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Sorry for the delay in posts. We're back and re-energized. Soon with a brand spanking new DrumSkool215 podcast chock full of deliciousness, and in the meantime we're rolling out some freshly ripped classic mix tapes. Since we've got to bring it back with a bang, I've unearthed one of the holy grails of the mid 90's jungle scene: DJ Trace w/ Dub2 MC Live @ Bassrush vs Formation, 1996.

Trace himself actually personally insisted I upload this one - and for plenty good reason. It takes me right back to the vibes of Fridays @ 1415 Locust. Hearing all this stuff the first time around, in a dark, smoky club through floor-to-ceiling speakers was mind blowing. It's an incredibly energetic set loaded with (at the time) fresh dubs from everyone and anyone who mattered at the time. As you can see from the tracklist below (thanks to those who helped i.d.) Doc Scott, Dillinja, Grooverider, Boymerang, Lemon D, and Trace himself all contribute runnin' next step beats.

Note Dillinja's 'Tron' on side two of the mix - it's a very early rollin version of 'Silverblade' that only a select few got a copy of. I'd always hoped for a release, but it seems the DAT has been lost. :( At least I got to hear it on a proper system a few times.

As always, keep in mind these are cassette rips, there is only so much I can do to improve the quality other than boosting the levels and tweaking the EQ's a bit. And don't forget to check out the Trace Live @ Bassquake in 1997 set that we ripped last year. More to come!!!!

Side 1

Boymerang - You Like It Like That
Nasty Habits - Shadowboxing
Lemon D - 12:01
Nasty Habits - Prototyped
Dillinja - Yo
Elementz of Noize - Planet
Boymerang - Blue Notes
Trace & Nico - Area 51
Grooverider - The Warning

Side 2

Trace - Mutant Revisited
Boymerang - Still
Trace & Nico - Replicants
Capone - Paradise
Dillinja - Tron
Trace - Squadron
Grooverider - Jon Two
Goldie - Kemistry (Doc Scott Rmx)

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Since I started these podcasts I'd been thinking of how I should do this episode, but with such a huge number of quality tunes, it's hard to so much as get an idea of where to start. My Metalheadz records are my most prized section of my collection - I'm proud to say I own almost every physical release (in addition, every single, solitary Headz release from sublabels to test presses to limited editions rests comfortably in mp3 form in my external HD - they've even got their own playlist in my iPod). Metalheadz is just about the only drum n bass label I still follow, and to this day feel has still managed to simultaneously stay true to their sound while keeping up with the current tempo and vibe of the genre. After a few frustratingly unsuccessful attempts at this episode, I managed to fire this one out over the weekend. For whatever reason (winter, perhaps?) I stuck to the heavier, cinematic techstep sound circa 1995-98. It should go well with your snow covered streets and freezing temperatures. :)

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Goldie - Still Life (Photek Remix)
Doc Scott - Drumz '95 (Nasty Habits Remix)
Adam F - Metropolis
Rufige Kru - VIP Riders Ghost (The Origin)
Ed Rush - Density
Goldie - Jah (Peshay VIP Rollers Mix)
Peshay - Predator
Rufige Kru - Dark Metal (Source Direct Remix)
Digital - Far Out (Remix)
Dillinja - Warrior Jazz
Digital - Down Under
J. Majik - Needle Point Majik
Peshay - The Noctural
Goldie - Angel (Teebee Remix)
Rufige Kru - Beachdrifta

Some pictures taken during the recording:

This post is a long time coming. For years an old friend of mine (hello Lisa!) has be begging and bugging me to make an entire mix of strictly vocal sing-along jungle tracks from back in the day especially for her. She'll be happy to find out that the day has finally come. The main reason I dragged my feet for so long is that I am a bit of a perfectionist, and knowing that a full mix of strictly vocal tunes poses some challenges as I don't wanna be that guy playing two vocals over top of each other. I'm also a big fan of my mixes and blends staying in key - something some jocks can't even comprehend.

So this would take some planning, or at least I thought. While I did have in mind a set of tracks I'd hope to play, I fired this mix off in one shot and it came out nicely. Here's to hoping Lisa and all of you get lots of enjoyment from this one.

