the 1 hour 'Hot Mix' part of the show 

https://www.hardscore.com/?p=12040

01 Fellowship – Conspiracy [Xpressive]
02 Alex Reece – Jazz Master (DJ Krust Remix) [4th & Broadway]
03 Earl Grey – The Lick (Intense Remix) [Rugged Vinyl]
04 Earl Grey – Back To My Roots [Worldwide Ultimatum]
05 Slipstream – The Abyss [Urban Culture]
06 Free Hand – Glide [Smooth]
07 Dr. S. Gachet – Forbidden Agenda (After Sex Mix) [Audio Maze]
08 Intense – Visions [Vibez]
09 Dr. S. Gachet & Audio Maze – Remember The Roller (V.I.P. Dubplate) [unreleased]
10 Future Forces Inc. – Intensify [Renegade Hardware]
11 Intense – Genesis Project (Earl Grey Remix) [Rugged Vinyl]
12 Intense – Natural Progression [Creative Source]
13 C4 – Futuristic Joint [Audio Maze]

Thanks to Dukes & the old 1xtra forum for the original recordings.

One In The Jungle

Dr. S Gachet – One In The Jungle [10th May 1996]

At the rooftop of a very atmospheric spot in Athens (under the Acropolis), Medit hosting exclusively the mighty MC Fava & Squake on a soulful drum & bass journey under the stars of Athens skies. That was September 2024, just a few days before they all head off to SUN & BASS Festival, Sardinia.

Athens Rooftop D&B Session w/MEDIT x MC FAVA x Squake (September 2024)

The Official DNB Show Hosted By Madcap
on Mi-Soul Radio 11-07-25 (Edited with NO ADS)

1995 Special Part 1

Track list:

1. Tek 9 – Slow Down (Nookie Remix) – Reinforced Records
2. Spinback & Q-Project – Rikers Island (Dream Mix) – Legend Records
3. Aquasky – Dezires – Moving Shadow
4. The Rising Sons – Body & Soul – Creative Wax
5. Essence Of Aura – Let Love Shine Through – Moving Shadow
6. PFM – Love & Happiness – Good Looking Records
7. PFM – One & Only – Looking Good Records
8. JMJ & Richie – Universal Horn – Moving Shadow
9. Ils & Solo – Sweet Sunshine – Looking Good Records
10. Studio Pressure – Fusion – Photek
11. Fokus – Brave New World – Lucky Spin Recordings
12. MC MC – Seventh Sense – Outcry Recordings
13. Danny Breaks – Easy Pt. 1 – Droppin’ Science
14. The JB – Back 2 Life (The Dedication) – Back 2 Basics
15. Run Tings & Liftin’ Spirits – Come Easy – Suburban Base Records
16. Roni Size – Fashion – V Recordings
17. Danny Breaks – Vol.2 (EZ Rollers Remix) – Droppin’ Science
18. Marvellous Cain – Hitman (Marvellous Cain Remix) – IQ Records
19. Roni Size – All The Crew ‘Big Up’ (95 Lick) – V Recordings
20. DJ Hype – On That Dust – Ganja Records
21. Andy C – Roll On – Ram Records
22. London’s Most Wanted – Girls Dem Want It (Re-Lick Mix) – Philly Blunt Records
23. Gappa G & Hyper Hypa – River Nijer (Nookie Remix) – Ruff Kut! Records
24. S.O.S – Space Funk – Timeless Recordings
25. DJ Trace – Final Chapta (Rollers Mix) – Dee Jay Recordings
26. The Committee – Final Conflict (Tango Remix) – Creative Wax
27. MA2 – Rollers Music – Formation Records
28. Dillinja – The Angels Fell – Metalheadz

Madcap on rotation with Jumping Jack Frost & Donovan Bad Boy Smith Fridays / 9pm-11pm www.mi-soul.com

Next show: 25/07/25

The Official DNB Show Hosted By Madcap _ Mi-Soul Radio _ 1995 Special Pt. 1 _ 11-07-25 (No ADS)

SMOOTH N GROOVE RECORDS - #172
Artwork: Align Creative
Host: Christal

Shouts to all the chatroom crew and everyone that locked in. For those that missed the live show we hope you enjoy the upload.

