Ruffneck Ting Mixes (1994-1996)

This is a collection of records sampled or covered by Massive Attack from their first three LPs and the singles of that time.

Tracklist is over here: http://toiletries.wordpress.com/

The Music of Massive Attack (1988 - 98)

Penultimate upload of the year (maybe). Doesn't seem hugely appropriate to post this on such a freezing bastard of a day, but it's next in the queue. I've had an enforced hiatus from mixing of late, for which I can only blame my employers, but hopefully this will make up for it. 

So then. 21 golden era jungle bangers to get things warming: all of them gems, no need to highlight anything, apart from Selassie Sound on its second Summer of '95 outing (the rules don't apply to that one) and that different mix of Living For The Night, does anyone know where it came from? Apart from iTunes/Spotify it doesn't seem to exist, not heard it on any mixes from back in the day. Weird.

Runninz Kru - High Chapparal [Runninz]
DJ Dextrous - Wanted Dead Or Alive [Subversive]
DJ Hype feat. Ganja Max & MC Fats - Rinse Out [Ganja]
Dillinja - Humanity [Deep Jungle]
Andy C - Roll On [Ram]
DJ Krust - Poison [V Recordings]
Benny Blanco - Remember Me? (From The Bronx) [Back 2 Basics]
Danny Styles - Life Is A Roll (Mix 1) [Lucky Spin]
Marvellous Cain - Creep [Suburban Base]
Funky Element - Classical Style [Dollar]
Bad Influence feat. DJ Rush Puppie - Back In The Day [Prime Time Wax]
DJ Krust - Set Speed (DJ Krust Remix) [V Recordings]
Krome & Time - The License (Remix) [Tearin' Vinyl]
DJ Creation - X-Files [Rogue Trooper]
Shimon - Flava [Liftin' Spirit]
Splash - Babylon (DJ Trace Remix Part 2) [Dee Jay]
Red Light - Selekta [Red Light]
DJ Flash - Pulp Fact [Urban Gorilla]
Amazon II - Bass Light [Labello/PWL]
Stakka & K-Tee - Living For The Night (Alternate Mix) [Liftin' Spirit]
Dillinja - Selassie Sound [V Legends]

https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/mixes-by-era

Summer Of '95 (Part Four)

This mix was put together to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Wu-Tang Clan's debut album 'Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)' & A Tribe Called Quest's third LP 'Midnight Marauders' - two of the greatest Hip Hop albums of all time, which were both released on the same day in November 1993.

One for one from both albums, Tribe to Wu, also including breaks sampled on both projects.

Broadcast on 4th November 2023 on BBC 6 Music for The Huey Show's Block Party; my last one for the year.

Mix concept & execution by BobaFatt
Show hosted by Huey Morgan
Wu-Tribe symbol by Jamie Groovement
The Huey Show produced by Tom Whalley

Tracklist:
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders Intro
Cal Tjader - Aquarius
Jack Wilkins - Red Clay
A Tribe Called Quest - Sucka N***a
Wu-Tang Clan - Bring Da Ruckus
A Tribe Called Quest - Keep It Rollin’
Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Way We Were
Wu-Tang Clan - Can It Be All So Simple
A Tribe Called Quest - Clap Your Hands
The Meters - Handclapping Song
The Charmels - As Long As I’ve Got You
Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
Bola Sete - Bettina
A Tribe Called Quest - 8 Million Stories
El Michels Affair ft. Lee Fields & The Shacks - Tearz
Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears)
Wu-Tang Clan - Tearz
A Tribe Called Quest - We Can Get Down
Wu-Tang Clan - 7th Chamber
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight
Wu-Tang Clan - 7th Chamber Part II
A Tribe Called Quest - God Lives Through
El Michels Affair - Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta F’ Wit
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t
Biz Markie - Nobody Beats The Biz
A Tribe Called Quest - The Chase Part II
Wu-Tang Clan - Clan In Da Front (Intro)
The New Birth - Honey Bee
Minnie Riperton - Inside My Love
A Tribe Called Quest - Lyrics To Go
Wu-Tang Clan - Clan In Da Front
A Tribe Called Quest - Steve Biko (Stir It Up)
Wu-Tang Clan - Method Man
The Whatnauts - Why Can’t People Be Colors Too
A Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God
Kool & the Gang - Who’s Gonna Take The Weight
Wu-Tang Clan - Da Mystery Of Chessboxin’
A Tribe Called Quest ft. Trugoy - Award Tour
Wu-Tang Clan - Shame On A Nuh
Syl Johnson - Different Strokes
Ronnie Foster - Mystic Brew
A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation
Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck

Also includes various skits from both albums and clips from movies ‘Beats, Rhymes & Life’ and ‘Coffee & Cigarettes’.

