Name: TDDR078 Lucas - Set You Free (dYstance Remix) by dYstance
Duration: 5 min 10 s
Description: Lucas lays down some laid back breaks with a sprinkle of Old Skool magic on the original, whilst fellow Brummie dYstance ups the tempo and toughens the up vibe.

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The second release on Amen Brother sees the return of another old school legend that only released one EP and vanished for the next 28 years! Lee X-Plode put out a self-funded EP in 1992 on a white label that became highly sort after in the vinyl collecting world, with copies changing hands for up to £250! Vinyl Fanatiks were lucky enough to be blessed with his permission to re-release this EP, which flew off the shelves.

Lee just loves the early 90’s rave scene and is an avid collector of any rave footage from this era. He is so tuned in to this period of music that when he started producing again in 2020, his tracks sounded like they had all been made back then, 100% authentic with 100% vibes. So when we approached Lee about writing an EP for our newly-founded Amen Brother label, he jumped at the chance and gave us four amazing anthems. This EP includes his track ‘Shock Out’ from the ‘Hardcore Lockdown’ album as well as an incredible revamp of his reggae tinged classic ‘Watch This Go’ which was on his one and only release back in 1992.

All vinyl purchases via our webstore will come with a link to download the MP3s.

Amen Brother biog:

In the early weeks of Lockdown, around the end of March 2020, DJH called me up with an idea.  “I was thinking, it would be nice to give the Vinyl Fanatiks supporters a free tune as a thank you for backing my repress and as a little gift during these difficult times, something to cheer people up” he said. I liked the idea, I liked it a lot and it got me thinking; ‘Why don’t I approach all the artists I have worked with over the past 18 months and see if they too feel like getting into the studio and making a new tune, but for it to sound like it was made in the early 90s?’ A few phone calls and emails were made and within a week I had 14 producers and groups going into the studio, each writing a fresh track. The free album ‘Hardcore Lockdown’ was created and subsequently released in May 2020. I had no idea it would be as successful as it was, with over 5000 downloads in a few weeks, and many messages that it would be great if these tracks would appear on vinyl. Now that was music to my ears and it again got me thinking!

Rather than release the project as a triple vinyl piece, I thought it would be a great opportunity to get each artist and group to write an EP, which would include their track from the album, and to release these EPs on vinyl as well as digital. But I felt it wouldn’t be right for these to come out on Vinyl Fanatiks as it would be too confusing. Vinyl Fanatiks is a repress label; these were brand new tunes, made by the original wizards of the scene. I needed a new label! For the past year I had been mulling over starting a new label and had already come up with the name and the branding. I just didn’t have a direction for it yet. But now I did… Amen Brother was born.

Amen Brother is a label that continues the vibes of the early 90’s but comes correct with fresh music. The music needs to feel like it was made back in the day - it needs to have that connection, whether written by an original artist from that era, or a remix of music from that era. But with the bar being raised so high by Vinyl Fanatiks, I needed to be sure that Amen Brother continued with that level of quality, from the authenticity of the music, to the high levels of presentation that my customers expect from us.

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4. X-Plode 'Watch This Go (2020 Mix)' - AB-VFS002 - 192mp3 clip

Lucas lays down some laid back breaks with a sprinkle of Old Skool magic on the original, whilst fellow Brummie dYstance ups the tempo and toughens the up vibe.

Set You Free

TDDR078 Lucas - Set You Free (dYstance Remix)

NAYIM - KEEP ON

ES - PEE - DEE &  DJ Distroi  (Alpha Wave E.P) Nicky Allen 2020 Remix

Abstractions : Jungle Techno Breaks 
Top Drawer Digital Presents 15 Original Unmixed Underground Tracks collected to re-envisage a moment in time.

Back in the early 90's before the birth of Jungle, Underground DJ's and Producers experimented, evolving the early Acid House movement at speed. Fusing Techno with Breakbeats and pushing the BPM's ever higher, Jungle Techno and Hardcore spread across the land mutating constantly.
We asked the artists in this compilation to hark back to that era and produce us something that would in some way pay homage to that time.
Abstractions morphs Jungle Techno and Breakbeats drawing its influence from the past, Now in the present, For the future.
Bandcamp 
https://topdrawerdigital.bandcamp.com/album/abstractions-jungle-techno-breaks
Beatport 
https://www.beatport.com/release/abstractions-jungle-techno-breaks/3139291
Juno Download
https://www.junodownload.com/products/abstractions-jungle-techno-breaks/4790676-02/
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/5dj4XJrz9CnbrxvsxxfyWO?si=l-batmG5S7ePInArUEjoLw

