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The Eclectic Mix Series: Sampling History of Hardcore, Jungle and D&B

First upload of 2024 and I'm back on the eclectic samples tip.  Damn, it's been a while… over three years since the reggae special.  I solemnly promised to never inflict this misery on myself again; but in truth, the break must have done me good - it's been thoroughly enjoyable. 

This one came about after a sustained period of listening to mid-90s jump up jungle (just for a change eh) and thinking how nice it would be to do a straight boom-bap mix with a few of the tunes sampled in them. I have an enduring love of hip hop - primarily the early 90s golden age through to the later Rawkus-era stuff, and a fair bit either side.  Back in the day we were as equally obsessed with it as we were jungle/DnB, and it got way more serious when I discovered DMC videos and the Fat Beats import mixtapes down at Purple Penguin, leading me in turn to discover the unparalleled joys of hip hop mixing, buying and stickering up countless double copies.  Therein lay a big issue for me when considering this mix: a straight hip-hop set should be done on the 1s and 2s, as god (or Primo, for fellow atheists) intended. Certainly not with ableton…  

Forced to come up with something more elaborate, and with an extensive, colour-coded spreadsheet completed, I duly threw a couple of hundred classic cuts, acapellas, instrumentals and a bunch of tangential samples in the blender - and here we are.  It's all hip hop this time - no more breakbeat/jungle reconstructions, I'm long done with that.  Above all else this is a tribute to the classic 4-track mixtapes I grew up with, but with enough sly references to jungle/D&B wedged in to keep the sample nerds happy.  Featured artists include KRS-One, Brandy, Mary J Blige, Wu-Tang, Def Squad, Mobb Deep, Biggie, DJ Quik, Ice Cube, Tribe, Digable Planets, Gang Starr, TLC, Big L, Kool G Rap and many more, plus a couple of eclectic interludes and the obligatory overblown intro.  99% of this sampled on numerous releases from the likes of No U-Turn, Emotif, Metalheadz, V/Philly Blunt/Chronic, Full Cycle/Dope Dragon, Frontline, Intalektive, Formation, Joker, Dread, yadda yadda.  

Please enjoy... downloads will be enabled soonish, reposts and comments much appreciated, as always.  

Special shouts to my fellow beat-lovers Olly, Ell & Ciaran, Caroline a.k.a. Mrs Selectabwoy, and all the sample spotters out there: the whosampled & FB jungle beardstroke crews, and a special mention for the newly-resurrected Rolldabeats forum. These mixes just wouldn't be the same without you guys. Big up!

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Eclectic Samples Mix (Hip Hop Edition)

Eclectic Samples Mix (Hip Hop Edition) - 10/01/2024

Hey, been quiet for a while. You know how it goes, life gets in the way, more time spent listening than mixing... no bad thing. Rest assured I've always got a couple of mixes in the stash for special occasions. Here are a couple of shorter forays back into eclectic territory, mainly focusing on samples of the Headz/Blue Note/Techstep era (my soundtrack for the last couple of months). Two different themes, here's the first, second mix goes up on Friday. Kindly support *please and thankyou* 
 
Massive shout to you all, enjoy :)

Alan Hawkshaw - Countdown 
> Apollo 440 - Lolita 
Techno Animal - The Mighty Atom Smasher
> 'Ghost In The Shell' - The Major Merges With The Puppet Master 
Techno Animal - Catatonia
Techno Animal - Flight Of The Hermaphrodite
Biosphere - Baby Interphase
Ken Ishii - Moved By Air
Autechre - C/Pach
Basic Channel - Radiance III
Roswell - One Nation
Dan Curtin - Spliffed
> Golden Palominos - No Skin
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Icon (Montage Mix) 
Atypic - Otaku
Egotrip - Dreamworld (World Of Dreams Mix)
> Seeborn & Puma - They Call Me Puma (Instrumental)
Reese - Just Want Another Chance (David Morales Mix)
Reese - Just Want Another Chance
> Solo - Rainbow
Maarten Van Der Vleuten - Duketown/Duketech
> C'est Ca - Use That Thing (Acapella)
X-Press 2 - Rock 2 House (Plastikman's Acid House Remix)
Hercules - 7 Ways (Vocal Mix)
> Pete Challis & Phil Diplock - My Way
Leo Anibaldi - Untitled 2 (Muta)
> Charles Halt, Monroe Nevilles, Bruce Englund & Bob Ball - The Halt Tape
The Future Sound Of London - Cascade Pt. 5
Jean-Michel Jarre - Magnetic Fields 3
> Jolly Roger - Music Is The Weapon Of The Future (Dub)

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Eclectic Samples: Blue Note Techno

Eclectic Samples: Blue Note Techno [8K Followers Special 1/2]

Part two of the 8K followers celebrations: a bunch more samples from the, well, Headz era... pretty much anything and everything that didn't fit the first one; truly eclectic, this one is. Samples used by Dillinja and Lemon D, Adam F, Renegade Hardware, Goldie, Photek, Full Cycle Crew, Wax Doctor, Boymerang... Hidden Agenda fans in particular are gonna looove it. TIA for any comments/likes/reposts and all other forms of impromptu promotion on your social media channel of choice. 
Big love <3

