So I recorded a new jungle mix a while back but am only now getting around to sharing it. It's pretty good, I think - or at least I am happy with it.
blog link:
http://sonicrampage.org/blog/2018/08/pearsall-presents-rolled-in-sunshine-summer-ready-jungle-mix/
my blog said:
It’s summer, so why not some jungle? This has already been a hot summer in Berlin so I figured what better way to enjoy it than to dig into my jungle collection and put together a mix of some quality tunes? As usual, I’ve tried to mix up big tunes with b-sides and obscurities, and in this specific case I also wanted to keep it a purely rolling selection, meaning no Amen breaks. I love the Amen, but sometimes it is a bit like eating cake over and over and over – you want to have something different. Hence this mix, a totally Amen-free zone!
What’s nice about this mix, for me at least, is that it points at a direction for jungle music that wasn’t so well explored in the end – jungle as a rugged form of soul music, with sweet melodies and vocals rubbing up against tough breaks – the sounds of rare groove and jazz funk reimagined in a rave context. In the endlessly bifurcating river of breakbeat music, the ‘deeper’ side of this music, as represented in this mix, ended up evolving by 1996 into a very smooth sound, with well-mannered beats matched to tasteful samples from jazz and funk. I like that stuff too (see here), but I still feel like something vital was missed in the transition, and making this mix (and listening to it over and over and over) has just reinforced that for me. I much prefer this tougher sound to what came later, which sometimes sounded a bit like it was designed to soundtrack shampoo commercials.
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Pearsall presents Rolled In Sunshine
100% Vinyl
Mixed in Berlin, June 2018
Tracklisting:
01. Tom & Jerry - Say Goodbye (Broke My Heart) (Tom & Jerry)
02. Foul Play - Beats Track (Moving Shadow)
03. DJ Krust - Poison (V Recordings)
04. Origin Unknown - Mission Control (Ram)
05. JMJ & Richie - Deep Bass 9 (Moving Shadow)
06. Parallel World - Contagious (Good Looking)
07. Babylon Timewarp - Searching (Keeping Vinyl Alive)
08. Goldie - Still Life (ffRR)
09. Oaysis - Outcry (Moving Shadow)
10. Cold Mission - For Da Ladies (Reinforced)
11. Joint Venture - Take Away (Liftin' Spirit)
12. DJ Rap - Switch (Proper Talent)
13. Safari Sounds - Droppin' Science Vol. 4 (Side A) (Droppin' Science)
14. VIP Crew - Special Request (Mike James Mix) (Strictly Underground)
15. Shimon - Within Reason (Ram)
16. Adam F - Future Sound (Infrared)
17. Dillinja - Another Dimension (Deep Jungle)
18. Unit 1 - Atlantic Drama (Creative Wax)
19. Andy C - Roll On (Ram)
20. Dillinja - Sovereign Melody (Deadly Vinyl)
21. Tom & Jerry - On & On (Tom & Jerry)
22. DJ Stretch & DJ Ride - Selector (Jungle) (Rinsin')
23. Run Tings - Ruff Revival (Suburban Base)
24. Roni Size - It's A Jazz Thing (Ladies Mix) (V Recordings)
25. Foul Play - Being With You (Moving Shadow)