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Dreem Team – Essential Mix 1997

Wes — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:14:54 +0000

Originally recorded on Christmas Day 1997, this mix is the Dreem Team’s first appearance on The Essential Mix.

UK Garage was really in its infancy around this time, but its popularity was exploding and The Dreem Team were at the forefront of its transition into the spotlight. Originally rooted in a 4/4 “house-ier” garage sound, it became more of an R&B-fueled breakbeat in ’97-’98. The Dreem Team was at the head of the pack as they released dozens of mix CDs featuring their DJ talents.

If you want a more concise look at the origins of UK garage I suggest you check out the wiki. It has a pretty comprehensive look at it’s history, including the spin-off genres it birthed.

The Dreem Team – Essential Mix 12.25.97

Tracklist:
PSG & Blue Jams – Dream Team Anthem
4 Deep Connection – Twisted Future
Ramsey & Fan – Love Is Serious
Gant – All Night Long
Y Tribe – Baby
Robbie Craig – We Can Make It Happen
Smokin Beats – Dreams
Smokin Beats – Dreams(Remix)
Ray Hurley – Your Love
M Dubs – Over U
Underground Solution featuring Color Girl – Tears
Jay Williams – Testify
Greg Stainer – My Weakness
D Influence – Hypnotise
Unknown – Champagne Bubbler
187 Lockdown – Gun Man
Somore – I Refuse
Sneaker Pimps – Spin Spin Sugar (Tiff Jam Bonus Beats)
Brand New Heavies – A Fried
Rosie Gaines – Closer Than Close
Amira – My Desire
New York Soundclash – Destiny
Antill Mob – Set You Free
Too Deep Records – untitled
Double 99 – Rip Groove
Keith Sweat – I Want Her
Outlander – The Vamp
Michelle Weeks – Dont Give It Up
Scott Garcia – Its A London Thing
Dreem Team – The Theme

DJ Stylie – A Trip Down Memory Lane

rumble — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:27:10 +0000

Stylie, associated a bit with London pirate radio RudeFM drops the tracks we all knew and loved.

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A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE (Track Listing)

1. Searchin’ For My Rizla – Ratpack – Big Giant Records
2. Let Me Be Your Fantasy – Baby D – Production House
3. Don’t Go – Awesome 3 – City Beat Records
4. Far Out – Sonz Of A Loop – Suburban Bass Records
5. Feel Real Good – Manix – Reinforced
6. Charlie – The Prodigy – XL Recordings
7. Hold It Down – 2 Bad Mice – Moving Shadow
8. Your Love – The Prodigy – XL Recordings
9. Some Justice – Mickey Finn – Urban Shakedown
10. We Are Hardcore – The House Crew – Production House
11. This Sound Is For The Underground – Krome & Time – Surburban Bass Records
12. Music Is So Wonderful – Audaleyz Boys – Labello Blanco
13. The Dark Stranger(Re-Remix) – Origin Unknown – Suburban Bass Records
14. Finest Illusion – Foul Play – Section 5
15. Euphoria (Nino’s Dream) – The House Crew – Production House
16. Unknown – Studio 2 – White Label -
17. Original BadBoy – D-Force – Slammin’ Vinyl
18. Just Wanna Hold U Tight – Dj Red Alert & Mike Slammer – Slammin’ Vinyl
19. Testify – Dj Ileagle – Dee Jay Recordings
20. The Slammer – Dj Red Alert & Mike Slammer – Suburban Bass Records
21. In Effect – Dj Red Alert & Mike Slammer – Slammin’ Vinyl
22. I Need Your Love – N.R.G – Chill

Old School Jungle Super Post

Wes — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:20:30 +0000

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.

4Hero’s Kings of Drum n Bass Oldschool Mix

rumble — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:03:30 +0000

Although the longer double CD from BBE is not available until February 16th, 4Hero has completed a shorter oldschool mix to help promote the album.

Download the 4Hero “Kings of Drum n Bass Oldschool Mix.

