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So here we are with another classic, unearthed gem of a mixtape. Released sometime in 1997, Binary Code stands out to me as one of Philly don Karl K's finest mixes - less a show of tricks and skill,(though that pops up as expected), it's the overall vibe created and sustained throughout the mix that makes this one stand out. It also takes me right back to a particular time period of my life: In November of 1997 I moved from my parents house in Northeast Philadelphia and in with friends in South Philly, but was still commuting an hour+ each way every day to work. Throughout the following 3-4 months I played this tape pretty much everyday on my subway rides - it acted as the soundtrack to one of my favorite books, Snow Crash, which I was reading at the time on said commutes. It was the perfect accompaniment: futuristic techstep and early neurofunk by the likes of Trace, Adam F, Dillinja, Optical, Matrix, Andy C, DJ Krust, Future Forces Inc., and others. Apologies for no tracklist this time around - there are too many unknowns on this one for me, but have a go at it in the comments if you'd like!

Karl K - Binary Code (1997) Side 1


Karl K - Binary Code (1997) Side 2


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P.S. New podcast like so soon. Slackin hardcore over here, so sorry y'all!

The 6th Episode of DrumSkool215 brings summer in Philly to a close with a guest spot by the one and only Jason Magin. A legend in P-town from his days slaving over the drum n bass bins @ 611 Records to his pioneering Fuzed Funk parties and radio show, the well traveled disc jockey has an extensive knowledge of the genre and a collection deeper than most.

We were so stoked to finally have him stop through and school us all with some rare and exclusive bits. Cuts and remixes by the one and only Rufige Kru, Ray Keith, Photek, Urban Shakedown, Dillinja, Deep Blue, L Double, Omni Trio, Cool Hand Flex and Kenny Ken all make appearances, among many other essentials. Play this nice and loud for all yo neighbors!

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Joey Breakdown:
Deep Blue - Helicopter Tune (Rufige Kru Rmx)
Urban Shakedown - Burning Passion
Desired State - Here And Now (Rmx)
Kenny Ken - Everyman (AWOL VIP)
DJ Monk - I Spy
Trinity - Gangsta
L Double - Little Rollers
Funki Porchini - King Ashabanapal (Dillinja Rmx)
Photek - Mindgames
DJ Buz - Slave Special
D' Cruze - Chronic Breaks

Jason Magin:
Northern Connexion - For Fabio
Ray Keith & Nookie - Express 95 (S. Gurley Rmx)
Tom & Jerry - Maxmum Style Dubplate (Stretch Rmx)
DJ Dextrous - Nice And Smooth
Dillinja - Deep Love
Lemon D - Back 2 Chicago
DJ Massive - Dancehall Massive
Cool Hand Flex - Must Feel
Northern Connexion - Reel Funk (AWOL Vip)
Bagga Worries and Jooxie Nice - Legalize (Quiet Storm Rmx)
Aladdin - Mash up Yer Know (AWOL Vip)
Cool Hand Flex - Melody Madness (DJ Randall Rmx)
L Double and Liccle D - Runnin For Years (Rasta Sound)
Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (Rob's Reconstruction Rmx)
Peshay - The Nocturnal (Back on the Firm)
Kenny Ken - Pied Piper (AWOL Vip)

And of course, don't forget to check back we have a few classic Philly jungle mixtapes coming up very soon! Tell a friend!

Hope everyone is having a smooth and sunny summer. It's hot as hell in Philly and it's taken a toll on our brains! This month I just rolled out an all vinyl, spaced out, amen funk session after which co-host Art Cuebik dishes up a stinky ragga jungle set made especially for this weekends upcoming JUNGLE RAVE 2010. Hope to see you there, and hope you find these beats as hot as the streets!

