tape #5: Chaos in the Council Estates

The UK Grime scene is like a mirror-world version of 90s NYC hiphop – every rap is a battle rap, every beat is bigger and harder than the next, and every kid dreams of being an MC. As familiar as this sounds, the sonics of Grime couldn't be further from the hiphop we've known and loved. 

While US hip hop has grown fat and lazy at the top of the pop charts, Grime has gotten hungrier since Dizzee won the Mercury Prize in 2003. The scene has virtually no major-label artists, and is instead a network of raves, myspace pages, CDRs, pirate radio and mixtapes. 

It's hard to follow grime outside of London, but buck up. This mix will whet your appetite. 


TRACKLIST

01. Wonder - Take Two (Dump Valve, 2006)
02. Durrty Goodz - Keep Up (Awkward, 2007)
03. Wiley - Bow E3 (Big Dada, 2007)
04. Emalkay - Gut Feeling (Boka, 2006)
05. The Bug ft. Flowdan - Jah War, Loefah Remix (Ninja Tune, 2007)
06. Trim - Talaban (??, 2007)
07. Lethal B - Lava (Shadetek, 2006)
08. F1 & Kromestar - Chat Bout Jah (Bad Influence, 2007)
09. Benga - Music Box (Planet Mu, 2006)
10. Durrty Goodz - Switching Songs Pt. 2, the good ol days (Awkward, 2007)
11. Skepta - Stageshow Rhythm (Adamantium, 2007)
12. Wonder - God's Gift Intro 2002 (Dump Valve, 2006)
13. Milanese - Mr Good News (Planet Mu, 200?)
14. Trim - Get With It (??, 2007)
15. Frisco ft. Cookie and Layz - Teamwork (Boy Better Know, 2007)
16. Ruff Sqwad - War (Ruff Sqwad, 2006)
17. Frisco - What a Cheek (Boy Better Know, 2007)
18. Wonder - Chi Flute (Dump Valve, 2006)
19. Badness Ft. Gappy Ranks, Maxwell D - 10 Out of 10 (Aftershock, 2007)
20. Wiley - E3 Link Up (Boy Better Know, 2006)
21. Tempa T - Shittard (Slew Dem / Jah Mek The World, 2006)
22. Frisco - Buck Buck (Boy Better Know, 2007)
23. Ruff Sqwad - Cheque (Ruff Sqwad, 2006)
24. Dynasty Crew - Bare Face Dynasty (679, 2005)
25. Bearman ft Drastick - Sickening (Mastermind, 2006)
26. Ghetto - Drivers Anthem (J Clarke Enterprise, 2007)

Digitally mixed by Aaron Shinn during October, 2007
Cover artwork by Aaron Shinn

Tape 5  Chaos In The Council Estates

tape #7: Endless Rush - UK Hardcore 1992-1994

This is a mix of my UK hardcore roots. This is the music that got me started as a deejay. When my high school classmates were listening to Guns N Roses, House of Pain, U2, or Boyz II Men, I would play some Nebula II for them and give them a good scare. I borrowed $500 to buy decks at age 15 and was playing out as soon as I could. I followed as hardcore became jungle, and jungle became DnB, and DnB became dreck, but I digress.

Whether this sound is new or old to you, all crew get ready to rush!


TRACKLIST
01. A Guy Called Gerald - The Glok Track (Juice Box 1992)
02. The Hermit - Can You Feel It (Labello Blanco 1993)
03. Urban Shakedown - Bass Speaker (Urban Shakedown 1992)
04. Nebula II - C.O.D. Rider (J4M Records 1992) 
05. Randall - The R (Reinforced 1993)
06. Run Tings - Back Again, Kaotic Kemistry Remix (Suburban Base 1992)
07. N.R.G. - Domino (Urban 1994)
08. DJ Rap and Aston - Vertigo, Tumbling Remix (Suburban Base 1993)
09. Enforcer - Dam Tuff (Awesome Records 1993)
10. Nebula II - X-Plore H-Core (Reinforced Records 1992)
11. DJ Hype - Roll the Beats (Suburban Base 1994)
12. Covert Operations (Goldie and Pascal) - Mission Impossible (Breakdown Records 1994)
13. Ellis Dee + Krome & Time - Free The Feeling (New Dimension 1993)
14. Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era - Session One Remix (Suburban Base 1994)
15. The House Crew - Euphoria, Nino's Dream Remix (Production House 1993)
16. Bizzy B - Slow Jam (White House 1993)
17. Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era - Calm Downizm (Suburban Base 1993)
18. Nasty Habits - Here Comes the Drumz (Reinforced 1992)
19. SL2 - Drumbeats (XL 1992)
20. Kay 9 - Crazy Bad Bwoy Remix (Section 5 1993)
21. N.R.G. - Feel The Fury, Piano Mix (Chill Records 1993)
22. Acen - Window in the Sky, Monolythikmaniak Mix (Production House 1993)


Mixed by Aaron Shinn during January, 2009
Cover artwork, '12 Dalston Lane, Hackney E8' by Sorter, 1992
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sorter/sets/166307/

Tape 7 Endless Rush

A cruise through some tunes that are shaking my ass right now. New UK Garage, UK Funky and some other mutant club music styles.

