Collecting a number of different mixes I recorded during 2020, covering drum n bass, dubstep, reggae, funk, and soul. All original vinyl as always.

2020 mixes

MixApes #3 originally dropped on New Year's Day 2021 - everyone still stuck in lockdown-not-lockdown, and drawing on some Afrobeat flavoured funk sides to try to see things through.

MixApes #3

MixApes #3 - RJC2

Amazingly it's been 8 years since vol 4! Since then not only have I filled in a few more gaps in my Dillinja collection, a bunch of his golden unreleased tracks from the 90s have since been released on Deep Jungle, Dom & Roland Productions and V Recordings.

So it felt like the right time for another installment - the longest yet at 2 hours (there was a lot to cram in!).

The sheer volume of work he put out in the 90s is staggering - there's still a few records I'm yet to collect and I've been at it for years. And imagine you're that good that your unreleased stuff from the 25 years ago still sounds as good, if not better than anything produced today? Legend.

Tracklist:
01. Capone - Black Wax EP A1 - Target
02. Digitech - Imperial Stix EP A2 - Cybotron
03. Underworld - Love Can't Turn Around	- Target
04. Dillinja - Majestic B Line EP B2 - Deadly Vinyl
05. Dillinja - Calculus Beats - Deadly Vinyl
06. Suburban Knights - As It Grooves - Intelligent Music Co.
07. Dillinja - Breathe - Deep Jungle
08. Dillinja - Moods - Logic Productions
09. Dillinja - Deep - Deep Jungle
10. Dillinja - Warrior - Logic Productions
11. Dillinja - You - Dom & Roland Productions
12. Dillinja - Selassie Sound - V Recordings
13. Dillinja - Soverign Melody VIP - Deep Jungle
14. Dillinja - Another Dimension - Deep Jungle
15. Dillinja - Luscious Nights - Deep Jungle
16. Capone - Soldier - Hardleaders
17. The Specialist - Drop It On The One - Dread
18. Capone - Guess Who - Hardleaders
19. Dillinja - End Of Line - Dom & Roland Productions
20. Everything But The Girl – Before Today (Dillinja Remix) - Virgin
21. Dillinja - Acid Roller - Dom & Roland Productions
22. Dillinja - King Of The Beats - Dom & Roland Productions
23. Dillinja - The Final Piece - Chronic
24. Amon Tobin - Like Regular Chickens (Dillinja Mix) - Ninja Tune
25. Capone - Alaska - Hardleaders
26. Dillinja - Soul Control - V Recordings
27. Dillinja - Thugs - Test Recordings
28. Dillinja - Test Time - Test Blue
29. Cyba Space - Search For Me (Dillinja Mix) - Cyba
30. Dillinja - Fluid - Test 
31. Lemon D - Two Techniques (Dillinja Remix) - R&S
32. Trinity - Rage - Chronic
33. Dillinja - I Wanna Know - Valve
34. J Majik - Love Is Not A Game (Dillinja Remix) - Infrared
35. Trinity - Picture On The Wall - V Recordings
36. Capone - Jah - Chronic

All Dillinja Mix Part V

Law - All Dillinja Mix Part V

From 1994-1997 Fabio hosted a seminal radio show on Kiss FM. He would alternate each show with Grooverider and it was the first time jungle was played on legal radio. It was essential listening for music that wouldn't normally get played out, or even heard again! These shows were a window into another world and fresh 90-minute TDKs on hot standby was standard procedure. 

For the second hour of the show, Fabio would announce "The Jazzstep coming up next...", and after a few months it became "The Legendary Jazzstep..." - this was big!

The music was jazz-influenced and driven by funk breaks, which tended to be quite loose with the patterns. It was a golden era before things got stripped back to more surgical timings seen with liquid, it also made the sound feel more organic and musical.

This mix attempts to recreate the feeling of these shows with dreamy sax, epic keyboard solos, cool double bass and the funkiest of breakbeat grooves. Featuring music from Carlito, Subject 13, Hidden Agenda, Primary Motive and early Creative Source - some of the finest drum and bass ever made.