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Joey Breakdown:
Fallen Angels - Frequency (Tango Remix)
Source Direct - Approach & Identify
Phaze 1 (Photek) - Natural
Peshay - On The War Path
Lemon D - Feel It
Fourth Dimension - Just Play Music
Stakka & K-Tee - Living For The Night
Splash - Babylon
ST Files - St Files Vol 1
Omni Trio - Nu Birth Of Cool
JMJ & Richie - Hall Of Mirrors (Omni Trio Remix)
System X (Photek) - Metamorphosis
DJ Fallout - Love Me

Art Cuebik:
DJ Gunshot - Wheel & Deal
DJ Nut Nut feat. Top Cat and Frankie Paul - Special Dedication
Leviticus - Burial (Lover's Rock Mix)
Marvellous Cain - The Hitman (Remix)
Andy C - Cool Down
Asylum - Da Bass 2 Dark
Renegade - The Terrorist (Grooverider rmx)

Til next month...

Here is just a little thing I threw together for some friends, more or less a recreation of an old anonymous mixtape that made the rounds of our circle during the mid 90's Philly rave scene. For whatever reason it became know as the "Frankie Bones Jungle Tape", most likely because it was some unknown (awesome) jungle DJ's mix taped over a Frankie Bones tape, as the techno-centric Bones was notorious for rarely playing jungle sets, let alone recording them (the shear amount of Frankie Bones in circulation at that time completely supports my theory!).

Whether it's Bones or not, the mix is a fucking wicked one, but as the proud owner of one of the only copies in existence of the O.G. cassette, I could not in good conscience upload the actual mix, simply due to its expected disintegration making it almost virtually impossible to listen to at this point.

The beauty of the mix is absolutely the track selection , a stinky, stuttering ragga funk that gives way to roughneck future business. Cause of its plain and simple awesomeness I recreated it, using my vinyls and some recently obtained mp3's, attempting to recreate as much of the vibe and punch of the original mix. Hope you enjoy.

Joey Breakdown - Jungle Bones 2010


Andy C & Randall - Feel It
DJ Buz - Slave Special
D'Cruze - Chronic Breaks
DMS & Boneman X - Strength
Family of Intelligence - Keep Pushin
The Dubster - Zigzawya
Leviticus - Burial
DMS & Boneman X - Sweet Vibrations
New Blood - Worries In The Dance
Red One - The Futurist (Ant Miles Remix)
DJ Crystl - Groundhog Day
Photek - Move Yourself
Red One - Alive & Kickin (Ant Miles Remix)
DJ Rap & Aston - Get Rushed!

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Check out this wicked mini-doc about Pirate Radio in London - one of the driving forces in the development of early Jungle and Drum n Bass music in it's earliest days!

Boy Blue quickly developed a reputation for tight scratching, razor sharp cuts and wicked blends during his unfortunately short stint in the mid 90's as one of Philly premier jungle DJ's - playing to crowds up and down the east coast and luckily for us, dropping a few excellent mix tapes during that time. For those interested, Adam is still in the area, doing the family thing, occasionally making ninja style appearances at your favorite local dnb nights. This light speed mix of piercing hardstep, rugged amen workouts with some jazzy bits, recorded and released in fall of 1995, was titled - if memory serves - after the birthday he had celebrated around that time. Featuring crucial cuts by the likes of Omni Trio, T. Power, DJ Trace, JMJ & Richie, Splash, Alex Reece, Ascend & Ultravibe, among others! This was an excellent time for drum and bass music so check it out!

Boy Blue - Nineteen (1995 ) Side 1


Boy Blue - Nineteen (1995 ) Side 2



Keep in mind these are ripped from very old cassette tapes, the sound quality is not the best! Click the play button to stream, or to download: just click on the "divshare" logo. On that next page, click the "download" button. You'll get a 15 second countdown, then it takes you to the same "download" screen again. Click "download" again, it will prompt you to open or save. Save and import into itunes, winamp, etc, and viola! Whatever way you do it, enjoy!

Well, summer 2010 is already looking to be quite crackin'. In addition to the return of our infamous Jungle Rave party (more info on that soon!), the Bedlam cru, in addition to bringing in some of the finest talent in drum and bass, is doing an all old skool night in August (Friday the 13th!) with yours truly on opening duties alongside the one and only Jason Magin. OG jungle dudes Dara and DB of Breakbeat Science headline. Gonna be nuts!

