Atmosphere #25

ATMOsphere Issue 25 Aug-Sept 95' SPLASH RECORDINGS JUICE droppin' science the dream team Ned Ryder Metalheadz Force & the Evolution

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STRICTLY UNDERGROUND RECORDS VOTED No1 COMPILATION LABEL OFFICIAL HARDCORE DANCE AWARDS 1995 ILLEGAL RAVE III RAVEOLATION AT WEMBLEY INTELLIGENT DRUM & BASS CONTAINS 100% PURE INTELLIGENT DRUM & BASS JUNGLE SOUND CRASH 2 HARDCORE VOL.2 JUNGLIST FEVER SMOKIN COMPILATION 2 ILLEGAL RADIO III BIG PLATE SELECTION It seems that everyone is in the Compilation market with Big claims about there Albums being better then the next one, so let us shed some light on the COMPILATION BOOM...... In 1990 STRICTLY UNDERGROUND set up there compilation company known then as Strictly Hardcore it was the only serious compilation label promoting True underground music. Since those early years we have released lots of varied Albums including THE FIRST DJ MEGA MIX CD & MC MEGA MIX CD AND THE FIRST 100% LIVE RECORDING AT A RAVE EVENT ON CD. These are all documented FACTS and any other Label or Promoter who Claims to have been the first better check again. Our aim is to promote the scene and our motives have always been Music first not money!! That's why AGAINST ALL THE HYPE AND T.V. BULLSHIT (by money motivated company's) WE WERE THE Ravers choice for the BEST COMPILATION COMPANY AWARD. We love the RAVE SCENE we've been here longer than any one we can think of and we will be here when all the RATS have Jumped ship. There is NO HYPE to our Albums. WE ARE THE BEST FACT!!

SPLASH UNDERCOVER AGENT PROFILE Name: Daz Age: 26 Lives: Grays, Essex. When did you first become involved in production? The first track I worked on was a track called 'Ruffer' with a DJ known as Just Jones, it was engineered by Darren at the Hilltop and this was 4 years ago. Due to a holiday at Her Majesty's Pleasure the track never came out but when I got released I revamped the tune and that was Splash 001. What music was you into before Jungle? Hip Hop, Rare Breakbeats, Dub, Deephouse and Hardtrance. When did you start taking an interest in the music? When I started hearing tunes by A Guy Called Gerald using breaks instead of 909 kick drums. Also tracks like 'The Trojan', 'Dirty Games', 'Prophecy', 'We are ie' also tunes by SUAD and Mike West. What labels have you worked for to date? Splash, Juice, Dee Jay, Suburban Base and IQ. Have you done any remix work for any other labels? Labello, Tommy Boy, Renk, Droppin Science and I will be starting remixes for Liftin Spirits and InTouch records. Where did the names Splash and Undercover Agent come from? They just sounded good at the time. Do you DJ and if so does production take priority to it? The last time I played out was at Jungle Dawn on New Years eve. But I would like to get back into DJing just so I can promote my own prototypes and get an accurate reaction, but for the time being 24-7 in the studio. Is there any set style you look to create when writing a track? I always like to step it out in a hard and dubby style with plenty of twist up breaks and a big fat B line. Where do you get your influences from musically? Jah Shaka, Mad Proffessor, Saxon Sound, Burnad Purdie, Bob James, Mike Dunn, James Brown and The Orb. Atmosphere 6

How do you think the scene is progressing musically? Its very refreshing to hear producers like Alex Reece and the Wax Doctor making tunes with plenty of feeling. Metalheadz recently did a live gig at Glastonbury, do you think the music could move into a more live feel? Its a natural progression. What DJ's promote your tunes on dub? Randall, Dr S Gachet, Micky Finn, Andy C, Trace, Cool Hand Flex, Kenny Ken, Swift and Tonic. How long do you leave your tracks on dub for? All depends on the tune usually about 5 weeks then we get test presses. What other Labels / Producers do you rate? Trace, Danny Breaks, Dillinja, Roni Size, Krust, Ant Miles, Andy C, L Double, Goldie, Cool Hand Flex, Ray Keith and DJ SS. Shouts? Nuff props to Darren & Jeff @ Juice records, Jimmy & Andy @ Labello, Justin @ Dee Jay, Danny & Danny @ Suburban Base, Trace & Ryme Tyme, All Kool FM & Cyndicate FM DJ's, Sandra, Chantelle, Jordan, Danny, Matt Cooper, DubWize boast and Distruction for the sample library, Andy, Budman, Kim, All Splash massive !!! COMING SOON DJ Ron REMIXES "Crackman" "African Chant" Out Sept 95' Distributed thru Vinyl Distribution & Upfront Vinyl. Info: 0973 174928 Fax: 0171 251 4793

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NED RYDER WE CAUGHT UP WITH ONE OF THE MIDLANDS LEADING DJ'S ON THE CIRCUIT FROM WOLVERHAMPTON. NED TALKS ABOUT HIS RECENT DJING IN TORONTO, CANADA. ALSO ABOUT THE JUNGLE SCENE AND THE MUSIC IN ENGLAND. How long have you been DJing? I've been DJing about 5 years, compared to most DJ's that's a short period, however, I've been into the music scene since day 1, I've been playing House since it began really (What I called House then !). So I suppose it goes back to that saying 'I used to be into House'. So what gave you the inspiration to become a DJ? It's funny really because from the age of about 10 up to the age of 18 I was studying Classical music, and the way I switched into a different groove of music in the 86' era was unreal, I was buying all these records and had nothing to play them on, so eventually bought the equipment just to do tapes and so on. It was about 90' I heard people like Grooverider, Fabio and Sasha each DJ had their own personal quality, but it must be said that the 1st DJ that most if not all from the Midlands heard from London was Mickey Finn. I remember going to the Hummingbird in B'ham those days and dancing to his sets, that's why he has the upmost respect in the Midlands, especially B'ham & W'hampton. So really it is just the different qualities that each DJ would have ie: Mixing, the type of music they played, and the ability to take you on a journey through their music, I don't think anyone can take that away from Fabio & Grooverider. So in your view how has the scene changed as far as the DJ's and the music is concerned? Well yes the DJ's that wanted to play House have gone, and their followers with them as well, causing this split. DJ's such as Mickey Finn, Jack Frost, Grooverider, Fabio & many more they are still here, they haven't gone anywhere, what they have done is pushed the music whilst it's been changing, our scenes just progressed while the House scene hasn't really moved anywhere. What I hear some House DJ's play today I was either playing that music 3/4 years ago or listening to some of the DJ's today that were playing it. And they think it's new music, What a joke ! The magazines were there too slagging off the Drum + Bass saying it was dying, giving it as much bad publicity as they could, now look at them you would have thought that we had their full approval from day 1. The music and the DJ's are coming from far, most have had there fair share of hardship they rolled the beats out in various parts of the country, DJ's like Kenny Ken, Randall, Bryan G, Ray Keith, Grooverider, Rap, Fabio, Frost showed them how it's done, and now Joe Public can come and see what's really running. Technology has enabled our producers to go one step further, thus creating new sounds. Just because the music changed, people have this concept that everything's new. So really the scene hasn't changed that much, it's just the various phrases we may use, ie Jungle. You have just come back from playing in Canada, how did they take to Jungle out there? Canada or Toronto have had many DJ's over there already ie Kenny Ken, Jack Frost, Randall and many others, it was good to be following in these guys footsteps, and to be the only DJ from England, made it even more exciting. Plus I was coming from the North. Jungle is still a new word in Toronto Canada, CANADA Atmosphere 12

however, it must be said, it has peaked, and is still peaking. When people are saying that Drum + Bass is dying they want to go over to Canada and give me their opinion, play 'The Bass too Dark', and then play Alex Reece's 'Pulp Fiction', you would get almost the same reaction - meaning the way they appreciate the different styles of music (Jungle). What we have to remember is that, it's still new to them, They are still going through the learning process. I remember being warned not to play a 'safe set', playing a safe set would be the easy way out I suppose, because if you walk into a venue where you are hearing Trance/House before you are due to play it confuses you slightly, and if you are the only Jungle DJ about to play you can't really watch the crowd and figure out what they will be into, because they are not dancing to Jungle, it was a case of using your own instincts and experience to pull you through. And it worked giving them a mixture of everything from Lemon D, Dillinja, L Double, Bizzy B and some V recordings stuff, their appreciation was overwhelming, the response and the way they knew how to have a good time. I remember at one point 'Warning' remix was on and a few guys were at the front banging the stage shouting for a rewind, they went crazy but the plates kept jumping so I looked at him with a sort of frown then he looked at me, he stopped jumping, at this point he thought I was gonna have a massive fit or get dark on him, I laughed, then he realised I was laughing, then I rewound the tune then he started laughing and they just went crazy after that, so yes it has this buzz about it and the atmosphere they create is ecstatic. I now can see why Kenny Ken loves it out there and they have great admiration for him as well, put it like this if you are a DJ and you have no intention of coming with anything new to Canada then basically they don't rate you at all, they want to hear fresh music coming straight from England. It must be said they have 2 Jungle DJs out there Mystical Influence and DJ Snipper and they are pushing the Drum + Bass in a very good way, however they do oppose many problems in obtaining records from England because not many people take them seriously, if we want the music to survive in these parts of the country the music must hit the streets - Flex, Formation and Basement records are now helping them out. So finally Ned where does Jungle and it's music go from here? and what are your future plans? I just hope we don't see another split, where we have certain DJ's playing the more harder side of the music and other DJs playing what the media call 'Intelligent' Jungle, if we do we are not helping the scene one bit instead were causing what I call 'music politics'. It's just a pity that there are a lot of people out there who put a lot of pressure on DJ's which is uncalled for, if a DJ's into his sound that he is playing we should at least try and understand what's the DJ's message by playing that type of music, I said before I only hope it does progress, DJ's have responsibilities, promoters have that responsibility as well, because lets face it, it's the promoters who book the DJ's and the DJ's dictate the music, so if a promoter is booking 6 DJ's all of the same style of music week in week out you're causing a split just by not booking other DJ's with a different feel of music, therefore the crowd cannot become educated with a different form of music because they have been led up a path by DJ's who have just given them either the Harder side of Jungle or the softer side of the music ie 'Hardstep' or 'Ambient' call it what you want. Quite a lot of the good music is brushed aside and is not being played in our clubs enough, I personally feel this is wrong and the question is who is to blame for this, is it the DJ's / Promoters / Producers. I wonder. As for my future plans just to continue what I believe in: that's to push whatever music I play until it is properly accepted. I have plans to do House sets abroad as well as Jungle in Paris, Canada, Germany and Amsterdam but for the time being I'm off to Huddersfield for a short period (Studio time). Shouts - Julia + Ammie (I think that's Lincoln), Lemon D, L Double, Dillinja, Goldie, Bizzy B, Kemistry + Storm, Essence of Aura, DJ Unique, DJ Biggs, Bassman (The Dark one), Lennie, Ace, Scarlet, Mystical Influence, DJ Snipper (Toronto), DJ Ruffcut, DJ Fury (Chicago), BA Ellis and crew, all the B2B and Quest crew and finally Da Intalex records and Bryan G. For bookings phone 01902 656754.

DRUM & BASS ARENA SATURDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 1995 Nikki (blk mkt) SwanNe Ellis Dee Grooverider kemistry + Storm Nut-E-1 mC's Stevie Hyper D + Fearless SATURDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 1995 Nut-E-1 Sy Slippmatt Phantasy Fabio Randall mC Fearless + mC Reality INNERSENSE 3RD BIRTHDAY PARTY SATURDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 1995 Ray Keith Brockie Mickey Finn Randall DJ Frost Grooverider Probe mC's Navigator, Dett + mC GQ FRONTLINE SHOWCASE featuring RUDE BWOY MONTY P. FUNK & HARDWARE !!!!! LOTTO FEVER SATURDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 1995 Nut-E-1 Doc Scott Ellis Dee Slippmatt Nikki (blk mkt) Phantasy kemistry + Storm mC Stevie Hyper D, mC MC + mC Reality SATURDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 1995 Gemini SwanNe Fabio Doc Scott kemistry + Storm DJ Rap Grooverider mC Fearless + mC Reality

INNERSENSE Lazerdrome 267 Rye Lane London SE15 Saturday 2nd September Circuit • Andy Lewis Mickey B Jaqui Nanson Saturday 9th September Operator Kenny Charles Roger the Doctor Arjaydee Saturday 16th September Rob Blake • Crazy D Circuit • Andy Lewis Saturday 23rd September Arjaydee • Operator Richie Fingers Rob Maynard P.A. by "NUSH" with tracks "You Girls" & "Move that Body" Saturday 30th September Circuit Andy Lewis BUMP EXPRESS - T. Baron, Jeff Alan Arjaydee It Could Be You...?! What's the first thing you'd do if you won the Lottery? Get your friends together? Hire a limo? Crack open the champagne? Cruise to some London clubs? Stroll in on the guest list with a little spending money? LOTTO feVeR! Well, that's exactly what you could be doing on September 23rd 1995. Every person arriving at Innersense on that date will be choosing numbers for their own personal lottery ticket free of charge. At 1.30am the lottery draw will take place on stage. Match your numbers to those appearing on screens throughout the club and you could be one of up to four lucky winners heading for the Lazerdrome limo. Every Saturday - £10 admission 10pm - 7am - no entry after 1.30am. Info: 0171 732 5047

LONDON WORLD RECORDS OPEN MON - SAT 11-7PM 268B HIGH ROAD, LEYTONSTONE, LONDON, E11 3HS. (Opposite the Post Office) TEL / FAX: 0181 503 0658 We stock the best in: Jungle, Drum & Bass, Garage 'n' House, Soul, Swing, Ragga & Rap. We have the latest White labels, CD's, Imports and Promo's available. Merchandise ranging from Jackets, Slipmatts, T Shirts, Record bags, Mix Tapes, Magazines. Cold drinks available. DANCE MUSIC SPECIALISTS DJ ACCESSORIES TICKETS FOR MAJOR EVENTS. ADVANCE WARNING !END OF SUMMER SALE (MID SEPT). ALL UK 12" £3.25, NEW RELEASES £3.75 EACH. DONT MISS OUT CALL US TODAY ! ARMAGEDDON ALL THE LATEST JUNGLE - HARDCORE - DRUM & BASS - 4 BEAT AND PROMO'S AND MUCH MORE ALL AT REASONABLE PRICES. We also have a large selection of merchandise including names like ESP - AWOL - INTA - World Dance - Roast and Bang in Tunes plus tickets to all major events. 326 CHARTWELL NORTH VICTORIA CIRCUS SHOPPING CENTRE SOUTHEND ON SEA TEL: 01702 603687 / 0850 731913 STOP PRESS WE ARE NOW OPEN SUNDAYS 11-4PM RECORDS!

