Sunday, 6 January 2008

Lucy Pearl Without You (Virgin) 2001



Absolutely wicked remix of Lucy Pearl's 'Without You' This works so well! Was absolutely top notch back in the day and still sounds it now.

Lucy Pearl Without You

Divine Soul Shake That Ass!! (Strictly Rhythm) 1998



It's all about the BASSLINE. Speed/UK Garage on the US label 'Strictly Rhythm'

Divine Soul Shake That Ass!!(Black and White Dub)

Dina Vass The Love I Have For You (Go Beat) 2002



What a KILLER tune this is. Classic house music from Dina Vass. This starts off with the instantly recognisable bassline then builds up to a magnificent soulful vocal. Sounded different to anything else at the time and that's what gives it so much appeal in my view. The BOMB.

Dina Vass The Love I Have For You

Barbara Tucker feat Daryl D'Bonneau Stop Playing With My Mind (Positiva) 2000



Main room big soulful disco house cut from 2000. Plenty of filters and a big vocal on this one.

Barbara Tucker feat Daryl D'Bonneau Stop Playing With My Mind

Saturday, 5 January 2008

Seven Wonders Crazy (DFL) 1999



Wicked garage tune with killer vocal and dark bassline. Big shout to Injekta on this track.

Seven Wonders Crazy

Martha Wash Catch The Light (Oracles Dub) 1998



This is a blue label but I cannot find an image..The Oracles dub of Martha Wash's 'Catch The Light' This is a real masterpiece in cutting, chopping and sampling vocals. Very well produced remix this is. Top beats as well.

Martha Wash Catch The Light (Oracles Dub)

Kele Le Roc My Love (10° Below Vocal Mix) 1998



This was IMPOSSIBLE to get hold of-even at the time. MASSIVE 10 Below Mix of Kele Le Roc's 'My Love' The heartfelt soulful vocal made this an instant classic on the UK garage scene. Wicked tune.

Kele Le Roc My Love (10° Below Vocal Mix)

Deetah Relax (FFRR) 1999



Big UK Garage from the good old days. This was more an instrumental than anything else and sounded good when mixed with another track or as a stand alone piece. CLASSIC.

Deetah Relax

Karl H & Ed Case Killer Instinct (1999)



One of the best garage 12"s for me this one is. Wicked sampling of SWV's vocal taken from 'It's All About U' Very simple production but the sample, keys and bass really make this one stand out. There's also another 4/4 mix that uses Whitney Houston's 'It's Not Right' riff but the original one is the KILLER..

Karl H & Ed Case Killer Instinct


Karl H & Ed Case Killer Instinct (4/4)

Ed Case & Carl H The Deep E.P (Middlerow Records) 1998



Top label on this 12" Liked the tune as well..It samples Cheryl Pepsi Riley's soul tune 'Gimme' from 1993.

Ed Case & Carl H The Deep E.P


Cheryl Pepsi Riley Gimme (WEA) 1993

Classified 3 24 Hour Remix (1998?)



This is a remix bootleg of Logic's 'Blues For You' with some other vocal in there. 4/4 beats and wicked! Not sure of the proper name but that's what it says on the label-(Classified 3)

Classified 3 24 Hour Remix

Stephen Emmanuel Presents Colours Hold On (SE22) (Ice Cream) 1998



Nothing sounded like this before or after! Was massive on the UK Garage circuit back in the day. Just sounds so different this one and I don't know why? CLASSIC.

Stephen Emmanuel Presents Colours Hold On (SE22)

Groove Chronicles Stone Cold (Groove Chronicles) 1998



Massive Aaliyah sampling 12 inch from the Groove Chronicles. Uses nice keys and sax to build up nicely. Turns into a big dark bass rumbling tune for the last half of the record. Marvellous and essential.

