your favorite junglist auteur

[matt b]

I'm mildly shocked that no one's voted for Formation yet...

You were right to put DJ SS in. Leicester's finest.

 

[droid]

The case for D'Cruze

And this doesn't include some of his best tunes...

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[padraig (u.s.)]

You were right to put DJ SS in. Leicester's finest.

yeah man SR has that mid-90s stuff championing "functionalist" jungle...like the kind of glue that holds a scene together...the meat & potatoes which all the micro-innovations & experimentalism & sub-sub-genres can then garnish...mixing analogies badly...anyways I reckon that RAM & Formation embody that functionlist "junglist's jungle"...also SS is kind of the bridge from '94-95 ambient jungle & amen rinseouts to '96 hardstep...

 

[matt b]

Someone should do a mix featuring everyone that's been mentioned (or as many as is possible).

Have you heard the Soundmurderer mix CD? 3 mixes, 2 of which feature back to back classics, although all the slower moments are cut out, which can get a little tiring.

 

[droid]

Someone should do a mix featuring everyone that's been mentioned (or as many as is possible).

Well... these have been mentioned here before but, why not flog a dead horse eh?

Studio B Memories - Droid+Slug @ Studio B 040604

1. (00.00) Rufige Kru - Fury - Moving Shadow
2. (04.48) BLIM - Headspace - Emotif
3. (10.11) DJ Tamsin & The Monk - Better Place (Bay B Kane remix) - Whitehouse
4. (14.10) Hyper-on-E - Ouija Awakening - Moving Shadow
5. (17.52) DJ SS - United (Grooverider rmx) - Formation
6. (23.22) Photek - Complex - Photek
7. (28.10) DJ SS - Black - Formation
8. (31.35) DJ Crystl - The Dark Crystl - Force Ten
9. (37.00) Johnny Jungle - Johnny - (Origin Unknown remix) - Subbase

Sovereign Rhythms Vol.1 - A 1993-1995 Hardcore and Jungle Selection

(00:00) 1.DJ Tamsin & Monk - A Better Place [DJ Crystl Rmx] (Whitehouse)
(06:01) 2.Deep Blue - Helicopter Tune (Moving Shadow)
(08:44) 3.Foul Play - The Stepper (Moving Shadow)
(11:47) 4.Urban Wax - Take Me Up Remix (Liquid Wax)
(17:24) 5.DJ Crystl - Let It Roll (Dee Jay)
(20:54) 6.Ruff With The Smooth - Twisted Girl (Basement)
(27:10) 7.Intense - The Quickening [DOPE Remix] (Rugged Vinyl)
(30:49) 8.Ed Rush - Bludclot Artattack (No-U-Turn)
(34:44) 9.Danny Breaks - Vol. 1 (Droppin Science)
(39:20) 10.Foul Play - Open Your Mind (Moving Shadow)
(43:00) 11.DJ Taktix - The Way VIP (Back2Basics)
(47:11) 12.Hyper-on-E - Lord Of The Null Lines [Foul Play Rmx] (Moving Shadow)
(50:40) 13.Sub Sequence - Everyday (Too‚z Up)
(54:17) 14.Omni Trio - Original Soundtrack (Moving Shadow)
(57:18) 15.D.O.P.E. - Travelling Part 2 (Rugged Vinyl)
(61:09) 16.Studio Pressure - The Water Margin (Photek Recordings)
(65:04) 17.Fokus - Trigger Happy (Lucky Spin)
(66:36) 18.Hyper-on-E - Monarch Of The Glen (Moving Shadow)