WASS UP this WEEK-END ? INFORMATION PACK: 0181 503 6360 Put your club events on teletext! MTV text pg 543 club text 543 MTV COMPETITIONS FROM THIS MONTH ON WE SHALL BE DOING A COMPETITION SECTION ALLOWING YOU TO WIN ALL TYPES OF GOODIES !!! MIND YOUR HEAD We have 2 pairs of VIP passes to give away for the Mind Your Head event at the Cambridge Corn exchange on the 23rd Sept to win a pair just answer the following question :What was the name of the rave which occupied the Cambridge Corn Exchange from 1990-1993. a) Energy b)Edge c)Eclipse FORMATION RECORDS FORMATION From Formation records we have a whole host of goodies including Stickers, Badges, a Jacket and a record bag. To win just tell us the name of the shop that Formation records is connected with. MC MASTERCUTS MASTERCUTS Mastercuts have kindly given us 3 sets of albums including Classic Reggae, Classic Hip Hop and Classic House Vol 3.To win just tell us the name of 3 of the previous Mastercuts releases. (please specify either LP, Cassette or CD) SEND YOUR ANSWERS TO: ATMOSPHERE, 17 GORDON ROAD, SOUTHEND ON SEA, ESSEX, SS1 1NJ.

bassment records presents jungle vs reggae ENERGY SOUNDCLASH sat 23rd sept 8.30 till 2.00 the palace hotel southend tickets £5 in advance from bassment records or £6 on the night. KENNY KEN DJ BAZIL MAGISTRATE MC FEARLESS MC SPANGLER G V THE ABISHI SOUND SYSTEM AND FULL KRU & THE SOUND FACTION SYSTEM bassment records. 19 market place . southend . 01702 437000 for the very best in Jungle . reggae . house . hip-hop plus a large selection in clothing . merchandise . mix tapes & ticket outlet. Section 5 RECORDS 121 KINGS ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON SW3 (INSIDE COMMON MARKET) OPEN MON-SAT 10AM - 7PM Tel : 0171 351 6853 Section 5 Records offer a wide range of white labels, promo's and release copies of all the latest vinyl, keeping you one step ahead of the rest, together with news and information on all future releases, videos and event tickets available through the shop Full range of mechandise Now Available MAIL ORDER SERVICE - Records, Tapes, Video's, Tickets & Merchandise, available around the world. Futher information can be obtained by phone. Merchandise To receive our new merchandise catalogue & to be included on Section 5's mailing list, please send a A4 S.A.E. to the shop voodoo magic Section 5 LONDON MOVING SHADOW PRODUCTIONS MOVING SHADOW AUDIO . COUTURE

Club One Nation - Sat 8th July Rhythm Station. We started the long haul at 9.30 and arrived at 11pm. There was no queue and security was nice, tight and polite. The first thing that grabbed us was the excellent layout of the venue - The dancing platforms, lightshow and lazers, position of the DJ stand and the crystal clear sound system. We walked in on Ash attack who played a good selection of Drum + Bass. DJ Cool Hand Flex followed and played a solid set. Next up was the one and only Dr S Gachet who rinsed and kept the crowd jumping, an absolutely T for Tremendous set from a DJ who is playing out of his skin at the moment. After that vinyl assault, Andy C stepped up and smashed up the whole damn venue and just edged it over Gachet as the best set of the night (big up the Andy C). Jungle don the DJ Ron played a tough set. Following was the man like Marvellous Cain who none of us had ever seen play out before but ripped it up. Darren Jay ruffed it up in fine style and kept the place bubbling neatly. Last set of the night was from a female DJ Wildchild (who wasn't on the flyer) but kept the crowd firin to the very end. MC's on the night were Rude Bwoy Monty and the lively, exceptional MC Fearless with spot on timing and quick rhyming (what a wicked MC). Overall this was a wicked night out in an exceptional venue so for the hard step,drum + bass lovers who don't mind a trek, this club you've got to check. Reviewed by Matt, Ziggy & Dean. Shouts to Rude Dog Elz, Johnny B, Frenzic, Stu for the tow and last but not least One Nation for putting on a wicked night. Club Jungle - Every Friday - Vogue Sittingbourne - Kent. This night is being run by the people that brought you Jungle Soundclash at the Roller Express. The club runs from 10 - 8am and has resident DJ's on rotation such as Rap, Nikki Blk Mkt, Kenny Ken, Kane, Devious D and others plus a whole host of local DJ's spinning Drum + Bass every week. On the night that I went there was myself, UK Fresh, Kane, Kenny Ken and a few others providing the vibe The club itself holds about 7 - 800 people. and when I went I arrived at about 11pm and by about 1am the club was quite jammed , there is also a garden as well but I didn't look for it so I cant tell you anything about that but needless to say. I would recommend Club Jungle for a nice little friday night party. Evolution VII - 150795 - Sanctuary. The last event that I had been to at the Sanctuary had been wicked, so I had high expectations of both the event and the venue. We had no trouble getting a parking space right next to the Sanctuary and got in quickly thanks to safe security. Although we had missed most of the hardcore section of the night, we caught a few nice tunes before Mickey Finn came on with his usual wicked set. The crowd was reasonably large for a venue of this size, but there was still a good atmosphere. Grooverider followed

dropping wicked tunes although the mixing wasn't quite up to his usual high standards. DJ SS dropped a good set and kept the crowd moving. Swane played from 12 till 1, finishing off the night with a nice set. It was obvious from the crowd that Evolution was aimed at younger ravers (14 and above), and while it would've been a good introduction to the scene for all the young people there, I thought that finishing at 1 was a bit of a joke. Overall, good tunes, good lights and a fairly loud system added up to a good night. Well done Evolution. Shouts to Tristan, MC Tone, Carlo, Tim, Jay, Phake, Size, Laz, Pheks, C+E all the rest of Kilburn crew by Simon (Review krew 95). Hysteria - Sanctuary. Yes, Yes, once again we were on a mission up to Milton Keynes, stormin up the M1 on one of many coaches, for myself it was the first time I was to go up there without a car but if you've been by train you don't want to make that walk it is bad news. So I thought I would pay a tenner and not have the worry of driving, but when the coach is almost an hour late screwing is no the word to describe how vexed I was. Enough of that, we got to Hysteria and entered the 100K arena. Now I'm no expert but my bass speakers at home sounded better, I'm sorry but something was definitely wrong. I don't want to put Hysteria on a downer, because some of the DJ's, Micky Finn that night especially, were kicking arse, but with a small crowd by Sanctuary standards my crew were not enjoying the good points too easily. Hysteria crowd, respect, your safe and those of you who were there I hope you had a proper time of it. The DJ's both Happy & D + B played well, but with that sound system you must be joking. The lighting was good and the stage on this occasion was set up on the left hand side of the venue. Arena 1 as I mentioned was a mixture of Happy and Jungle with DJ's Sy and Finn raising the roof respectively. Arena 2 I found sometimes stole the show with a talented line up, but one day that floor is going to collapse. Anyway what do we say about Hysteria, average is what we say. Until I see ya it goes out to Tristan, Cosmo, Brooke hall massive, E London crew, all the sexy dancers, Hybrid and all the Cloud Nine crew and coach massive. PS Sanctuary security sort yourselves out!! Desert Storm - 300695 - Lazerdrome. Be warned Desert storm is X rated, and what I mean by X rated is that it hits a ten for musical style. No other Jungle rave I have been to apart from AWOL, Innersense and Desire compares. To say that we were treated to a dubplate extravaganza is putting it mildly with 17 of the ruffest and tuffest rude bwoy DJ's. Not 1 DJ gave the crowd rest and the crowd loved them for it with enough lighter's being lit to create a new oil field and so many horns that I thought a nuclear bomb had exploded. To give you some idea of the night here are the DJ's Grooverider, Ron, Randall, Kenny Ken, Darren Jay, Brockie, Ray Keith, Trace, Nicky BM, Flex. Kemi + Storm, Manpi Swift and Tonic with MC's GQ, Rema-Dee, Sandy & Det in 2 arenas. The venue was like always a booming Lazerdrome bassline, but also some of that London attitude rubbish, does it mean because you are from London that you have to look at everyone going past with a screwface ! Anyway throughout the night I couldn't fault any of the DJ's but Grooverider did it for me. It goes out to Tristan, Cosmo, Plaistow massive, all the girls we have met, Neil, Charlie, Simon and all the Camberwell church rd massive - respect. By Carlo Renaldi (Review Krew). Helter Skelter - Sat 8th July - Sanctuary. At last another Helter Skelter was upon us and what a stomping

night it looked like we were in for. The flyer promised 'The best of both worlds' with a massive outdoor arena to provide a slightly less chaotic place to go when a breather was needed from the massive indoor warehouse. Outside there were many mad attractions from the classic fair rides and refreshment stalls to gravity machines and space stimulators. And for those who wanted to have it there were the top names of 4 Beat, Techno and Jungle. In the main arena Brisk played his usual stompy set (But why so early ?). Also playing was Dougal, Vibes, Grooverider, Fabio, Slipmatt and Seduction to name a few and not forgetting the 'Scratchmaster' Sy who definitely lived up to his name for his set. Upstairs in the Technodrome the line up looked equally as rough with Clarkee and Easygroove already pushing the crowd that little bit further, unfortunately I never got to go in this arena because of the permanent queues as the security ensured a 'One in, One out' policy once the room had filled out. I would have been dissapointed if I had gone to this event especially for the Techno drome. The system boomed out an 80k system as the Sanctuary knows how and no expense was spared to ensure that the usual display was of the highest degree. There was also a massive lazer system which really got the crowd rocking as well as added delights like Roboscans to make you look twice, and an array of hightech strobes. The security in the Sanctuary are renowned for making it's presence known. Fair enough there is a job to be done, but is it really necesary to have them peering over the toilet while your answering the call of nature. But all in all Helter Skelter was up to it's usual high standard and more, a definite must for all those who haven't been and see you at the next one to all those who made the night what it was. Shouts Tristan, Rise and Shine, All the Croydon massive and all the NW London crew. by Natalie Le Mare. TRIBAL DANCE AT PARADISE CLUB - FRIDAYS After wading through London traffic we arrived around about 11pm. Our entry to the Paradise club was a warm and friendly one from security where we just breezed past with not much of a queue or hassle. The layout was medium sized, downstairs had a House & Garage chill out room and upstairs was the Jungle room which was split into two parts with a stage. The vibe was purely smiley faces everywhere you looked. As the place started filling up, pumpin out the choons on a perfect sound system was DJ Synchronise who got it warmed up with plenty selection of crowd favourites like 'Fire', 'Champion DJ', and 'Girls dem want it', mixing in many of his own taste of heavy darkside and D + B. It is best to get there early because it blows up at 12 am, and fuck me does it blow !! The dancefloor got rammed up good and proper. The club was rinsin out believe !! Everyone was lovin it. Next on the Technics was Pooch who did the business. letting off a set that propelled new standards for 'Up + Comings' - nice one Pooch! We were entertained vocally tonight by MC's Prince and Foxy, who kept the crowd jumping from beginning to end. Foxy went wild with the words and cooked up the mic when Dr S Gachet arrived, Gash sent the crowd wild with some Super brok D + B he got rewind after rewind as the form of Jungle he played was especially devoted to the crowds reaction. Super set Gash ! So I asked myself could this night get better, then came my answer. DJ Randall who set the house on fire, bombarding the massive with X amount of Hardstep missiles, Randall pushed the people to their absolute limits, Randall always tumps out the fattest of sets. All I can say about Tribal Dance at the Paradise club is: The sound was outstanding, The attitude was pure niceness, All the girls tonight were fly and sexy, Cheap prices what more can you ask for ? 'Like a Jedi I shall return'. Maximum inflations 2 Tristan, Cheryl, Cybele, Wisay, Gerald, DJ Magic, Pooch, MC Terrorist, DJ Crazylegs and MC Foxy - Ouch! RAVEALATION & ELEVATION - RAVEDOME - HOUNSLOW. Touched down about midnight and the queue was stretching right along the building. Inside the security were busy making sure everything was kosha (they found the rizla). When they had finished the body search we entered the main arena to find DJ Vibes tearing out the happy sounds, the