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dj krust feat morgan – maintain
alex reece - feel the sunshine
peshay - vocal tune
aphrodite feat gail mclain - i wanted it more
soundman feat elizbath troy - greater love
ellis d feat the specialist - ooh boy (version 1)
dj gunshot - wheel & deal vs marble mix
foul play feat denise gordan - music is the key (omni trio mix)
goldie feat. diane charlamagne - inner city life (nookie mix)
omni trio - renegade snares (foul play vip mix)
pascal - p-funk era
88.3 feat. lisa may – wishin’ on a star (aphrodite mix)
leviticus - burial (remix 2)
dj ss - easymen
glamour gold - the only one
olive - miracle (doc scott mix)
everything but the girl - walking wounded (spring heeled jack remix)
bjork - bachelorette (grooveriders' jeep mix)
reel time - mine
soulstice - tenderly (acetate mix)
shanie - (you're gonna) miss my face (dillinja mix)
bill riley feat. clarri thomas - closing in
bjork - alarm call (krust's reposession mix)
roni size - watching windows (ed rush & optical remix)

First off we'd like to shout out all that came out to the Tronik Funk Costume Party back in October, we had a blast and look forward to our next event. In the meantime, our buddy, and Philly-to-the-West-Coast transplant DJ Helix (that's him up there believe it or not!) threw together and sent us an absolutely runnin' mix of classic tech/hardstep for us to post up here. It's dark and funky just like we like it in November. Happy Thursday!

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Lemon D - This Is LA - Metalheadz
Elementz of Noize feat MC Det - Stick Up - SOUR
Shapeshifter - Talkin Mad Shit - SOUR
TC Islam and Alien3 -Let The Bass Boom - SOUR
DJ Red - Enta Da Dragon - Trouble on Vinyl
DJ Die - Achilles Heel - Full Cycle
Micro-Burst - Punkmutha - SOUR
Elementz of Noize feat MC Det - Hit The Deck - SOUR
B.L.I.M. - Jeamland 96 (DJ Trace's Remix) - Emotiff
J Majik - Your Sound (Remix) - Metalheadz
Dom & Roland - Hydrolicks - Moving Shadow
Ed Rush - Mothership - No U-Turn
Doc Scott - Drumz '95 (Nasty Habits Remix) - Metalheadz
Genotype - Square Waves - Renegade Hardware
Adam F - Metropolis - Metalheadz
Dylan - Witchcraft - Droppin Science
Trace - Caves - No U-Turn
Ed Rush and Optical - Dozer - Virus
DJ Loxy & Ink - Airlock - Renegade Hardware
Ed Rush, Trace, Fierce, Nico & Optical - Edtrafienical - No U-Turn
Ryme Tyme - Payback - DSCI4
Jonny L - Piper (Grooverider Mix) - XL
Digital and Spirit - Phantom Force - Phantom Audio
Jonny L - The Bells - XL
Ram Trilogy - Terminal 2 - RAM
Jonny L - Wish u had something (Jonny L Mix) - XL
Moving Fusion - Turbulence - RAM
Ram Trilogy - Scanners - RAM
Decorum - Contrax - Liftin Spirit
Technical Itch - Reborn - Renegade Hardware
Konflict - Beckoning - Renegade Hardware
Dom and Roland - Parasite - Moving Shadow
Future Cut - Whiplash - Renegade Hardware
Hive - Ultrasonic Sound - FFRR

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Also, don't fret - we have loads of classic mixes lined up for the blog and a new ALL METALHEADZ podcast coming soon!!! Stay tuned!

Ed Rush and Optical's seminal 1998 full length debut "Wormhole" always gets all the love... and for good reason. It pretty much changed the game for drum n bass, single-handedly dragging the sound into an unprecedented, new frontier. But it's the duos follow up, "The Creeps" (released in 2000) that always did it for me.

It carefully built upon the rolling, techno-funk of its predecessor but was somehow this even funkier, grittier soul - the production streamlined to yet another level. It's aimed straight for the dancefloor, yet can just as easily be appreciated driving high speed down the interstate, during late night subway rides, or just spacing out on your bedroom floor inside a great pair of headphones. I've always felt the whole album works so well as one piece so I thought it was appropriate to showcase it on our podcast, in full, in October of course, an entire 10 years after it's release (wow, I feel old!).

In the future expect plenty of other label and album showcases - we've got an excellent all Metalheadz show coming up, maybe we'll do a No U-Turn "Torque" episode, some Moving Shadow business... time will tell.

Rounding off this months show to take us waaaaaaaaay back is the one and only DJ Armen, a longtime Philadelphia drum n bass staple - from his days stocking the dnb racks @ 611 Records through to his many residencies and opening sets for the genres biggest superstar jocks. Armen's also someone I've known for many, many years - I've essentially watched him grow up from just a little raver kid (literally a kid I tell ya) into a true music enthusiast, an excellent DJ, and all around good, true person. Big ups Armen! Enjoy the mix everyone, this is a good one.