Bernard Herrmann - Eye Of The Beholder Suite
> Excerpt from 'The Twilight Zone' - 'Eye Of The Beholder'
Bob James - Valley Of The Shadows
> Grandmaster Flash - The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel
Lalo Schifrin - Scorpio's View
Maze - Twilight
Raymond Castoldi - The Deep And Slow
Donald Byrd - Perpetual Love
Global Communication - Funk In The Fridge
Nuyorican Soul - Nautilus (Mawtilus)
> Street Smartz feat. OC & Pharoahe Monch - Metal Thangz (Acapella)
> Roberta Flack - This Time I'll Be Sweeter
Slip Capone & C.P.O. - The Eulogy
> Profile Records - Love Is/Love Is (Chorus) (Acapella)
Sade - Jezebel 
> Jah Shaka - Verse 1
Sade - Mr. Wrong
> Plez - Can't Stop ((Acid) Rain Forest Mix)
Nancy Wilson - Sunshine
Grover Washington Jr. - A Secret Place
Bernard Purdie - Bernard's Back Beat
> Roy Ayers - I Still Love You
> Guru – Loungin’
> Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Jet Plane
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Feel Like Makin' Love
> Delegation - Oh Honey
Frank Strazzeri - Cloudburst
> George Crater - The Jazz Night Club Scene
Pharaoh Sanders - Astral Traveling
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Meditations
Jimmy Smith - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Babe
Roy Ayers - We Live In Brooklyn, Baby
> Special Ed - Neva Go Back (Acapella)
Chick Corea & Gary Burton - Crystal Silence
> Sangoma - Siya Dengelela Kgonyama (Roni Size Remix)
> Excerpt from ‘Round Midnight’
Azymuth - Morning
Commodores - Saturday Night
Mahavishnu Orchestra & John McLaughlin - Dawn
Hilton Felton - Be Bop Boogie
Donny Hathaway & Quincy Jones - Vegetable Wagon
The Real Thing - Won't You Step Into My World
> Louchie Lou & Michie One - Rich Girl
Jimmy Helms - Putting It Down (To The Way I Feel)
> Diana Ross & The Supremes - I'm Still Waiting
Commodores - Say Yeah
Eric Dolphy - Jim Crow
> D-Train - Keep On
Tony! Toni! Toné! - It Never Rains (In Southern California) (Brighton Daze Mix)
Mother Earth - The Life Eternity 
Tony! Toni! Toné! - It Never Rains (In Southern California) (The Daze Remix)
> Mattie May Thomas - Workhouse Blues
Claude Debussy - Syrinx

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Eclectic Samples: One For The Headz

Eclectic Samples: One For The Headz [8K Followers Special 2/2]

First of the eclectic hardcore/jungle sample-spotter mix series.
It's a selection spanning multiple genres from the 60's to the 90's, the common thread being - as ever - that each track was sampled by the hardcore/rave/jungle/DnB scenes - some have just one signature sample, others have been rinsed. Some of these records are incredibly obscure, dug up with help from the RolldaBeats and WhoSampled camps - others are long-standing personal favourites of mine.
This time I've included a few cheeky set-pieces based around reconstructions of hardcore/jungle tracks, or at least paying tribute to them, so keep an eye out for D'Cruze's Bass Go Boom, 4 Hero's darkside classics Journey From The Light and The Element; a trio of Foul Play samples, a cut-up reconstruction of Leviticus' The Burial, a 115bpm tribute to DJ Hype's Tiger Style, and plenty more besides. I can assure you that no jungle records were harmed in the making of this mix, original sources only. And they are so good. As ever - hope you enjoy.

All sample mixes here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/mixes-for-the-sample-spotters