place was looking busy. The sound system and the lights were full on and MC Sharky had the happy crew bubbling. Next up was DJ Joey G with MC's JJ + Micro keeping up the pressure, Fabio came in roughing up the crowd with yours truly, excellent set always a crowd pleaser. The PA's on the night first up was MC MC versus Stevie Hyper D 'Get pon the floor'. Tune is absolutely rolling (look out for Riders plate) great stage show, 2 hooligans with canisters burning down the place and dancers in the background. Big up the clemey and the Black Town crew - Nuff respect. DJ Raps PA was also really good, sending out a shout to Smiler and the other dancers good show. Rap continued to DJ until she was relieved - Good set. The place was boiling by now and I had to retire to the chill out zone located outside at the back, big up to DJ TRansit who had the House head bobbing in the House room at the back of the hall, overall the night was wicked, big up to all the DJ's Grooverider, Stevie Hyper, MC MC, Funki, Richie + Jackie, Bolton, Annette and Justin and all the Hastings massive. Shout to Derek B the original hooligan and the lads you know who! Carlo, Tristan by Micro. Exposure - Tuesdays - Options, Kingston. Exposure bean on the 4th July and has been running every Tuesday since. Arriving at Options nightclub your'e welcomed by the up + coming sounds of Funky T, ITN and Little D, offering a wide selection from Hardstep to melodic Drum + Bass. Also presenting the likes of Fabio, Grooverider, Ray Keith, Kenny Ken, Randall, Hype and Frost. The club has a central dance floor onlooking the stage where you can find the DJ's, if sanding and gazing is your thing there's plenty of space to do this with raised balconies incorporating the bars, this gives plenty of space to chill out, there's also a big VIP bar. Despite it being on a Tuesday night it has a wekend atmosphere, the people are definitely there for the music and dancing (Not anything else). So if you don't normally venture out week days this is definately one to check out. Running from 9-2 it's well worth the £5 entrance fee, respect to Des and kevin, all Exposure crew, all DJ's and MC's, Tristan, Cybele, Carlo by Vince (Review krew). Hijack - Sat 5th Aug - Paradise club. Leaving the Sub Zero camp at about 9.30pm we headed sharply uptown to the Paradise club once again, on arrival at the club about an hour later I noticed no queue at all for the first time I had ever seen here. After a brief search we entered the downstairs room which too was playing Jungle tonight, we grabbed a brew or two and waited for the people to arrive. We then moved upstairs to listen to the sounds of SL, the place soon started to fill and with the arrival of 5ive 0 and Navigator Hi jack was soon hotting up. Next on was Brockie playing enuff ruff selections shortly joined by Andy C to give out some bad B2B business and for me the best set of the night. Then came Dark Angel who I had never heard before but kept things running nicely whilst awaiting Devious D who too played a good set and with Kenny Ken on last for the night the Paradise to us was still looking good, could have been a few more people but stil a wicked night. Big Up to Hi Jack crew, Frenzic, Sub Zero 106.4 FM by Shakhan and MC Sniper. United Dance - Stevenage Leisure Centre - 11 Aug. This was the 9th United Dance party held at Stevenage and also without a doubt he best yet. Celebrating the launch of their 2nd album UD are near perfection. I arrived to see a very Atmosphere 24

large queue which was to be expected as this event was not to be missed. The security were friendly as usual and were doing their best to get people in quickly. We just caught the end of Vinylgroover's set, by now th atmosphere was well warmed up amd totally buzzin with happy ravers. Firstly I have never seen such a brilliant and original stage set up. A classical 18th Century stone garden with loads of plants and water fountains on the stage with a staircase going up to th DJ stand, behind the stage was the maddest backdrop I had ever seen at a rave! The line up of DJs in both arena's consisted of mostly the top DJs in England playing some of the newest and best tunes around, respect to Seduction for those wicked dubplates. Unfortunately the only DJ who wasn't there was Grooverider who was in Australia. The whole night was filmed by the BPM crew and was screened on the 19th Aug - bad luck if you missed it! The main type of music played throughout the night was 4 Beat which the crowd loved but after a while it got pretty damn hot in the main aren! So we took a wander outside to the chillout. Mickey Finn and Hype both played later on in the evening and gave everone a chance to slow down a bit and dance to a more mellow Drum & Bass set which broke the evening up just right. Must mention the Dougal and Hixxy PA for which I was right at the front to see, they played an exclusive version of "Toytown" from the forthvoming UD album and from the crowds reaction it's gonna be big. This is one of the best raves around at the moment, an unbelievably friendly atmosphere everytime, I lost count of the amount of people I chatted to, everyone enjoyed it, even Slipmatt stayed aroung after his set and danced in the crowd - We saw Ya! So I recommend going to the next one on the 13th October and rumour has it it's going to be even better. What more can I say!! Last word: At the front of the stage there was a massive fan blowing onto everyone in the crowd near the front, if only more places could do this! Rachael. DESIRE - A MIDSUMMERS NIGHT DREAM - 290795 - SANCTUARY. Whistle posse blow ! Well yet another Desire was upon us at the well known Sanctuary, Milton keynes. I am a Desire nut so don't believe everything I say but even before I start I want to say one thing, Go to the next one ! First of all the venue, after all this time the Sanctuary still needs improvements, for a start the turntables upstairs were constantly jumping causing untold murder to both records and atmosphere, try and sort it out please! Another point which causes me concern is the drinking tap, a trickle of water is just not good enough and with a wait of 30 minutes it's just not right, people need water. With the rave in full swing when I arrived and the queue stretching outside the Sanctuary until 1am, it was sure to be rammed inside. With the atmosphere, lighting and production up to Desire's usual high standards I was looking orward to a good night. Among the attractions on the night were 2 video screens, lazers, backdrops and some of the largest inflateables I have ever seen along with a sound system that could be heard. DJs on the night punching it out were Hype, Randall, Mickey Finn, Rap, JJ Frost, Swane, Andy C, Swift + Zinc plus many more with Grooverider KO'ing the opposition in the main arena and Frenzic in arena 2 respect. With the best of the lyrical rhythms coming from the one and only Stevie Hyper. Well what more can I say about Desire, rough, tough and dangerous with Drum + Bass education in mind, an event to savour and to experience again, hope to see you at the next one, have a good one. A ravers handshake to Tristan, Simon, Cosmo, Tom, Neil, Jo, Charlie, Peckham massive, the 2 Kellys and Steve. PS Wicked set by Flapjack in arena 2

HOW DID YOU DECIDE ON YOUR NAME? Ask my mum! HAVE YOU WORKED FOR ANY OTHER LABELS? Basement. Mo Wax, Creative Wax, Moving Shadow and I am now signed to Island records. HAVE YOU EVER DJED OR PAED? As I said earlier I did a bit of DJing but I have never done any PA's. IS THERE ANY CERTAIN VIBE YOU LOOK TO CREATE WHEN PRODUCING A TRACK? Basically I just want to make people dance! WHO OR WHAT ARE YOUR MUSICAL INFLUENCES? All sorts of people, but mainly the artists from my raving days Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Phuture, Marshall Jefferson, Robert Owens, the list is endless! HAVE YOU DONE ANY REMIX WORK? Yeah quite a few, the latest ones were for Kenny Larkin, Phantasy, Attica Blues and DJ Krush. .AS A PRODUCER WHAT DO YOU SEE YOURSELF DOING IN A YEARS TIME? Who knows? But I would like to still be making music and not doing the old 9 to 5 job, Ha Ha. WHAT DOES THE METALHEADS LABEL MEAN TO YOU? They've helped me with my career and I am grateful for them having faith in putting out my tunes. (I didn't think Basic Principles would do that well). SHOUTS Too many to mention, you all know who you are! but I must say hello to Paula and Oscar. WHEN DID YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED WITH PRODUCTION? I first started engineering for Basement records back in 92' and I have worked with various artists since then (Wax Doctor etc). I was making Techno with my brother during 93' and since the beginning of 94' I started to make Jungle tunes on my own. WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ANYTHING BEFORE PRODUCTION? I had a few attempts at 'One Off' raves during 88/89 and also some DJing through the years, but most of the time I was a sweaty raver! (Get on one matey). Atmosphere 26 Alex Reece

Real Name: The Dubster. Age: 17. Area: Far out of London (so it's not a London Someting seen !!) WHEN DID YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED WITH PRODUCTION? I first became involved in the late eighties. WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ANYTHING BEFORE PRODUCTION? I used to DJ + Rap before production and I used to go on tour with DJ Trix, we went all over Europe playing at Germany and Switzerland 14 times and in France 10 times. HAVE YOU WORKED FOR ANY OTHER LABELS? I've worked for Reinforced going under the name of 'Low Key Movements' and Formation going under the name of 'Drum + Bass' and this was before my own label Flex started. HOW DID YOU DECIDE ON YOUR NAME? The name comes from the spelling of my name 'L Double. E!' HAVE YOU EVER DJ'ED OR PA'ED? I've done PA's in the past all over Europe for DMC + Unique 3 playing at many places including the Eclipse in Coventry. IS THERE ANY CERTAIN VIBE YOU LOOK TO CREATE WHEN PRODUCING A TRACK? I don't look for any certain vibe in the studio just to give people value 4 money. WHO OR WHAT WOULD YOU SAY INFLUENCES YOU MUSICALLY? A lot of things have influenced my music in the past Hip Hop, Soul, House (Early House) and James Brown. HAVE YOU DONE ANY REMIX WORK? I've done too much (remix) work really, but I love remixing in general, personal faves being : 'Lover to Lover', 'Universal love', 'Fire', 'Predator' and 'Special Dedication' to name a few. AS A PRODUCER WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE YOURSELF DOING IN SAY A YEARS TIME? In a years time I would like to be healthy and a year wiser. WHAT DOES GOLDIE AND THE METALHEADS LABEL MEAN TO YOU? Not much I hate Goldie the northern bastard!!! SHOUTS? All at the Flex camp, All DJ's and producers coming correct, Ma and Pa, Techno and Psycho. ASYLUM AKA L Double AKA ST Files Atmosphere 27

HOW LONG HAS THE LABEL BEEN RUNNING? It has been running for about a year or so now. WHAT RELEASES HAVE YOU HAD TO DATE? So far we have had Yeah - man, 'Shadow', 'Ja', 'Gimme', 'Nasa (VIP)' and 'Sweetie' on Joker records and 'Stamina', 'Stamina' remix, 'Warriors' and 'To suit the people' (Which was on Subplates 4) on Suburban base. We are currently doing work for Suburban base, Flex records, Labello and Dee Jay recordings. WHEN DID YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED IN PRODUCTION? The Dream Team itself was formed in June 1994 and it consists of Bizzy B + Pugwash, we were both doing solo production projects for about 2 years or so prior to that. WHAT RELEASES DO YOU HAVE FORTHCOMING? To come we have 'The Ride', 'Jazz lick', 'Roller', 'Posse', 'Sweetie' remix by Back 2 Basics and a 'Ja' remix by L Double. WHAT REMIXES HAVE YOU DONE FOR OTHER LABELS? We've done 'Back to life' (Karen Wheeler) on Back 2 Basics, The 'Hitman' on IQ records, 'St Files' on Flex records, Dr S Gachet's 'Touch my toes' (VIP) for the AWOL album, 'Run Come' and Princess 'Say I'm your No.1' for Labello Blanco records. HAVE YOU EVER DONE ANY PA'S? Yes we have done two, one at Innersense at the Lazerdrome and one at Club One Nation in Aldershot. THE DREAMTEAM ARE AVAILABLE FOR DJ HIRE AND PA'S ! Atmosphere 29