Mixed 28 Oct 2022

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Playlist
1. Cocktail Party Effect - Racka
2. Frankel & Harper - Sessil
3. Smokin’ Beats - Dreams feat. Lyn Eden (Bleu Clair Extended Remix)
4. Deft - Skin
5. Fixate - Gristle
6. Tuff Culture - P olarity
7. J.D. Reid - First Time Around the World (Naira Marley, Dennis Ferrer, Dj Gregory, Marlon D)
8. K-Lone - Deluxe
9. Y U QT - Like Dat ft. Logan
10. El-B - Southbank Slide
11. Salute - Feel the Same
12. Farr - Bassline Interferometry
13. Dismantle - Hammer Time
14. Salute - Sternhimmel
15. Kobe JT, GHSTLY XXVII - Doing it Major
16. Two Shell - Dust
17. Murder He Wrote - Operate
18. Frankel & Harper - Return
19. Murder He Wrote - Told You So
20. Cameo Blush - Red Tarn (B2)
21. Effie, Foor, Soulecta - 3 Words (Soulecta Remix)
22. DJ POLO - Baixinho VIP
23. Gemi - Right Here
24. Ric Wilson - Blah Blah Blahs
25. Al Wootton - Lerzin

Come Again Mix

totally "dancemania-in-space" – Jasen Loveland

Produced by Aaron Ocean
Mastered by Dietrich Schoenemann
XL shout out to Jasen Loveland and Israel Vines for the support
©2016 Aaron Ocean


Dominos

Ripped from cassette, here's a single-sided mixtape I recorded when I was 16, living in Columbus, Ohio and obsessed with UK Hardcore / early Jungle in November 1994.

Back then I went by DJ Andromeda, when I was playing parties around the midwest. To my ears today, this sounds pretty good for someone who had just gotten a drivers license a month earlier.

Apologies for the occasional cutouts on the left channel. I had a sticky crossfader in my mixer at the time that never quite worked perfectly.

If you have track ID requests, leave them in the comments and I'll see what I can do. Yes, I still have all these tracks on vinyl.

Dj Andromeda November 1994 mixtape

For quite some time, people have hit me up to say "hey can you send me that Basic Channel mix?"

Recorded in 1999 when I was 20, this mix is all tracks from Maurizio's M Series, Burial Mix, and a few tracks on Chain Reaction. I was just really learning about this sound which remains massively influential almost 20 years later. Super deep outer space easy listening.

Note: Yes I know there are technically no Basic Channel records on this mix.

Futra 1 Year Anniversary Set

Mixed live for a crew of a dozen people on a Zoom hangout with zero fucks given. Enjoy! Comment if you want a track ID. xoxo

quaranstream dance party mix - 20 march 2020

Mixed in 2013. Spooky darkside jungle vibes. All vinyl from 1993-1996.

Tracklist:
1. Low Key Movements - Ear Drums - Reinforced 1994
2. Dj Buz - Slave Special - No U-Turn 1994
3. Garbage - Milk (VIP Rufige Trash Your Shit) - Mushroom 1996
4. Ed Rush - Bludclot Artattack - No U-Turn 1993
5. Steve C and Monita - Full Cry - Skeleton Recordings 1994
6. Q Bass feat Skeng G - Gun Connection M-Beat Remix - Suburban Bass 1993
7. The Two G’s - Energy - Reinforced 1995
8. The Ganja Kru - Mash Up Da Place Origin Unknown Mix - Ganja Records 1994
9. Splash - Babylon - Dee Jay 1995
10. Higher Sense - Listen Up - Liftin’ Spirit 1994
11. The Interrogator - Fire Play - Liftin’ Spirit 1994
12. G Force & Seiji - 3rd Rail - Reinforced 1996
13. Danny Breaks - Step Off Splash Remix - Droppin’ Science 1996
14. DJ Nut Nut - Ghetto Thang (The Dream Dub) - Rough Tone Recordings 1994
15. Steve C and Monita - Razor’s Edge - Skeleton Recordings 1994
16. Procedure 769 - Lethal Dosage - Reinforced 1996
17. Mirage - Feel My Dreams - Odysee Records 1995
18. Innervisions - In The Shadow - Reinforced 1996

Fear Of Jungle

Aaron Omar Shinn. DJ. Designer. Tea weirdo. Midwest transplant. Homies: Fear of Music. ele_mental. Kimochi Sound. Bunker NY. NWB. GHT. Acid Camp. Black Lodge.

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