Tracklist:
Idris Muhammad - Piece Of Mind [Kudu]
> MC Lyte - Paper Thin [First Priority/Atlantic]
Marc Moulin - Tohubohu Part I [CBS]
Mary J Blige – Be With You [MCA]
G. Simone feat. KRS-One – Music Of The 90s (Kid Capri Remix) [Front Page]
Ramp – Daylight [Alpha Omega]
Ohio Players – The Funky Worm [Westbound]
Scarface – G’s [Rap-A-Lot]
Benny Golson - I’m Always Dancing To The Music [Columbia]
Cutty Ranks – The Stopper (Main Attraction Remix) [Profile]
Rahiem – Does Your Man Know About Me? [Soul/MCA]
Capleton – Dem No Like Me [Roof International]
Three Times Dope – Mr. Sandman (Extended Club Mix) [City Beat]
Supreme DJ NYborn – Versatility [Payroll]
Supreme DJ NYborn – Versatility (Instrumental) [Payroll]
Wu-Tang Clan – Can It All Be So Simple [Loud]
Kid n’ Play – Do This My Way [Cooltempo]
> Wu-Tang Clan – Bring Da Ruckus [Loud]
> Wu-Tang Clan – Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthin’ Ta Fuck Wit [Loud]
> Wu-Tang Clan – Clan In Front [Loud]
Sinnamon – Need You Now [Jive]
Kleeer – Open Your Mind [Atlantic]
Sahara – Love So Fine [Elite]
The SOS Band – The Finest [Tabu]
Mantronix – King Of The Beats [Simply Vinyl]
Regina Belle – Good Lovin’ [CBS]
Brian Eno – Inland Sea [Editions EG]
David Sylvian – Brilliant Trees [Virgin]
Brian Eno – Sparrowfall (iii) [Editions EG]
Jill Francis – Make Love To Me [MJR]
Tony Curtis & Jigsy King – My Sound A Murder [Stone Love]
Foxy – Madamoiselle [T.K.]
> Lyn Collins – Think (About It) [Mojo]
> Car Wash OST - Richard Pryor Dialogue [MCA]
Lyn Collins – Think (About It) [Mojo] (loop x2)
Genobia Jeter – All Of My Love [RCA]
Blowfly – Sesame Street [Weird World] (loop)
Eek-A-Mouse – Peeni Walli [Gorgon]
Demon Boyz – Dett [Tribal Bass]
Billy Clark & Lucille Brown – Both Eyes Open [Dynamo]
Plez – Can’t Stop ((Acid) Rainforest Mix) [Plezure]
LFO – Love Is The Message [Warp]
Fatback Band – Put Your Love (In My Tender Care) [Polydor] (loop)
Egotrip – Dreamworld [Outer Limits]
Reese – Just Want Another Chance [KMS]
LFO – Track 4 [Warp]
Atypic – Otaku [Rising High]
Balil – 3/4 Heart [Warp]
Roger S presents Nu-Solution feat. Tonya Wynne – I Need You [One]
> De La Soul – Plug Tunin’ [Tommy Boy]
River Ocean – Love & Happiness (Yemaya Y Ochún) (12" Club Mix) [Strictly Rhythm]
Logic - The Warning (Inner Mix) [Strictly Rhythm]
Cuba Gooding – Happiness Is Just Around The Bend [London]
NWA – Express Yourself [Ruthless]
Brian Eno – Final Sunset [Editions EG]
Brainstorm – Journey To The Light [Tabu]
Ike Turner – Funky Mule [DJM] (loop)
Earth Wind & Fire – Daydreamin’ [Columbia]
First Choice – Love & Happiness [Bell]
Loleatta Holloway – Love Sensation [Gold Mind]
First Choice – Let No Man Put Asunder (Frankie Knuckles 12” Mix) [Defected]
First Choice – Let No Man Put Asunder [Salsoul]
Bob James – Nautilus [CTI]

Selectabwoy: Eclectic Mix

Eclectic Samples Mix Part I - 25/11/2016

A second journey into the more esoteric sample roots of breakbeat culture. Like the first mix it's an anything-goes, multi-genre mash-up with reconstructions, set-pieces and references to numerous hardcore, jungle and DnB tunes from back in the day. Had loads of fun sourcing the tracks and piecing them together; once again I've pushed the boundary of my own sanity during the construction, but hopefully it was worth it.

Massive shouts again to the RolldaBeats forummers, WhoSampled and Discogs contributors for making this kind of thing possible, you guys are the best...

All sample mixes here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/mixes-for-the-sample-spotters

Hope you enjoy - much love 

Tracklist:

Joanna Gardner – Pick Up The Pieces
>>> Saxon vs Addies Soundclash clips, Bermuda 1994 (courtesy of soundtape.com)
Starvue - Body Fusion
George Benson – Breezin’
>>> Top Cat – Request the Style (Project One Remix)
Mary J Blige – Sweet Thing
LL Cool J - I Shot Ya
NWA - Dopeman
Ice Cube - You Know How We Do It
3rd Bass - No Master Plan, No Master Race 
Bobby Hutcherson - Ummh
Roy Ayers - The Third Eye
EPMD - Gold Digger
>>> Plez - I Can't Stop ((Acid) Rainforest Mix)
Grover Washington Jr - A Secret Place
Jimmy Castor Bunch - Troglodyte (Caveman) (intro)
All The People - Cramp Your Style
Boogie Down Productions - Still #1
Eric B & Rakim - Microphone Fiend
Schoolly D - P.S.K. What Does It Mean?
Saxon Sound System Soundclash clips, Leeds 1985 (courtesy of soundtape.com)
Buju Banton – Good Body 
Snoop Doggy Dogg – For All My N*ggas & Bitches
Dr. Alimantado – Gimmie Mi Gun (youtube rip)
Yellowman – Duppy Or Gunman
Kool & The Gang – N.T. (loop)
>>> Kool & The Gang – Give It Up (loop)
Uptown – Dope On Plastic
Cutty Ranks – Limb By Limb
Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Darkest Light 
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggy Dogg World (intro)
Three Times Dope – Once More You Hear The Dope Stuff
James Brown – Give It Up Or Turn It Loose (Live 1969 Version)
Caveman – Back To Cause Mayhem
Frank De Wulf – Magic Orchestra
>>> Organised Konfusion – Fudge Pudge (loop)
Joey Beltram – Energy Flash
>>> East Side Beat – Divin’ In The Beat (acapella)
'Marked For Death' (Steven Seagal, 1992) - various samples
Second Phase - Mentasm
Channel X - A Million Colours
Johnny Pate - You're Starting a Little Too Fast (loop)
>>> Starpoint - I Want You, You Want Me (Def House Mix) 
Human Resource - Dominator 
Landlord - I Like It (Blow Out Dub) 
Catch 22 - Boogie Down 
Sweet Exorcist - Clonk's Coming
Urban Soul - Always (FX Mix)
Mimmo Mix feat. Valerie Etienne - All Your Love (Pianopella)
>>> Ten City - Devotion (Voice Of Paradise Mix) (loop)
>>> The Commodores - Assembly Line (loop)
>>> The Winstons - Amen, Brother (loop)
Morenas - Hazme Sonar (Dream Version)
>>> De La Soul - Skit 2
>>> Lightnin' Rod - Sport (loop)
Simone - My Family Depends On Me
Kym Mazelle - Useless (Moody Mix)
>>> Simone - My Family Depends On Me (acapella)
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
>>> Earth Wind & Fire - Africano (loop)
Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm
RPM – Food Of My De-Rhythm (intro)
Lonnie Liston Smith – Shadows
Future Sound Of London – Little Brother
'Nostradamus, The Man Who Saw The Future' (Orson Welles, 1981) - various samples
Future Sound Of London – Elaborate Burn
Aphex Twin – Hankie
>>> Lucille Brown & Billy Clark – Both Eyes Open (loop)
>>> James Brown – Tighten Up (loop)
Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man