You can catch us live every 3rd Sunday of the month on Future Sounds Radio.

If you have a sound that you think would suit the label, or would like to feature in future podcasts please send all demos to Smooth N Groove Records including your contact details:

sngrecs@gmail.com

Peace!

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FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/SnGRecs/

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Track List:

1)Con-Figure & Saffron - Dawn From Dusk (Smooth N Groove Dub)
2)Soul Foundation - Frozen in Time (Smooth N Groove Dub)
3)Wyman - Expo [Madcap Remix] (Soul Bros)
4)Soul Connection - Hold Me Close (Kengai Records Dub)
5)Madcap - Tranquility (Smooth N Groove)
6)Subsid - About You (Smooth N Groove Dub)
7)Madcap - Gotta Release [Dramatic Remix] (Myriad Dub)
8)Soul Connection & A.K.A - No Pressure (Soul Deep)
9)Phat Playaz & Jrumhand - Tools (Fokuz) 10)Subsid - Natural Language (Smooth N Groove Dub)
11)SD - Dominos (Dispatch)
12)Con-Figure & Saffron - Winston Wolf (Smooth N Groove Dub)
13)Payback - Glueberry Hit (Smooth N Groove Dub)
14)Blade - ID (Dub)
15)Carter - Duno (Smooth N Groove)
16)Mystic Trip - Miles in Motion (Smooth N Groove Dub)
17)Dash - Blaze (Smooth N Groove Dub)
18)Phaeny - One More Drink (Bay 6 Recordings)
19)Zero Gravity - Last Call (JazzSticks)
20)Dash & Con-Figure - Seven (Smooth N Groove Dub)
21)Stunna ft. Place 42 - Relative (Telluric)
22)Phat Playaz - Broken Man Inside (Smooth N Groove)
23)Mystic Trip & Zero Gravity - Pouring Again (Smooth N Groove Dub)
24)Con-Figure & Saffron - Ordell (Smooth N Groove Dub)
25)Sl8r - Pond Life (Patreon)
26)A.K.A & Wyman - Revenge (Dub)
27)Mystic Trip - Summer Rift (Smooth N Groove Dub)
28)Madcap - Chant (Smooth N Groove)
29)FX909 - Inner World (FX909 Music)
30)Dave Catalyst - Bandit (Smooth N Groove Dub)
31)Blade - ID (Dub)
32)Satl & Velocity - Set it Out (Fokuz)
33)Blade - Temperament (ONE7SIX)
34)Dash - Banana Split (Dub)
35)Wyman - Active Measures (Smooth N Groove)
36)Con-Figure & Dash - Frost Fire (Smooth N Groove Dub) 37)LockSmith - A Wood For The Trees [Codex Remix] (Myriad Dub)
38)Dialectic & M1te - I Love (Smooth N Groove Dub)

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SMOOTH N GROOVE RECORDS - #172 - [Recorded Live On Future Sounds Radio] 20th July 2025

The Creative Wax Show - Hosted By Madcap - 27-07-25
Broadcasting on www.futuresoundsradio.com
Track list:

1. Metal Work – What Can I Do – Northwest  
2. Planetfood – Carnivores (Rundr Remix) – Self Release  
3. Flaco – Delirious – Influence  
4. Metal Work – Gotta Have It – Northwest  
5. Sonar’s Ghost – My Life (Duburban Remix) – AGN7 Audio  
6. RMS & Jaybee – Heard – Dispatch Blueprints  
7. Calculon & Dave Owen – Ben Carlos (Lenzman Instrumental Remix) – Shoot Recordings [Dub]  
8. Kublai – Young Soul (Note Remix) – C.I.A [Dub]  
9. DJ Die – Back to Now – Gutterfunk  
10. Flaco – Still Coming – Influence  
11. IAmDoomed – Dreamed – DarkmTTr Records  
12. Drex174 – Otaku – Metalheadz [Dub]  
13. Myriad – Jazz Dance (Instrumental) – The Sauce Recordings  
14. Paul SG – The Heimlich Maneuver – Jazzsticks Recordings  
15. ASC – Parallel Seas – Spatial  
16. Aural Imbalance – Sequence Array – Spatial  
17. 12 Bit Jungle Out There – Pills N Shit – Parallax Recordings  
18. Nectax – Always You – Over/Shadow [Dub]  
19. Madcap – Sunrise in Her Eyes (Madcap VIP) – Soul Deep / Smooth N Groove  
20. Nectax – Edgeways – Over/Shadow [Dub]  
21. Swan-E – Collusion (Swankout 2025 Rework) – Self Release  
22. Dillinja – Majestic B Line – Deep Jungle [Dub]  
23. International Rude Boyz – The Half Step – Formation Records  
24. Fez The Kid – Revenge Strings – AKO Beatz  
25. 12 Bit Jungle Out There – Imagination – Parallax Recordings  
26. Scooby & Shaggy – Touch Me – AKO Beatz  
27. Liquid – Sweet Harmony (Original Mix) – XL Recordings

