I purchased History of Our World Vol 1 (mixed by DJ DB) in the mid-90s from the $1 at my local used CD store. At the time I thought I was purchasing an as-yet-unknown funky breaks mix (which was the “in” thing in Dallas), but was pleasantly surprised that I stumbled onto an excellent jungle compilation instead. Hitting on rips of both disks recently has helped me re-connect with some pretty cool memories. I never physically owned Volume 2 because a copy was very hard to find at the time, but a friend had it and we listened to them back-to-back when traveling to shows.

Volume 1 was originally distributed by Profile Records in 1994, while Sm:)e Communications dropped Volume 2 in 1996 (& a re-release of Vol 1 at the same time). Both are credited to DJ DB for compiling and mix duties. The robot illustration on the original disk was pretty iconic at the time, and the follow-up volume stood out because of that bright, caustic green.

The first disk is all old-skool hardcore with classics like 4-Hero’s “Mr. Kirk’s Nightmare” and Omni Trio’s “Renegade Snares” included. The second progresses from early techstep to some jump-up then onto mellower atmospheric jungle.

Tracklists:
Volume 1: Breakbeat Jungle Ultramix
Volume 2: The Rough & The Smooth

Download: A History of Our World Vol 1 & 2 mixed by DB
(Mega Upload seems to be having issues, here’s an alternate download location.)

I’ve combined both disks into one zip file (268mb) for download. Each mix is individually tracked and encoded at 192k.

Anyway…here’s Grooverider – Hardstep Pimp 1995

Tracklist:

1.Aquarius – Dolphin Tune
2.Ray Keith – Terrorist (Grooverider Hardstep Mix)
3.MA2 – Hearing Is Believing
4.Alex Reece – Basic Principle
5.Cool Hand Flex – Melody Madness
6.Bizzy B -16 Track Ting
7.Doc Scott – Far Away
8.DJ Nut Nut – Special Dedication
9.Dread Bass – Baby Tears
10.DJ SS – United (Grooverider Mix)
11.Roni Size – Phyzical
12.Codename John – Kindred
13.Sponge – Shabbutz
14.Bukem – Horizon
15.Undercover Agent – Oh Gosh
16.Deadly D – Listen Dis

Sound Quality: good
Filetype: mp3
Size: 86mb
Time: 1:01
Bitrate: 192k

Special thanks to Dubplate Digest for the heads up.

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Congo Natty – Borderline Mobster
Conquering Lion – Code Red (94 Remix)
Blackstar – Kunte Kinte (Original Junglist)
Congo Natty – Boom Bye Bye
Knowledge and Wisdom – I Gets Down
Blackstar feat. Tenor Fly – Alaska Ride (Original Dubplate)
Tribe of Issachar – Fever (Defending Souljah)
Tribe of Issachar feat. Peter Bouncer – Junglist
Terry T – Unity is Strength
Tribe of Issachar – Wardance Millenium
Congo Natty – Gall: Knowledge is Found in the Secret Place
Top Cat – Bunn the Sensi
Congo Natty – Jah No Dead
Congo Natty – Ras Bingy Man
Congo Natty – Stevie Hyper D Tribute

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

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.

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)

Sets (sound quality in parentheses):
Andy C (very good)
Ash Attack (poor)
Brockie (good)
Cool Hand Flex (very good)
Devious D (poor)
Funky Flirt (fair)
Grooverider (very good)
Jumpin Jack Frost (very good)
Kemistry (good)
DJ Rap (good)
Randall (good)
Ray Keith (good)
Rodney T (fair)
Val Pachino (fair)
MCs: Stevie Hyper D, Shabba D, Det, MC MC, Fats, Fantastic

Telepathy Vol 3 – 1994

It’s pretty cool to catch Grooverider rocking ragga jungle tunes (he starts his set with Demolition Man’s “Fire”) when that’s so far from the style of music he’s known for today. If you’ve ever listened to any UK tape packs then you’ll know that these guys are notorious for playing the same tracks multiple times through out the night. However, it’s still cool to hear the classics jammed out on dubplate 16 years ago.

