – Lionheart VIP
21 Basic Influence – Still Waters (Dubplate Mix)
22 Studio Pressure – Pressure 3 (Ray Keith VIP)

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Serum of Dread and V Recordings (among many others) speaks to us about his love for jungle, before laying down a serious selection for his  Drumtrip Session mix.

Tell us a bit about yourself
I was born in Lincoln but moved around a lot with my parents when I was young. I’ve lived in London for the last 8 years or so.

When did you first fall in love with Jungle? Am I right to say your first vinyl release was 2004? I imagine it goes way back before then?
I got into jungle around 1994-5. I’d heard rave music before and quite liked it but I was more into hip hop and heavy metal and didn’t really respect music that didn’t have that element of live performance. Things changed when I came across a program called Protracker on the Amiga which was a basic sample based sequencer. Through messing with production, I realised that dance music was actually a lot more complicated than I thought.

I started going to nightclubs with a bunch of slightly older kids and it all fell into place. I pretty much fell in love with all forms of dance music around that time and there was a lot of good stuff out there. I started buying records and got a set of cheap decks but I had very little money so I’m still catching up on tunes I missed out on from back then.

There weren’t any decent raves where I lived (either that or I didn’t know where to find them) so I listened to a lot of tapes from The Edge and Helter Skelter. I’d also listen to Pete Tong, John Peel and One In the Jungle on the radio.

Your tunes always have that rugged 90s jungle sound but with more contemporary production styles. How do you get that across in your tracks?
Up until a few years ago my setup was software based but I’ve bought quite a lot of hardware lately and that features in my newer material. When I used software I still tried to do the same things people did with hardware back in the day. I used to set the channels up so each track had similar features to a channel on an old mixing desk.

The main rules I live by are to keep things simple and sample anything I can get my hands on.

Before you arrived on the scene, and others like Vapour and Bladerunner, did you feel dancefloor D&B was missing the breaks and bass and general feeling from a lot of the stuff from back in the day? What is it you like about that sound?
There have been times where I’ve felt that but I’ve also made a lot more modern sounding stuff too. It just depends on what I’m interested in at the time. I never really have much of a plan.

You have remixed some huge tracks like Papa Lover (a personal favourite remix of mine), The Way and The Execution – But which producer from back in they day would you like to remix one of your tunes?
I’d like to have Dillinja have a crack at something of mine. I’m surprised Ray Keith hasn’t had a go yet either to be honest, that would be good to hear.

What else is new for Serum? What have you got forthcoming?
I’ve got 12s and individual tracks coming on V, Playaz, Dread, Co-Lab, Chronic and Drum & Bass Arena. There are also a few bigger scale things I’m doing like a mix album for Philly Blunt album which is going to have a combination of oldies, remixes and new material.

I’m working on a collection of more soulful vocal tracks but that’s in the early stages. It’s a new thing for me though so I’m really enjoying it.

The oldskool / jungle sound seems to be making a bit of a comeback again, have you got any big remixes in the pipeline? I did hear a remix of Gangsta about a while ago, any chance of a release there?
Gangsta will be on the Philly Blunt album sampler along with my remix of Bass Switch that’s been floating around for a while. There will be a few more remixes from me and a bunch of other artists. I also just put the finishing touches to a remix for Ruffneck Ting which just relaunched and I’m really happy with that.

Tell us a bit about your mix for Drumtrip, the idea behind the selection?
With this mix I’ve tried to dig a lot deeper and avoid the usual stompers. There’s not really any jump up on there which is fairly rare for me. There are some real classics in there but also a few lesser known bits that featured on some of the sets that got me into the music in the early years. Hopefully this mix will get people hunting on discogs.

Any big ups / shouts?
Anyone bought my music, came to see me play or booked me for a show, and all the DJs and labels that have supported me. Also my girlfriend and daughter for putting up with the constant noise.

And finally…  On your Twitter profile you state you are a “DJ, Producer and Pie maker”; what is your favourite pie?
Chilli beef pie from Goddards in Greenwich with a good serving of liquor and chilli vinegar.

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Drumtrip Sessions #09 – Serum

01. Adam F – Circles – Section 5
02. Daz – Identity – Splash
03. Lemon D – Manhattan Melody – Conqueror
04. Timebase – Funky – Tearin Vinyl
05. Swift – Gang Related – Intalektive
06. Ed Rush & Nico – What’s Up – No U Turn
07. DJ Biggs – Sunrize – Back 2 Basics
08. Adam F – Aromatherapy – Section 5
09. Basic Influence – Still Waters – Hardleaders
10. Trace – Haze – Emotif
11. Roni Size – Step Up – V
12. Tango – Understanding – Creative Wax
13. Renegade – Eastern Promise – Dread
14. Chris Energy – Zalongo – Reinforced
15. Roni Size – Daylight – Full Cycle
16. Andy C – Roll On – Ram
17. Lemon D – This is LA – Metalheadz
18. Gappa G & Hyper Hyper – River Nijer (Nookie Remix) – Ruff Kut
19. Hidden Agenda – Get Carter – Metalheadz
20. Dillinja – Sovereign Melody – Deadly Vinyl

Huge thanks for Serum for the interview and a great mix, much appreciated!

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Ashley Brown (aka DJ Pulse, owner of Creative Wax and 1/3 of the hardcore act Dance Conspiracy alongside Adrian Shortman and James Hoyte) and Jamie Giltrap (aka Tango), both regular artists of the Creative Wax collective, joined forces in 1995 for the one-off project The Committee.

The duo reunited after the label’s hibernation, forming the second incarnation of Initial Research focusing on breakbeat projects (the members of the first incarnation have been DJ Pulse and Justice).

Tango’s remix of Final Conflict is also referred to as We Are At War ’95, a direct reference to Sister Souljah’s proclamation (the vocal sample appears in her second personal single entitled The Final Solution: Slavery’s Back In Effect released in 1991 and was the tagline of her famous speech at Cheyney State University in Pennsylvania in 1994).

The track is dominated by the desolate saxophone riff sampled from the song Darkest Light by the funk/soul group Lafayette Afro Rock Band. This particular sample had been heavily used before by several artists, including the likes of Public Enemy (for the track Show ‘Em Whatcha Got featuring in their album It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, 1988), Dance Conspiracy (for the seminal hardcore anthem Dub War, XL Recordings/Metamorphosis, 1992), Badman (aka Marvellous Cain), James Hoyte (aka Sponge and founder of IQ Records) and Tango himself for various versions of the track War for ’94 released on IQ Records.

Adrian Shortman (aka Professor Stretch) has been credited on the info side of the record for his contribution to Dub War; however both Final Conflict and Profound Love (on the flipside) have been written and produced by Pulse & Tango.

The additional eerie, female vocal snippets are sampled from the techno track (Yeah You!, Occasions mix, WARP Records, 1991) by The Step with Sarah Jay on vocal duties. Haunting strings accompany the sax riff until the introduction of the “We are at war!” vocal hook, followed by a cascade of trademark Tango amen edits and a deep sub-bass underpinning the bass line.

Frequently overlooked, due to the plethora of classics in Creative Wax’s back catalogue, the particular release is a fine bridge between the label’s earlier outputs and the ones that followed, until the suspension of the label’s activities in 1998.

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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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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.

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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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