Selectabwoy: Eclectic Mix II

Eclectic Samples Mix Part II - 09/01/2017

You know the deal. Hardcore/jungle classics rebuilt from original breaks and samples, and plenty of other good shiznit. Pulled out all the stops on this one, set aside 84 minutes of your life and dive in :)

Just enough space left over from the t/l to big up Olly G (@wiseguisedjs) and Ciaran (@rough-culture), Law (@drumtrip) for the original sample-digging inspiration, Mikhail Khaliulin (@mikhail-khaliulin) for the acapellas, and the highly knowledgeable folks at Rolldabeats, WhoSampled and Discogs. Cheers.

All sample mixes here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/mixes-for-the-sample-spotters

Tracklist:
Selectabwoy - Intro
KRS One – Mad Crew
Lonnie Liston Smith – Island In the Sun
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Bathtub (Intro)
Eddie Bo – Lover And A Friend
> Mad Cobra – Bad Boy (Merciless)
Ini Kamoze – World A Music
The Winstons – Amen, Brother (loop)
Eddie Bo – Lover And A Friend (loop)
> Barrington Levy & Beenie Man – Two Sounds
Singing Sweet – When I See You Smile
Lonnie Liston Smith – Between Here And There
Lonnie Liston Smith – Space Lady
The Meters – Here Comes The Meter Man
Roxanne Shanté/Biz Markie – The Def Fresh Crew
Lyn Collins – Think (About It) (retriggered loop)
> Rochelle Fleming – Love Itch (Acapella)
> The Winstons – Amen, Brother (loop)
Boogie Down Productions – Remix For P Is Still Free
Eighties Ladies – Turned On To You
Cutty Ranks – The Stopper (Main Attraction Remix)
EPMD – Scratch Bring It Back (Parts 1 & 2)
> Big Daddy Kane – Set It Off (Instrumental) (loop)
> Big Daddy Kane – Set It Off 
Ice Cube – Horny L’il Devil
Equitek – Stylus Flight
Dave Clarke – Red 2 (Wisdom To The Wise) 
> De La Soul – Plug Tunin’
Aphex Twin – Come On You Slags! 
Subliminal Aurra – Ease The Pressure (Ambient Mix)
> NWA – Straight Outta Compton (loop)
Rupie Edwards – Ire Feelings
John Holt – Ali Baba
> James Brown - Soul Pride (loop)
> Big Daddy Kane – Raw (loop)
Winston Scotland – Buttercup
Daxid Axelrod – A Divine Image
> Dialogue from ‘Rockers’ (1978)
> Dialogue from ‘All Junglists - A London Someting Dis’ (1994)
Jeff Lorber – Think Back and Remember
> Blowfly - Sesame Street (loop)
> Skeleton Crew – Luv Ta Luv Ya (various loops)
The Escofferys – Look Who’s Loving Me
General Pecos – Body Work Shop
Skeleton Crew – Luv Ta Luv Ya
Queen – The Ring (Flash Gordon OST 1981)
> Sinnamon – Need You Now (Acapella)
Coldcut feat. Lisa Stansfield – People Hold On
Black Riot – A Day In The Life
> Coldcut feat. Lisa Stansfield – People Hold On (Acapella)
Modular Expansion – Cubes
> Jamaica Girls – On The Move (Acapella)
Golden Girls – Kinetic
Kariya – Let Me Love You For Tonight
The Outlander – Vamp
> Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau (Part 2) (loop)
The Black Dog – Virtual
Lemon Sol – Sunflash
> Maya Angelou – Clips from 1993 Clinton Inauguration Speech
> Kurtis Blow - Do The Do (loop)
Rhythmatic – Frequency (loop)
> History feat. Q-Tee – Afrika
> The Winstons – Amen, Brother (loop)
> Isaac Hayes – Breakthrough (loop)
> Reel By Reel – Surkit (loop)
> Zhana – Sanctuary of Love (acapella)
Spiritual Combat - Rat-Trap
Triston Palmer – Joker Smoker
> Degrees Of Motion – Do You Want it Right Now (acapella)
Conquering Lion – Yabby You
Barrington Levy – Rock And Come In
History feat. Q-Tee – Afrika
Roy Ayers – The River Niger
Latee – This Cut’s Got Flavour
Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond
> Mary J Blige – Be Happy (Acapella)
> Lyn Collins – Think (About It) (retriggered loop)
> Rotary Connection - Life Could (loop)
> The Winstons – Amen, Brother (retriggered loop)
> The Vibrettes – Humpty Dump (loop)
> Paris - Make Way For A Panther (loop)
Japan – Ghosts
> Samples from ‘Apocalypse Now’ (1979)
The Future Sound Of London – Vit
Amorphous Androgynous – Liquid Insects
The Future Sound Of London – Cascade (LP mix)
> Grace Jones – Operattack
> RPM – Food Of My De-Rhythm
> The Future Sound Of London – Cascade (Part 1)
Leslie Carlton – I Will Return