Stevie Hyper (RIP) seems to be the primary MC on every set, but he’s not overbearing and killing the mix. Shabba checks in on a few but he’s not the same guy you hear today chatting to hear himself talk. Fats is doing his thing over Cool Hand Flex’s set and MC MC is only featured towards the end JJ Frost’s set. As far as I can tell Det’s familiar baritone isn’t anywhere on the recordings. I’ve never heard Fantastic so I couldn’t tell you where he fits in here.

Sound Quality: poor to very good
Filetype: zip/mp3
Size: 630mb
Time: about 43 min
Bitrate: 128k

Mickey Finn – Mix Magic

Tracklist:
01. Drum & Bass EP 3 – Low Down & Funky (remix) – Formation
02. Roni Size & DJ Die – Music Box – Full Cycle
03. Swift & Zinc – Up Above – Brain Progression
04. Eternal Bass – Way Of The Future – Volatile
05. DJ Trace – Inside Information – Lucky Spin & Blackmarket
06. Gwange – Vinyl Paradise (The Alliance remix) – Unreleased
07. The Invisible Man – Skyliner – Timeless
08. The Alliance – First Impressions – Reinforced
09. Omni Trio – Renegade Snares (Foul Play remix) – Moving Shadow
10. Foul Play – Being With You – Moving Shadow
11. Renegade – Something I Feel – Moving Shadow
12. Desired State – Beyond Bass (remix) – Ram
13. DJ Nut Nut & Pure Science – The Rumble (Boom Shaka Mix) – Production House
14. Danny Breaks – Volume 1 (4 The Thinking Positive Crew) – Droppin’ Science
15. Dance Squad – Yu-A-Raggamuffin – Wicked Soundz
16. Engineers Without Fears – Spiritual Aura – Dee Jay
17. DJ Taktix – The Way (VIP Mix) – Back 2 Basics
18. Dextrous & Rude Boy Keith – Wicked – Suburban Base
19. Underkut – Both Ends (Junglites remix Side A1) – Mendoza
20. The J.B. – Stand Easy – Back 2 Basics

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Dj Clarkee – Smiley – Red Noze
Baby D – Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Ray Keith Remix) – Production House
Dms And Bowman X – Pusher – White
Back To Basics – Dreadbase – Moving Shadow
Dj Stretch – Worries In The Dance – London Sometin Records
Inter Warriors – I Dream Of Heaven – Lucky Spin Records
Pfm – One And Only – Good Lookin Records
Grooverider – Charade – Dub
Third Party – Breakage – Dope On Demand
The Rood Project – Thunder – White House
Ray Keith – Sing Time – Dread
Doc Scott – Nasty Habit (Here Come The Drums) – Reinforced
Ltj Bukem – Horizons – Good Lookin Records
Dj Trace – Lost Entity – Lucky Spin Records
Rebel Mc – Junglist – Congo Natty
Pascal – P Funk – Frontline Records
Doc Scott – Shadowboxing – 31 Records
Ruffige Cru – Terminator – Reinforced
Cloud Nine – You Got Me Burnin (Ray Keith And Nookie Remix) – Moving Shadow
Bodysnatch – Just For You London – Big City Records
Ray Keith – Renegade Terrorist – Moving Shadow

Although he’s primarily known for his involvement with the happy hardcore scene, DJ Sy, was the quintessential play-everything-in-his-crate rave DJ back in the day. The Scratchmasters Desire was original released in 1994 as a three tape pack featuring jungle, happy hardcore, and ’89 house retrospective sets.

DJ Sy – The Scratchmasters Desire (1994)

Tracklist:

Mix 1 – Piano Happy Hardcore

Side 1

The DJ Sy Project – Emotions [Quosh]
The Vampire – Cyclone (Dubplate Mix) [Unreleased]
Eruption – Nicey [Impact]
Sy & Unknown – D-Day [Universal]
Rhythm For Reasons – Sweet Memories [Formation]
Trance & Maze – Feel The Magic [Homegrown]
Format – Cry For Love [Homegrown]
Sy & Unknown – Play The Theme [Universal]
Higher Level – High Spirits [Zodiac]
DJ Seduction – My Own (Slipmatt remix) [Impact]
Basement Phil – Flying (4 To The Floor Mix) [Basement]