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FORCE & THE EVOLUTION Djing somewhere and we've got a PA on, in that case Bert + Hoz usually do the PA's. DO YOU LOOK FOR ANY SET STYLE WHEN WRITING A TRACK? Obviously all of our music is on a Happy tip, although there are now many styles within the 4 Beat banner. We try to cover the lot at the moment whether it is Breakbeat or bouncy Techno, but we are always looking for new ways to move forward. WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFLUENCES? In the early days we were influenced by groups such as Prodigy, SL 2 & Shades of Rhythm, who were big names at the time, since them we have followed our own style. HOW DO YOU THINK THE HAPPY / 4 BEAT SCENE IS PROGRESSING MUSICALLY? At the moment things seem to be getting a lot more stompy with the kickdrum being at the forefront of the mix. We would say the music has a Techno feel to it but a hard kick drum doesn't make a Techno tune, and anyway a lot of people would be offended if a stompy 4 Beat tune was labelled Techno. As for musically a lot of producers are attempting to give the 4 Beat scene a more professional image by using live vocals and more keyboards, things are certainly moving forward. WHAT DJ'S PROMOTE YOUR TUNES ON DUBS? All of the big names really Slipmatt, Dougal, Sy, Seduction, Brisk - the list goes on although Dubs are never sacred, once you give a DAT WHO DOES FORCE & THE EVOLUTION CONSIST OF? There are 4 of us in total, Paul (Force), Darren (Styles), James (Legal Sub) and Paul (Or Bert + Hoz as they are better known). Darren and Bert both play the keyboards while Paul and Hoz deal with the technical side of things. WHEN DID YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED IN PRODUCTION? It all started when Darren went round to Pauls to get tickets for one of the Raven events at Colchester Uni. Paul who was a resident at Oscars knew that Darren played the keyboard and was itching to make a tune. Darren then introduced Paul to Bert & Hoz and together come up with 'Fall down on me', the rest is history. WHEN DID YOU START TAKING AN INTEREST IN THE MUSIC? Darren, Bert & Hoz all had keyboard lessons for a few years and started playing around with dance music while still at school. They started to produce hardcore when they first started raving in 1992. As for Force (the old man of the group) he not involved in the scene back in 89 and was a raver in those days and took an interest in DJing shortly after. WHAT LABELS HAVE YOU WORKED ON? Obviously we've been on Kniteforce since we set out and have had about 5 releases with them. We've also been producing for Slipmatt's Universal label under the name of 'A Sense of Summer' the 1st release being On Top and the 2nd is due out soon called 'Around the World'. HAVE YOU DONE ANY REMIX WORK FOR OTHER LABELS? We've done around 4 remixes. One for Justin Time's 'Sweet in Pocket' DJ Ham's 'Higher' plus one for a band called Active Force and also one for a German label. We've got a couple more lined up one for Just Another Label and one for DJ Slam. WHERE DID THE NAME FORCE & THE EVOLUTION COME FROM? It was fairly simple really. We had the name Evolution for as long as we can remember and when we met Paul we just added his name to it. DO YOU DJ AND IF SO DOES PRODUCTION TAKE PRIORITY TO IT? Two of us play out as Force & Styles, although Bert + Hoz are pretty nifty mixers themselves. As for taking priority over production, the only problems come if we're Atmosphere 32

to one DJ they all seem to have it, we don't mind though guys keep it up. WHICH DJ'S DO YOU RATE? There's only one answer to this question and that's all of them. If you are an up + coming DJ or even a DJ at home then you know how much hard work it is. Add to that the conditions they work under and the travelling these guys do in a night then they all deserve 100% respect. We now come to the time where hopefully we can get a few frustrating problems out of the way. As we mentioned earlier Force & The Evolution consist of 4 people, however when Force & Styles DJ together a lot of promoters seem to believe they are Force & Tha Evolution, infact they are only 2 members of the group. This has caused a number of problems when we have been booked to DJ somewhere and the name Force + Evolution appears on the flyer not Force + Styles. So hopefully now that should all be cleared up. As for Force + Styles we've just set up a new 4 Beat label called UK Dance the 1st release by New Motion AKA Bert + Hoz from Evolution was released in July, the 2nd tune by Force + Styles is due out in Sept with remixes from Slipmatt, Brisk & Dougal. We have also remixed an old track of Dougals called 'Zurich' which is being released on Essential Platinum. Last but not least we have done 2 tracks for Seduction's label Impact - coming soon. DJing wise we have bookings at Dreamscape, Pleasure dome, Club Kinetic, Die Hard & Fubar (Sctlnd). for bookings: 0860 142919. Shouts Slipmott, Dougal, Seduction, Sy, Brisk, Hoxy, Slam, Billy Bunter and all the rest of the DJing crew, Evolution dancers, MC Whitelocks, Chris (UD), Alex (Dance Paradise), all at Kniteforce, The Slammin bo... and last but not least all our mates. JUST 4U VOL 2 REMIX UNIVERSAL HECTIC + JUST ANOTHER LABEL BRING U VOL. 2 OF THEIR VERY OWN COMPILATION ALBUM AVAILABLE ON PROMO EP FROM MOS + JUMPSTART AND CHASE MS DISTRIBUTED BY SRD

ALBUM reviews GROOVERIDERS HARDSTEP SELECTION VOL 2 - KICKIN RECS. This being a 16 track compilation from one of the scenes most respected artists, as the title suggests this is not for the faint hearted with tracks by Roni Size 'Step up' + 'It's a Jazz thing', Splash 'Babylon' remix + 'Oh Gosh' remix, J Majik 'Your sound', Dillinja 'Tear down' + 'Angels fell', SS 'Lighter' remix + 'MA2' remix, Smokey Joe 'Shining', Tom & Jerry 'All of my' and others. All smashers in their own right, there is also a Grooverider Mix tape of the album - 90% HARDCORE MASSIVE 1- ROGUE TROOPER RECORDS. This is a 12 track compilation compiled by DJ Phantasy with tracks from Hoppa & Bones - 'So Sweet' remix, Aphrodite - 'Basslight' remix, Asend & Ultravibe - 'Just a little', SS 'Smokers Rhythm', Phantasy 'Knowledge + Wisdom', Danny Breaks 'Droppin Science 1' remix, Simon Bassline Smith 'Natty music' and 'Hypnosis' remix and Pascal 'Freedom' all on the rollin drum + bass tip, there is also a mix tape of the album by DJ Phantasy - 80% DEADLY BEATS - RUMOUR RECORDS. This album has been dedicated to the memory of Babyface Ragga, and has been compiled by Mad Bones of Quayside fame and been by Kenny Ken. The first track 'Just 4 U London' I didn't expect to see on any album's but has pleased me no end. There is also classic's like '31 Seconds', 'Hot Flame', 'Wicked Man' and Ray Keith's remix of 'Religion', 14 tracks to choose from 85% Atmosphere 34

SHY FX- JUST AN EXAMPLE - S.O.U.R. To be quite honest I was quite impressed with the layout and content of the album. Totalling 11 tracks including 'Gangsta Kid', 'Gangsta II', 'Original Gangsta' and 'Original Nuttah' plus a whole host of others such as the stormers 'Who Run Tings', 'This Style' and 'Dubplate' and the roller 'Cry'. In the gaps between the tracks are educational messages to the masses 90% METALHEADS - TIMELESS - FFRR. Finally comes the long awaited album from the Metalheads stables with 12 tracks including the mammoth 20:58 minute long 'Timeless' track, the much acclaimed 'Saint Angel' track, 'Kemistry', 'Angel', a VIP mix of 'State of Rage' plus others with ranging styles, vibes and flavours proving that there is plenty of life and diversity in the scene. 95% RUFF & READY - HIGHER LIMITS. 12 track cmpilation album mixed by DJ Manpi Swift and MC GQ with tracks by Tonic, Groove rider, Trace, Crystal, Splash, Phantasy and Majistrate definately on a Ruff & Ready tip - 92% THE PROMISED LAND - HIGHER LIMITS. Another 12 track album from the same label this time mixed by DJ Slipmaster J of Lucky Spin fame. On a more stringy and mellow vibe with tracks by Acro, Future sound of London, Fokus and Orca - rollin out neatly - 90% Watch out for DJ Crystle's "Crystalize" album forthcoming on higher Limits. 4 ON 1 - ROGUE TROOPER RECS. 12 track album with the combined talents of 4 labels United Dance, Ravers Choice, Man from Uncle and Rogue Trooper happy trax with classics such as 'Motorway Madness', 'Easy Bass' and 'Lovin you is easy' - 85% Also watch out for DJ's unite vol 3 coming soon! ALBUM reviews

AREA 39 have been involved in the Jungle scene for the last 4 years. They have recently produced tracks for Bear Necessities, Tooz up, a new label called Genetic Stress and their recent track 'Cap Columble' will be launching Roger Johnson's new label very soon. I asked Matt & Joe (alias Area 39 or Nut E 1 or Technarchy) how they got into Drum + Bass, what they were up to and where they thought the scene was progressing. SO, HOW DID YOU START MAKING TUNES? We started making tunes when we were about 15 on a seriously budget Omega computer and we were both into dance at the start of Acid House. We used to go to a lot of legal and illegal raves and slowly became more and more hooked on hard dance music. We worked for a long time without any thoughts of releasing anything until we both got involved in the record business one way or another. We both started DJing around 1990, playing at illegal raves around the country. Nut E 1 carried on to play more seriously. He became resident DJ at London's Lazerdrome and also recently travelled to Cologne in Germany to DJ there. Matt has worked as a sound engineer for the last 4 years with Fokus records, ULR, Kickin recs, Pirate Club, Bear Necessities and Just Another Label and with artists such as Jumping Jack Frost (He engineered the vocal mix of Leviticus). Together we have released several 12' under the name Area 39 and Nut E 1 + Technarchy and also remixed 'Babylon Timewarp' by Intense. Matt has also released singles under the name Phat + Phuturistic and Little Matt (Cos' I'm not big). What have you been up to RECENTLY ? We have just released 2 tracks as Area 39: 'High Flyers' and 'Dark Perswayshun' on Genetic Stress and also a 12' on Tooz Up recs which is out now, plus a remix of 'Every Day' by Sub Sequence. We have also been working on a new album of 12 tracks of more experimental Drum + Bass which is due to be released by Crammed Disks (Belgium) who also run 'Language recs'. All tracks are unreleased although 'Silver Haze' has been licensed to the compilation 'Jungle Heat' by Virgin. 'Silver Haze' is a full vocal meander into a dream - like a subtle, spaced out world of sounds and voices over Drum + Bass. HOW HAVE YOU SEEN THE SCENE PROGRESS? As far as we can see, there has recently been a movement within the scene towards a more subtle form of Drum + Bass, with more emphasis on creative sounds than heavy beats and bassline. The complicated drum patterns are still there but there's more of a groove, more ideas about rhythm and fluidity. Sampling is being used in a more interesting way and is more about creating new sounds from old. We believe the music is becoming more soulful, to allow more room for feeling and self expression. As producers we feel that Drum + Bass holds the best possibilities for experimentation and expanding the mind into the outer reaches of the universe. We strongly feel that if a superior life form from another planet came to earth they would be groovin' to what is being called Drum + Bass (Really?). Watch out for Aphrodite remix of 'Sparkling', original of which appeared on the Artcore compilation on React recs. Atmosphere 36

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2ND MOVEMENT RECORDS. THE JB - THE REALM - In a typical 2nd Movement style on a very deep tip, with droning bass and eerie vocals - for those who like it deep - 80%. TAKE YOUR SOUL REMIX - On the same tip as Original but twisting out everything giving it more flow and power than the original - 85% CONQUEROR RECORDS. DJ MASSIVE - DANCEHALL MASSIVE - (Smokey Joe Mix) - This being my fave mix with the typical No Smoking stabs, breaks and beats and staggered 'Final Confrontation' vocal - rollin 88%. LEMON D Vol 2 - Lemon D is making a serious comeback and this EP is no exception the 2nd track on flip is in my eyes heaven. Soul vibes, phat amen then mash up bass-wicked 92% DEE JAY RECORDINGS BABYLON - TRACE / DJ SS (MIXES) - DJ SS's mix as you would expect has one of those bouncy "Arsonist" type basses, and a chaotic dog. I prefer the Trace mix on the flip which in my opinion ranks with the original for power, stretched vocals - wicked - 96%. DJ TONIC - THE MACK - Tonic certainly takes you on a mission with these 2 wicked Hip Hop style tracks - personal fave at the moment - 90%. DJ TRACE - BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY - 2 versions start with a famous speech then drops deep with totally ruff drums as only Trace knows how, wicked sounds, nice female vocal - So deep man ! DREAD RECORDS BABYLON 5 - SET IT UP - The long awaited 'Yes Yes' remix with 2 to choose from no blah needed - 90%. NINA'S RINSE - That one with the Nina Simone piano intro then the Terrorist bass and militant beats - say no more - 95%. SING TIME - The infamous Pink Floyd (Shine on) sample with 'Sing Time' vocal, rollin beats and bouncy bass, tearing up dances all over the place - Out soon - 95% 006 RK WOOTANG LICK - Using the infamous 'Lighter' sample with bouncy bass and wicked Wootang gangsta break - Phat - 98%. 005 LEMON D - Tearout and twisted up breaks galore with plenty of flavour and ruffness - 95%. 004 SUBJECT 13 - SCREAMING STRINGS - After a short intro drops into a stringy / guitar break setting the pace for a groovy roller - phat - 93%. GANJA RECORDS SUPER SHARP SHOOTER - DJ ZINC - Excellent adventure with fat Hip Hop snips and tuff bass on both sides - Mega rollin - 99%. PUM PUM MUST SMOKE GANJA - DJ HYPE + GANJA MAX - With all the usual mangled up Ganja basslines in all the right places and the vibe as only Hype knows how - Phat - 98%. INTALEX DA INTALEX - MERCY/I LIKE IT - A side starts with stuttered "Mercy" vocal, choppy bass stabs and beats tearin out. Whereas the flip "I like it" is a vocal, piano, string stab and warped bass journey with plenty of tear out beats come in later - 90%. DA INTALEX - I LIKE IT / MERCY (MIXES) - "I like it" remix is the absolute boom !! Phat bass, more effects than I can shake a stick at and plenty of vibe and flavor - wicked - 99%. JUICE RECORDS. MTS - BAD BOY SOUND - Title track kicks off with funky intro soon a militant tear out number with twisted vocals and rotating bass plus the vocal from the old school track 'Radio Babylon' whilst the flip is a phat rollin melodic number - 90%. OH GOSH MIXES - Two versions One by Droppin Science and one by Undercover Agent, if you haven't heard them where have you been ? Both tearin - 92% FLEX RECORDS DEADLY D - AIM TO PLEASE - Rollin drums with sample "You know I always aim to please" with 2 other tracks on there aswell - 85%. ST FILES (TEK 9 + DREAM TEAM MIXES) - What can I say about these absolutely tearin both sides, Phat as hell drums !! 92%. FORMATION RECORDS THE OUTSIDER - THE MASH UP - This tune is the absolute boom !! With the usual Formation ingredients to make ya body rock with a 'Black' remix on the flip - 95%. IN BETWEEN THE LINES REMIXES - SS and Roni Size on the mix making both mixes fat and buyable - 90% Atmosphere 38

