Bi-weekly show focusing on current releases that pay homage to the golden era of Hardcore &amp; Jungle in the 90's. The weeks in-between focus on the original classic Hardcore &amp; Jungle from 1990 to 1996.

New Hardcore & Jungle D&B | 04 May 2021

1992 Old Skool Hardcore Uncovered [Part #3]

Slightly experimental New Skool Hardcore with shades of Darkness.

Another one for the sample spotters ;)

DJ Nexus - Journey (Demo)

They say that all good things must come to an end. They also say that if you're gonna go out, go out with a bang, and always leave them wanting more. 

So when it came time to release Vinyl Is Better 10, the final release in the series (for now), we wanted to go big. Aaaaaand try something different along the way. 

So this, the final (for now) VIB, is going to be a little different. What's featured here are the tracks from Vinyl Is Better 10, but that's not all you're getting with this package. We're experimenting with a new release format for this one, a nifty credit card USB drive inside of a lovely CD case that'll slot nicely on your shelf next to all your other Kniteforce CDs. But USBs can hold quite a lot more data than a disc can, so we decided to include ALL TEN Vinyl Is Better albums, over 100 tracks, in both wav and MP3 format, in this nifty little package. 

That's a LOT of tunes. 

You'll be able to pick up this killer package at a killer price on August 26th, 2021 on http://kniteforcerevolution.com (and if it does well, well, we'll do a bunch more in this format). 

Copywrong 2021 Kniteforce Records 
Published by Incentive Publishing
Mastered by Jon Doe/CLSM Mastering

Buy on 08/26!

KFZ04-01 - Stu Keating - You're Hardcore

A touch of Darkness just 'In Time' to lighten up your festivities !
With a subtle nod in the direction of the legendary Hypnotist .
150 Bpm and a slightly harder edge than my usual fare .

DJ Nexus - In Time (Demo)

DS1 makes their triumphant return to Kniteforce White!
Any Kniteforce fan will know that the KFW's are for our more authentic underground hardcore sound, all proper hardcore that if you didn't know you'd swear was made back in the day!
DS1 is 1 of our best at this & this EP is a prime example of that 93 underground sound. Striking breakbeats, big vocals, pianos & synths galore, sometimes fun but always with that tinge of darkness to keep this ep on the serious side of hardcore.
KFW13 is definitely 1 for the lover of that old skool sound!

Release Date: T.B.A.

Copywrong 2022 Kniteforce Records
Published by Incentive Publishing 
All tracks written and produced by DS1
Mastered by Jon Doe/CLSM Mastering 
Art by H.S.I.

KFW13A1 - DS1 - No Going Back

Beardy - Where you from & what are you on.wav

So the boys from Paranoid Recordings have forced me out of retirement to make a tune for their latest piece of plastic. 

Preorder on qrates here: https://bit.ly/2yxv8PA

Its a cross between both versions of Lord of The Null Lines, with random game samples from my favourite 90's games chucked over the top of it.

Pre order it now please if you do you're in with a chance of me remixing one of your favourite old skool tunes, just message me with proof of purchase and I will pop your name in the hat.

Simon Harris - Fucking Rip Off Man (Soundcloud Version)

BUY NOW >>> https://www.vinylfanatiks.co.uk/product/tone-def-can-you-feel-it-on-the-attack-limited-acid-yellow-vinyl-vfs007

Back in 1992 I moved to Bournemouth to go to Art College. I knew a few people, one of those being John Issacs AKA DJ Junk. I use to go over his house in the evenings and listen to music and hang out with the rest of the Second To None Breakers, most I had known since 1987/1988. One evening John took me over to a house in Bournemouth where there was a studio. I always remembered that evening but had no idea who the guy I had met was, it was just one of those random nights and I was always meeting new people. I knew this person was a rated producer signed to a big label. It wasn’t until I was signed to Moving Shadow myself and was chatting to Rob Playford around 1996 that he told me about a chap called Rog from a group called Tone Def, based in Bournemouth, who he use to work with on tunes back in the early years of the label. Thats when it clicked who that guy I met all those years earlier actually was! Rog Mogale from the group Tone Def, who made one of my all time anthems from my teens when I was out raving every weekend as a pony-tailed punter. That tune is ‘Big Love’ and it still makes the hairs on my arms stand on end (which it is as I write this, listening to it as I type!) Takes me right back to 1992 standing in a field, swaying, throwing shapes whilst my mud covered feet are going ten to the dozen!!!