01 : Lucas - Illegal Gathering
https://soundcloud.com/topdrawerdigital/lucas-illegal-gathering
02 : dYstance - Skank n Run
https://soundcloud.com/topdrawerdigital/dystance-skank-n-run
03 : K-65 - Next Number
https://soundcloud.com/topdrawerdigital/k-65-next-number
04 : Something System - Cortez
https://soundcloud.com/topdrawerdigital/something-system-cortez
05 : Beagle - Impact
https://soundcloud.com/topdrawerdigital/beagle-impact
06 : Sanxion - Off World Vehicle
https://soundcloud.com/topdrawerdigital/sanxion-off-world-vehicle
07 : RadioKillaZ - 20 Dollars
https://soundcloud.com/topdrawerdigital/radiokillaz-20-dollars
08 : Lucas - Past Present Future
https://soundcloud.com/topdrawerdigital/lucas-past-present-future
09 : Trident - Deep Darkness
https://soundcloud.com/topdrawerdigital/trident-deep-darkness
10 : dYstance - The Thirst
https://soundcloud.com/topdrawerdigital/dystance-the-thirst
11  : Rawtrachs - Chamber
https://soundcloud.com/topdrawerdigital/rawtrachs-chamber
12 : Strange Rollers - Save Your Self
https://soundcloud.com/topdrawerdigital/strange-rollers-save-your-self
13 : SwankOut - Futuristic
https://soundcloud.com/topdrawerdigital/swankout-futuristic
14 : Pressa - Poppin'
https://soundcloud.com/topdrawerdigital/pressa-poppin
15 : D3 - No U Turn
https://soundcloud.com/topdrawerdigital/d3-no-u-turn

Feedback Includes – 
Jay Cunning 10/10 "Holy sh!t this album is pure FIRE! Big up guys!"
Om Unit – 8/10 Jack Smooth Would Be proud!
2 Bad Mice - Great Album
Glenn Aston  10/10 "What an amazing album. One of the best."
Outrage / Nomine – Some real nice bits in there.
Skin Teeth 9/10 "No way can I pick a favorite yet... Quality all the way through..."
Naza – 10/10 Awesome Album
Aphrodite – 8/10 Great Release
WheresNorth? 9/10 "F****** banger after banger! long live Top Drawer and da Rave"
TRO 9/10 "Superb compilation! Hard to pick a favourite, so many great atmospheric rollers."
Tariq Life Support Machine - 10/10 "Overall this is a great concept album that explores the influence of early rave through a wide range of tempos and styles. The sound of 21st century rave through the lens of modern audio technology and highly talented producers. From deep and melodic to dark and sparse, the spirit of Hardcore Rave and Jungle Techno is more than alive, it's evolving."
#jungletekno #jungletechno #jtek #j-tek #breakbeat #breaks #breakbeats #brokentechno #breakbeattechno #jungle #junglemusic #rave #flashback #oldskool #hardcore #oldskoolhardcore #ravebreaks #hardcorebreaks #oldskoolmusic

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It’s been a year since I was last chatting to Bernie and Terry AKA Serotonin AKA the world famous Krome & Time. The last interview covered their debut release on their infamous Tearin Vinyl label whereas for this interview we are taking a step back, well, quite a few steps back being how quickly the hardcore, rave and jungle scenes were progressing back then. From 1994 back to the glory year of 1992. And what a big change the scene went through over those two years and what an advancement of sound Bernie & Terry went through during that time too. So how did this project come about guys?

“This release was the bridge between us leaving Suburban Base and getting round to starting Tearin Vinyl” Terry aka Krome explains “We wanted to start something new. But we wanted to do it without people knowing it was us. To be a bit more experimental and to try a few new ideas”.

Bernie, also known as Mr. Time adds more background to the project “This was the time when the white label was king. That’s what people wanted. It felt more exclusive and special and we wanted to do something like that, to get in on that scene. So we pressed up a load of copies and filled up the boot of the car and just drove around the country. We use to use flyers to help us. Often these big raves would list local record shops where you could buy tickets, so we used those to build up a list of shops around the country using those as our resource and we would hit the road”.

Bernie continues “We use to choose an area and hit 2-3 record shops a day, dropping off records ‘sale or return’. Going back a week or two later to collect our money. With the Serotonin release we sold them all ourselves without distribution. We had pressed up a couple of thousand copies and sold them for about 5 or 6 quid each. It could of even been 3000 units for that releases, I can’t remember! It was so much fun as you were in total control of your money, as long as the shops paid you that is. But you think about it, 3000 records at £5 each, that’s not a bad chunk of change for a couple of kids. It kept us going”. Terry adds “We were based in East London, so we only travelled a certain distance every day. No further north than Milton Keynes but the vast majority of what we sold was either in London or down South. We went down to Brighton, Gravesend, Worthing and Portsmouth, as well as other places down there that I can’t remember right now. Our main fanbase was down south actually and I think that’s a lot to do with Sterns and that we played there a lot. We were well known down that part of the country due to that club and Mensa and the support he gave us. The south had such a vibrant scene which started in Worthing thanks to Sterns and it just spread out from there, along the coast”.

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2. Serotonin - 'Rumblism' - VFS025 - 192mp3 clip

Artist: Enzyme  
Title: We Call Drop 
Label: 2 Fresh Records
Year: 2004

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Malice-In-Wonderland-EP/release/376829

Contact email: info@2fresh.co.uk 

Website: http://2Fresh.co.uk

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2 Fresh Discogs: https://discogs.com/label/24036-2-Fresh-Records

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03 Yell - O-Phase - Great

Breakbeat Producer influenced mainly by old skool rave music between 1988 - 1994.

TDDR078 Lucas - Set You Free (dYstance Remix)

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