Next show 31-08-25

The Creative Wax Show - Hosted By Madcap - 27-07-25

NEW COLLAB PROJECT WITH QNOE OUT NOW! INCLUDING SPECIAL BONUS TRACK

https://armasounds.bandcamp.com/album/club-workouts-vol-5

UGOT2KNOW

The 7th and final Top Buzz Eclipse tape. Strangely only a 60 minute tape rather than the normal 90 minutes. This is Top Buzz at the peak of their powers mixing up the cream of breakbeat and euro techno.

Tracklisting

Side A

Manix - Feel Real Good (Remix)
Circa '91 - Can You Feel Me
Tronik House - Mental Techno (The Marty Hardy Remix)
The Housepope - The Orphans Home
SL2 - The Noise (The Remix)
Noise Factory - Set Me Free 
Rave Crusader - Future World Destiny 
Flex - Bassrush
The Gateway Experience - Twin Freaks (Original Mix)
The X - Domania
Frequency - Kiss The Sky

Side B
 
Dragon Fly - Visions Of Rage (Original Mix)
One II One - I Want You 
Raging Rockers - Kounter Act
Masters At Work - Justa "Lil" Dope
Isotonik - Different Strokes 
Flex & Uncle - Party Time 
Sound Corp - Dream Finder 
Kaotic Chemistry - Drum Trip 
Tim Taylor - Dementia (Original Mix)

Top Buzz - Live @ Bang-In-Tunes at The Eclipse '7' - 8th November 1991 - Side B

Saxy Back Garage

Been wanting to do this mix for years. Drum and bass became a standalone genre around 1994, but there was a period before that, that lasted probably 8-10 months where the sound was no longer Belgian influenced hardcore with stabs from tracks like Spectrum (Joey Beltram) but where the music was being inspired by the Jamaican influences found in London. Artists like WAX doctor were discovering beats but DNB was not yet a genre. Tracks like Rocket by EZE-OZO, or “This is not about hate” by Clive “flash” Gordon are from 1991! It was going to be a full 3 years later that the first release of Metalheadz was going to come out. 3 YEARS! You want prototype jungle; you need to go back. You’ll find a guy called Gerald, that two years before is writing acid house with 808 states to writing breaks and sampling dancehall and mixing it all together. Sometimes this music sounds lost and without format (and try mixing it on vinyl!!), but remember that you are listening to music that was being created from a complete cauldron of sounds, in bedrooms and dropped onto vinyl. Chucked in the back of car and sold in shops in London (“yeah the records are warped because they were on the back seat of the car and took sun while I was driving around, sorry!”). 1991 was undoubtedly the greatest year ever in what is called dance music or EDM today. We did not have genres we simply had music that we young people listened to. 6 months after many of these tracks were released, another up-tempo shift happened where BPMs increased. That meant that many of the tracks in this mix were never heard again. Despite being slow on BPMS these are some of the hardest breaks that were ever written (Check Konspiracy at 35m, utter filth!). For the purists, yes, I did slip in a track by Roger Johnson near the end as it just rolls so perfectly into Jack n Phil. Mixed down on the Allen & Heath Xone32 with 1200 MK2s fitted with ortofons.

