Showing posts with label 1995. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1995. Show all posts

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Goldie


Rufige Cru - Darkrider (1992)




Rufige Cru - Terminator 2 (1993)
Rufige Cru - Fury (1994)
Rufige Cru - V.I.P. Rider's Ghost (1996) From Va. - Metalheadz Platinum Breakz


Goldie - Inner City Life (CD, Maxi) (1994)

or on mp3
Goldie - Timeless (1995)
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Goldie popularized drum'n'bass as a form of musical expression just as relevant for living-room contemplation as techno had become by the early '90s. Though he hardly developed the style, and his later reliance on engineers like Rob Playford and Optical to capture his sound puts into question his true musical importance, Goldie became one of the first personalities in British dance music, his gold teeth and b-boy attitude placing him leagues away from the faceless bedroom boffins that had become the norm in intelligent dance music. For the first time, England had a beat maestro and tough-guy head who could match the scores of larger-than-life hip-hop stars America had produced, and the high profile of drum'n'bass as the first indigenously British dance music made Goldie a figure of prime importance. After spending several years working on his production skills at Reinforced Records under alias of Rufige Cru (the home of 4hero), he founded Metalheadz Records, which released seminal dark-yet-intelligent singles by Source Direct, Photek, J. Majik, Optical, Lemon D, Wax Doctor, and Peshay, among others. In 1995, Goldie released Timeless, one of jungle's first and best full-length works of art. The album put him squarely at the top of the drum'n'bass heap — at least in the minds of critics and mainstream listeners.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Va - Flux Trax 1+2


Flux Trax - (1995)
Tracklisting:1-01 Rhythim Is Rhythim It Is What It Is (6:31) 1-02 A Guy Called Gerald Voodoo Ray (4:25) 1-03 Phuture Acid Trax (12:14) 1-04 Hardfloor Acperience (8:59) 1-05 Underworld Rez (9:56) 1-06 Empirion Narcotic Influence 1 (6:45) 1-07 Slam Positive Education (8:34) 1-08 Stakker Humanoid (4:55) 1-09 Aphex Twin Digeridoo (7:10) 2-01 Joey Beltram Energy Flash (5:51) 2-02 CJ Bolland Horsepower (5:08) 2-03 FUSE* vs LFO Loop (8:29) 2-04 Rhythim Is Rhythim Strings Of Life (7:18) 2-05 Jam & Spoon Stella (6:19) 2-06 FUSE* F.U. (7:41) 2-07 Ron Trent Altered States (13:34) 2-08 Dark Comedy War Of The Worlds (6:26) 2-09 Fingers Inc* Can You Feel It (5:40)


Flux Trax 02 - (1996)
Tracklisting: 1.1 Golden Girls Kinetic (4:39) 1.2 Model 500 The Chase (7:10) 1.3 Country & Western Reincarnation (6:42) 1.4 Disco Evangelists* De Niro (8:35) 1.5 Vinyl Blair Horsework (8:34) 1.6 LFO LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) (5:22) 1.7 Jo Bogaert Water (8:10) 1.8 Leftfield Song Of Life (8:44) 1.9 Cybrodelics* Peter Pan (8:58) 2.1 Age Of Love The Age Of Love (Watch Out For Stella Club Mix) (6:48) Remix - Jam & Spoon 2.2 React To Rhythm* Intoxication (Clubfield Mix) (8:10) Remix - Leftfield 2.3 Jaydee Plastic Dreams (5:17) 2.4 LSG* Fragile (6:26) 2.5 Robert Armani Circus Bells (Hardfloor Remix) (8:57) 2.6 Forgemasters Track With No Name (Communique Mix) (5:20) 2.7 DJ Hell* My Definition Of House Music (7:06) 2.8 Vernon Vernon's Wonderland (8:39) 2.9 Sabres Of Paradise* Smoke Belch II (David Holmes Mix) (14:22)