Selectabwoy: Eclectic Mix Part III

Eclectic Samples Mix Part III - 31/03/2017

Last of the Eclectic Mix series, so I've gone all-out. A statement of my love for hardcore, jungle and D&B: 140+ sample sources, cut up and rebuilt just for you.
Huge shout to everyone providing suggestions, moral guidance and encouraging these hugely stressful yet rewarding endeavours, including Olly and Ciaran, Paul, Mikhail, Josh, Law, Keith, Phil & Tim, but most of all my wife and kids for putting up with this shit :)
Settle back and enjoy. 

All sample mixes here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/mixes-for-the-sample-spotters

Selectabwoy - Intro
Idris Muhammad - Piece Of Mind 
MC GQ Soundbite
> MC Lyte - Paper Thin
Open Field Attack/Versatility
Willie Pass The Water
Bill Withers - Hello Like Before 
> Action
Grover Washington – The Sea Lion
Geoff Love – The Executioner
> ‘Carlito’s Way’ (1993)
Tricky – Abbaon Fat Tracks
> ATCQ - Sucka N*gga
William Bell – I Forgot To Be Your Lover
> Luiz Arruda Paez - Upa, Neguinho
Brand New Heavies – Brother, Sister
Both Eyes Open
> Isaac Hayes – Ike’s Rap IV
> Versatility
Edna Wright – Oops Here I Go Again
> Josten's Military Publications - Sounds of Basic Training
Home T, Cocoa Tea & Cutty Ranks - Going Is Rough
Sweet Tee - On The Smooth Tip
> Ill Al Skratch - Brooklyn Uptown Connection
WC & The Madd Circle - West Up
Gwen Guthrie – Peanut Butter
Candi Staton – I Know
Kool Chip & Chuck Chillout – Rhythm Is The Master
Beat Club – Security
Success n’ Effect – Roll It Up
De-Lite – Wild Times (Mayday Mix)
101 – Rock To The Beat
> MC Merlin Freestyle
Terra Incognita - Violence
> Hot Pants
Jessie Deep - Planet Mystery
Frequency - Kiss The Sky
> Make Way For a Panther
Frequency - 45 Beat
Eccentric - It's Brutal
> Soul Drums
> Funky Buttercup
Digital Orgasm - Moog Eruption
> The Almighty RSO - He's Gonna Catch It
Wayne Smith – Under Mi Sleng Teng
> Chocolate Buttermilk
Tic Tac Toe – Ephemerol
Junior Tucker – Don’t Touch My Baby
> Cold Sweat/Soul Pride
> Hot Pants (phased)
> Mariah Carey - Hero
Shabba Ranks – Respect
Shabba Ranks, Cocoa Tea, Mikey Bennett – Pirates Anthem
Gwen Guthrie – Sweet Bitter Love
Buju Banton – Move You Body
> Hot Pants/Sweet Pea
> QBert – DJay 2 Scratch Tools
Shabba Ranks – Peanie Peanie
I-Level – In The Sand
Saxon vs Addies, Bermuda (1994)
Capleton - Bumbo Red
David Grant - Life
Kentrus - It A Fi Bun
Eddie Kendricks - Intimate Friends
> Sesame Street/Cold Sweat
Maxi Anderson - Lover To Lover
Bjork - Violently Happy (Basso Hitto Dubbo)
> Sesame Street (reversed)
> Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation (acapella)
Clifford Coulter - Love's Too Hot To Hide
Inner Life - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 
Beastie Boys - The New Style
SOS Band - Borrowed Love
Stephanie Mills - (You're Putting a) Rush On Me
Lord Finesse – Return Of The Funky Man
Main Source – Fakin’ The Funk
Gang Starr feat. Nice ‘n Smooth – Dwyck
> ‘South Central’ (1992)
> ‘Menace II Society’ (1993)
Put Your Love (In My Tender Care)
MC Lyte – I Go On
> Hurt U So/Sesame Street
> The Worm
> ‘Carlito’s Way’ (1993)
‘Evil Dead II’ (1987)
Bango - Mystical Adventures
Electrotete - Shark
> 'QED - Glimpses Of Death' (1988)
Carlton - Do You Dream
Sterling Void & Paris Brightledge - It's Alright/(acapella)
CLS - Can You Feel It (In House Dub)
Mr Fingers - Can U Feel It
> BDP - Necessary
Sueno Latino - Luxuria
808 State - Pacific State
> Ragga Twins - Mixed Truth
Kenny Knots - Watch How The People Dancing
> Dr. Alimantado - Mama Dub
Barrington Levy - Look Youthman
Martin Campbell - Who Can We Run To?
Saxon vs Addies, Bermuda (1994)
> Soul Pride
‘The Harder They Come’ (1972)
Eek-A-Mouse – Wa-Do-Dem
‘The Six Million Dollar Man’ (1973)
Let A Woman Be A Woman, Let A Man be A Man
T99 – Anasthasia
The Flow
‘Predator 2’ (1990)
> Sweet Pea/Amen
Vangelis – Blade Runner Blues
> Wicked Beat
‘Blade Runner’ (1982)
Saxon vs Addies, Bermuda (1994)
The Jammers - What Have You Got To Lose
> Sweet Mercy feat. Rowetta - Reach Out
> Amen
Dog Star Man - The Essence
Daydreamer - Happy Dreams