You’re going to here: Micky Finn, Eze ozo, a Guy Called Gerald, Top Buzz, 2 Bad Mice, Kev Bird & Wax Doctor, DJ Mayhem, Hedgehog Affair, Konspiracy, Roger Johnson, Jack n Phil, and some other white labels.

The photo on this mix is the Four Aces Club in Hackney. Now it's a set of apartments, but it was one of the clubs that drove the genre forward.

Proto Jungle Sound - The Birth of Jungle (1991)

This months Kool Fm show which features another dig through my archive of 2000s Jump Up and bangers for the first hour. Followed by upfront tunes inspired by the 2000s and a clip of an old DJ Kane, Skibadee & MC Det show 

2000s & Beyond 2 - Jump Up & Bangers - Kool FM 06/08/25

Out in Public

I begun DJing in 1990 back in the day when people were producing tracks in their bedroom and it seemed as though there were more bootlegs on the market than general releases. The labels didn’t have a clue what was going on and D-construction was a small dance label that was signing acts like N-Joi rather than Kylie. I did two years in the smoke playing sets to crowds of 2,000 party people that really knew their music.

If you were a DJ playing old records, you’d get booed off the stage, or the crowd would leave the room and go upstairs. I kept it close with my crowd, people would come up to me and ask if I had this tune, if it wasn’t in the box I’d play it next week. But it wasn’t a case of these people making jukebox requests but rather that they wanted to feel a part of the scene and know that they had some hand in making the night.

Out of the club into another, the nights were long and people just kept on going. 200 cars in convoy going down the A1 that was a real feeling of unity. You’d end up in a field with or without a generator, but someone would light a fire and, in the end, you might be dancing around a car stereo but it still sounded good, people believed that they were part of a new expression, a new movement.

Roll that musical clock forward and by 2011 what remained was a shrink wrapped corporately packaged scene that got its kicks from re-releasing and remixing tracks created from back catalogues of labels from the 70s and 80s snapped up for next to nothing. The majors took over distribution and the public channels of expression for independent producers has got even harder. Take a trip down the lane of the tracks that defined our genre and you won’t find too many happy faces. From Rappers Delight, through to Grandmaster Flash - Larry Heard, the man that gave you Fingers Inc - went off to become a programmer. LARRY HEARD!!! 

Back in the day a DJ would take two tracks and blend them to make a third with a mix that could last up to 4 minutes. That for me has always been a part of what a DJ should do. It's much easier now as all you have to do is push a button to beat sync it, whereas if you were mixing over the quartz lock crest of the 1210s you'd be moving it over and below the green light as you were mixing it up!

Music has today become much more disposable in the digital age, reducing people’s creative art to a click. Skip through it, break it down to a stem, no sleeve notes, no artwork visual dimension to the artists creation. All you get is track01 - 4.5MB! Do you want to download? That's today, but for me sleeve artwork for dance music has always been something special too.

DJ equipment is now cheap much more accessible – my Numark 1762 cost me nearly £400 back in 1990. My current Xone32 is still stupid money but you can’t beat the analogue circuitry inside.

The period 1988-1994 was to dance music what the 1960s was to free love. Either you were lucky to have been at just the right age to have been a part of it, or you missed out. We were the last generation to get a youth culture before the smartphone made the youth look inside instead of the world outside.

Music will take centre stage once again at some point in the future, but for all of use that were part of it we know we were part of something special, and this idea of one love guides us to this day. 

My thanks to the following people:
JJ Slide at St. Matthews Church in Brixton
Goa Nights at Tyssen Street Studios  in London
Global Dance 3,4 and weekly nights of Exposure at the Stour Centre in Kent
Buzzbys on a Friday night
SpiralTribe Sound
Chocki and the boys
Nicki Blackmarket
Ratpack
Fabio and Grooverider
Ellis Dee
Truelove productions
Heavenly Recordings
Blapps Posse
Break the Limits
Reinforced Recordings
K-Klass
Zoom Records (Camden)
Horace, (Camden Market)
Resistance D
P. Slaghaus (rip)
Leigh303 (for showing me the dance light)
K-Alexi Shelby....to understand means a way of life...

Keep listening.....to everything

Proto Jungle Sound - The Birth of Jungle (1991)

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