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Va - Trance Europe Express


Va - Trance Europe Express 2 (1994)
More volumes in comments section. .SIT files are StuffIt Extension.
Various - Trance Europe Express - Volume 1 (1993)
Tracklisting:
A1 Orbital Semi-Detached (9:31) A2 Bandulu Gravity Pull (5:34) A3 Ready Made (2) Face The Day (6:11) B1 System 7 Desir (Butterfly Remix) (7:11) B2 Spooky & Billie Ray Martin Persuasion (Exclusive Remix) (6:14) Remix - D.O.P. B3 Material Praying Mantra (Orb Remix) (5:16) C1 Black Dog, The Xeper (8:03) C2 Scubadevils Celestial Symphony (6:42) C3 030 Midnight In Europe (5:38) D1 Cosmic Baby Space Track (Remix) (7:40) D2 Total Eclipse Black Hole (5:09) D3 CJ Bolland Random (5:29) E1 MLO Colour Of The Sun (5:57) E2 Source It's A Kind Of Magic (7:29) E3 Aphex Twin Analogue Bubblebath 3 (5:54) F1 Orb, The Majestic (Millwall Mix) (9:36) F2 Moody Boyz* Glitch (7:19) F3 Moby Move (Volume Remix) (5:52) G1 DiY Washed Over By Mastemah (6:58) G2 Drum Club Follow The Sun (6:18) G3 Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia Dust (6:33) H1 Barbarella The Mission (7:21) H2 Sabres Of Paradise, The Inter / Lergen / Ten / Ko (6:27) H3 Trance Induction N (6:27)
Tracklisting:A1 Microglobe Trust (7:38) A2 Speedy J The Fun Equations (4:32) A3 Paul van Dyk Today (5:35) B1 Analogical Camillo (6:30) B2 Irresistible Force, The Lotus Position (7:27) B3 A Positive Life Pleidean Communication (6:54) C1 Salt Tank Dreams (7:09) C2 Dave Angel Life's Little Pleasures (7:02) C3 Eat Static Element 115 (6:44) D1 Megalon Symbols D2 Pressure Of Speech Aphelion (4:43) D3 Secret Knowledge Afterworld (7:42) E1 FFWD Lucky Saddle (6:47) E2 Scanner Safety (6:57) E3 New London School Of Electronics The Frenchman (8:35) F1 Richard H. Kirk Oneski (6:41) F2 Pentatonik Real (6:35) F3 Pluto Rockefeller (5:11) G1 Human Beings Orbit (6:13) G2 Escape Escape To Mars (8:21) G3 Autocreation Justice Loop (8:14) H1 Hardfloor Reverberate Opinion (8:34) H2 Ambush, The Sun (8:59)
Tracklisting:cd1-01 Air Liquide Chromoplastic (5:05) cd1-02 808 State Mondonet (4:51) cd1-03 Banco De Gaia Kincajou (6:33) cd1-04 Luke Slater's 7th Plain* Pearl (7:17) cd1-05 Pulse Cariño (Silencio) (6:47) cd1-06 Joey Beltram Judgement (5:16) cd1-07 Sun Electric Whoshe (5:01) cd1-08 Holy Language Energy (5:19) cd1-09 Resistance D Unknown (9:08) cd1-10 Kinesthesia Lave Trader (6:25) cd1-11 µ-Ziq Roy Castle (6:33) cd1-12 Caustic Window Cunt (4:14) cd2-01 Mouse On Mars Maus Mobil (6:30) cd2-02 Ultramarine Before (6:00) cd2-03 Coco Steel & Lovebomb San Fran (6:25) cd2-04 William Orbit Barbarik (4:30) cd2-05 Inner Space Araqua (7:18) cd2-06 Link Avatar (7:20) cd2-07 Nüw Idol Ancient Memory (5:32) cd2-08 Grid, The Big Foot (6:08) cd2-09 Alter Ego Sex And Gender (6:39) cd2-10 Biosphere The Third Planet (8:31) cd2-11 Infiniti I-94 (4:31) cd2-12 Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes* Track 4 (4:11) cd2-13 Emergency Broadcast Network 3:78 (3:32)
Tracklisting:A1 Deadstock Octarine A2 Fluke Synth Bit A3 Bytesize Nuns Codpiece (Trouser Torpedo Mix) B1 Vulva Haunted House B2 Rue East Viper B3 Solcyc Ky9 C1 LFO Helen C2 Coldcut Nominal Aphasia C3 DJ Crystl Crystlized D1 Rootless Return To Savannah D2 Chemical Brothers, The Life Is Sweet (Delik 1) D3 Depth Charge Sex, Sluts & Heaven E1 Node Alternator E2 A Guy Called Gerald When You Touch Me E3 Hex Homunculus E4 Redagain P 2 Live F1 Acid Junkies Figment Of One's Imagination F2 Miss Djax Groovy Bitch F3 Skylab vs. Deluxe Twister G1 Future Perfect (2) Got It Goin' On G2 Lava Lava Chaka G3 Move D Makes You Move H1 Alaska Unreleased Project 1 H2 Underworld Dark Hard
Tracklisting:1-01 Glamorous Hooligan Breakin' Knees (Revenge Of The 23 Stone Bodypopper) (8:26) 1-02 Ian Pooley Picture Palace (8:37) 1-03 Orlando Voorn Solar System (5:51) 1-04 Andrea Parker Unconnected (7:16) 1-05 DJ Trace The Beacon (10:41) 1-06 Buckfunk 3000 The Return Of Alphonzo (7:25) 1-07 Advent, The City Limits (6:46) 1-08 Random Logic Katafolko (8:56) 1-09 As One Doctrine To Dance (4:42) 1-10 Cristian Vogel Doke (4:50) 1-11 Future 3 Vasa K (5:13) 2-01 B.Low Where Are You Coming From (6:24) 2-02 Zulutronic Zululeptic (5:15) 2-03 Outcast Peach Taxi (7:07) 2-04 Marshall Jefferson And The Lumpheads A New State Of Being (6:39) 2-05 Carl Cox The Other Side (6:40) 2-06 Slam Soul Power (7:02) 2-07 Russ Gabriel Rare Is The Groove (7:55) 2-08 Killer Loop Genre (9:05) 2-09 Slab Rabbit's Moon (Squelch Mix) (4:29) 2-10 Doctor Rockit Take Off (3:21) 2-11 Stasis But Not Quite (6:04) 2-12 Neil Landstrumm Eavesdropper (7:10)