I was lucky enough to have the one and only Art Cuebik stop by to drop a set of the finest ragga and hardstep classics this month. I set em up with a solid 45 of heavy 1994 amen business. Check it out.

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Full tracklist:
Joey Breakdown
Smith Inc - Spirit
Studio Pressure - The First Sequence
Sounds Of Life - Don't Resist The Beat
Red One - Alive & Kickin' (Ant Miles Remix)
DJ Slipmatt - Breaking Free
Randall & Andy C - Sound Control
International Rude Boyz - Paragone (Remix)
Boogie Times Tribe - The Dark Stranger
Sounds Of Life - Trust Me
On Remand - Controllin (Tango Remix)
Dillinja - You Don't Know

Art Cuebik
Drumdriver - Skyy (Mickey Finn & L Double Remix)
Skool Of Hard Knocks - Kan You Feel It?
Amazon 2 - Booyah! (Remix)
Dynamic Duo - Joker Jump Up
John B - Green
Basic Movements - Bubble & Wine
Funky Element - Shook Up
Formula 7 & Easy Bass - Run From The Soundclash
Undercover Agent - Oh Gosh (Splash Remix)
Hackney Hardcore - Rudie (Remix)
M.T.S. - Baad Boy Sound (VIP)
DJ Taktix - The Way (Exclusive Mix)
Kemet Crew - The Seed

Philadelphia drum n bass heads had it lucky in the mid 90's, as one of the originators of the sound, DJ Trace had settled into our fine city and regularly rocked it's dance floors with dubplates no one had or heard, from his occasional visits back to the UK. This set was recorded during the height of that period, with Trace stopping by Michelle Sainte's infamous Bassquake radio show on Princeton University's 103.3 WPRB, as most will remember to be one of the only places to hear jungle or drum n bass on American FM radio (though it is a college station).

I remember it being miserably rainy the day this aired (Friday the 13th!), I recorded while at work (in an office, mind you)on a crappy boom box, but I did my best to do a bit of remastering and boosted the levels. Please don't forget, these are being ripped from cassette tapes!

While it isn't the full set, it is most of it, at least all 90 minutes I could capture. In addition to loads of still unreleased stormers, it overflows with classic No U-Turn, Metalheadz, Prototype, Ram, and Renegade Hardware techstep and early neurofunk. This was the first taste many of us got of bits like "The Shining", "Sonar", "Cells", "Replicants" and of course "To Shape The Future VIP", and it's mixed and selected in typical Trace style, with the usual Bassquake shout-outs and banter. An excellent listen for any fan of the sound. Sorry no tracklist, maybe we could compile one?

DJ Trace Live on Bassquake, 103.3 - May 1997 - Part 1


DJ Trace Live on Bassquake, 103.3 - May 1997 - Part 2


Keep in mind these are ripped from very old cassette tapes, the sound quality is not the best! Click the play button to stream, or to download: just click on the "divshare" logo. On that next page, click the "download" button. You'll get a 15 second countdown, then it takes you to the same "download" screen again. Click "download" again, it will prompt you to open or save. Save and import into itunes, winamp, etc, and viola! Whatever way you do it, enjoy!

If you happened to be one of the many attendees at raves in Philadelphia during the early 1990's, the only time you heard jungle, breakbeat or UK hardcore music was most likely from these two pioneers of the local sound. Karl K & Kaos, basically a duo @ the time, (and augmented by the likes of the one and only MC Dub 2) released these two seminal mixtapes, both in late 1994, so we're posting them both up here in an attempted face off! All in good fun, of course. You be the judge!

Personally, these were the golden years of the genre. While many amazing tunes were released, and subgenres spawned after this point, so much ground was being broke at this point in terms of production and where the genre was headed.

Click the play button to stream, or the "divShare" logo to be forwarded to a download page. Either way, enjoy! And don't forget, these are ripped from cassettes, so sound quality isn't the greatest!


DJ Kaos - Causin Up A Stress Side 1 (Fall/Winter 1994)


DJ Kaos - Causin Up A Stress Side 2 (Fall/Winter 1994)


Karl K - Untitled Side 1 (December 1994)


Karl K - Untitled Side 2 (December 1994)


More to come!