Not many two hour mixes that you want to play again straight after the first listen.. Big salute on this one Selectabwoy

Honestly mate just found you over the last week or so, huge thank you brother for all the bits you've uploaded, very much appreciated brother

Hey, your intros are really interesting and cool, I really like them... I think not many people expect a life lesson when they turn on one of your playlists... You should combine them into one mix interspersed with your heavier beats. It would be much more interesting and easier to digest than listening to a boring lecture or podcast... At least for me...sending positive vibes

Been idly planning this one for a while. All credit to Greg @kolanut for the inspiration - after listening to his excellent space/illness themed mixes a while ago, I knew I was going to have to do an aquatic concept mix at some point. 

Why water? Like many other Pisceans, I don’t buy into the astrology bullshit whatsoever. However, there's something special about the overlap between music and water in nature that I love in both a literal sense - tracks that feature the sound of raindrops, waves crashing etc. - and as an abstract. Evidently I’m not the only one - the ‘floaty’ aesthetic of some of the more ambient side of D&B lends itself nicely to an aquatic theme. Granted, I’ve no idea whether tracks titled ‘River Of Dreams’ or ‘Mysteries Of The Deep’ would conjure up the same vibe under a different name, but it really doesn’t matter. Most of these tunes I’ve known for a long, long time – for me the titles are inextricably linked to the music and so form part of the narrative here.

Thinking about it, I’m not even sure why it took so long to get around to this mix, as planning and executing it was possibly more enjoyable than any other I’ve done. Working with a specific theme provides a nice excuse to bring together styles and producers that on the face of it might not seem an obvious match, the main task being to figure out some kind of continuity. It was also a great opportunity to trawl the internet for watery track titles and discover a handful of hitherto unknown pearls. Rest assured I’ve got plenty more set aside :) 

Enough words, dive in!

Jack Ruby - Ocean Dreams [Knowledge 1994]
Plasmic Life - Water Baby [Brain 1994]
LTJ Bukem - Rainfall [Good Looking 1995]
Sounds Of Life - Currents (S.O.L. Remix) [Certificate 18 1995]
Ganja Kru - Mash Up Da Place [Ganja 1994]
New Jack Pimps - Water Jelly (Amen Lick) [Steppa'z 1994]
Wishdokta - River Of Dreams [2001 1994]
Boymerang - The River (VIP) [Regal 1997]
Matrix - Slow Drift [New Identity 1996]
Intense - Streams of Thought [Creative Source 1995]
Digital - Niagra [Metalheadz 1996]
DJ Die - Hydroponics [Full Cycle 1995]
Studio Pressure - The Water Margin [Photek 1995]
Natural Mystic - Slow Waves [Moving Shadow 1996]
Sounds Of Life - Intellect [Certificate 18 1994]
Aquarius - Dolphin Tune [Good Looking 1994]
Pure Science - Drifting [Strictly Jungle 1994]
St. Etienne - The Sea (PFM Remix) [Heavenly 1996]
Aquarius - Wave Forms [Looking Good 1995]
Jack Ruby - Global Torrents [Knowledge 1995]
Unit 1 - Atlantic Drama [Creative Wax 1994]
PFM & Tayla - Submarine Tune [Okbron 2020]
Dom & Roland - Hydrolicks [Moving Shadow 1997]
Dillinja - Deadly Deep Subs (Remix) [Razors Edge 1996]
DJ Solo feat. J.T. - Pressure (Peshay Remix) [Mo Wax Excursions 1996]
Capone - Mysteries Of The Deep [Hardleaders 1996]
Shogun - Nautilus (Mouly & Lucida Remix) [Renegade 1996]
Blame - Neptune [Moving Shadow 1996]

Part Two here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/aquatic-jungle-part-two
Part Three here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/aquatic-jungle-part-three
Part Four here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/aquatic-jungle-part-four?in=selectabwoy/sets/djay-mixes-jungle-d-b

Lots more mixes here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/djay-mixes-jungle-d-b

Aquatic Jungle (Part One)

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Home of my own mixes - predominantly jungle/hardcore with the odd bit of D&B, plus eclectic sample-digging, breaks and hip-hop, techno & electronica. 

Pre-2001, all mixes vinyl; Post-2016, all mixes digital (DJay 2); Post-2018, Ableton Live. Why? Why not?
I've got an old skool DJ's mentality, early influences ranging from Sublove, Ratty, Randall & Hype to Coldcut, DJ Juice, MK & Primo.  In the early 00s I turned my back on D&B, retired my turntables in favour of family/work commitments, and got into funk, soul, reggae and so on... a lot of this driven by curiosity around the sample roots of hardcore and jungle.  Forward another decade and an early mid-life crisis saw me messing around with virtual decks on my phone, and later acquiring a vinyl ripper, with one vision in mind: making mixes.
Although I'm partial to the odd DJay or vinyl mix when I get the chance, the progression into Ableton Live was a simple means to an end.  My ideas stretch further than the limitations of my physical collection and real-time mixing, and by sequencing I can pick, choose, chip away and structure mixes at my leisure. Which I do... a lot :)

Wait, there's more ... an absolute stack of classic golden era/old skool hip-hop/turntablism, jungle and d&b, hardcore, techno and house mixes retrieved from my dusty tape & CD archives.  This includes (by my reckoning) the most exhaustive collections of classic Full Cycle and Sublove Galaxy Radio shows, live Ruffneck Ting jungle tapes, loads of studio & compilation mixes, all manner of rave tapes, and so on. 
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