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Joey Breakdown mixing Ed Rush & Opticals' "The Creeps":
Ed Rush and Optical - Resurrection (feat. Ryme Tyme) - Virus
Ed Rush and Optical - Check Out Time - Virus
Ed Rush and Optical - Reach Out - Virus
Ed Rush and Optical - Rock The House - Virus
Ed Rush and Optical w/ Matrix - Flightpath - Virus
Ed Rush and Optical - The Creeps - Virus
Optical & Ryme Tyme - White Lightning - Virus
Ed Rush and Optical - Pacman - Virus
Ed Rush and Optical - Greed - Virus
Ed Rush and Optical w/ Matrix - Fastlane (feat. Ryme Tyme) - Virus

DJ Armen:
JB and Ascend - The Dreamer - Back2Basics
Tom and Jerry - Who Kan Draw - Tom & Jerry
Tom and Jerry - Maxi(mun) Style Rmx - Tom & Jerry
Tom and Jerry - Maximum Booty Style pt.2 - Tom & Jerry
Roni Size - Step Up - V Recordings
DJ Krust - Set Speed Rmx - V Recordings
DJ Krust - Poison - V Recordings
JO - R Type - Awesome Records
L Double and Liccle D - Dubplate Special - Flex Records
Souljah - Down With The Lites - Hard Leaders
Maximum Style - Hard as Hell - Parousia
Koda - Time of Signs - Intalektive Records
Roni Size and Dj Die - Music Box - Full Cycle
JMJ and Richie - Free La Funk - Moving Shadow
Roni Size and DJ Die - 11:55 - Full Cycle
Cloud Nine - Jazzmin (Tango Rmx) - Moving Shadow
Capone - Friday - Hardleaders
Shimon and Andy C - Night Flight - Ram Records
Undercover Agent - Dubplate Circles - Juice Recordings
Apex - Spys - Hard Leaders
DJ Trace - Mutant Rmx (Rollers Instinct) - S.O.U.R.
Ed Rush, DJ Trace, and Nico - Mad Different Methods - No U-Turn
Nasty Habits - Shadow Boxing 'The Remix' - 31 Records
Ed Rush - Check Me Out - DeeJay Recordings

I broke out the techstep classics this month for a straight hour of heady sci-fi steppers guaranteed to take you right back to 1997. As with the last show, I stuck with all vinyl throughout. The usual suspects all make appearances, showcasing my favorite labels of the time - Metalheadz, 31 Records, Ram, No U-Turn, Prototype and Renegade Hardware. Spark one up and get lost in the bass.

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Codename John (Grooverider) - The Warning
Fortran (Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce) - Search
Andy C & Shimon - Mutations
Nasty Habits (Doc Scott) - Shadowboxing
Future Forces Inc - Bypass
Trace & Nico - Replicants
Jon The Dentist - France (Ed Rush & Trace Rmx)
Genotype - Square Waves
Optical & Ryme Tyme - We Enter
Optical - The Shining
Everything But The Girl - Before Today (Dillinja Remix)
Everything But The Girl - Blame (J Majik Remix)
Ed Rush & Fierce - Locust
Dillinja - Silver Blade
Trace - Sonar
Bad Company - Forgotten

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...

From what I gather, the streets is hungry for more classic mixes by the original techstep don - the UK's (and mid-90's Philly transplant) DJ Trace. I've been a long time fan of the master both as a DJ when I first got hold of his Don FM pirate radio sets from 1993/94, as well as a huge fan of his many incredible productions over the years.

During his stint in my hometown, not only did I get to regularly check Trace (known as Duncan to his mum) play excellently on many massive rigs, I've also been extremely lucky to be on occasion witness to this turntable monster throw down some of the freshest, nastiest dubplates in some of the most intimate settings: on decks set up on kitchen counters in 4am apartment ragers, off the back of a truck behind some abandon warehouse in North Philly, and of course the dark, smokey, extremely loud confines of the upstairs back room @ 1415 Locust (blunts, break-dancing and bass, anyone? Those were the days!).

When Trace announced via his Facebook last month he'd be giving up DJing drum n bass entirely, myself and I'm sure many other longtime fans shed a virtual tear. Lucky for us, many many many recordings of his beautifully hectic, futuristic DJ sets are being preserved digitally to be enjoyed by many more 'headz.

This mix from 1999 - landed via mp3 in my email box recently. I don't actually own a copy, though I do remember it's release and it making the rounds among friends. It's an excellent selection recorded at GFS studios (big up Joe & Justin!) with a nice little intro by the recently elusive Dub 2 MC.

Expect a heavy neurofunk vibe, loads of Bad Company, Ed Rush & Optical, Johnny L, Ram Trilogy, Trace, Fierce, and more. The quality is very questionable at times so forgive me it is out of my control. This is the problem with encoding cassette tapes. Enjoy!

DJ Trace - The Philadelphia Sessions (1999) Side 1


DJ Trace - The Philadelphia Sessions (1999) 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!

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!

