shadowboxing » doc scott http://shadowboxing.org burning down the dance Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:58:05 +0000 en hourly 1 Top 10 Atmospheric Tunes http://shadowboxing.org/2011/12/top-10-atmospheric-tunes/ http://shadowboxing.org/2011/12/top-10-atmospheric-tunes/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:06:38 +0000 Wes http://shadowboxing.org/?p=2020 While driving to work this morning I was listening to NPR and day-dreaming about some of my favorite atmospheric drum&bass tracks from yesteryear. Initially the list started at a top 5, but I couldn’t pair it down so I decided to make my a top 10 instead.

The list is purely subjective and my tastes may not fit with your personal preferences. Feel free to add your own top five in the comments.

Top Five Ten Atmospheric Tunes (in no particular order):

Fokus – On-Line
I first heard this on LTJ Bukem’s Mixmag Live! Vol. 3 CD from 1996. It was the opening tune and blew my damn mind with that bass line.

JMJ & Richie – Free La Funk (PFM Remix)
Another banger on the LTJ Mixmag CD. That haunting female vocal paired with the bass hitting before the amen kicks in is the stuff that my dreams are made of…

Adam F – Aromatherapy
I’d be willing to bet that most people have heard this track in more than a few mixes from the mid to late 90s, and had no idea it was an Adam F tune. It was featured on another LTJ Bukem mix he did for the Promised Land compilations, but also appeared on Adam’s album “Colours” from Positiva.

Blu Mar Ten – B.R.O
The track was originally released in 1999 on Bukem’s (are you seeing a trend here?!) Good Looking imprint. The rumor is that the title of this track means “Bukem Rip Off” and was BMT’s way of making fun of what atmospheric drum&bass had become by using tons of cliched elements in the production. The irony, of course, was that it was a huge hit. One of these days I’ll ask Chris from BMT about its origins.

LTJ Bukem – Demon’s Theme
This tune holds a special place in my heart. When I first started listening to atmospheric drum&bass I had my mom listen to the Logical Progression compilation. She was fascinated by Demon’s Theme and asked me to put a copy on a cassette (ha!) for her to listen to in the car. She passed away in 2000 and I played this track on repeat during my trip to Ohio for her funeral. Anytime I hear it, I can picture her face as she’s listening to it for the first time.

Blame – Cuban Lynx
Another track from a compilation I still own. The original came out on the GLR subsidiary 720 Degrees. However I first heard it on the mixed disk of Logical Progression Volume 2 by Blame and featuring Conrad and DRS, so that’s the version I’m including in the post.

Omni Trio – Trippin’ on Broken Beats (Original Mix)
Omni Trio – Trippin’ on Broken Beats (Carlito Mix)
Why did I include varying mixes of the same track in my Top 10? Because both are fucking amazing. A lot of folks would say that any remix is inferior to the original, but I’d hold this tune up to prove them wrong.

St. Etienne – The Sea (PFM Remix)
PFM and his fucking remixes are spectacular. St. Etienne are/were classified as an English alternative dance act (thanks Discogs!) that are known, primarily, for their house and downtempo efforts. PFM took their tune, The Sea (which was never released), and crafted an amazing remix that encapsulates everything about the atmospheric drum&bass genre. My only wish is that Youtube captured the depth of the bass in the track.

Seba – Planetary Funk Alert
I’ve mentioned my love of this track before…absolutely brilliant.

Jonny L – 2 of Us
Initially the track was released on the “2 Of Us” EP from XL Recordings in 1996. I bought the vinyl from a dungeon of a record store in Dallas, called Bill’s Records and Tapes sometime in 1997. If you had never been then allow me to describe it…imagine a garage sale and a porn shop had sex and out popped this gigantic mess of classic vinyl and CDs. It was run by an iron-fisted old man that had a tendency to charge whatever the fuck he felt like at any given time.

If I were doing a Top 20 these would help me fill out the list:
Aquarius (aka Photek) – Dolphin Tune
Peshay – Vocal Tune
Doc Scott – Tokyo Dawn
EZ Rollers – Retro (Guardians of D’Alliance Mix)
Hoax – Pipe Dreams
Wax Doctor – Atmospheric Funk

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]]> http://shadowboxing.org/2011/09/doc-scott-4-hour-techno-mix/feed/ 0 Doc Scott – Future Beats Vol 8 http://shadowboxing.org/2011/09/doc-scott-future-beats-vol-8/ http://shadowboxing.org/2011/09/doc-scott-future-beats-vol-8/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:56:46 +0000 Wes http://shadowboxing.org/?p=1829 Doc Scott has just released volume 8 in his Future Beats mix series. So far this mix isn’t nearly as minimal as the others and this opening tune is very reminiscent of early atmospheric tunes.