FRONTLINE RECORDS. H.M.P - RUNINS - With the 'We're about to play a song that you've never heard before' vocal and hard hitting beats and bass in all the right places with 2 mixes to chose from - 90%. MONTY - WARP 9 MR ZULU - By now every man and his dog has heard this tune, that one with the Hawaiian guitar at the beginning, then warped b lines, say no more - Phat and Ballistic - 90% LIFTIN SPIRITS / RAM RECORDS. RUGGED + RAW - STAKKA + K TEE - Rollin into with a catchy flute noise then drops deep into amen and twisted bass with the "Rugged and Raw" vaocal - 90%. PREDATOR (L Double mix) / FEEL IT - (STAKKA + K TEE MX) - The Predator mix is Phat, deep, Rollin, Hard with a good build up to a wicked drop, whereas Feel It is more of a roller - 95%.. DESIRED STATE - GOES AROUND - In true Ram style with chunky beats and rollin bass - swap your wife for this - 99% METAL HEADS PULP FICTION - ALEX REECE - Performed in true Alex Reece style with rollin melodic basslines and bouncy beats and plenty of effects - 90%. I WANT YOU/ B BOY FLAVA - ALEX REECE - As you would expect from Alex Reece, Rollin with original elements taking you on a different ride - 88%. NEEDLEPOINT MAJIK - J MAJIK - Chillage intro rolling out then drops deep to swirly bass and mish mash beats - 92%. NO SMOKING RECORDS NEMESIS - BABYLONIAN - Starts with piano intro then a Terrorist style bass with the beats being carried out in the usual No Smoking fashion - choppy and rollin 90%. FUNKULA - With a strong hint of groovyness, choppy breaks, 'Funkula' vocal and plenty of '2 Bad sister' along with warped out bass - 91%. DA DOGZ - BRING ME A DUB - Using the "bring me a dub" sample from "mash dem down" and creating a wicked bouncy little roller - phat - 93% OUTCRY RECORDS. No. 3 - DJ JOKER - This being the 3rd release on Hoppa & Bones label A side on the mysterious and deep tip while the flip is on more of an uplifting note - 85%. No. 4 - MC MC + HOPPA - Both sides on a melodic bouncy tip A side more choppy whereas the flip uses amen creating more of a jump up number - rollin - 88% QUAYSIDE RECORDS. PEP Vol 1 - So RIGHT - Essentially this is a rollin amen number, not too much choppin, just rollin out - 85%. THE BROTHERHOOD Vol 2 - Nice intro which drops hard with a wicked bass riff - Tearin - 93%. RENEGADE / TROUBLE ON VINYL PURE ALCHEMY PT 1 - SHOGUN - Renegade adopt a new style for this release with the most amount of vibe, style and feeling thrown in to make one hell of a roller - 92%. HERE COMES TROUBLE - 2 -Funked up intro sounding like a soundtrack from a 70's film then onto swirly sirens and vocal dropping into bouncy bass and rollin beats with plenty of energy throughout - 90%. SKY mixes - KANE & JUST JUNGLE - By now you should know what to expect from Just Jungle and Kane, wicked productionon this groovy piece of plastic - 92%. SOUR T POWER - MUTANT JAZZ (TRACE mix) - My fave is Mutant Jazz, which comes with his usual guarantee of deepness and chopped beats with no shortage of intelligence - 85%. GANGSTA (L DOUBLE MIX) / THIS STYLE - SHY FX - The "Gangsta" mix is in much the same vein as original but my fave is "This Style" on flip with Rakeem vocals and a nice element of Gangster flavor with phat bass and beats - 98%. SUBURBAN BASE R.I.P (DJ HYPE + REMARC REMIXES) - For all those who like there bass twisted, this one is for you with strong elements of both Hype and Remarc - 90%. CUTTY RANKS - LIMB BY LIMB (SS MIX) - This comes with the original Cutty Ranks lick, The Hitman's version and SS's mix tearin up in SS style- 90% Also watch out for the instrumental of "Limb by Limb" with "The Return" mixed by Bizzy B & Ruffkut on the flip. BASIC MOVEMENTS - This one coming from B2B with funky effects and bouncy, militant bass whilst the flip has stuttered vocals and jumpy beats - 85%. PURE - ANYTHING TEST - One side let off amen with sample "Anything test dead", other side rollin drums - 82%. SUBVERSIVE RECORDINGS. WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE - DJ DEXTROUS - Introed with the Bonanza theme tune (I think) in a nice bouncy jump up style - 85%. TOP GUN - THE REGULATORS - Finally released with 3 mixes on a phat rollin amen tip - 85% UNITY STORMIN NORMAN - UNITY - Title track is a bouncy jump up track with the u.n.i.t.y vocal - 83%. DRUMDRIVER - SING TOGETHER - Vocals, piano and strings with plenty of vibe, nice little anthemy feel - 88%. DRUMDRIVER - CHESTNATTY - Fave is "Skyy" on the flip is is a chopy tear ut number - 90%. Atmosphere 39

V RECORDS FASHION REMIX - RONI SIZE - Spiced up to the max with fat beats, fat bass and plenty of flavour and a remix of an early V track 'Fresh' on the flip - Boombastic - 98%. PHYSICAL (RAY KEITH MIX) - TIMESTRETCH (ANDY C MIX) - V RECORDS - You've all heard 'Physical' remix with definite elements of Ray Keith on the mix - phat. Timestretch isn't a great amount different to the original but does have more of an intricate feel to it - 95%. OTHERS NOMAD - I WANNA GIVE YOU DEVOTION - DEF 7 MIX - Using lots of the originals ingredients and adding a tuffer feel to the tune with two mixes guaranteed to bring back those memories - 85%. TRIBUTE - VOL 1 - LABELLO - Featuring 3 tracks my fave is an Aphrodite remix of Dr S Gachet's 'The Dreamer' which is in true Aphrodite style with rolls galore - 85%. SPECIAL K - SAIGAN RECS - In true Saigan style, rollin drum + bass with plenty of flavour and vibes - wicked - 90%. LIGHTER STYLE - ADAM F - SECTION 5 RECS - Strong atmospheric strings, choppy beats, nice piano with the help of pumping beats and rollin bass - plenty of vibe - 90%. CARLITO'S WAY - HEAVEN / CARLITO - CREATIVE SOURCE RECS - This one on a very bouncy vibe, plenty of strings, vocals and feeling with a certain amount of sophisticatedness thrown in for good measure - 85%. BARAKA - NATY BASS - BOOGIE BEAT - Strings then stabby beats followed by tear up amen in more directions than I can count - One for the D + B lovers - 90%. RATIO - CELLULIOD RECS - Nice deep musical number with loads of vibe, rollin bass and choppy beats in all the right places - 85%. WHY - MIXES - XCELLE - RAMPAGE - "Why does your love ..." An excellent spice up of this track my fave being the Smokin studios lick. Kickin up a storm wherever played with nice vocals and a good work up to the main drop - Tearin - 95%. M BEAT & JUNIOR GISCOMBE - MORNING WILL COME RENK - Fave is the Splash mix on flip. Performed in true Splash fashion with those mangled up amen's and snares with rollin bass and a mellow "Morning will come" vocal - 85%. TECHNICAL ITCH 005 - B side is my fave on a different tip to the usual T.I.C stuff. With rollin beats and a mad bass with phat amen and nice effects - 90%. THE MISUSERS EP - STRICTLY JUNGLE - 3 Tracks to choose from all on a bouncy vibe, A side rips off Orange Lemon's "Dreams of Santa Anna" - 80%. EASY STEP - NESS RECS - Funked out intro with chopped beats and basic bass stabs, then a jump up style vocal into amen - 75%. ALLADIN - MASH UP YER KNOW - You all know this one, in typical Aphrodite style with very bouncy bass and those familiar drum rolls and "Mash up yer know" vocal - 92%. REMARC - WHITEHOUSE RECS - Introed with gangstered out strings and vocals from "Menace to society" and gunshots galore with jumpy amen as only Remarc knows how - 85%. KEEN - VOL 1 - Swirly bass and deep beats, Omar sample then drop into "Arsonist" type bass and tuff beats - guaranteed to please - 85%. THE X - New Dawn / Boomin - Jump Up - This coming from Manchester"It's a new dawn, It's a new day..." shuffly beats with a very tuff feel, It drops hard into mad twisted amen and phat bass - Rec - 95%. JUNGLIST SOLDJAH - DUBWISE - Essentially this is a Jump Up track with the "Im just a Rubba dub Soldier" vocal, beats are wicked in places but I feel the vocal does spoil some of it - 70%. JAH - DREAM TEAM - JOKER - Guitar riff from Pulp Fiction, hard stabbin beats, dirty b line - love it !Dark biz, b side a bit lighter but both tunes ruff - 88%. RINSE OUT 003 - Rollin drums comin straight at ya ! Remix of "You know I always aim to please" on flex recs - 85%. DJ TONIC - INTELLECTIVE RECS - 2 versions of another personal fave by Tonic, buy on sight deep deep music, a name to watch out for in the future - 92%. REESE / MASSIVE - MASK - DOPE DRAGON - Reese is a Terrorist style track with rollin amen whereas Massive is a crowd number with an Arsonist style bass, sirens and pumpin beats - Top marks - 100%. I LIKE IT MIXES - JACK & PHIL - BASEMENT - Mellow rollin number with 'I like it' vocals and groovy beats and strings - 88%. OPEN YOUR MIND - PAUL Z - PROPHECY RECS - "Open you mind" vocals and mellow roll out intro into smash up militant amen drop tearin - 90%. JR - SO 1 DERFUL - Typical amen smash up with the 'So wonderful' vocal from an old Vibes track - 70%. TRANQUILITY - HED FUK - BEAR NECESSITIES - Tranquil is most definitely the word, mellow vibes, choppy breaks and many strings - 84%. SPECIAL K - DEEP IN SPACE - MADMAN RECS - Floaty intro then gradual bass, errie dub samples, choppy & hard beats - 82%. ENERGY SAUCE - DJ ATOM - AURAL SENSE - Phat drop into rollidge bass plenty of effects - 91%. Wax Doc mix - TECHNOLOGY - SHOE BOX RECS - Deep drowny amen number, eerie strings and feeling galore - 86% BY FRENZIC AND DARK NOISE ORIGINAL

DJ HYPE DUBPLATE CHART. 1) Super sharp shooter - VIP mix. 2) Truly one - Ant Miles + Andy C. 3) Here's the fix - DJ Zinc. 4) The new style - Red light. 5) P Funk VIP mix - P Funk era. 6) We must unite - DJ Hype. 7) Warp 10 - Rude bwoy Monty. 8) From da Hood - Remarc. 9) Mad Funk - Krome + Time. 10) Mind Stresser - Pascal. JIMMY J @ REMIX RECS. 1 - DJ Slam - Influence - Just another label. 2 - Billy Bunter + Design - Ride like the wind - Universal recs. 3 - GBT - Vol 1 - White. 4 - Obscene 1 - White. 5 - 4 The floor - Vol 11 - White. 6 - Jimmy J + Cru-L-T - I wanna be - Remix. 7 - DJ Waxxy - Make me shout - MFU recs. 8 - A sense of summer - On top (Hixxy remix) - Universal. 9 - Billy Bunter - New sensation (Brisk remix) - Just another label. 10 - DJ Ricky Whizz - Song of Angels - Remix. CLARKY @ BLACKMARKET TOP 10. 1. Homeboy - Dillinja - Philly Blunt. 2. Mutant Jazz - T Power (Trace mix) - SOUR. 3. Nasty Dread - Dread recordings. 4. Garbage DJ - Dillinja - Dub. 5. Beyond all reason - Dread Dub. 6. Massive - Capone - Conqueror. 7. Woo Tang - Judge Dread - Dread Dub. 8. New Dawn - The X - Jump Up. 9. One and Only - P.F.M. - Good Looking. 10. This is how.. - Shy FX - SOUR. ADAM'S HOUSE CHART. Shady - 'Pearls' - WEA. Antonia Lucas - 'Feel Good' - TS. B Tribe - 'Nanita' - BT mxs - US Atlantic. S Man - 'Rhumba' - Narcotic. Boston - 'boston' - W/L. Blue Amazon - 'Star of David' - Jackpot. Bel Canto - 'Were gonna work...' - Good Groove. Sian - 'Dreams' - Mustard. Balouga Boys + Blue Amazon - 'Gobstopper' - Stress. Kathy Brown - 'Turn me out' 95 rmx - Stress. SECTION 5 BY STEVE. 1. Cutty Ranks - Limb by Limb - Sub Base. 2. Adam F - Lighter Style (remix) - Section 5. 3. Andy C remix - Timestretch - V records. 4. DJ Harmony - Hear me now - Moving Shadow. 5. DJ Trace remix - Mutant - SOUR. 6. Photek + Tayla - Bringing me down - GLR. 7. Sky remix - I Trouble on Vinyl. 8. Alex Reece - I Want You - Metalheads. 9. Shy FX - This Style - SOUR. 10. PFM - One and Only - LGR. UNITY (LIVERPOOL) COMPILED BY BC COLLINS. B.Boy Flava - Alex Reece - Metalheads. PMA - Spirits Dancing - Dub. PFM - The One & Only - Good Looking. Future Bound - Untitled - Dub. Digital - Untitled - Timeless 012. Source Direct - Snake Style - SD. Aqua Sky - Untitled - Moving Shadow. Mirage - Deep Rage - Odysee. JMJ + Rickie - Universal Horn - M.S. Oblivion EP - Street Beats. BRYAN GEE'S TEARIN SELECTION. 1. Guess - DJ Krust - V records. 2. Get Started (Party People) ? 3. Bass is rollin (Studio drum) - Dope Dragon. 4. Mutha Fucka - Dillinja - Philly Blunt. 5. Wu Tang - Lemon D. 6. Set Speed remixes - Krust + SS - V records. 7. Smooth Operator (Studio drum) ? 8. Massive - Dillinja. 9. Soldier (Studio drum) - Dope Dragon. 10. All the way.