Selectabwoy: Eclectic Mix Part IV

Eclectic Samples Mix Part IV - 07/05/2017

This mix is essentially Techno for the Junglist Sample-Spotters, but also a vague history of techno – from Kraftwerk, through Detroit and Acid house, into Sheffield Bleep and Euro Techno of the early 90s (the era I grew up with), with bits of ambient, house, rave and hardcore thrown in. Interspersed with plenty of random tracks, break loops and samples to enrich the experience, and loads of reconstructions and references to classic hardcore and jungle (SL2, The Untouchables, Nebula 2, DJ Mayhem, Peshay, Intense, D.O.P.E. and Nasty Habits among others). 
Massive shout to Paul from Distant Worlds (@distantworldtransmissions) for the original idea, creative input and sourcing many of the tracks… this one’s for you mate :)
Enjoy it folks!

All sample mixes here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/mixes-for-the-sample-spotters

(Selectabwoy intro)
Sweet Exorcist - Testone
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Game
Reese – Just Want Another Chance (loop)
> The Jimmy Castor Bunch – Troglodyte (Caveman)
> Prince – Let’s Go Crazy
> DJ Shadow mix excerpt
> Demon Boyz – Dett
> Unique 3 – The Theme
> Roni Size & Krust – Selektor Bwoy (Roni’s Mix)
> Hijack – The Badman Is Robbin’
> Rebel MC – Comin’ On Strong
> Bomb The Bass – Megablast (Rap version)
> De La Soul – Jenifa
> KRS One – Mad Crew
> Kings Of The Jungle – Jungle Theme
(Main mix)
Reese – Just Want Another Chance
> Voices In The Dark - Keep Warm
Lyn Collins – Think (About It) (loop)
> Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Kraftwerk - Electric Cafe (loop)
> Dracula - The Myth, The Legend
> Jungle Brothers – I’ll House You
Steve Poindexter - Computer Madness
Tangerine Dream - Dream Is Always The Same
> NWA - Straight Outta Compton (loop)
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Drama
Psyche - Elements
> Run DMC - Run's House (loop)
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Kaos
> De La Soul - Plug Tunin'
> Roger S presents Nu-Solution feat. Tonya Wynne - I Need You
> Jeff Wayne - Dead London (War Of The Worlds)
Model 500 - The Passage
Rhythim Is Rhythim – Strings Of Life
Derrick May soundbites ('Pump Up the Volume' Documentary)
Rhythim Is Rhythim – Strings Of Life ('Unreleased' version)
Orbital – Chime
> Grooverider soundbite ('Talking Headz' Documentary)
Ecstasy Club - Jesus Loves The Acid
> Kraze - The Party
> 3rd Bass - Soul In The Hole (loop)
> Bomb The Bass – Megablast
Windows - Sil (Detroit Mix)
The R - Big Dipper
> Think - Once You Understand
The Black Dog - Techno Playtime
Sweet Exorcist - Testone
A Homeboy A Hippie & A Funky Dread - Total Confusion
LFO - LFO
> The House Crew – All We Wanna Do (Is Dance)
Addis Posse - Let The Warriors Dance (Warrior Workout Mix) (loop)
Black Riot - A Day In the Life
LFO - Mentok 1
> 3rd Bass - Triple Stage Darkness
Ismistik - Flow Charts
Biosphere - 3rd Planet
> Sean Autechre soundbite (Modulations Interview Clip)
The Orb - Majestic
Meat Beat Manifesto - Radio Babylon
Spectrum - Brazil
Frankie O Generator - Dance To The Rhythm
Techno Grooves Mach 4 - Techno Slam
Landlord - I Like It (Blow Out Dub)
> Alex Banks soundbite (Hyper-on Experience/E-Z Rollers) (Tim Cant Interview)
> Bar-Kays - I Can't Turn You Loose (Wattstax Live 1972)
Nightwriters - Let The Music Use You
Uptown - Dope On Plastic (loop)
Project One - Smokin' Chalice
N-Joi - Anthem
Transformer 2 - Pacific Symphony
Frequency - Kiss The Sky (Remix)
Lazer Worshippers - Lazer Worshippers Theme
Frequency - Slam To The Funk
Jessie Deep! - S.H.U.M.
> Public Enemy - Can't Truss It
> 2 Kilos ? - Drum Heads In The Sun
> Latee - This Cut's Got Flavor (loop)
> Samples from 'Millenium' (1989)
> The Winstons – Amen, Brother (loop)
> Isaac Hayes – Breakthrough (loop)
Limelight - Aquamentus (Frater - Remix)
The Orb - U.F.Orb (Bandulu Remix)
Jessie Deep! - Moonday
> Sub System - J'ai Peur (2001 Mix)
> Supertramp - The Logical Song
> Eric B & Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (loop)
Sequential - The Prophet
Jam & Spoon - Stella
Carl Craig - At Les
> Sadé - Never As Good As The First Time