It was recorded from a mixture of both vinyl and digital, and it wouldn't be right for the Jazzstep show if there wasn't a couple of dubplates in there as well: a very jazzy something forthcoming on Make or Break from Deeptropix, and an unreleased collab track from Sekl @sekldnb and Rough Territory @Rough-Territory

Even during the peak era of the jungle, this music was considered quite a niche sound, but Fabio was a pioneer with a true passion and love for the music. Big respects to Fabio for doing his own thing and giving the music a platform for all to appreciate.

Visualiser on MOB YouTube Channel 📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBakm7J-gJI

A special mention to Deep Inside The Oldskool @ethereal94 for hosting archives of these Kiss FM shows in a playlist which should be given world heritage status. Check it out here: https://soundcloud.com/ethereal94/sets/radio-1-fm-kiss-100-fm

There is also a very good blog with a cache of Fabio Kiss FM tapes and some information and background about the scene at the time. http://mikusmusik.blogspot.com/2015/02/fabio-on-kiss-100-tape-cache.html

For the remaster of Vindication and more great music check out @NosHiddenAgenda Patreon https://www.patreon.com/NosHiddenAgenda

The Legendary Jazzstep Mix - An Ode to Fabio Kiss FM Show Mixed by Sekl

Tracklist
Carlito - Fall Down
G Force & Seiji	- Sex in Space (Remix)
New Jazz Hustlers - Bombay
The Architex - Escape
Tekniq - Razzmatazz
Hidden Agenda - Vindicator (2020 Remaster)
Primary Motive - S
Deeptropix - Dervish Funk
Source Direct - Bliss
Accelio	- Sanctuary
Rough Territory & Sekl - Funk Liberator
DJ Pulse and The Jazz Cartel - Destiny (Flytronix Remix)
The Quartet - Nevada
Lemon D - Submorphic
The Architex - Altitude
Subject 13 - Can U Feel The Vibez
Matrix - Slow Drift 
DJ Pulse and The Jazz Cartel - Street Player
EZ Rollers - Retro
Hidden Agenda - The Sun

Support Make or Break

The Legendary Jazzstep Mix - An Ode To Fabio Kiss FM Show Mixed by Sekl

The Origins of Techstep 

Techstep developed from jungle music and hardstep around 1995. The name of the genre was coined by Ed Rush and Trace

https://rinse.fm/episodes/trace-17-10-2023-2300/

#techstep #dnb

Trace: The Origins of Techstep pt.1 - Kool FM (17.10.23)

The Origins of Techstep Part 2 

Techstep developed from jungle music and hardstep around 1995. The name of the genre was coined by Ed Rush and Trace.

https://rinse.fm/episodes/trace-21-11-2023-2300/

[00] Twisted Anger - Damager [Penny Black]
[07] Fierce & Nico - Input [Nu Black]
[10] T.Power - The Mutant - Rollers Instinct (DJ Trace Remix) [Emotif]
[12] Dillinja - Deadly Deep Subs Remix [Razors Edge]
[15] Technical Itch - Capture [Moving Shadow]
[20] Blame - Planet Neptune [Moving Shadow]
[24] Future Forces Inc. - Point Of Origin [Renegade Hardware]
[29] Dom & Matrix - The Vandal [Moving Shadow]
[33] Decoder - Sectioned [Hard Leaders]
[38] Dom & Roland - Dynamics [Moving Shadow]
[42] Concept 2 - Lucid Dreams [Liftin Spirit]
[46] Lemon D - 12.01 [Valve]
[52] BT - Flaming June (Lemon D Remix) [Perfecto]
[58] Ed Rush - Whats up [No U-Turn]
[63] Technical Itch - Hidden Sound [Moving Shadow]
[68] Rollers Instinct - Haze [Emotif]
[72] Ed Rush & Nico - Sector 3 [No U-Turn]
[76] Twisted Anger - Acoustic Cage [Dread]
[81] Alpha Omega - Klash [Trouble On Vinyl]
[85] Twisted Anger - Dread Come 2 Conquer [Dread]
[90] Hologroove - In The Fog [DSCI4]
[93] Ryme Tyme - Payback Part II [DSCI4]
[98] Future Forces Inc. - The Killer [Renegade Hardware]
[102] NeoTech - Valves [Moving Shadow]
[106] Perfect Combination - Remember (Technical Itch Mix) [Partisan]
[110] Makai - Omen (Direct Mix) [Nu Black]
[115] Technical Itch - The Dreamer (Future Forces Remix) [Moving Shadow]
[117] Dj Trace - Caves [No U-Turn]

