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Time for another round from my vaults. First up, two of my favorite ragga tunes, 19 Funky 5 on the label Sub & Bleep, and Party AK47 by G-Flex & the Bandit on SOUR, a tune which is largely responsible for me becoming as interested as I am in jungle today. For years it was my favorite jungle tune, and had I never heard T-Power's Amber, it probably still would be. Then we have another full rip from the label Goops which produced three very solid dirty style jungle eps. Bit of rare groove sampled in there too. I wouldn't mind hearing a mix of all three releases start to finish if anyone is so inclined. After that we have Justice's Touch Me, a nice lil diva jungle tune from Flavour Tracks. Then, speaking of diva jungle, we have, in my personal opinion, the finest remix of NRG's infamous Need Your Lovin, this one gutted and put back together by new skool talent Operator. Scoot backwards about 10 years, but stay on the left side of the pond, and we have another US jungle showcase, this time Jamie Myerson under the pseudonym PEP with a floater and an atmospheric amen choon worked up for UK label Quayside. Return to Flavour Tracks, another label with three solid releases (I would guess run by Justice), with two mixes of Sy-Uss & Reality's Tribal Instinct. Then, to end the aural orgasm, we have two very special items on the dessert menu: my preferred version of Ibiza records 50 (there were two different records released under this catalogue number), this one stamped Mirror Mirror on the label, and an ode to all the pirate radio badmen from the dutty London underground, a tune every self-respecting junglist should have in their library of vinyl, Pirates on the label Metamorphosis. 14 tunes to warm your ears from a cold February New York City Friday. Hope you enjoy.
First up today, we have three releases from a little known label named Cult. There's virtually no information I could find on the records themselves or on the internet, but my guess would be that this is a Germany based label and that the records were released somewhere between 1993 and 1995. I make that guess based on having found the record in German shops, one of the sellers of which claimed to have had the record in stock since it was released. Also based on the style: there's a mixture of breakbeat hardcore, happy hardcore, jungle, dnb, gabber/industrial hardcore, and a style which, frankly, I don't know how to classify. They also seem a bit faster than most of the hardcore/jungle that was coming out of the United Kingdom at the time, and considering that industrial music had a larger influence in Europe in those days, I'm led to believe the conjecture might be correct. There were three releases that I know of, each with the same design on the label, although a different color, and each beginning with catalogue number MZN. There may be other releases. I couldn't tell you.
The colors and catalogue numbers are as follows. I can only guess that they were released in order of increasing numerical order, but considering the catalogue numbers are so odd, again I can't be sure.
Black - MZN 3547/3548
Red - MZN 3841/3842
Green - 4049/4050
I can tell you however that I still remember the first time I heard the Red one, my introduction to the label. I was having a conversation on soulseek with Jahba and had to stop just so I could relisten and pay closer attention to what I'd heard. I enjoy both atmospheric and ragga jungle, but it's rare that I find them combined in such a way that they don't seem out of place. This was done perfectly and used a sample I was already familiar with, "Cool down the dancehall" from Andy C's tune. (This is not meant to insinuate that the sample was taken from Andy C's tune but merely to state that the sample is one and the same.)
There seems to have been a problem with the pressing of the records in that two of mine skip/jump horribly, so I've only recorded one side of the Green release, which does jump, but I liked the tune well enough to listen to it even with the faults. For this reason I include a copy of the Red record that I didn't personally rip as my copy jumps on one side. I imagine a wide variety of people will find tunes they both like and don't like in here, so hopefully at least one of them appeals to you.
some more rips for ya. part 1 of your christmas present. heavy on the ragga this time around, including some 95/96 nyc jungle from i-cue, 187 & peppersteak. add in some rare groove loveliness from chris energy's label goops & one of formula 7's earlier releases on quayside. end it with one of my favorite feelgood tunes of the year, wild trip by the dude aka mark caro aka tech itch. may your ears be happy & your bitchiness be quelled. stay tuned, some rare jungle lp stocking stuffers to come.
take a typical aphrodite 95 banger, a 92 ragga tinged hardcore tune, 3 so-good-it-makes-me-drool remixes of eleanor rigby that took me 5 years to find, megashira flexing the perfect juxtaposition of manic & mellow on mental strength, arguably special k's best tune in deep in space, & a 93 US hardcore song i found for 50 cents one particularly sweaty afternoon of crate digging, mix it all together, rinse & repeat, & you have the latest offering from my personal vaults. enjoy. & if not, keep it to yourself, i don't really care. or better yet, go rip me something kool in return. & stay tuned,a bucketload more i ripped yesterday on the way.
figured y'all are well overdue for some new rips. an eclectic selection this time, spanning 93-98, a couple more mellow than my usual fare (universal egg makes some interesting dnb, & for those who know how much I hate dnb, that's saying a lot) (the first & second half of the hyper tune might as well be two different songs), some of my usual amen jungle, a tune by Coma that would be at home among any Squarepusher selection, a nice little number with mr. blue flowers, a couple requests, even a hardcore tune for my boys at b2vos. plenty of flute samples for the flute lover in you (something i think jungle could use more of). round it out with a mammoth offering i recently found by someone called Drazen & three jams from jungle the extreme collection vol 3 on b9 records & i think you're in for a treat.
(by the way, all previous uploads are still available)
more 94-96 amen mania for now, a bit ruder on the basslines than before, & some female vocal tunes ruff enough to make most ragga run home with its tail between its legs. enjoy.
also, if anyone has the Plutonik - Prime Numbers album they could hook me up with, it'd be most appreciated. http://www.discogs.com/release/593575
(mods, feel free to do what you like with the other threads, or if you would prefer that i did a new thread for each one, let me know)
mostly 94/95 amen jungle. & if anyone has any info on or other tunes by The Chosen Few & could let me know, i'd really appreciate it.
oh also, the correct name of Mind_Therapy_What_oes_Around is It_Ain't_Over, had a keyboard failure in the middle of ripping & forgot to change the name before uploading the files. enjoy.
SHIFT September 15 2010 learned how to do the compression with eq in the side chain, not from youtube, just by pluggin it all in and seeing what it done haha
SHIFT September 15 2010 lolz phitoerocks.. rick rude was on there too
SHIFT September 15 2010 true Gritty - man needs a break. started mixing down new tune last night. aye, started watching early RZA/Rakeem on youtube and ended up with U.W.
ANICA1 September 14 2010 GOLIATH661 thanks for the ruffnek#1, SICKNESS,childhood memories.
ANICA1 September 14 2010 ultrafunkula, peace homie, GOLDENERAJUNGLE CREW
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