Groove Chronicles Stone Cold

Valerie M Tingles 2000 (Zed Bias Mix) (DFL) 2000



The Zed Bias mix of this was simply awesome. Love the beats on this track and the vocal. From the nice shiny doublepack of remixes that was out in 2000. You need this record. Zed Bias does it again.

Valerie M Tingles 2000 (Zed Bias Mix)

Jody Watley feat Roy Ayers I Love To Love (Pasta Boys Main Mix) (MAW Records) 2000



LOVE this one. Jody Watley featuring Roy Ayers on MAW records, it was always gonna be good. Uses the rhythm track from Sister Sledge's 'Got To Love Somebody'

Jody Watley feat Roy Ayers I Love To Love (Pasta Boys Main Mix)


Sister Sledge Got To Love Somebody

Tori Amos Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix) (Atlantic) 1996



Armand's classic remix of Tori Amos' 'Professional Widow' In the days when he invented speed garage!

Tori Amos Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix)

TJR Just Gets Better (Multiply) 1997



Classic speed garage. The TJR Dub mix on this was wicked.

TJR Just Gets Better (TJR Dub)

Ghetto 2000 (1999)



Nice soulful UK Garage from back in the day.Not sure of the name..

Ghetto 2000

Vincent J. Alvis Body Killin' (Babyshack) 1999



Wicked old skool garage from 1999.

Vincent J. Alvis Body Killin'

Brandy Angel (X-Men Mixes) (X factor Records) 1999



The sign of a good remix or 'rip off' is when the song sounds like it was recorded like that anyway. This is the case with this classic X Men remix of Brandy's 'Angel' Classic UK Garage.

Brandy Angel (X-Men Mix)

Zed Bias & DJ Principal All Night Jam (Public Demand) 1999



Zed Bias with another CLASSIC garage tune. Clever use of the Mary Jane Girl's 'All Night Long' vocal samples. Dark and dubby with killer bass sounds.

Zed Bias & DJ Principal All Night Jam

DJ Phantasy Featuring Sonia Redd Music Is My Life (Steve Gurley Remixes) (4 Liberty) 1998



Soulful, dark, dubby. Steve Gurley produced some good stuff back in these days.

DJ Phantasy Featuring Sonia Redd Music Is My Life (Steve Gurley Remixes)

Doolally Straight From The Heart (Locked On) 1998



Classic UK garage from 1998. Used to love this one..as did the club..

Doolally Straight From The Heart

UBP presentsd Jay Williams Testify (DiFFUSION) 1997



CLASSIC early UK Garage!! Wicked.

UBP presentsd Jay Williams Testify

Tina Moore Never Gonna Let You Go (Delirious) 1997



I remember first hearing this and wondering what the beats were all about. This seems to be one of the first '2 step' garage tunes. Got hammered back in the speed garage days..

Tina Moore Never Gonna Let You Go

Zed Bias Been Here Before (DFL) 1999



Loved Zed Bias' stuff. He was easily one of the best producers from this era of UK Garage. His beats and production were just so advanced in comparison to the majority of other producers. Zed's tunes weren't just 'throw away' white label things with a stuck on rnb sample like many others-these were well thought out productions that have stood the test of time. Big respect to you Zed if you're out there!

Zed Bias Been Here Before

Urban Myths Makin' Me Feel (Urban Myths) 1998



Massive UK garage from 1998. Big dubby bassline and a nice crisp vocal sample from Mary J Blige.

Urban Myths Makin' Me Feel

Peshay Vocal Tune (Good Looking Records) 1995



Laidback jungle tune sampling River Ocean's 'Love and Happiness' with India's vocals. To be honest I prefer the original house tune but still...it is a killer vocal..

Peshay Vocal Tune

DJ Hype Presents The Ganga Kru Super Sharp Shooter EP (Parousia) 1996



DJ Zinc's Super Sharp Shooter remix. Classic jungle. Uses LL Cool J's vocal intro from 'It Gets No Rougher' to spell out the title. (In case you didn't know) This also has samples from Methid Man if I'm not mistaken.. Then it all just kicks off with that massive 'warbling' bassline and the Amen break. CLASSIC.