Side 2

DJ Chemistry meets Jack Smooth – Alchemy [Homegrown]
Trance & Maze – On Higher Ground (Promo Only Mix) [Homegrown]
Cheddar – Volume 2B [Quosh]
Sy & Unknown – The Baddest Tune [Homegrown]
Sy & Unknown – Sudden Impact [Impact]
DJ Hixx & Sunset Regime – Teknomancer (Shrieg Yaudir Mix) [RSR]
Red alert & Mike Slammer – Feel So Real [Slammin Vinyl]
Kriston – Got To Get Up [Just 4 U]
Cheddar – Volume 1A [Quosh]
A Sense Of Summer – On Top [Universal]

Mix 2 – Junglistic

Side 1

Adventures In 3D – Over The Rainbow (Mongoose Lick Mix) [Rogue]
Siege – Alterior Motives [Soundscape]
DJ Gunshot – Wheel N Deal [No U-Turn]
New Jack Pimps – Water Jelly (Amen Lick) [Steppa'z]
DJ Trax – High Time (Nookie remix) [Moving Shadow]
Shades Of Rhythm – Peace Sign (Ray Keith & Nookie Remix) [Labello Blanco]
Pooch & Hursee – Baby Baby [Cut & Run]
Justice – Touch Me (Side AA2 Mix) [Flavour Tracks]
Eternal Bass – Militarist [Eternal Bass]

Side 2

Eternal Bass – Militarist [Eternal Bass]
The Imposter & Lewi – Shining [IIStrong]
Shy FX – Cry (T Power remix) [4th World Order]
Wardance – Sleeplessness [Formation]
Northern Connexion – Think [Back 2 Basics]
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??? – Side AA [Cat No. AST01]
Ellis Dee – Big Up Your Chest (remix) [CAT]
The Dream Team – Yeah Man (remix) [Joker]

Mix 3 – Back To 89

Side 1

Richie Rich – Salsa House (Silver On Black remix) [FFRR]
Forgemasters – Track With No Name [Warp]
Da Posse – Its My Life (Aluh Mix) [Future]
Cool House – Rock This Party Right (Fast Eddie’s Raw Mix) [Underground]
The Beat Club – Security (Club Mix) [ HR ]
Jungle Crew featuring “Jungle Jorge” – Elektric Dance (Hitman’s House Mix) [Elektro Sounds]
Frankie Bones – Call It Techno (House Mix) [Breaking Bones]
Forgemasters – Shall We… [Warp]
Da Posse – The Groove (Bass & Treble Mix) [Republic]
N.Y. House’N Authority – Fort Green House [Nu Groove]
Backroom Productions – The Definition Of A Track (The Backroom) [New York Underground - Back To Basics LP]
The Outerlimit – Dance In A Daze (Your Version) [Underworld]
The 28th St. Crew – I Need A Rhythm (Vocal Club Mix) [Vendetta]
Royal House – Get Funky (Long Club Adub) [Idlers]
Landlord – I Like It (Blow Out Dub) [Bigshot]

Side 2

Landlord – I Like It (Blow Out Dub) [Bigshot]
Nexus 21 – (Still) Life Keeps Moving (Instrumental) [Blue Chip]
Wood Allen – Airport ’89 (Club Mix) [BCM]
Reese & Santonio – Rock To The Beat (Hitman Mix) [KMS]
Big Baby – Big House (Deep In Big Baby Acid) [Big Productions]
Voodoo Doll – Women Beat Their Men (Club Mix) [Champion]
Mark Imperial – Rock This House ’89 EP New York/Chicago (Clubhouse Mix) [House Nation]
Dionne – Come Get My Lovin (remix) [City Beat]
New-Ro – She’s A Nymphomaniac (Horny Club Mix) [United Sounds Of America]
L.U.S.T. – 2 Hot 2 Stop (Vocal Mix) [Renee]
Debbie Malone – Rescue Me [Krunch]
Roberta Flack – Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) (Hurley’s House Mix) [Atlantic]
Bang The Party – Bang Bang You’re Mine [Warriors Dance]
101 – Move Your Body [Speed]

Filetype: zip/mp3
Size: 317mb
Bitrate: 192kbps