Slipmatts 4beat reveiw FLOORBURN (DJ BRISK REMIX) - STORMTROOPER - What a stomping mix from the DJ Brisk. Straight in no messing about hardcore wickedness with the Brisk formula of loads of samples, chopped up vocals and interesting layers of riffs and sounds. The kick is hard and the high hats are loud. After the first few bars the vocals are chanting "I think it's time to make the floor burn" which leads straight into the first riff along with kicks and cymbals. Eventually we reach the piano break which comes just at the right moment. The tune builds brilliantly with more vocal chops and another riff arrangement in perfect Brisk style. Watch out for his remix of the UK Dance debut "Looking for love" which is doing dubplate damage at the moment. IMAGINATION - DJ SEDUCTION - IMPACT - Although every Impact tune is good this one is exceptional. The sounds of DJ Seduction at his best with this breakbeat stomper. Some brilliant sybth sounds compliment vocals from and old house tune called "Go Mental". Then come the drums accompanied by some scratches of fresh and vocal stabs. The strings are next matching brilliantly with the vocals in a quick up and down pattern into an uplifting stab riff. Every part of the arrangement is perfect and with good original soundsn and patterns this tune is faultless. This should be massive by the end of the summer. DROP THE BEAT - DJ ERUPTION - UNITED DANCE - A nice simple but effective platter from United Dance records by one of the men behind one of the most happening rave organisations at the moment, DJ Eruption. "Drop the beat" starts with some female vocals into a solid kick with hats and snares then into that popular style off beat stab pattern into a riff occasionally interupted by "Drop the beat" and "Pump that bass". More stabs follow eventually leading into an anatmospheric stringy section designed to raise those hands. Back to the stabs and all tidied up with plenty of wooshy sounds for that proffesional touch. ROCK THIS PLACE - DJ CHEWY - UNIVERSAL - Stereo shots go from side to side in amongst a hard kick and some funky Lyn Collins breakbeat in this new signing to Universal. The percussion builds and is joined by that Techno off stab which leads into a string stab riff which leaps out of the speakers. The tune kicks back in with some bass for extra power which moves swiftly into the stabs again and then a choppy piano section with some familiar vocals. Designed for the dancefloor this definately works well with it's busy arrangement and should be big for Universal. Check out the AA side for a solid Amen breakbeat hands in the air stormer. POWER EVERYBODY - BILLY BUNTER V HAPPY TUNES - HAPPY TUNES - Very different from the usual Happy Tunes material and a bit more techno than Billy Bunter's usual style but an exceedingly good tune anyway. Extremly happy riffs with various vocal samples helped along by on and off beat claps and a heavyweight kick drum. The breakbeat is in there for the extra power aswell as plenty of Billy Bunter style rolls. The tune is mainly a mixture of riffs and various vocals until we reach a Prince section 1/2 way. Although I'm not a Prince fan it does work very well. Back to the rifs and then out, an excellent adventure for Happy Tunes. TAKE IT FROM THE GROOVE - MIDAS - HECTIC - Another happy stomper sure to do the business from VinylGroover and C Grayson from Hectic. The ingredients are all there, A hard kick, Easy breakbeat (from Bobby Byrd), loud stabs and an amazing vocal. The tune starts with a sort of bell sound then builds with drums and strings into an extra loud stab, which is joined by a faded in trancey loop which really gives it that extra touch. After a bassline and more stabs there is a piano line with strings and synth sounds and some vocals which take you all the way. I'm sure this should be as successful as the original Groove Control. REMIX RECORDS 247 EVERSHOLT STREET (OPPOSITE CAMDEN PALACE, 5 MINS FROM EUSTON) CAMDEN, LONDON, NW1 Tel: 071 387 2208 OFFERING DJ'S THE FINEST HARDCORE, HOUSE + TRANCE! TICKETS FOR ALL MAJOR EVENTS! COMPLETE MAIL-ORDER SERVICE! MERCHANDISE ALSO AVAILABLE! OPEN: MON-SAT 10.30am-7.00pm SUN Noon-6.00pm

Hypes Ripe Selection 1) Remarc - From da hood - Dub - Switching from ragga to gangsta rap Remarc still tears it up. G - Funk noises ,bouncy bass and a mixture of tearout and hardstep drums make this a fave of mine one of many Remarc projects to come. 2) DJ Hype - We must unite - Dub - At a time when clubs + bigger venues around the country are trying to stop Jungle events happening , when people outside and in the scene are saying Jungle is too dark, when everybody thinks they are a gangsta you know it's time for a stand We must unite is the title and if you want the critics of the scene to fuck off then we must unite and show them what Jungle is really about. Remember this is a multi racial, multi classed, no age limit music, that's the beauty and that's why I love this scene so much, anyway this tune is forthcoming on the Ganja / Frontline album due for release later in the year, I know you all like the tune by the response I've been getting when playing it but I hope you're all listening to the words.. 3) Andy C + Ant Miles - Truly one - Dub - This ones a proper roller with a nice powerful bass and snappy breaks, one that kicks off on a big set or when played on the radio, again like We must unite there is a message in there, is this time for positive messages instead of guntalk....maybe. 4) J.B. (P Funk remix) - Back II Life - Dub - Very much on the Set Speed tip, Pascal turns this into a more mellow mix than the original but still manages to keep power there but instead of the power coming through on the breaks the power is on the B line, One for the ladies as they say!! 5) DJ Phantasy - Hardstep to the side - Dub - This one speaks for itself, Hardstep. DJ Phantasy (Ezel) is working very hard launching his new label 'Easy records' and this track amongst many others he has been doing is working hard to put the hard in hardstep. Nice sounds, Tim dog sample + fat bass make this a must Ezel!! P.S. Watch out for the forthcoming album from Myself, Pascal, The Frontline + Ganja records cru called Still Smokin due for release later this year. It will feature brand new tracks and VIP remixes from the Ganja / Frontline cru more info very soon but believe me this wont be a secong rate mash of unheard of shit slapped on vinyl + CD with the best thing being the fuckin cover, It will be a quality project with thought and time spent making it by all involved. So this is DJ Hype saying Peace out !! See charts page for Hypes Dubplate chart Xtreme Distribution 295 CALEDONIAN ROAD, ISLINGTON, LONDON We are currently looking for new and up + coming labels / artists. We specialise in the distribution of Drum 'n' Bass, Hardstep across the UK. Pressing & Distribution, Label deals available. Special payment terms available for top titles. Contact Lloyd or Sean: 0171 607 3334

Where To Go ONE OFFS EVOLUTION 13 (2ND B'DAY) - SAT 2ND SEPT, SANCTUARY V7 SAXON ST, DENBIGH LEISURE, MILTON KEYNES, 6-1AM £8. DJ'S DARREN J, SLIPMATT, RAP, SY, KROME, VINYLGROOVER & JAMMIN B2B, DOUGAL, PA BY SY & UNKNOWN ARENA 2 EASYGROOVE, CLARKEE, FRENZIC, DOMINIQUE & SQJ B2B, DETONATOR, JDR. DREAMSCAPE 20 - SAT SEPT 8TH, BRAFIELD AERODROME FIELDS, HORTON ROAD, BRAFIELD, NORTHAMPTON, 6-8AM £25 PLUS B FEE. ARENA 1 FORCE & EVOLUTION, BILLY BUNTER & VINYL GROOVER, RAMOS & SUPREME, HYPE, VIBES, JJ, DOUGAL, JY, RANDALL, CLARKEE, SLIPMATT, KENNY KEN, EASYGROOVE, BRUK MC'S MAGIKA, FLUX, ROBBIE DEE. ARENA 2 DAZEE, KID, KROME, STRETCH, MASTERVIBE, RAY KEITH, RONI SIZE, DOC SCOTT, FABIO, NICKY BM, RON, DARREN JAY, GOLDIE, LTJ BUKEM, MC'S FIVE O, MOOSE, GQ, ARENA 3 MC DJ RIBBS, SCOTT FORBUSH, BRENDA RUSSELL, TREVOR ROCKLIFFE, DAVE ANGEL, LOFTGROOVER, CRAIG WALSH, CARL COX, CLARKEE, ARENA 4 SMOKIN JO, FARLEY JACKMASTER FUNK, LISA LOUD, JON (PLEASED WIMMIN), TONY DE VIT, PETE & RUSSELL, ALISTAIR WHITEHEAD. MIND YOUR HEAD - SAT 23RD SEPT, CAMBRIDGE CORN EXCHANGE, WHEELER STREET, CAMBRIDGE, 9-6AM £17 & BF. DJ'S FOOD JUNKY, VINYL GROOVER, FORCE, SEDUCTION, HYPE, DOUGAL, ELLIS DEE, SLIPMATT, JY, GAPPA G, BARRINGTON AND MANY OTHERS IN 3 DIFFERENT ARENAS. FUSION, SAT 23RD SEPT, RAVEDOME, HOUNSLOW, 8-6AM. £18. DJ'S RATPACK, SY, RAMOS & SUPREME, VIBES, DOUGAL, VINYLGROOVER, SLIPMATT, HYPE, UNKNOWN, SEDUCTION PLUS TECHNO ROOM. WARNING - FRI 29TH SEPT, JUNCTION, CLIFTON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, 10-3, £7. DJ'S GROOVERIDER, BROCKIE, ANDY C, GAPPA G, STUART BANKS, BARRINGTON MC'S FIVE ALIVE & BLAKEY. A NIGHT OF RAGE, MON 11TH SEPT, HEAVEN, THE ARCHES, VILLIERS ST, DJ'S GROOVERIDER, FABIO, REMITRY & STORM, DOC SCOTT, COLIN FAVOR £8 SLAMMIN VINYL & CLUB LABYRINTH, FRI 22ND SEPT, 12 DALTON LANE, LONDON, E8. 11-6AM, £10. DJ'S SLIPMATT, SEDUCTION, DOUGAL, BILLY BUNTER, RED ALERT, FORCE, SLAM. DESIRE, SAT 30TH SEPT, UN BUILDING, 415-419 HIGH RD, TOTTENHAM, LONDON, N17. (LAUNCH OF J.U.J RECORDS).10-8AM £15. DJ'S GROOVERIDER, HYPE, RANDALL, MICKY FINN & DARREN JAY (B2B), ELLIS DEE & SWANE (B2B), JJ FROST, ANDY C, SWIFT & ZINC, FLAPJACK, MC'S GQ, RAGE, STEVIE HYPER D, ARENA 2 MATT MAURICE, MELLOW J, ANTONIO, LAURENCE BAGNELL, TONI FUTURE. BLISS, FRI 6TH OCT, THE BARN, CRANES FARM RD, BASILDON, ESSEX, 8-2AM. DJ'S HYPE, ANDY C, SLAM, FLIPSIDE, FURY, DAZ, MC'S FLEXIBILTY & SPANGLER G £6. HELTER SKELTER, SAT 7TH OCT 9-7AM SANCTUARY, DENBIGH LEISURE, V7 SAXON STREET, MILTON KEYNES £19.50. DJ'S SUPREME, RANDALL, DANCE, DR S GACHET, DOUGAL, RAMOS, GROOVERIDER, JY, BILLY BUNTER, HYPE, SLIPMATT, VIBES, MC'S MC MC, MAJIKA, MAN PARRIS, MASSIVE, STIX MAN, MARLEY, CHARLIE B, ARENA 2 - TECHNODROME. EVOLUTION 14, SAT 14TH OCT, SANCTUARY, DENBIGH LEISURE, V7 SAXON ST, MILTON KEYNES, 6-1AM. DJ'S SQJ, SLIPMATT, RAY KEITH, VIBES, SEDUCTION, RANDALL, RED ALERT, PA SLAMMIN VINYL. ARENA 2 VINYL GROOVER, BILLY BUNTER, MUJIC MAKER, BRUK, DONOVAN BB SMITH, ENERGY. AWAKENING, SAT 28TH OCT, 5-12AM LONDON ARENA, DOCKLANDS. DJ'S DOUGAL & VIBES, CATCHAGROOVE, GROOVERIDER, SEDUCTION, DEVIOUS D, KENNY KEN, J FROST, MC'S GQ, CASTIUS, FEARLESS, £8 SATURDAY'S CLUB ONE NATION, RHYTHM STATION, ALDERSHOT. 9-6AM £10. DJ'S INC GROOVERIDER, RANDALL, ANDY C, HYPE, MASTERVIBE, KID, BRYAN G, MICKY FINN, DARREN J AND REMITRY & STORM. UK JUNGLE.THE UNDERGROUND, WELLINGTON ST, LEICESTER. 10-LATE. £5, GUEST DJ'S INC JJ, RONI SIZE, RATTY, L DOUBLE, RANDALL, BRYAN G, ANDY C, KENNY KEN AND DARREN J. INNERSENSE & THE LAZERDROME, 267 RYE LANE, PECKHAM, SE15, 10-7AM. £10. DJ'S INC DR S GACHET, RANDALL, RAY KEITH, PROBE, BROCKIE AND OTHERS. LABYRINTH, 12 DALTON LANE, LONDON, E8. £10. 11-6AM. GUEST DJ'S INC JY, BILLY BUNTER, JIMMY J, LIFE, UNITY, SLIPMATT, MANIC, VINYL GROOVER, SLAM, BRUK, RAMOS & OTHERS. JUNGLE MANIA, YELL (INSIDE RUI NIGHTCLUB), HEYSHAM RD, AINTREE. DJ'S DAVIE C, KRAZE, RYAN & COLLINS, YAO & SPENGLA, MC'S STEPPA, SIZZLER, BREEZE 9-2AM. Atmosphere 46