DJ Zinc Super Sharp Shooter Remix


LL Cool J It Get's No Rougher (Def Jam) 1989

Alex Reece Pulp Fiction (Metalheadz) 1995



It's so simple but it's so good! Alex Reece's classic jungle tune from the mid 90's. Simple bassline and sax sample along with nice simple beats.. CLASSIC.

Alex Reece Pulp Fiction

2 Bad Mice Hold It Down (Moving Shadow) 1991



Classic tune from 2 Bad Mice! Another from the early jungle breakbeat era, these were good days..Along with loads of ace breakbeats this 'features' a cool vocal sample from the Emotions CLASSIC 'I Don't Want To Lose Your Love' which is also sampled on Primal Scream's 'Loaded' amongst other tunes from back in the day.

2 Bad Mice Hold It Down

Timebase Fireball (Reissue) (Suburban Base) 2002



Tasty reissue from 2002. Do I have to call this 'hardcore'? That word always reminds me of cheesy speeded up pianos...I'd prefer to label it 'early jungle' anyway..This has a big throbbing slab of sub bass and nice laid back breakbeats-sound a bit like James Brown's Funky Drummer actually, no surprise there! It's on a nice tempo this and sounds a lot less dated than I thought! Classic.

Timebase Fireball

Sunday, 23 December 2007

The Criminal Minds Baptised By Dub (World Beat Corporation) 1992



Classic early jungle/harcore breakbeat tune! Wicked reggae dub intro and piercing stabs alongside a classic breakbeat. This was the BOMB!

The Criminal Minds Baptised By Dub

Tuesday, 18 December 2007

Crystal Waters 100% Pure Love (Mercury) 1994



She was more famous for her classic Gypsy Woman but Crystal Waters didn't stop there! This was another classic she recorded in 1994. Nice cover as well...

Crystal Waters 100% Pure Love

Monday, 17 December 2007

Cutty Ranks Limb By Limb (DJ SS Mix) (Suburban Base) 1995



What an amazing remix this is. Absolute classic ragga jungle from DJ SS. The production is top notch. One of the best jungle records of all time.

Cutty Ranks Limb By Limb (DJ SS Mix)

Electribe 101 Talking With Myself (Club) 1988



This is an amazing record. Stone cold classic.........

Electribe 101 Talking With Myself

Raze Break 4 Love (Champion) 1988



What a f*cking great tune! The all time classic from Raze!!!!

Raze Break 4 Love

Sunday, 16 December 2007

Pascal P-Funk Era (Front Line Records) 1995



Wicked use of Mary J Blige on this. taken from her rather tasty 'My Life' album this is the intro to 'Be With You' Top tune in its own right. Also samples KRS ONE from the great soul tune by G Simone, Music For Da 90's.

Pascal P-Funk Era


Mary J Blige Be With You

Dem 2 Ruff Nice Tune (1994)



1994 when everybody was ripping soul tunes off, usually Mary J Blige. In this case it was the very lovely Toni Braxton's 'Breathe Again'....and it sounded wicked as well. Classic.

Dem 2 Ruff Nice Tune

Goldie Presents Metalheads Inner City Life (FFRR) 1994



Another classic. Vocals from Manchester singer Diane Charlamagne.

Goldie Presents Metalheads Inner City Life

Leviticus Burial (FFRR Philly Blunt) 1995



One of jungle's biggest tunes. Stonecold classic this one is. Uses 'Madamoiselle' by Foxy for the male vocal bit and also uses Jill Francis' lyrics from 'Make Love To Me' for the female bits. Marvellous tune.

Leviticus Burial

Natural Born Chillers Rock The Funky Beat (EW) 1997




I liked this at the time. Samples Chuck D's vocals. This is the Urban Takeover Remix.

Natural Born Chillers Rock The Funky Beat