Sovereign Rhythms Vol. 2 - A 1993 - 1995 Hardcore and Jungle Selection

(00:00) 1.Hyper-on-E - Monarch Of The Glen (Moving Shadow)
(05:49) 2.Naughty Naughty - Free (Rugged Vinyl)
(09:20) 3.Unknown - LSR 028 (Lucky Spin)
(13:48) 4.Foul Play - Beats Track (Moving Shadow)
(16:06) 5.The Sentinel - Heavy Vibes (Basement)
(19:25) 6.Code Blue - Angels In Dub (Dee Jay)
(22:19) 7.Goldie - Jah The Seventh Seal (ffrr)
(26:00) 8.Intense - Time Space Continuem (Rugged Vinyl)
(30:37) 9.DJ Hype - Mash Up Da Place [Origin Unknown Remix] (Ganja)
(34:18) 10.Dillinja - Heavenly Bass (Logic Productions)
(37:47) 11.Studio Pressure - The Lightning (Photek)
(42:47) 12.DJ Crystl - Warpdrive (Dee Jay)
(47:01) 13.The Renegade - Terrorist (Moving Shadow)
(52:02) 14.DJ Nut Nut feat. Frankie Paul & Top Cat - Special Dedication (Hardstep)
(56:04) 15.Higher Sense - Bizarre [Desired State Remix] (Moving Shadow)
(59:43) 16.Omni Trio - Be There (Moving Shadow)
(63:29) 17.Tek 9 - A London Sumting (Reinforced)
(67:28) 18.Q Bass feat. Skeng Gee - Gun Connection (Suburban Base)
(70:12) 19.Inna Rhythm - Carrie (Tone Def)
(74:36) 20.Studio Pressure - Fusion (Photek)

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

Have you heard the Soundmurderer mix CD? 3 mixes, 2 of which feature back to back classics, although all the slower moments are cut out, which can get a little tiring.

good call - yeah it's absolutely FANTASTIC - very much on a ragga ting - well the 3rd mix is more leftfield/proto-techsteppish I guess, like early Tech Itch, "Drones", Plug & those Japanese nutters...uh Cycheout something other...actually speaking of which...

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

Well... these have been mentioned here before but, why not flog a dead horse eh?
http://www.weareie.com/2006/04/studio-b-memories-droidslug-studio-b.html

well I didn't know about them so thank you...that's me done for the ride to & from work for the next week or so...

 

[mms]

not heard that last d'cruze tune before - it's stunning.
sounds like it might sample that guy who did those hundreds of ambient records in the 90's forgotten his name, peter someone.

 

[Tentative Andy]

Matt and Droid: noted and thanked.

*commences fresh flogging of the horses*

 

[droid]

not heard that last d'cruze tune before - it's stunning.

The other side of it is even better..A remix(?) of 'heaven' from Subplates 3, around the same time as the 'Control' LP, which is a chronically overlooked album...

 

[droid]

well I didn't know about them so thank you...that's me done for the ride to & from work for the next week or so...

You should really enjoy those Naphta mixes, they're absolute classics. Damn the old goat, but when he's good, he's really good.

Oh - and I nominated myself for 'best mix of the decade' for my Black>>Dark Crystl mix in that set...

 

[droid]

that guy who did those hundreds of ambient records in the 90's forgotten his name, peter someone.

Pete Namlook.

 

[mms]

Pete Namlook.

yep i recognise the whispy sound and delays.
funny that guy, he did 100's or releases for a while.

 

[droid]

Yeah - FAX records. Bit of a techno/chill out vibe going on - very disposable, worst exceses of Rising high thing going on. 'The Definitive Ambient Collection' 1 +2 are pretty much all you need to know about the man's music, some great tunes on that.

 

[BareBones]

hey droid, sorry if this has been answered before but do you know what's going on with that dextrous - heavenly body tune? Did it ever get released or did it come out with a different title? Want it so badly and can't find it anywhere.

 

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Bay-B-Kane, Crystl...

I mean these guys made such stunning music and then just stopped...maybe understandbly...but what happened to them? I've asked this before, I know. How do you climb down in life from such a peak? Did they just become pro studio engineers or what?

I voted for Foul Play/Gurley in the end.

 

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I think SS should be more talked about however. His stuff was totally psychedelic!

 

[Tentative Andy]

His stuff was totally psychedelic!

New Breed Of Ravers still freaks me out every time.

'I have it, and I looooose control'
Halp, press the panic button!

 

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Rollers Convention!

 

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Talking of Bay-b-kane, this is a really good record. When Reynolds talks about 93 music being a kind of protozoa for jungle/drum n bass, I always think of it. It's really weird: it changes completely about 5 times in 4 minuntes. It's overloaded with ideas and barely holds together. And it sounds amazing for it.