Friday, March 7, 2008

LTJ Bukem


LTJ Bukem Presents - Logical Progression (1996)

Featuring Singles
Demon's Theme(12") 1991
Music (12")1993
Horizon / Rain Fall (12") 1995

When the acid-house explosion hit Britain near the turn of the decade, Bukem gradually stopped going to sound-system battles and began attending the ever-growing raves dotting England's countryside. He began mixing at them as well, and produced his first track "Logical Progression" in 1990. Bukem soon grew frustrated with a lack of control for his own recordings, however, and in 1991 decided to form his own label, Good Looking Records. Bukem's production style was a continuing anachronism on the rave/breakbeat scene; early Good Looking tracks like "Demons Theme," "Atlantis" and "Music" provided a soulful, melodic alternative to the prevailing hardcore tracks then in vogue.
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Arguably the prime innovator in the development of jungle from its early status as an offshoot of hardcore techno into the respected, stylistic genre it became by the end of the 1990s, L.T.J Bukem gained fame as an auteur in all fields of the DnB movement: as a top-flight breakbeat DJ, owner and label-head of the Good Looking/Looking Good stable of labels and, of course, for his recordings -- inspired by the lush strings and natural ambience of ' 70s jazz-fusion masters, Chicago house and moody Detroit techno. Allied with the early-'90s rave and hardcore scene, Bukem began working on production near the end of the 1980s; though his light, airy sound made little sense to his contemporaries, Bukem's style was emulated much more as the jungle scene gained momentum during the mid-'90s. While such producers as Roni Size and Goldie gained the limelight for their solo work, Bukem purposely downplayed his own artistic career in favor of mix albums and label-spanning retrospectives which highlighted dozens of artists from his labels.