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]]> http://shadowboxing.org/2011/09/doc-scott-future-beats-vol-8/feed/ 0 Doc Scott – Future Beats Vol 7 http://shadowboxing.org/2011/05/doc-scott-future-beats-vol-7/ http://shadowboxing.org/2011/05/doc-scott-future-beats-vol-7/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 14:53:29 +0000 Wes http://shadowboxing.org/?p=1558 Doc Scott has just released the seventh installment of his Future Beats series and it is banging. There’s plenty of the minimal offerings he’s pushed in previous Future Beat mixes, but there are also more rollers mixed throughout.

No tracklist available yet, but most of these tunes are still unreleased.

If you missed the previous 6 mixes, you can get them HERE.

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]]> http://shadowboxing.org/2011/05/doc-scott-future-beats-vol-7/feed/ 0 Loxy b2b Doc Scott – Metalheadz 03.19.11 http://shadowboxing.org/2011/04/loxy-b2b-doc-scott-metalheadz-03-19-11/ http://shadowboxing.org/2011/04/loxy-b2b-doc-scott-metalheadz-03-19-11/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:35:46 +0000 Wes http://shadowboxing.org/?p=1511 According to Doc Scott this set is only available for a limited time. Grab it while you can.

Doc Scott back2back Loxy – Live @ Metalheadz 03.19.11

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Just in case the original disappears, here is a mirror.

]]> http://shadowboxing.org/2011/04/loxy-b2b-doc-scott-metalheadz-03-19-11/feed/ 1 Jungle Book – Intelligent Minds Of Jungle http://shadowboxing.org/2011/03/jungle-book-intelligent-minds-of-jungle/ http://shadowboxing.org/2011/03/jungle-book-intelligent-minds-of-jungle/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:38:07 +0000 Wes http://shadowboxing.org/?p=1504 Yet another long delay between posts that I need to apologize for. Buying a house is a tremendous drain on one’s energy and bank account….just sayin.

Jungle Book – Intelligent Minds Of Jungle was a Japan-only compilation that was released in 1995 on Sublime Records. It’s a really cool collection of producers and tunes you should all know very well. According to the discogs.com entry the 13th track is by Hands to Heaven (Underground Software Remix) by Internal Affairs and track 14 is 4 Hero’s Shadow Run.

Jungle Book – Intelligent Minds Of Jungle

Tracklist:
Low Key Movements – Ear Drums
Cold Mission with 4 Hero – Music is Music
Nasty Habits – Last Action Hero
JLM Productions – Can’t Understand
Private Productions – Education
Peshay – Gangsta
2 G’s – A Guy Called Gerald & Goldie – Energy Remix
Project AKO – The Afterglow Parts 1&2
Tek 9 – A London Sumtin
Nookie – Celebrate Life
4 Hero – Universal Love (Metalheads Remix)
Manix – Intelligent Hoodlum
Internal Affairs – Hands to Heaven (Underground Software Remix) (Bonus Track)
4 Hero – Shadow Run (Bonus Track)

Sound Quality: Excellent (320k)
Filetype: zip/mp3
Size: 162mb

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]]> http://shadowboxing.org/2010/09/doc-scott-future-beats-vol-3/feed/ 1 Techno Mixes by D&B Producers http://shadowboxing.org/2010/06/techno-mixes-by-db-producers/ http://shadowboxing.org/2010/06/techno-mixes-by-db-producers/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:21:26 +0000 Mikey Syphon http://shadowboxing.org/?p=743 What does Commix, Marcus Intalex & Doc Scott have in common? Well besides that they all produce and DJ Drum and Bass, they also dig some Techno. Here are a couple of  Techno mixes by these guys.

Marcus Intalex & Doc Scott-Live @ Serato Night (Techno Set)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NOJ7BWM5

Commix-Data Transmission Podcast (Techno Set)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3PE0H5W3

]]> http://shadowboxing.org/2010/06/techno-mixes-by-db-producers/feed/ 1 Doc Scott – Future Beats Vol 1 http://shadowboxing.org/2010/05/doc-scott-future-beats-vol-1/ http://shadowboxing.org/2010/05/doc-scott-future-beats-vol-1/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 13:40:22 +0000 rumble http://shadowboxing.org/?p=680 As he mentioned on his Twitter page, the mighty Doc Scott has released his first mix of 2010, entitled “Future Beats Vol 1″. Available on his Soundcloud account.

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]]> http://shadowboxing.org/2010/05/doc-scott-future-beats-vol-1/feed/ 0 Old School Jungle Super Post http://shadowboxing.org/2010/02/old-school-jungle-super-post/ http://shadowboxing.org/2010/02/old-school-jungle-super-post/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:20:30 +0000 Wes http://shadowboxing.org/?p=404 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.

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