@howlingmad123: Appreciate that mate, cheers :)

Love this track, first heard this one one of your old skool mixes back in 2000.

Dude, awesome! Love the old school feel of your mix, takes me back man. Great job!

Massive man, this takes me back!  Ah, thems were the days,

Collusion Records, owned by Swan-E and Ellis D* came to the vinyl market in 1994 along with a whole host of other popular labels. Although mainly supported on the DJ circuit by the labels owners the venture didn’t seem to take off quite as well as other labels providing similar output and stayed very much a borderline affair. Its most popular releases in terms of DJ support must have been ‘Yeah Come On’ by Realtime and ‘Lessons’ by Swan-E & Undercut. 

The production used a staple format of hip hop samples, jungle breaks and a slab of Amen chops – it worked quite well in places, the clever sampling in Desert Storm is a personal favourite of mine. In terms of label progression, Collusion Records demonstrates a clear time line in its releases. If you were to play each one in order you can see where the changes in production techniques pop up. Sadly I don’t own 01 – 05, something I should really pick up on Discogs.

Swan-E produced a DJ mix for Dream Magazine (a similar production to Eternity) in 1997 which featured a few tunes from Collusion Records. ‘The Alarm’ was the sign off track and always had me wondering at the time why I had never heard this on any other DJs sets during the year. It was a similar story for most of these tunes featured in my mix, most were good if not great tunes but didn’t seem to pick up the support from the headline DJs. 

Both Swan-E and Ellis D were resident DJs to a certain degree at United Dance, held at Stevenage Arts & Leisure center back in the mid to late 90’s – if you were a keen supporter of the label then this is where you would hear any forthcoming releases. 

The last big push for Collusion Records was in 1999 when a 4 piece vinyl album hit record shops. A mixture of late 90’s jump up infused with tech-step beats bundled with a bit of early liquid is possibly a creative description of the album! Radio Warz featuring MC Fearless was the standout track, the rest are a bit of a mixed bag.

The final 12” from the label was released in 2001 by Parallel Mind, since then I have no idea what became of Collusion Records. 

Another great contribution to the jungle and drum & bass scene which, at the time, maybe went slightly unnoticed.

This mix was produced using only the original vinyl pressing, a pair of Technics and a DJM700 (just in case people wonder where the effects came from).

*source - Rolldabeats

Track list

1.	Ellis D – My Style – Collusion Records
2.	Swan-E & Undercut – Picture Me Rollin’ - Collusion Records
3.	Swan-E – Smooth Groove - Collusion Records
4.	Swan-E & Undercut – Funkdafied - Collusion Records
5.	L.B.C – Bounce - Collusion Records
6.	Realtime – Yeah Come On - Collusion Records
7.	Swan-E & Undercut – The Alarm - Collusion Records
8.	Realtime – Sounds So Good - Collusion Records
9.	Distinction – Check It Out - Collusion Records
10.	Realtime – Good News - Collusion Records
11.	The Racketeers – 10-16 - Collusion Records
12.	Swan-E & Undercut – In Ya Hood - Collusion Records
13.	Swan-E – Da Bomb - Collusion Records
14.	Realtime – Desert Storm - Collusion Records
15.	Swan-E – Let It Roll - Collusion Records
16.	Swan-E & Undercut Feat. MC Fearless – Radio Warz - Collusion Records
17.	Swan-E – Let It Roll - Collusion Records
18.	Swan-E – Time - Collusion Records
19.	Swan-E & Undercut – Lessons - Collusion Records

DJ Jamie - All Collusion Records

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