That's right! This time around myself and that dude Art Cuebik go back to back for over an hour dropping the hottest classic hardstep funk from the seminal Bristol related V Recordings, Full Cycle, Dope Dragon and Philly Blunt labels. This episode expect an upfront wicked mix of grimey classics from the likes of Roni Size, DJ Krust, Lemon D, DJ Die, Bill Riley, DJ Suv, and more!

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Joey Breakdown vs Art Cuebik:
DJ Die - Mellow Song
Roni Size - Box Of Tricks
Glamour Gold - You Can Run
Gang Related & Mask - Death Blow
Gang Related & Mask - Oh My Gosh!
Gang Related & Mask - Bass Is Rollin'
Bigger Star - Raid
DJ Suv - Woo Town
Bill Riley feat. Clarri Thomas - Closing In
Glamour Gold - The Only One
Roni Size - Daylight
DJ Krust - Blaze Dis One
DJ Die - DNA
Gang Related & Mask - Ready Or Not
DJ Krust - Not Necessarily A Man
Scorpio - Turn Dancer
Mask - Reese
Roni Size - Days
Lemon D - I Can't Stop

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

My first ever mix tape. No, it never had a proper title so I called it what it said on the master tape - the date it was recorded. Yes, the mixing and track selection maybe leave something to be desired but it's really not that bad for a 17 year old who just got his first pair of decks two months prior. Actually, I think I had already played out @ Club Nile (lol) by this point - I took up DJing pretty fast. Mostly because I watched other DJ's I very quickly knew what I was doing technically. However, this mix shows I had a while to go before I understood how to program a set and especially that I was still feeling my way around what records to buy and play. Nonetheless, it's a fun trip down memory lane for me. While hesitant to post such an amateur effort, a few friends have asked for copies over the years so it's nice to have it digitalized...

No full track list as I sold a lot of these years ago and have no clue what they are, but I can say you'll enjoy the likes of Goldie, Remarc, 4 Hero, DJ SS, Ellis D, Leviticus, Origin Unknown, Bizzy B, and some cheeky Toni Tony Tone remix, among others. Enjoy.

Joey Breakdown: 7/14/95 - Side 1


Joey Breakdown: 7/14/95 - 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!

Throughout most of 1995, I, along with a good chunk of the Philly rave scene, regularly attended the dark, cavernous confines of the basement known as Club Fever, specifically the Thursday night weekly New World parties. This tape hails from that time period, as it was not only acquired from Karl K at one of those parties but a good chunk of what's on this tape is stuff he regularly dropped in his sets at the time. This mix was a fixture in my walkman, cassette deck, and any car I was riding in, and remains of of my favorite mixes to this day.

It's a blistering weave of ragga, techstep, hardstep, jump up, rnb & hip-hop vocal samples, and jazzy atmospherics combined with Karl's usual cutting and scratching - it's, in a word: jungle. And it's awesome. Look out for the brief appearance of MC Dub 2 in the second half. Below is a partial track list, if anyone is willing to fill in the blanks please do in the comments :)

Karl K - Dubplate Selection (Who Run Tings?) (Side 1)


Tonic - The Mack
Ed Rush - Gun Check
T Power - The Mutant (DJ Trace Remix)
Eternal Bass - One Movement
Roni Size - Timestretch (Origin Unknown Remix)
DJ Krust - Set Speed
???
Ray Keith - Sing Time
DJ SS & Mental Power - Blue
Funki Porcini - King Ashabanapal (Dillinja Remix)
Shy FX - This Style
Babylonian - Ball Of Fire
MTS - Baad Boy Sound
Therapy? - Loose (Photek Remix)
Q Project & Spinback - Riker's Island (Dream Mix)

Karl K - Dubplate Selection (Who Run Tings?) (Side 2)


???
JMJ & Richie - Free La Funk
Shogun - Reflex
The Mack - Hip To The Hoppa
Desired State - Here & Now
???
Splash - Babylon (DJ Trace Remix)
Dillinja - You Don't Know (Remix)
Photek - Complex
???
Roger Johnson - The Drifter
Jack Ruby - Another World

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!

I don't know when this flyer is from as there is no date, and the same goes for the mix it accompanies as my good friend (who, like me, also happens to be a card carrying member of the Geriatric Raver Society ;) Celestial donated to the blog. She cautioned the tape might not even play. But lucky for us it did! Judging from the track selection (Origin Unknown's "Valley Of The Shadows", "The Dark Stranger", Goldie's "Fury", and DJ Crystl's "King Of The Beats" all make appearances, among plenty more stormers), I'm guessing that the tape (and most likely flyer) hail from maybe late 1993, early 1994. The mix is a bit dark, but mixed impeccably, as expected. Enjoy. :) Brings back memories.


DJ Kaos - Untitled - 1993 Side 1


DJ Kaos - Untitled - 1993 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!

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!