Leftfield


Song of Life (Hard Hands Mix) (1992)



Open Up (1993)

Open Up Remixes (1993)


Leftism + Bonus Disc (w/original Release the Pressure versions) (1995)


A Final Hit (Best of - includes 1991's More Than I Know, Not Forgotten)

The production team which brought house music back from the brink of commercial mediocrity, Leftfield made it safe for artistic producers to begin working in a new vein termed progressive house. Paul Daley (a former member of A Man Called Adam and the Brand New Heavies) and programmer Neil Barnes combined the classic soul of early Chicago and New York house with the growing Artificial Intelligence school of album-oriented techno to create classic, intelligent dance music. When legal hassles over ownership of the Leftfield name prevented the pair from recording their own music after the release of their 1991 debut "Not Forgotten," they turned to remixing, establishing their early reputation for reworking tracks by artists ranging from Stereo MC's and David Bowie to Yothu Yindhi and Renegade Soundwave. Finally, with their courtroom battles successfully behind them, they formed their own Hard Hands label in late 1992 and issued the single "Release the Pressure," featuring reggae vocalist Earl Sixteen; "Song of Life" followed, and in 1993 Leftfield scored their first major hit with "Open Up," recorded with John Lydon. Their debut LP Leftism was released in 1995.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Stone Roses - Fools Gold


Fools Gold" became the band's biggest commercial hit at the time. It was their first single to reach the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart and stayed in the Top 75 for 14 weeks.The dance-oriented song showcased the rhythm section of Mani on bass and Reni on percussion. John Squire also shone on guitar with its various wah-wah pedal effects. Finally, Ian Brown sang the vocals in a unique whispered delivery. He would also perform with this technique for the track "Something's Burning". The bassline was "inspired" by "Know How" by Young MC, which is a sample from the Shaft theme song, performed by Isaac Hayes. The lyrics reference Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" and the Marquis de Sade.The drum track, though played by Reni, was recorded as he played in time to an unknown 70s funk loop at the insistence of John, angering the drummer at the apparent lack of belief in his talent. This was later said to have contributed to Reni leaving the band.Despite its overwhelming success, the band did not intend to release "Fools Gold" as an A-side. Promo kits originally contained "What the World Is Waiting For" as the A-side, with "Fools Gold" on the B-side. When the press began raving about the song's funky bassline, the band was confused since "What the World Is Waiting For" was a simple guitar based track. The Roses realized the press was referring to "Fools Gold" and they promptly released the songs as a double A-side.The band's manager of the time, Gareth Evans, was also adamant upon first hearing the song that it was far superior to the intended A-side and should be released as a double A-side.After Reni left the band in 1995, "Fools Gold" was essentially retired from the live set, since replacement Robbie Maddix could not emulate Reni's complex drumming loops.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Va - Acid Flashback Volume One


Various - Acid Flashback Volume One (1995 ) Link

Tracklisting:1 Bam Bam Where's Your Child ? (5:22) 2 Ecstasy Club Jesus Loves The Acid (7:43) 3 Phuture Pfantasy Club Slam (5:40) 4 Fast Eddie* Acid Thunder (4:36) 5 Humanoid Cry Baby (4:24) 6 Baby Ford Oochy Koochy (5:49) 7 Phuture We Are Phuture (5:28) 8 Mayday Wiggin (Master Reese Mix) (6:45) 9 Steve Poindexter Computer Madness (7:26) 10 Adonis The Poke (The After Poke Mix) (5:26) 11 Phuture Pfantasy Club Spank Spank (5:02) 12 Nitro Deluxe Let's Get Brutal (The Brutal House) (7:09)