#techstep #dnb

Trace: The Origins of Techstep pt.2 - Kool FM (21.11.23)

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Tech Steppin into 2024 with a fresh selection of underground beats.

https://rinse.fm/episodes/trace-16-01-2024-2300/

Trace: The Future Sound of Techstep - Kool FM (16.01.24)

The wonderful Mantra dropped a banging set on New Years Year! So many tunes :) Hosted and toasted by Major Ranks , Double O and Blackeye Mc

Mantra - WCHC NYE

EQ50 crew takeover the airwaveslive from RINSE HQ for a day of chats and mixes

EQ50 x Kool FM - Charla Green

EQ50 x Kool FM - Flight B2B Mantra B2B Sweetpea w/ Chickaboo

An all Moving Shadow selection, one of the finest labels to ever do it.

DJ Pulse & Alex Reece - Kudos
Blame & Justice - Nocturnal
Deep Blue - Thursday
Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (Foul Play VIP)
Deep Blue & Blame - Re-Transitions
Renegade - Terrorist (Grooverider remix)
Essence Of Aura - So This Is Love ’96
PFM - Cruising Detroit
JMJ & Richie - Free La Funk
Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune 
Blame - Planet Neptune
Dom & Optical - Concrete Shoes
Technical Itch - Watch Out
Dom & Rob - Distorted Dreams (Desired State remix) 
Flytronix - NRG & Consciousness 
Natural Mystic - Tension (Spirit remix)
Tango - Fever
Neotech - Valves
Dead Calm - Identity (Dom & Roland remix)

The Coming Storm: A Moving Shadow Mix

A takeover session of reggae soul covers for the Good Rooting Reggae Show. The show went out thru Mixlr every Sunday during last year's UK lockdown.

The Good Rooting Reggae Show is archived at https://hearthis.at/peaceful-progress/ check the showreel for all the shows from 2020.

A Good Rooting

A Good Rooting Reggae Show - RJC2 Takeover Mix

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Back II Life (FSO's Sunday Service Remake)

First mix in a series for the Cardiff-based MixApes crew (myself, Rich Roast and Alex Kidd, with an extended family of guest DJs) - funk, soul, hip hop and boogie underpin MixApes night, but anything goes by the end of a night! Obviously nothing happened during 2020 thanks to the plague, so instead we're posting mixes to https://www.mixcloud.com/mixapes/ until all this is over. Mix 1 comes from RJC2, sounds for late nights or lazy days

Soluzion - Nyoka
Third Point - Majestic Soul
Magnificent Tape Band - Golden Shades
Badbadnotgood - Hedron
Rachel Modest - I Try
Ernie Hawks - Journey To The Bottom
Khruangbin - Rules (Scientist dub)
Segun Bucknor - Smoke
Lee Dodu & Polyversal Souls - Sahara Akwantuo
Polyrhythmics - Moon Cabbage
Karime Kendra - 90% Of Me Is You
Shaolin Afronauts - Rise With The Blind
Ocote Soul Sounds - Divinorum
Ikebe Shakedown - Dram
Improject - Ground Coffee
Cold Diamond & Mink - Queen Of Soul
In Motion Collective - Jesse’s Jing
Bixiga 70 - 7 Pancadas

MixApes #1

MixApes #1 - RJC2

Second mix for the MixApes crew (myself, Rich Roast and Alex Kidd, with an extended family of guest DJs) - funk, soul, hip hop and boogie underpin MixApes night, but anything goes by the end of a night! Obviously nothing happened during 2020 thanks to the plague, so instead we're posting mixes to https://www.mixcloud.com/mixapes/ until all this is over.

A journey thru sampleland with RJC2, some classics that have been sampled over the years by the likes of Portishead, People Under The Stairs, DJ Shadow, Massive Attack, EPMD, Main Source, and many more

MixApes #2

MixApes #2 - RJC2

Two turntables and a mixer, always vinyl.

MixApes #1 - RJC2

_RJC2

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