FRIDAYS RUB & SHINE, Club Art, 9 Elmer Approach, Southend. 9-2am £3. Resident Frenzic, Tracks & MC Carnage. Club Jungle Jam, (fortnightly), Mirage, Mill St, Luton, Beds, 20th Sept, Micky Finn, Gappa G, Marvellous Cain, Various Guests £4. Club Jungle, 76-78 The High St, Sittingbourne, Kent. 10-8am £8. DJ's inc Kenny Ken, Rap, Darren J, Nicky BM, Devious D, UK Fresh, Frenzic, DNQ, Timmi Magic, Highlander, MC's PSG, Da Lyrix. Labyrinth, 12 Dalston Lane, London, E8. £10. 11-6am. Guest DJ's inc Kenny Ken, Billy Bunter, Nicki BM, Krome, Jimmy J, Frenzic, Crazy Legs & Others on 4 Levels. Club Telepathy, Wax Club, Temple Mills Lane, Leyton. Guest DJ's Devious D, Randall, Andy C, Brockie, Ron, Grooverider, JL & Many Others. £10. TUESDAYS Exposure, Options Nightclub, Clarence St, Kingston, Surrey, 9-2am £6 DJ's Various Guests inc Grooverider, Fabio, Randall, Kenny Ken, JJ, Micky Finn & Others. WEDNESDAYS Ah London Jumping, Samantha's, 2 New Burlington St, W1 £5. Guest DJ's inc JJ Frost, Grooverider, Randall, Andy C, Bryan G, Noodles & Wonder, Trace, Brockie, Ray Keith. MC's Rymetyme, Steela & Others. THURSDAYS Elliots, Coronation Walk, Southport. £2. DJ's Kraze, Davie C, Ryan & BC Collins. MC's Steppa, Whitey, Breeze & DB. A TASTE OF BUTTER hip hop revewz by jj jellybean PEACE Y'ALL. THIS IS JJJELLY BEAN REPRESENTIN' CHICAGO AND HERE IT IS - THE NEWEST FLAVOR FOR ATMOSPHERE MAGAZINE - REAL HIP HOP. JUMPING RIGHT IN THE GAME AND FIRST UP, THE CROOKLYN DODGER ARE BACK FOR THE '95 SEASON. THEY MADE SOME TRADES AND COME CORRECT WITH THE NEW LINE UP: O.C., CHUBB ROCK (YOU READ RIGHT THE CHUBBSTER IS BACK REPRESENTING THE REAL WITH THE LYRICS: 'WHO'S SELLIN' COCAINE, NOT THE KIDS ON SOUL TRAIN'), AND JERU THE DAMAJA. SON, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THIS. NEXT UP IS MY PICK OF THE MONTH, MAD SKILLZ WITH THE BEATNUTS PRODUCED JOINT 'THE NOD FACTOR'. THIS BEAT SOUNDS SO RIGHT ON WITH HIS FLOW YOU'LL FOR REAL BE 'CATCHIN' WHIP-LASH'. ON THE FLIP YOU GET A LARGE PROFESSOR PRODUCED JOINT 'SKILLS IN '95' AND A FREESTYLE. "CLAP YOUR HANDS EVERYBODY IF YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES, 'COS I'M KRS AND I'M ON THE MIC AND PREMIERES ON THE BREAK." YO, NUFF SAID - TRUE SCHOOL FLAVOR WITH THESE TWO ON "MC'S ACT LIKE THEY DON'T KNOW". ACOUSTIC BASS / PIANO LOOP WITH A BELL CLANG ON TOP. A TIGHT BREAK AND TIGHT LYRICS. THE HYPE HAS BEEN BUILDING ON KRS SINCE HIS "AH YEAH" AND "QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS" HIT THE STREETS. HIS SHIT'S THE BOMB. IF YOU NEED MORE OF THE KRS/PREMIERE FLAVOR, HUNT DOWN A BOOTLEG OF THE FAT NEW DAS EFX JOINT, "REAL HIP HOP". KRS'S LYRICS DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE PROMO THAT'S OUT NOW BUT YOU CAN STILL CATCH THE PREMIERE MIX AND A FAT PETE ROCK MIX ON IT. AZ, THE MC OUTA QUEENS WITH A FLOW LIKE NAS, IS BLOWING UP WITH "SUGAR HILL". THE TRACK IS FAT AND MISS JONES ON THE VOCALS SOUNDS SO SWEET. RUSSEL SIMON'S MOVIE THE SHOW LOOKS TO BE HOTTER THAN A SUMMER IN THE CHI. M-E-T, AIN'T NO USE FOR RESISTANCE, H-O-D AN REDMAN COMBINE FOR THE BOMBAZI OFF THE SOUNDTRACK, "HOW HIGH". NUFF SAID THERE, YOU KNOW YOUR ASS IS LOOKING FOR IT ALREADY. SPEAKING OF MR. METH, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THAT "RIDDLER" JOINT. JOHNNY BLAZE FUCKS YOU UP WITH SOME "MIND BENDER" LYRICS AND A FUNKY FUNKY ASS BASSLINE. AND I KNOW EVERYONE HAS HEARD RAEKWON'S ALBUM BY NOW. IF NOT CHECK OUT "VERBAL INTERCOURSE", "ICE CREAM MAN" AND "WU - GAMBINOS" FOR THREE GOOD REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD GET Atmosphere 47

YOUR HEAD CHECKED IF YOUR NOT DOWN WITH THIS SHIT. FOR THOSE FIENDING FOR MORE OF THE SHAOLIN/36 CHAMBERS SOUND CHECK OUT SOME OF 4TH DIMENSION'S RECENT PRODUCTION ON THE SUNZ OF MAN "ANGEL OF DARKNESS", SHABAZZ THE DISCIPLE'S "DEATH BE THE PENALTY", AND KGB'S "BLESS YA LIFE". KOOL G RAP IS BACK WITH A NEW 12', "IT'S A SHAME". YES, IT IS, BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T CARE FOR THIS GANGSTER SHIT FROM KOOL G RAP, BUT IF YOU WERE INTO HIS LAST ALBUM YOU'LL GO FOR THIS. MILKBONE HAS COME CORRECT AGAIN, THIS TIME ON THE SECOND SINGLE, "WHERE'Z THE PARTY AT". GOOD SUMMERTIME BLOCK PARTY MUSIC, MILKBONE SPREADS LOVE OVER 9 MIXES. MASTA ACE IS SET FOR THE SECONG SINGLE OFF THE NEW LP, TO NO SUPRISE IT'S "SITTING ON CHROME". NEW MIXES, A FAT BASSLINE, PLUS NEW BIT "YA HARDCORE". I LOVE ACE AND DIGGA'S SHIT. LITTLE SHAWN IS COMING BACK WITH A RED HOT LOVER TONE PRODUCED "DOM PERIGNON". FANS OF TONE CHECK HIS NEW SINGLE, "WANNA MAKE MOVES", OUT NOW. FUNKMASTER FLEX RETURNS WITH GHETTO CELEBS MAD LION, RAYVON AND RICKSTER CHATTING RAGGAMUFFIN STYLE OVER THE "STAY WITH ME" BEAT (BIGGIE'S "ONE MORE CHANCE") ON "SAFE SEX". STRAIGHT BUTTER BABY. ALSO ON THE RAGGA MUFFIN TIP WISE INTELLECT OF P.R.T. IS OUT NOW WITH A SOLO 12' ON CONTRACT RECORDING CO. TWO DOPE TRACKS: "KILLIN-U", WHICH USES THE BEAT FROM BRANDY'S "BABY", AND "TU-SHOOM-PANG". THIS SHIT IS DOPE AND A MUST FOR ANYONE WHO EVER GOT INTO ANY OF HE P.R.T. STUFF. OUT SOON IS MARY J BLIGE'S "YOU BRING ME JOY" WITH THE MC LYTE RAP. BOYZ II MEN'S "VIBIN" REMIXES ARE THE BOMB. THAT'S RIGHT TREACH, CRAIG MACK, BUSTA RYMES AND METHOD MAN ON THE NEW FLAVA MIX PLUS ERICK SERMON, KEITH MURRAY, REDMAN AND 2 TA DA HEAD ON THE KENNY SMOOVE MIX. GURU'S "WATCH WHAT YOU SAY" IS OUT NOW WITH "RESPECT THE ARCHITECT" ON THE B-SIDE. YO, BAHAMADIA IS FRESH PLUS YOU GET A BUCKWILD REMIX. AND CHECK OUT THAT KOOL KEITH AND PATRA JOINT ON THE JAZZMATAZZ II LP. NOW OVER TO THE WEST COAST, SOULS OF MISCHIEF HAVE A NEW SINGLE ON THE WAY, "ROCK IT LIKE THAT". I'M FOR REAL DISSAPOINTED. I'M SURE IT WILL DO WELL BUT FOR ME THE HIEROS HAVE FALLEN OFF. IF YOU WANT THE EAST COAST SOUND COMING FROM THE BAY, CHECK THE B.U.M.S. NEW SINGLE, "TAKE A LOOK AROUND". FOUR BETTER MIXES PLUS A DOPE BONUS CUT "RAIN" WITH SAAFIR. STAYING IN OAKLAND, NOW ON THE GANGSTER TIP, LUNIZ HOOKED UP WITH DRU DOWN, SPICE 1, RICHIE RICH, E-40 AND SHOCK G FOR A FAT FAT FAT ASS REMIX OF THE BOMB "I GOT 5 ON IT". THUGLIFE'S NEXT SINGLE IS "HOW LONG WILL THEY MOURN ME". IT'S GETTING A LOT OF PLAY, I DON'T CARE FOR IT. YET ANOTHER OAKLAND RAPPER, E-A-SKI HAS A 12' RELEASE OF "BLAST IF I HAVE TO" OFF THE FRIDAY SOUNDTRACK. DOWN THE COAST IN CALI ANOTHER SOUNDTRACK JOINT, COOLIO'S "GANGSTER PARADISE" IS IN DEMAND OFF OF DANGEROUS MINDS. LOOK OUT FOR IT. IN L.A., ICE CUBE'S AND DRE'S CREWS HAVE BEEN UP TO MAD SHIT. FIRST FROM CUBE "FRIDAY" GOT A 12' RELEASE. NEXT W.C. AND THE M.A.A.D CIRCLE COME BACK WITH ICE CUBE AND MACH 10 ON "WEST UP". THIS ONE'S FOR THE HOUSE PARTY. PUT ON GEORGE DUKE'S "REACH FOR IT (DANCE)" AND SING "FRONT, BACK, SIDE TO SIDE, WE BE GIVIN' IT UP TIL THE DAY WE DIE. FOOLS HITTIN ME UP, I'MA HAFTA BUCK, NOW EVERYBODY'S WEST UP!". MACH 10'S NEXT SINGLE IS SET WITH "ON THEM THANGS". WORKIN' WITH "MARY JANE", MACH 10 GIVES HIS LOVE TO "DANA" RIMS. WEST COAST TO GET YOUR ROLL ON, I LIKE THIS MORE THAN "FOE LIFE". K DEE HAS A BUTTER NEW SINGLE ON LENCHMOB RECORDS, ALSO FOR THE ROLLERS AND THE BALLERS, "HITTIN' CORNERS". IT HAS THAT VIBE FOR THE TRUNK. OVER TO THE LBC, WARREN G HAS PRODUCED A HIT WITH THE TWINZ. A SIDE "ROUND & ROUND" SUCKS BUT THE B SIDE "4 EYES 2 HEADZ" HAS SOME FLAVOR. ALSO PEEP THAT "EASTSIDE" CUT IF YOU CAN. THE DOGG POUND. THERE'S SO MUCH DRAMA SURROUNDING THIS RECORD. WARNER BROTHERS, THE DISTRIBUTOR FOR DEATH ROW, MAY END UP DROPPING INTERSCOPE, THE LABEL THAT OWNS DEATH ROW, TO AVOID CONFLICT WITH RIGHT WING POLITICIANS OVER GANGSTER RAP LIKE IT HAD WITH ICE T / BODY COUNT. ALL I KNOW IS WHOEVER PUTS THIS RECORD OUT IS GOING TO MAKE UGLY MONEY. 'TIL NEXT MONTH, ONE LOVE KID! Atmosphere 48

