J Laze - Dreamz

Cooped up in hospital after another operation and unable to sleep due to the anaesthetic, i've decided to keep myself busy and upload a new mix.  

Armed with my MacBook, an old hard drive & dodgy ear bud headphones to keep me company, here's a selection of some personal favourites mainly from the 90's on an intelligent tip..

Shout out to all at Spatial & Over/Shadow for the resurgence of the vibes & inspiration...

Tracklisiting;

Actual Proof - A Professional's Downtime Intro
01. Nookie - The Eclipse (Reinforced)
02. Peshay - Jazz Lick (Nexus)
03. Underground Software - Jazzy Ting (Reinforced)
04. Source Direct - Bliss (Source Direct Recordings)
05. Fokus - Like Dat (Higher Limits)
06. Wax Doctor - Heat (R&S)
07. DJ Trace - After Hours (Deejay Recordings)
08 Dillinja & Mystery - Deep Love (remix) (Logic Productions)
09. Atlas - Drifting Thru the Galaxy (Deejay Recordings)
10. Unit 1 - Atlantic Drama (Creative Wax)
11. DJ Krust - Jazz Note (V Recordings)
12. Frank de Wulf - Drums In A Grip (Wax Doctor remix) (Harthouse)
13. Model 500 - I Wanna Be There (Wax Doctor remix) (R&S)
14. Alex Reece - Basic Principles (Alex Reece Reprieve) (Metalheadz)
15. Intense - Sax Lick (Way Out West)
16. PFM - The Western (Mike's Ricochet Mix) (Good Looking)
17. The Sentinel feat. CoCo - Dig Deeper (Basement Recordings)
18. Sounds of Life - A Spice of Jazz (Certificate 18)
19. Tayla - Dimensions (Nexus)
20. Adam F - Circles (Original Mix) (Section 5)
21. Voyager - Hypersleep ('97 Revamp) (R&S)
22. DJ Pulse - Destiny (remix) (R&S)
23. Big Bud - Lifeline (Looking Good)
24. Justice - Aquisse (Original Mix) (Basement Recordings)
25. DJ Trace - Miles High (Deejay Recordings)
Actual Proof - Duke's Just Getting Started Outro

Return of Intelligence Volume 1 (Intelligent Drum & Bass Classics)

Made a big mix of some of my favourite lush, deep and atmospheric jungle / drum and bass trax from the late 90s, progressing from jazzy and dreamy to hard and fast 💿🎚🎛🎚💿 a truly magical and forward-thinking genre of music that sounds like the future even 25-30 years later 

I was also pretty inspired by original record designs from the genre so I designed a cover for it based on them and a bunch of 3D renders made with 90s 3D software to visualise the mix. You can watch the mix with visuals here https://youtu.be/z70z6BS4CfE?si=2g8_SYGLc533ezyG and the design process behind everything here https://youtu.be/Yt7d-erT4CE?si=pbrKN7ctHdb5TAuH 

Project research + documentation:
https://www.are.na/james-mannes/jungle-atmospherics-mix


Tracklist: 

Wax Doctor - All I Need (1996)
Axis - One In Ten (1996)
The Chameleon - Links (1995)
Wax Doctor - Offshore Drift (1996) 
The Chameleon - Close Your Eyes and Listen (1995) 
Intense - The Genesis Project (Earl Grey Remix) (1994)
Voyager - Apollo (1998)
Seba and Lotek - So Long (1996)
PHD - Beneath the Surface (1998)
Artemis - Inner Worlds (1998)
Total Science - Time Step (1996) 
Intense - The Sax Lick (1996) 
Blu Mar Ten - Cumulus (1997) 
LTJ Bukem - Music (Peshay Rework) (1996)
Suzigo - Brilliant Europa (Artemis Remix) (1997)
Seba - Camouflage (1998)
Shogun - Nautilus (Mouly and Lucida Remix) (1996)
Ken Ishii - Stretch (Shogun Remix) (1996) 
Motiv One - Loop Progression (1997)
The Future Sound of London - Papa New Guinea (NuTone Remix) (2003)

Quote on cover taken from back of Wax Doctor 94-96 Selected Works CD

jungle atmospherics - late 90s ambient jungle / drum and bass mix

New 13

Promenight EP

Buy on Bandcamp

Amplee & 7lita - Promenight

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Promised Land 4: The Fourth Dimension

Personèlle - Rebound (Nookie Mix)

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Seba - Connected

Kemistry & Storm - DJ Kicks (1999)

Futureproof (Good Looking Records - 1997)

Future Engineers - Cerulean Seas, Partisan Records '98. (320 kbps). Go ahead and download, keep AWOL alive.

Future Engineers - Cerulean Seas

I like the bangers. And sometimes the not-so bangers

Future Engineers - Cerulean Seas

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