Final mix of the year is my take on the mighty Jungle Massive 4: Jungle Versus The Hardsteppers, the last instalment of the legendary series from Labello Blanco/PWL International ... big ups to scene legend Jimmy Low (aka Macka Brown/MC Kann) and the artical OJ himself, Pete Waterman...

Four years ago I did my own festive mix of Jungle Massive Volume 2 (https://on.soundcloud.com/kadto). Just four days after that I had the files set up to have a crack at Volume 4, but it's taken all this time to get my shit together sufficiently to tackle the 32 tracks on offer. I've had the official Gachet & Micky Finn mixtapes up for a while, so why bother? Well - for one, the mixes themselves aren't without their flaws ... but beyond that, I wanted to mash all the tunes up together in a continuous mix, rather than observing the original hardstep/jungle split. I'm not sure it ever made sense to me really - I guess you can retrospectively substitute 'drum & bass' for 'hardstep' in the sense that there's more ragga/soundclash flavour in the junglist half, but nowadays this is splitting hairs. It's a jungle compilation pure and simple, and easily one of the best going. 

Man, there's some brilliant tunes on it. Plenty of specials: 'Slow Down', 'Back To My Roots', '9mm' and 'Theme From Daddy Armshouse' stand out, all absolutely wicked and genuinely exclusive to the LP. (It just occurred to me that - unless you know otherwise - Nookie's effort is the earliest example of swingbeat/clownstep, a slice of pure class built around the b-line from Aaron Neville's 'Hercules'). Add to that a shit-ton of excellent VIPs including the superb Sky (DJ Kane VIP) from Just Jungle, Monk's Nu Jack City, Marv Cain's Gunman, Aphrodite's Bomber and MTS's Baad Boy Sound. Beyond that, the 'regular' tunes in there hold several of my all-time faves among their number - Steppaz Anthem! Vintage Wash! Roll On, Crisis, Legalise, The Dreamer ...and then Final Chapta and Babylon Trace Part 2... Labello weren't messing around, this is a filler-free zone. The selection also forced me into doing the Arsonist/Fire mash-up I've been daydreaming about for years, keep an ear out for that one :)  

Enough chat, enjoy your Xmases and I'll catch you in the new year <3

DJ Nut Nut - Back To My Roots (Exclusive Dubplate Special)
Koda - Crisis
Majistrate - Big Tings
Just Jungle - Sky (VIP Exclusive)
Prizna feat. The Demolition Man - Fire (Urban Shakedown Mix)
Urban Shakedown feat. DBO General - Arsonist (VIP Mix)
Archie - Dance Hall Massive (Exclusive VIP Mix)
Smokey Joe feat. Jackal Ranx - 4 Meg (VIP Special)
Andy C - Roll On
DJ Trace - Final Chapta (Rollers Mix)
DJ Monk - Nu Jack City (KLP VIP Mix)
DJ Ash & DJ Vern - Squeeze
NCA Experience - The Rhythm (Smokey Joe Remix)
Blak Panta - Do What U Want (Undercover Agent VIP Special)
Rude Bwoy Monty - Steppaz Anthem
Distortion - Go On Bad
B.U.G. K.A.N.N. - 9mm (VIP Special)
Bagga Worries & Jooxie Nice - Legalise (Remarc VIP Mix)
MTS - Baad Boy Sound (Exclusive Juice VIP Mix)
Splash - Babylon (DJ Trace Remix Part 2)
Rude & Deadly - Mash Them Down (Smokey Joe Jungle Massive lV Special)
DJ Monk & GM - Cool Runnings (Dubplate Special)
Aphrodite - Bomber (VIP Hardsteppers Special)
Marvellous Cain - Gunman (IQ VIP Special)
88.3 feat. Lisa May - Wishing On A Star (Urban Shakedown VIP Special)
Kid Jay - Soundbwoy (VIP Special)
Aladdin 3 - Mashed (VIP Exclusive)
Dr. S. Gachet & Audio Maze - The Dreamer
Kaos Theory - Vintage Wash
City Connection - Losing My Mind (Lovers VIP Mix)
Macka Brown feat. Robbie Craig - Slow Down (VIP Exclusive)
Nookie - Theme From Daddy Armshouse (Jungle Massive lV Drum & Bass Special)

https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/selectabwoys-jungle

Selectabwoy: Jungle Massive 4

Selectabwoy's Jungle Massive 4 Mix

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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. 
Use the playlist shortcuts (top of spotlight) to find your way around. 

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