Selectabwoy: Eclectic Mix (Techno Edition)

Eclectic Samples Mix (Techno Edition) - 30/05/2017

Following my increasingly ludicrous claim that Eclectic Mix 4 would be the final of the series, I have to admit sample-digging is way too addictive to put down. 
Having sparked my nostalgia for the real deal old-skool hardcore during the techno sample-spotters mix, this rapidly snowballed into almost four months of painstaking, mind-fucking graft, culminating in Eclectic Mix 5… hardcore special, 1991-1993. Reconstructions, VIPs, sample mash-ups, a truckload of breaks, chipmunk vocals … all that good shit. 

This time it’s over 300 original samples chopped up, pitched up, juxtaposed, generally fucked about with and repurposed into an extended tribute to the soundtrack of my yout’. Ahhhh… back to the days of watching Moby on TOTP (or was it Dance Energy? Big up Normski)… buying up XL and Rising High 12”s without hesitation from Our Price….  first hearing Acen’s ‘Close Your Eyes’ and SUAD’s ‘Green Man’ on Warehouse Raves 6 on a mate’s walkman at school and knowing things would never be the same again… religiously taping the Sublove shows…. desperately waiting for 4 Hero’s Journey From The Light to hit the shelves… all defining moments that stick in my mind. 
I concede then that this is a very personal mix, and could never be an exhaustive representation of artists from the era (which would be frankly impossible due to constraints of time, sanity and the fact that certain legendary labels - Basement spring to mind - didn’t use that many samples), nevertheless if you like your old skool you’ll probably like this mix. That said, If you make it to the end in one sitting I’ll be well impressed. Only for the headstrong.

Enough chat. The tracklist exceeds the Soundcloud word limit by a factor of three, so if you want it you can either (a) download - it's embedded in mp3 lyrics tab, (b) PM me or (c) leave a comment for specific IDs. For now you can have a cryptic table of contents:

Selectabwoy Intro
Shut Up And Dance/Rum & Black/Ragga Twins
The Prodigy
Interlude: Re/Baptised By Dub
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
Interlude: Hello Darkness
Close Your Eyes
Suburban Base
Interlude: F*cking Hardcore
Reinforced (plus Terminator bonus)
Interlude: Crazy Bad Bwoy
Formation/Moving Shadow
Someday Music Takes You
NRG/Liquid Crystal
Trip To The Moon

Massive shout once again to Olly, Ciaran, Paul, Josh, Jakes, Keith, JJ, PhilExtreme, Law, Ornette & all the RDB folks, Mikhail and all the WhoSampled contributors, Discogs trainspotters, anyone I forgot and everyone who loves this music. Until the next time :)

All sample mixes here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/mixes-for-the-sample-spotters

Selectabwoy: Eclectic Mix Part V

Eclectic Samples Mix Part V - 22/09/2017

UPDATE: Downloads enabled :)
Final Eclectic Mix 7 now up https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/eclectic-mix-part-vii-24062018

Back to the jungle… 

-	A salute to the pioneers of hardcore/jungle (’93-’95 golden era this time)
-	180 original samples and breaks hunted down, chopped up and rebuilt
-	Multi-genre, multi-tempo trip for the sample geeks
-	Also intended to be fun to listen to in its own right

I’ve been working on this 3 months straight, walking the line between euphoria and OCD-fuelled madness. Like, the dub section coming together was a real high point, but I’m fairly sure part of my soul died forever around version 16 of the intro. So you can hopefully appreciate that I want the damned thing to be heard! If you enjoy this mix, keep showing the love… leave a comment, give a like and a repost, tweet, whatever… Go go go! :D

This time there’s an accompanying bonus mix (/alternate tracklist) of the corresponding hardcore/jungle tunes in roughly the same order https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/eclectic-samples-mix-part-vi-jungle-edition

Sending this out once again to all the sample-diggers with far more patience and determination than me - Rolldabeats forum, WhoSampled, FB Jungle sample beardstrokers, Discogs community – huge respect. 
Special thanks to the experts who've provided me with invaluable consultation services - Jason Cz, Two Hungry Ghosts, Marc Mac, Ian S and Ornette. Big up Ricky Drumtrip Law and Dan X-Nation Vye for the original idea. Extra-special shouts to the ever-patient Mrs. Selectabwoy and the kids, Olly, Ciaran, Paul, Mihail P, Jermaine, Josh Roadblock, JJ & DJextreme.

Table of contents:

Intro: Back To The Jungle
Start The Revival
DJ Crystl/Inta-Warriors 
The Joker's Breaking Up
Scottie's Theme
Dextrous Mashup 1
Sunshine Style  
Twisted Shuffle 
LTJ Bookworm
Tango Dedication: Solutions/Rub-a-Dub Style
Dextrous Mashup 2
Bludclart Jungle Techno
Sweet Vibrations
Roll The Bad Boy Beats
R.I.P. (Meat Beat Halfstep Remix)
The Crash/Dub Plate Style bonus samples
Somewhere Deep In The Jungle...
The Beginning
Divine Inspiration
Digable Gangster
Champion Moves
Dubwise Finale

Hope you enjoy :D

All sample mixes here, as if you didn't know
soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/mixes-for-the-sample-spotters

Selectabwoy: Eclectic Mix Part VI

Eclectic Samples Mix Part VI - 08/04/2018

The final mix of samples used in jungle/D&B, 1994-1996, or thereabouts.