If you’re interested in the album, check out the tracklisting:

The Kings of Drum + Bass Compiled & Mixed by 4HERO & DJ Marky
Compilation
2 x CD

CD1: Compiled & Mixed by 4HERO

01 4hero – Universal Love
02 London Elektricity feat. Robert Owen – My Dreams
03 4hero – Better Place (Marcus Intalex & ST Files Remix)
04 Calibre – Versions
05 Lenny Fontana presents Black Sun – Spread Love (Nu:Tone Remix)
06 Lemon D – Jazz Is
07 Wings – Wings
08 Nasty Habits – Shadow Boxing
09 Manix – Inside Outside
10 Tom & Jerry – Maximum Style
11 Aquasky – Images
12 Nookie – Give A Little Love
13 Internal Affairs – Find A Way
14 Rufige Kru – Terminator II
15 A Guy Called Gerald – Sunshine

CD2: Compiled & Mixed by DJ Marky

01 Random Movement – Waterlogged
02 Marcus Intalex – Airbourne
03 Lynx & Maple – Shaku
04 Calibre – Let Me Hold You
05 DJ Marky, Makoto & A-Sides – Tonight
06 Marcus Intalex – Temperance
07 Logistics – West Country // Roni Size & Krust – Hop Scotch
08 Scorpio – Li – Li // Shimon & Andy C – Nightflight
09 S.P.Y. – Legacy
10 Subwave – Stars Get Down
11 The Upbeats – Tor
12 Nu:Tone – The Boy Who Lost His Smile
13 Bachelors Of Science – Song For Lovers (Lynx Remix)
14 DJ Marky & S.P.Y. – Riff Raff
15 DJ Marky & S.P.Y. – Days Go Slow feat. Miri
16 Twisted Individual – Gimp Mask (DJ Marky & S.P.Y. Remix)
17 Q Project – Move On
18 Rogue Soul – Be With You (DJ Marky & S.P.Y. Remix)
19 Stunna – Back In Time

Various
The Kings of Drum + Bass Compiled by 4HERO & DJ Marky
Compilation
3 x 12”

Compiled by 4HERO

A1 Lenny Fontana presents Black Sun -Spread Love (Nu:Tone Remix)
A2 Nasty Habits – Shadow Boxing

B1 4hero – Better Place (Marcus Intalex & ST Files Remix)
B2 Rufige Kru – Terminator II

C1 London Elektricity feat. Robert Owen – My Dreams
C2 Lemon D – Jazz Is

Compiled by DJ Marky

D1 Stunna – Back In Time
D2 Q Project – Move On

E1 DJ Marky & S.P.Y. – Days Go Slow feat. Miri
E2 Subwave – Stars Get Down

F1 Marcus Intalex – Temperance
F2 Rogue Soul – Be With You (DJ Marky & S.P.Y. Remix)

Various
The Kings of Drum + Bass Compiled & Mixed by 4HERO + DJ Marky
Compilation
Digital

01* The Kings of Drum + Bass (Continuous Mix by 4HERO)
[equivalent with CD1 of BBE113CCD]

02* The Kings of Drum + Bass (Continuous Mix by DJ Marky)
[equivalent with CD2 of BBE113CCD]