It was only earlier this year that I managed to track down Rog again and after a bit of a chat (he remembers me going round his house, even though at the time I was just some random tagging along with John!) Rog mentioned that he thought that he had some old DAT tapes and 1/4″ reel to reel tapes with some music on that they wrote while on Moving Shadow but they never submitted to the label and subsequently it had been filed away, never to be heard of again. He didnt know where they were or even what the tracks on those tapes were like, but there was a small glimmer of hope that something could come to fruition! The lost Shadow Tapes!

A few long weeks went by and the occasional email from Bournemouth over to Gran Canaria (Rog’s present location) and back again before I got the email that I was hoping for. The DAT tapes had been found and Rog had gone through them and about 8 unreleased tracks were discovered! Not only that but Rog had remembered about some other tunes they had done which he had files for and would soon be collecting the Akai disks on his next trip back to Bournemouth! So, this is just the start of a few releases by Tone Def on Vinyl Fanatiks. The Bournemouth Moving Shadow family dropping megabombs!

Since their last release together as Tone Def on Moving Shadow back in 1992 Rog went on to set up the hugely successful audio company Void Acoustics, who supply the best speakers on the market to clubs, festivals and live venues. He now lives in Gran Canaria and is still producing in his rather incredible studio and enjoying the benefits of running a successful business. But he also still does the occasional gig as Tone Def alongside Paul Smith (weirdly enough whose brother I use to work with when I was a Countryside Ranger in Dorset!) though the location of the third member, Tony Davies, is presently not known, though the guys have tried to track him down over the years and would love to hear from him.

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Tone Def 'Can You Feel It' - Vinyl Fanatiks 007 - 192mp3 clip

KROME & TIME, Portsmouth UK. 1993.

This old tape is one of my prize possessions from when I lived in Portsmouth. It doesn't appear anywhere else online (I don't think) and while it's a bit sketchy on 'permission' to upload, it's a shame to have this beauty collecting dust, forgotten in the attic. A bit of 21st century mastering has been applied, to polish a bit of brightness to it too.

1) M-Beat - Booyaka - Renk 
2) Red Alert & Mike Slammer - Dont need your love - Slammin Vinyl 
3) Origin Unknown - The Touch - Ram 
4) Balance Inc - The Herbsman EP (AA1)
5) Andy C - Bass Constructor - Ram 
6) Q Bass - Funky hardcore (DJ Hype remix) - Sub Base 
7) Chaos & Julia Set - Atmosphere - Recoil
8) Fourth Dimension - Wonderland/Infected - ADR records 
9) Bizzy B & Peshay - Murder style - Brain 
10) Neuromancer - Pennywise (Remix) - Symphony Sounds 
11) Citedel of Chaos - Searching for Gold - Boombastic Plastic 
12) Human Being - The box - Straight from the bedroom 
13) Nookie - Shining in the darkness - Reinforced 
14) Red Alert & Mike Slammer - In effect - Slammin Vinyl 
15) Prodigy - Wind it up - XL

DJ Krome & Mr. Time - Portsmouth 1993

1992 inspired hardcore tune done on the Amiga, let me know what you think!
Recorded straight from the mixer with no processing (... so could be better).

Gear used: 
Amiga A1200 (OctaMED 4) 
Akai S1000 (most samples) 
Akai S3000 (Sub bass) 
Roland Alpha Juno 2

Beardy - Where you from & what are you on.wav

Alex beard

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