Over 200 tracks from a smorgasbord of eclectic sources including soul, funk/breaks, new romantic, electro, cheesy 80s pop acapellas, a hint of ragga, Chinese ambient classical folk, film samples, new age weirdness and, oh my, a veritable fuckload of hip-hop. Most of this flipped and reconfigured into an extended sample trip scattered with VIP reinterpretations of your favourite jungle hits :D

With hardcore and early jungle covered in mixes 5 & 6, this is a fitting way to end the series. 
It’s a really special era to me, the best of times. Back in 1995 we were hitting the dancefloors hard; Ruffneck Ting mixtapes and the Full Cycle radio shows were fuelling our vinyl addiction, and the variety of fresh music out there was incredible. A whole spectrum of breakbeat music from ragga and rare groove-infused jungle to atmospheric DnB, the Reinforced/Metalheadz sound and early techstep through to hip-hop flavoured jump-up and the 'pure rollers' era… and if you ask me, it never sounded better than when all mixed up together. My most cherished sets to this day are those Randall ones (who else?) where you’d hear a Photek dub in the mix with the latest Formation smasher - contrasting, complementary styles. I’ve tried to keep this diversity in mind here, albeit with the music retold in the form of samples and with the tempos running all over the place, but hopefully it still comes across. It fucking well better had cos I’ve easily spent a couple of hundred hours on this bad boy :0

Big shout to everyone that's hooked me up me with ideas, sample/break IDs and hard-to-find mp3s, and for being nice and accommodating my increasingly obsessive tendencies. Special shouts to Olly WiseGuise, Ciaran, Paul, Mihail P, Jason Cz, Josh Roadblock, Dave Sector, Dom Stanton, Mikhail, Russell Kent, Jakes, JJ, DJextreme, Ian Saunders, Ornette & the RDB crew, Marc Mac, Stretch & Decoy, Ricky Law, Daniel Vye, the FB Jungle Beardstrokers, Jungle List crew, LLBCJ, Rollin’ and the DOA forummers. All you soundcloud users messaging, leaving comments and spreading these mixes around - cheers, it’s always appreciated.

Biggest shout once again to my missus & boys X

Table of contents below will give you an idea of what's featured. Exhaustive tracklist available via message request, it's also embedded in the mp3, and yeah, downloads are enabled :)  

That’s it, we’re done here. Enjoy!

Selectabwoy / Will

Intro
Junglist
Funkula
Pulp Fiction
Karl
Rude Boy
Some Terrorist I Feel
Interlude (Music Was The Magic)
EZ Rollin’
Interlude (Dead Ambient Dred)
New Blood
Interlude (Studio One)
Rupert
How High Battle Routine
I Wanna Be Down At Riker's Island
The Lighter
Interlude (Nothin' Can Save Ya)
Roll Dat Shit, Tarzan
Interlude (Summer Ambience)
Flatliner
K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
A Slice Of Foul Play
Super Sharp Shooter
Cops Bear Witness
Pranksters Play The Game
Outro

Selectabwoy: Eclectic Mix Part VII

Eclectic Samples Mix Part VII - 24/06/2018

'Sup. I've emerged from retirement for a detailed exploration of reggae samples in jungle/D&B :)

A bit like the hip-hop & ‘give me a break’ samples mixes, this one's a laidback affair without any breakbeat/reconstruction stuff, but it covers the gamut of dub, reggae, roots & ragga (with some easter eggs chucked in), so I figured it can be part of the eclectic series. Note that I've taken pains here not to duplicate anything from the previous mixes, so if you get to the end and think (for example) 'where the fuck was Chase The Devil?', hopefully you'll trawl back through the playlist to find it.

In all honesty it was great fun to pull together, and I owe thanks to Matt (aka Rollin) over at Dogs on Acid for planting the idea. To divert briefly, this rekindling of my love for reggae came directly off the back of a mix I recently did for the Dubs On Acid Collective, an amazing charity project with some seriously talented guys. More news on that soon. I'm really chuffed to have been involved and strongly recommend checking out Volume One for a taste of what's to come: https://keepingtrack.bandcamp.com/album/dubs-on-acid

Back to the mix, and time to big up the Rolldabeats sample hunters once again as I shamelessly raided 90% of the tracklist from their forum - Phokus, Haste, DJ Dara, Ornette, The Manipulator, Mikeeee, JJ, Ian S, Dee Jay Budd, Dan Vye, Droid, Logic, Force Is Electric, JVXP, Serum, Mr Sensi, Blah, Caedo261 and probably a bunch of others I’ve forgotten (sorry), plus Jason 0=0 and the jungle beardstrokers over on FB.

Hope you enjoy the mix, there’s 80-odd tunes and I can't be bothered with a tracklist so just whack it on innit - if you want an ID just shout. As ever, comments and reposts are much appreciated, spread the love, cheers <3 

Previous sample mixes here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/mixes-for-the-sample-spotters

Eclectic Samples Mix (Reggae Edition)

Eclectic Samples Mix (Reggae Edition) - 21/01/2021

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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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