I’m posting this set based upon a suggestion (nay, demand!) from the Duda-Dub up in NYC.

Dieselboy – Witness The Strength 95

Tracklist:

Side A:

Tom & Jerry – Tom & Jerry (featuring Charlie Brown) – Tom & Jerry
The Interrogator – Awareness – Liftin’ Spirit
Doc Scott – It’s Yours – Metalheadz
Studio Pressure – Presha III – Certificate 18
The Sentinel – Heavy Vibes – Basement
Photek – First Sequence – Photek
Fallen Angels – Hello Lover (DJ Trace Rollin’ Mix) – I.Q.
Red One – Alive N Kickin (Origin Unknown remix) – Liftin’ Spirit
International Rude Boyz – The Half Step – Formation
JB & Asend – Let It Go – Back 2 Basics
Hardware – Dreamin’ Of You – Frontline
DJ Rap – Switch – Proper Talent
Asend & Ultravibe – Kop Killa – Second Movement
Remarc – Drum ‘N Bass Wise (remix) – Whitehouse
Sophisticated Bad Boyz – Feel The Magic (Roughed-Up Version) – Suburban Base
Amazon II – Booyaa! (Beat Booyaa Mix) – Aphrodite
Aladdin – So Good (Heavy Mix) – Aladdin

Side B:

Red One – The Futurist (Ant Miles remix) – Liftin’ Spirit
The Sentinel – Pulse Of Life – Basement
Doc Scott – Far Away (Fourteen Flavours Of Funk) – Metalheadz
Peshay – Vocal Tune – Good Looking
Jazz Juice – Jazz Juice – Precious Materials
DJ Krust – Jazz Note – V
Source Direct – Future London – Odysee
Sounds Of Life – Currents – Certificate 18
Photek – Touching Down….Planet Photek – Photek
DJ Rap – Your Mind (Gimp/Steve Mix) – Proper Talent
Aquarius – Dolphin Tune – Good Looking
Mayhem – Do You Want It – Precious Materials
Peshay – Piano Tune – Good Looking
LTJ Bukem – Horizon – Looking Good

Makoto is well known for his prolific releases on the smoother side of drum&bass, but this set delves into his roots and influences. Recorded live at Human Elements in February.

Makoto’s DJ Sets by Makoto-Humanelements

I’ve tossed around the idea of a super jungle post for awhile and finally decided that it needed to happen. So I spent about five hours pooling a few of my favorite old school jungle sets from the last decade that I feel are really worth sharing. You can either download the sets individually from the links below, or you can yank them all as two big ass zip files at the bottom of the post.

The audio varies because of the age of the recording or the original source material. Some are encoded at really high bit-rates while others might have some hiss and pop. However all of the sets fall into the range of “good” to “great” sound quality.

DJ Hype – A Mixed Up Joint (1993)

Dieselboy – Supreme (1995)

Mickey Finn – Mix Magic (1993)

Fabio – The Orbit (1992)

Roni Size – Live @ Jungle Quake w/ MC Dynamite (1995)

DJ Dara – Bass 2 Dark (1995)

A Guy Called Gerald – Essential Mix (1995)

Bailey – Intelligence (1995)

Andy C – Live @ Dreamscape 23: A View To A Thrill w/ MC Fearless (1996)

Brockie – Live on One In The Jungle w/ MC Det (1995)

Doc Scott – Live @ Metalheaz – The Blue Note w/ MC Justyce (1997)

LTJ Bukem – Essential Mix w/ MC Conrad (1995) Part 1
LTJ Bukem – Essential Mix w/ MC Conrad (1995) Part 2

Kenny Ken – Unknown Studio Mix w/ GQ (1994?)

Old School Jungle Sets Part 1
Old School Jungle Sets Part 2

**Note – Added the missing Kenny Ken studio mix and the second part of LTJ Bukem’s ‘95 Essential Mix. Cheers to Mikey Syphon for correcting the Bukem mix and providing the first half.

An all-time classic. If there were a Hall of Fame for jungle, this mix would be a first ballot honoree. You can’t go wrong with the biggest names of the day (Randall, Kenny Ken, Mickey Finn, Darren Jay, & Dr. S Gachet) playing back-to-back VIP mixes all night. I still hear those horns in my dreams. GQ and Fearless handle the MC duties from start to finish.

Listen to this one with plenty of low end.

“Ministry massive watch as we rinseout!” – GQ

**Note…I’m getting reports that the set on Soundcloud has no bass in it, if that’s the case download the original from the DOWNLOAD link just below.**

AWOL Live in London 1995 by westheoperative

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Tracklist:

1 DJ Biggs – The Hunter
2 Splash – Babylon
3 Northern Connexion – Reel Funk (A.W.O.L. V.I.P. Mix)
4 P-Funk – P. Funk Era (V.I.P. Mix)
5 Randall & Andy C – Sound Control (A.W.O.L. V.I.P. Mix)
6 Cool Hand Flex – The Melody Madness (V.I.P. Mix)
7 Dark Man* – Dis Sound Ruff
8 Kenny Ken – The Pied Piper (A.W.O.L. V.I.P. Mix)
9 D.R.S. – Everyman (A.W.O.L. V.I.P. Mix)
10 Dr. S. Gachet & Audio Maze – The Dreamer (DJ Aphrodite V.I.P. Mix)
11 Prizna – Fire (Dr. S. Gachet V.I.P. Mix)
12 Dr. S. Gachet & Audio Maze – Touch My Toes (Dream Team V.I.P. Mix)
13 Aladdin – Mash Up Yer Know (V.I.P. Mix)
14 Mickey Finn* & Aphrodite – A.W.O.L. (V.I.P. Mix)
15 L Double – Da Base 2 Dark (Mickey Finn Special Mix)

Today is about variety, so here are two entirely different types of dance music to satiate your Monday music appetite.

First up…Redlight, aka DnB/clownstep producer Clipz, who reinvented himself with a super bass, heavy rave revival sound. To me, it hovers in that gray area between dubstep, breaks, and old skool hardcore.

Rumble profiled him back in November with his tune Feels So Good. This is an older 20 minute promo mix released last year to showcase his new direction as a producer (although I’m sure “Clipz” isn’t done yet).

REDLIGHT – Showcase Mix 2009 by Redlight UK

The soundcloud wave player is showing up intermittently right now. If you can’t see the wave above then listen to it on his SoundCloud page HERE

Next is Germany’s Vera with a really melodic deep house mix. It was released as a promo mix for her appearance at a recent Fabric night in London.

It’s always unusual to hear this kind of music played in the UK, because their version of deep house is very different from our own. It tends to slide more towards trance than the West Coast house we’re familiar with in the States.

Vera fabric promo mix by fabric

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