2000AD PRODUCTIONS PROUDLY PRESENT swift and zinc a. twelve o'clock drop b. fatters ellis dee and swann. e a. dance no more b. step to the beat release date 9.10.95 d.j. tremor a. guns a clickin b. check me style heavy unit a. why b. chopper release date 9.10.95 SOPHISTICATED UNDERGROUND SOUNDS SUS RECORDINGS LOOK OUT FOR FLYERS FOR MASSIVE LAUNCH PARTY ON 30.9.95 available now 8 pack from 'DESIRE 95' live at the sanctuary 0181 887 0958/0181 887 0951 forthcoming... STAKKA & K-TEE ADMM9 A. RUGGED AND RAW AA. BAD INFLUENCE LIFTIN' SPIRIT RECORDS 01708 44585 distributed in the uk by SRD 0181 802 3000 LIFTIN' SPIRIT RECORDS

HIGHER LIMITS presents PROMISED LAND vol 1 available on CD / LP / MC featuring L.T. J. Bukem on extended mix CD & Tape. FUTURE SOUND OF HARDCORE STREET SCIENCE CODE BLUE FOKUS ATLAS ORCA ACRO HIGHER LIMITS presents Promised land a compilation of ambient jungle deep beats & mellow drum & bass volume 1 RUFF & READY vol 1 available on CD / LP / MC featuring DJ Swift and the vocal talents of MC GQ on extended mix CD & Tape. DJ TRACE GROOVERIDER CRYSTL PSYKIS SPLASH TONIC LION MAN PHANTASY DYNAMIC DUO MAJISTRATE FOKUS HIGHER LIMITS presents RUFF & READY a compilation of jungle hard drum + bass For further information contact: THE LONDON MUSIC PRODUCTION Co. (UK office) Ltd. 74 BACKCHURCH LANE, LONDON E1 1LX Tel: (+44) 0171 481 1503 Fax:(+44) 0171 481 8673 Distributed in the UK by: SRD tel: 0181 802 3000/fax: 0181 802 2222

KUS Presents the long awaited album from... PRIZNA 10,000 BABYLON Special Guests • Demolition Man • Demon Rocker • Tena Fly • Groove Rider • Urban Shakedown • Darren Jay • Ray Keith • Annette Brown • Renault TRIPLE PACK DJ Friendly Distributed by JETSTAR Tel. 0181 961 5818 The Ruffest & Most Rinsing Jungle Album For The 90's Includes The URBAN SHAKEDOWN Remix Of "FIRE" Street Date September 25th 1995 Available On Triple Pack Vinyl • CD & Mix Cassette By Protocol KUS

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T Power the self evident truth of an intuitive mind Released 11th September 95 'Be prepared for one helluva debut Album'... (Record Mirror) DRUM & BASS from all sides... The brand new Debut Albums from T Power & Shy FX JUNGLE WELCOME TO THE NEW SCHOOL Released 4th September 95 'Shy is definately the underground breakbeat scientist' (NME) Shy FX Just an Example Avaliable on CD, MC and Limited edition DJ Friendly Double Vinyl from Sound Of the Underground Records Distributed exclusively by SRD

FRONTLINE RECORDS out now H.M.P - "Runin's" Monty - Warp 9 Mr Zulu (hawaiin tune) comin soon Return of da Funksta Info Tel: 0973 381892 Also Comin Soon U.K Distribution by S.R.D Tel : 0181 802 3000 DJ Hype Presents da Ganja / Frontline Album Still Smokin contains exclusive new material and new mixes watch dis space GANJA RECORDS Presents COMIN SOON PUM PUM MUS SMOKE GANJA VOLUME SIX COMIN SOON SUPER SHARP SHOOTER VOLUME SEVEN .....Still Smokin Distributed by Vinyl Distribution Tel: 01734 510801/2/3

Smoking Records Presents Out Now Funkula Scandalous Forthcoming Babylonian Nemesis Rude & Deadly vs Da Dogz Murder De Boy Give Me A Dub Funkula The DJ Hype Remix (0181) 805 8089 Artwork by FACZ

DROPPIN SCIENCE NAME: DANNY BREAKS, AGE: 22 WHEN DID YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED IN PRODUCTION? I started making demos at the beginning of 1991 on a keyboard sampler and a crappy 4 track tape recorder (With the aid of a pair of turntables and a 909 drum machine). WHAT WERE YOU INVOLVED WITH BEFORE PRODUCTION? Busting moves on turntables, cutting it up and shit. Also school but I guess that doesn't really count. WHEN DID YOU START THE LABEL DROPPIN SCIENCE? I started the label towards the end of 1993. WHAT LABELS HAVE YOU WORKED WITH TO DATE? I started off working with Suburban Base under the name of "Sonz of a loop da loop era", and released a few 12's and a mini album. I also did remix work for Reinforced, Rugged Vinyl, XL and Ram records. Then I started doing the 'Droppin Science' 12's and also remix work for Movin Shadow, Juice, Labello and Suburban Base. WHAT ARTISTS DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ON THE LABEL? At the moment "Safari Sounds" from Basildon (Essex) are the only artists I deal with and they've got some dope new shit coming. But there might be some other projects starting soon with some artists that live locally. I have also brought in artists such as Zinc, Undercover Agent, Harmony, Andy C and EZ Rollers to do remix work on the label. HAVE YOU EVER DJ'ED OR PA'ED? Yes but I can't be bothered with the hassle of PA's anymore. It's much easier turning up at a party with a box of records than it is with a van load of equipment. I don't want to be labelled as mellow or aggressive, just as beatz! Atmosphere 58

DO YOU GET APPROACHED BY MANY PEOPLE WITH POSSIBLE RELEASES FOR THE LABEL? As I don't give out my address or phone number I don't get any demo's. Droppin Science is mainly for my projects or stuff that I work on with other people. IS THERE A CERTAIN VIBE YOU LOOK FOR WITH RELEASES ON THE LABEL? The main vibe is the beatz with nice or fucked up sounds. Theres never a particular style I don't want to be labelled as mellow or aggressive, just as beatz! As long as there is a cool groove and some dopeness it can run. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY INFLUENCES YOU MUSICALLY? A whole variety of styles but all sort of branching off the B Boy culture (Breakbeats, Grooves and Hip Hop). WHAT GOALS WOULD YOU LIKE TO REACH AS A PRODUCER? I'd like some kid in 20 years time to find one of my tunes and get influenced from it or sample it that is of course if samplers are still around then. WHAT DO YOU SEE AS BEING THE BEST WAY TO PROMOTE YOUR RELEASES? The best way to promote a tune is to make it good!! It doesn't matter how much you spend on promotion, if a tunes wack a tunes wack! WHAT DJ'S DO YOU USE TO PROMOTE YOUR TUNES? At the start of 'Droppin Science' it was always Peshay and LTJ Bukem. Nowadays I'll just check someone with a tune and if they are into it I'll let them run with it. DID YOU FIND IT HARD GETTING RECOGNISED? It wasn't really hard it just took a long time. People are just starting to recognise 'Droppin Science' now but that's cool, I like being able to take my time it's not stressful. ANY FUTURE PROJECTS OR PLANS? At the moment I'm working on some new bits and 'Safari Sounds' have got a couple of 12's ready to go. I've also got some different stuff that's going to be coming out on Mo Wax records. SHOUTS. Maria, Safari Sounds, The Droppin Science kru Stateside: (O.J, Mack Daddy, AK1200, JJ Jellybean, Josh Swissman, Rudy, Kenny & Tanya), Suburban base crew, Daz, Darren & Jeff (Juice), Alex C, Kodwu Eshun, Peshay, James Lavett (Mo Wax), Andy C, Smeg, Slim, Red, Harmony, EZ Rollers, Frenzic, Swift & Zink (Hold up your hand if your a ....), Framer, Roni & Krust, L Double, Phantasy and I'll take the "Easy" way out and say sorry to anyone I've missed. And finally props to everyone that's down with the sound. Atmosphere 59

COMING SOON ON PHILLY BLUNT V RECORDINGS OUT NOW ! A) "PHYZICAL" RELICK BY RAY KEITH B) "TIMESTRETCH" RELICK BY ORIGIN UNKNOWN VO11 COMING SOON ! A) "FASHION" REMIX BY RONI SIZE - VO10R B) "FRESH" REMIX BY MASK - VO003R A) "CANT STOP" BY LEMON D B) "COLD CHILLIN" BY LEMON D V012 "GUESS" ?? "GOTTA MAINTAIN" ?? VO13 "SET SPEED" REMIXES BY DJ KRUST & DJ SS WATCH OUT FOR THE NEW LICK BY DJ KRUST DISTRIBUTED BY VINYL DISTRIBUTION 01734 510801/2/3 THE HOMEBOYZ ANTHEM !! A) "MUTHA F**KA" BY DILLINJA B) SKY BY DILLINJA PB005 "WARNING" REMIXES BY DJ STRETCH & BRYAN GEE LTD ED 10" PB002R "GANGSTA" REMIXES BY DILLINJA & LEVITICUS LTD ED 10" PB003R A) "BONANZA KID" BY FIREFOX B) "JUNGLE A RUN" BY FIREFOX PB006 DISTRIBUTED BY SRD 0181 802 3000 FOR FURTHER INFO PHONE - 0171 735 7255 WATCH OUT FOR THE V / PHILLY BLUNT / STUSH PARTY TO BE HELD AT A SECRET LONDON LOCATION IN OCTOBER.

empathy promotions ltd. PROUDLY PRESENTS AWAKENING at The London Arena, Docklands (Isle of Dogs) on the 28th October 1995, 5pm till 12am LONDON ARENA HOTLINE 0171-538 1212 DJ's Dougal & Vibes Catchagroove Grooverider / Seduction Devious D / Kenny Ken Jumping Jack Frost MC GQ / MC Cassius MC Fearless Empathy Promotions is bringing to you, the new raving generation, the biggest dance event ever to be held in the UK. We have got for you the best London DJ's, mixing the sounds of tomorrow and creating the vibes of today, together with a laser show that will astound you. This amazing dance party will be held in England's number one venue, the only venue capable of holding our 150K sound system, which is guaranteed to keep you rockin all night. The aim of this event is to give you what you want and more, so ensure you buy your ticket early to avoid disappointment. Three massive prizes of £500 1st prize, £250 2nd prize, Empathy coat for 3rd prize for the best raver who makes the most noise. Services 120 Friendly security, on-site paramedics, cloak room, chill out area, hot and cold food, refreshments, ice creams, disabled facilities, on-site stewards that will take care of you inside and out. Attractions The largest 12,590 capacity, 150k sound surround sound system, numerous multi coloured lasers, intelligent lighting, golden scans, flower strobes, laser strobes, UV guns, smoke machines, overhead projections, screens, spheres, new laser spotlights plus multi level dance platforms. £8.00 plus booking fee No under 14s: ID may be required. Searches upon entry. No illegal substances or alcohol, we reserve the right to entry. No drugs, thugs or bad attitudes. If you are not coming to party then stay away. Ticket and Coach outlets No alcohol on coaches or in the arena To avoid forgeries please purchase from official outlets. Last day for purchasing coach tickets: Saturday 21st October 1995 ALL COACHES £5 RETURN COACH INFORMATION 01277 840006 24 hour credit card HOTLINE 0171 4201212 PARENT HOTLINE 0171 5326310 ANOTHER SAFE AND SECURE FUN NIGHT OUT

renegade selector presents ...24 of Jungle's Biggest Smashers including exclusive and VIP mixes, previously unreleased tracks and a couple of unforgettable anthems for good measure... JUNGLE RENEGADES vol.2 Compiled by DJ Randall featuring DJ Krust, Ray Keith (Exclusive "Sing Time" Remix!!!), Dillinger, Flex, Cloud 9, L Double, Droppin' Science, Top Cat & DJ Rap, Desired State, Fallen Angels, ...and more!! available on: 4 pack ultra DJ Friendly Vinyl, CD, Cassette & Mixtape (as rinced by Randall) ON THE STREETS AUGUST 28TH RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW distributed by SRD (0181 802 3000)

UNITED DANCE FRIDAY 13th OCTOBER 1995 STEVENAGE ARTS & LEISURE CENTRE, LYTTON WAY, STEVENAGE, HERTS 8.30 pm - 6.00 am MAIN ARENA SLAM • JUMPING JACK FROST 8.30-9.15 9.15-10.00 SCOTT BROWN • CLARKEE SCOTLAND'S NUMBER ONE DJ/PRODUCER 10.00 - 10.45 10.45-11.30 VIBES • DJ SS • SEDUCTION • DOUGAL 11.30-12.15 12.15-1.00 1.00-2.00 2.00-3.00 MICKEY FINN • DJ SY • SLIPMATT 3.00-4.00 4.00-5.00 5.00-6.00 ARENA TWO DRUID • MARVELLOUS CAINE • HIXXY 9.00-10.00 10.00-11.00 11.00-12.00 VINYL GROOVER • DR. S. GACHET 12.00-1.00 1.00-2.00 UNKNOWN • BILLY BUNTER 2.00-3.00 3.00-4.00 JASON JAY & MIKEY B • BRISK (FORMERLY TOP BUZZ) 4.00-5.00 5.00-6.00 MC SHARKEY • FREE & EASY • VOCAL CREDIT CARD HOTLINES 01733 60075 STEVENAGE BOX OFFICE 01438 766652 INFORMATION CENTRES 01245 476257/0589 985965 ADMISSION £17.50 IN ADVANCE PLUS £1.50 BOOKING FEE MAX