Digital Bonus: 34 Unmixed Tracks
03 4hero – Universal Love
04 London Elektricity feat. Robert Owen – My Dreams
05 4hero – Better Place (Marcus Intalex & ST Files Remix)
06 Calibre – Versions
07 Lenny Fontana presents Black Sun – Spread Love (Nu:Tone Remix)
08 Lemon D – Jazz Is
09 Wings – Wings
10 Nasty Habits – Shadow Boxing
11 Manix – Inside Outside
12 Tom & Jerry – Maximum Style
13 Aquasky – Images
14 Nookie – Give A Little Love
15 Internal Affairs – Find A Way
16 Rufige Kru – Terminator II
17 A Guy Called Gerald – Sunshine
18 Random Movement – Waterlogged
19 Marcus Intalex – Airbourne
20 Calibre – Let Me Hold You
21 DJ Marky, Makoto & A-Sides – Tonight
22 Marcus Intalex – Temperance
23 Logistics – West Country
24* Roni Size & Krust – Hop Scotch
25* Scorpio – Li – Li
26 Shimon & Andy C – Nightflight
27 S.P.Y. – Legacy
28 Subwave – Stars Get Down
29 The Upbeats – Tor
30 Nu:Tone – The Boy Who Lost His Smile
31 Bachelors Of Science – Song For Lovers (Lynx Remix)
32 DJ Marky & S.P.Y. – Days Go Slow feat. Miri
33 Twisted Individual – Gimp Mask (DJ Marky & S.P.Y. Remix)
34 Q Project – Move On
35 Rogue Soul – Be With You (DJ Marky & S.P.Y. Remix)
36 Stunna – Back In Time

A London Somet'ing Dis

rumble — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:15:05 +0000

I used to host this video on 31seconds.org for ages, until I let the domain name lapse. It’s the infamous “A London Somet’ing Dis” video, first tossed onto the Internet by DJ Aztec of Spiral Tribe back in the mid 1990s. The video was part of a BBC series in roughly 1994 focusing on street and urban music. All the big names are in it, in their infancy. Grooverider even sports a Gumby cut.

DOWNLOAD – A London Somet’ing Dis.

DJ Ronin – Classic UK Garage Mix

rumble — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:12:45 +0000

DOWNLOAD!

tracklisting:
01. ‘Are You That Somebody?’ Aaliyah
02. ‘Lessons (Steve Gurley mix)’ Robbie Craig
03. ‘Spirit Of The Sun (Steve Gurley mix)’ Lenny Fontanna
04. ‘Waiting’ Scott Garcia
05. ‘You’re Mine (Zed Bias mix)’ Suburban Lick
06. ‘What’s Going On?’ Wookie
07. ‘Neighbourhood (Steve Gurley mix)’ Zed Bias
08. ‘I Need Your Love’ MJ Cole
09. ‘All Night Long’ Gant
10. ‘Anytime’ Nu-Birth
11. ‘No Alcohol In Saudi (Dub)’ Spanish Cockney
12. ‘Hideaway (Nu-Birth mix)’ De’lacy
13. ‘Long Time Coming’ Bump & Flex
14. ‘R U Sleeping (Bump & Flex mix)’ Indo
15. ‘Over Here (Sugarshack Breakbeat Funk)’ M-Dubs
16. ‘Destiny’ Dem 2
17. ‘Step 2 Me (Future Dub)’ Grant Nelson Project
18. ‘Tingles (Dreem Teem mix)’ T.C.B.
19. ‘A London Thing’ Scott Garcia
20. ‘Sincere’ MJ Cole
21. ‘Tears (Dreem Teem mix)’ Underground Solution
22. ‘Gabriel (Live Garage mix)’ Roy Davis Jr.
23. ‘Mighty High (Underground Solution mix)’ Gloria Gaynor
24. ‘Straight From The Heart (Club mix)’ Doolally
25. ‘Right Before My Eyes (Grant Nelson mix)’ N n’G
26. ‘Go Dj’ Jammin
27. ‘The Chant’ R.I.P. Productions
28. ‘Ripgroove (Vocal mix)’ Double 99 feat. Top Cat

Moby – Essential Mix 7.23.94

Wes — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:56:03 +0000

Continuing to cruise through 1994 with Moby’s Essential Mix from BBC Radio 1.

Moby – Essential Mix 7.23.1994

Filetype: mp3
Time: 1:55
Size: 158mb
Bitrate: 192kbps

Mickey Finn & Dr S Gachet with MC GQ – AWOL @ The Paradise Club 1994

Wes — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:04:20 +0000

Let’s start with a bang.

Mickey Finn & Dr S Gachet with MC GQ – AWOL @ The Paradise Club 1994

Filetype: mp3
Time: 1:02
Size: 57mb
Bitrate: 128kbps