I haven't Heard this banger in 30 years. Was stompin to it then & we're stompin now

Live recording of @tim-reaper and @dwarde's massive b2b set at Parameter 2024 in San Francisco on May 11th.

"Mayhem", "Insanity", "Madness" - a few words we heard used to describe the loft when Tim and Dwarde put on an absolute clinic for 90 straight minutes. Tune after tune of pure, heavy jungle perfection.

Mastered by @mark-pistel

Tim Reaper b2b Dwarde at Parameter 2024, San Francisco

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SLOW860 is the latest chapter in Charlie Fieber, aka Fracture’s, celebration of pirate radio culture, merging it with his Chopped & Screwed-inspired Slow Astro world. This third "Slow" adventure pushes the concept further, adding another album to his critically acclaimed 0860 project. The result is a 60-minute, unbroken collage of 14 new compositions and 6 'slow ambient' 0860 remixes, interwoven with pirate radio skits and fuzz. Drawing inspiration from The KLF’s Chill Out and his teenage experiences falling asleep to stations like Kool FM and Weekend Rush, familiar elements from Fracture’s work emerge, yet remain hauntingly just out of reach as he deconstructs and extends 0860.

Available on limited cassette tape, individual tracks and streaming platforms here: sq.lnk.to/SLOW860DDM

Staying true to pirate radio culture, the deluxe package comes in 'The First Aid Kit'—a term used by stations to describe listeners' stash boxes for enhancing the listening experience. The kit includes 0860 Astrophonica-branded rolling papers, stickers, and three cassette albums: SLOW860, the original 0860 Mixtape, and an exclusive cassette-only bonus, Ambient Signal Test—a 90-minute album of degraded Jungle breakdowns, originally broadcast to test the signal from the accompanying pop-up station, 0860.fm.

01 - London Tonight
02 - 0860 (slow ambient mix)
03 - Get Next To Your Radio
04 - First Aid Kit (slow ambient mix)
05 - Return To Regular Programmes
06 - Kinda Late For A Sunday Night (slow ambient mix)
07 - From Redsands to Nightingale
08 - Keep The Calls coming
09 - Keep The Calls coming reprise
10 - Buzzing Crew (slow ambient mix)
11 - Telepathy (slow ambient mix)
12 - Cat And Mouse
13 - Back on the Other Side
14 - Booyaka Style (slow ambient mix)
15 - Artificial Stimulants
16 - Jungle Magic
17 - Camden Palace
18 - Jungle Magic reprise
19 - Ulimtate Hardcore
20 - Sounds of the Jungle
21 - Same Time Next Week

SLOW860

SLOW860 Mixtape

Top mix of intelligent drum and bass from DJ Demo more known for his happy hardcore releases. The inlay has a tracklisting completely different to the actual tracks featured which is a bit strange.

Tracklisting

Side A

Wax Doctor - Kid Capprice
Studio Pressure - Fusion
LTJ Bukem - Rainfall
Sounds Of Life - Release The Bells (Wax Doctor Remix)
Studio Pressure - Touching Down.....Planet Photek
LTJ Bukem - Horizon

Side B

LTJ Bukem - Horizon
Jack Ruby - Ophelia
Digital - Touch Me (95 Agony Mix)
DJ Crystl - Let It Roll (Remix)
Studio Pressure - The Water Margin
Aquarius - Dolphin Tune
DJ Die & Roni Size - 11.55 (Roll Out Mix)
Northern Connexion - For Fabio

DJ Demo - 'Junglist Volume 3' Massive Toonz Studio Mix - 1995 - Side A

"Some of my favourite tracks from the mostly 94-95 era. Lots of bass, loads of Dillinja, many female vocal samples" - Chinese Daughter 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/dj-persuasion/episodes/dj-persuasion-8th-may-2025

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Label co-owner Moakz returns to Codename: RCRDS with Lunatic Age EP, featuring a select of uniquely styled dancefloor bangers which have been featuring heavily in his sets over the past few months, complemented by three storming remixes from some of the most talented artists currently at work in the scene.

The EP opens with the prophetic title track ‘Lunatic Age’, a hybrid of atmospheric synths, electrostep and jungle with a warning message which feels unnervingly prescient in light of current world events. ‘A Dark Future’ flips 4x4 beats into a deep atmospheric direction as its vocals muse on the dystopian influences of the roots of jungle and techno, before Mineral contributes his stunningly brutal rework of the same track, flipping intelligently between introspective moments and tearout drops.

The 2nd half of the release brings the well titled ‘Calm Before The Storm’, with hypnotic synth lines and rolling drums building things towards a crescendo before the track locks firmly into the groove with a rumbling bass that continually pushes things forward. Code Of Silence provides his signature tearing amen drum work to his rework of ‘Lunatic Age’, bringing the hardcore elements to the fore and adding an extra vocal for good measure. Last up is man of the moment Neekeetone’s vibrant remix of ‘Back To The Earth’, where warped basses and trademark precision break choppage escalate the original to fresh new heights.

Links:
https://codenamercrds.bandcamp.com/album/lunatic-age-ep
https://cygnusmusic.link/mjyp9po

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Moakz - Lunatic Age (Code Of Silence Remix)

I started this mix series a number of years ago, but then moved abroad and was unable to continue. During that time I started the Basic Rhythm project as a means of more explicitly exploring my own musical background in pirate radio and in the process re-contextualizing and updating it. Having since moved back to London I decided to relaunch the series, this time using the Basic Rhythm alias as it felt more apt to tie it to this project. Fact Mag were hosting the series for a brief time, but I decided I would prefer to do it on my own and have total control over the artwork and presentation. Each mix will naturally be entirely subjective, consisting of what I was playing and listening to at the time, as well as the big tunes on radio and in the raves.

The series starts at my early days of buying records at Music Power in Ilford, Total Music in Bethnal Green, Boogie Times in Romford, and even the odd trip to Paul for Music in Whitechapel; listening to Pulse FM, Unity 88.4, Weekend Rush and of course Kool FM; going raving at Telepathy, One Nation, Slammin’ Vinyl, Stratford Rex, Bagley's, The End and so on; playing on my first pirate station, eventually ending up on the infamous Rude FM. It kicks off in 1990, moving through early House and Techno, Hardcore, Jungle and eventually Drum & Bass.

The name is taken from a series of 12″s on 3rd Party Records, and feels suited to the mixes as not only did most of us start mixing in our bedrooms back then, but that is also where a lot of us made the music.

Shout out to Barry’s Da Mix, Vonnett, Leon, James, Pick N' Mix, Jamie K, MR2, Fugee and all the Rude FM Kru, Leon at Music House, Loxy, Jim Kutta, Mike and everyone at Planet Mu, Mickey Pearce, Lamont, Parris, Mick Harris, all the silent listeners and all the bedroom ravers. A special thank you to William Kingett / Worried Works for the artwork.

Basic Rhythm - Straight from the Bedroom 91 - 93

San Francisco event series, founded 2014

10/03 - 10/05: Weekender with Endzeit at TBA, Bay Area

11/21: Exit Records 20 Year / Timedance 10 Year

12/12: ???

Tim Reaper b2b Dwarde at Parameter 2024, San Francisco

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