A Tribe Called Wu Block Party | BBC 6 Music

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!

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

Eclectic Samples Mix (Hip Hop Edition)

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

The final part of my ‘rave dreaming’ mix series. Just like the others it centres around Acid House, Oldskool Rave, Breakbeat Hardcore & early 90s Jungle Tekno. There are a load of recent releases in the mix too though - so expect some Electro, Bass, Techno, Dub Step & mind bending Breakcore to keep you on your toes. As always it’s is a straight up single take DJ set thrown down using two technics 1200s and a Rane 62 mixer. I've thoroughly loved making this mix-series, taking a trip back to the numerous rave genres that've been pumped into my lug-holes over the decades. There'll be more mixes to come from me for sure, but until then, hope you enjoy this one! x

TRACKLIST:

Candy J - Desirable Revenge (Acapella)
Sofia Kourtesis - By Your Side
Charles B - Lack of Love (1988 Club Mix)
Jam & Spoon - Stella (Moby’s Barracuda Mix)
Renegade Soundwave - Ozone Breakdown
Human Resource - Dominator
Urban Shakedown - There is no other
Groovy D - Clocked
TYGAPAW - Soon Come
Omaar - Paisajes
Moby - Go
Floating Points - Problems 
Awesome 3 - Don’t Go
Lipelis x TMO - Diet 505
Rhythm Section - Dreamworld
Guchon - Hot Rod
DJ Deeon - The 604
Ole Mic Odd - L.A Gear
Josh Wink - Hypnotizin (96 remix)
Perko - Prang (ft. Huerco S.)
Scientist vs ASBO (Loefah & SGT Pokes) - Dog Money Dub
Urban Shakedown ft. Aphrodite & Mickey Finn - Burning Passion ’94 (original Dubplate mix)
DJ Prime Cuts - Norwood G
Amazon II, Aphrodite - Deep In The Jungle
Metalheads - Sinister
DJ’s Unknown - Volume 4 Side A (Homegrown Records)
Bounty Killaz - Silent Voices
Sully - Swandive
Everything Is Recorded, Clipz, Flohio - I don’t want this feeling to stop (CLIPZ remix)
DJ Pierre - Box Energy (AFX remix)

MDBTS (RAVE DREAMING) Vol.6

BBC INDIA MIX

                              

atcq megamix

dec2018  jungle mix

PROSLACKERS officially formed around 1999 and consisted of three like minded youths from the darkest depths of Devon.

Pro-Boy (producer) and DJ Hell Yeah (producer/DJ) had both been making tracks since the mid 90s, but didn't start collaborating together until several years later. Towards the late 90s I was frequently hanging out with the pair of them; digging for samples and adding cuts over their tunes etc. After a while we decided to give ourselves a collective name - something that represented our approach to life, and we were professional when it came to doing the bare minimum!

Individually we were into lots of different music. Me & Pro-Boy really liked Oldskool Breakbeat Techno and Jungle, but got fully immersed in underground Hip-Hop by the end of the millennium. DJ Hell Yeah was well into underground Hip-Hop and also liked to dabble with a bit of DnB. As a result, you can’t really pigeon hole what PROSLACKERS were making - it was all sorts of crazy stuff.

If my memory is right, this PROSLACKERS oldskool rave mix was recorded in early 2004 using two Technics 1210 turntables, a Vestax PMC-06 mixer and Native Instruments TRAKTOR. The DVS software back then (when it first came out) was a bit glitchy, but we didn't care. Simply being able to do vinyl mixes with the tunes Pro-Boy and DJ Hell Yeah had produced was mind blowing at the time. This mix features mostly Pro-Boy tracks.

Now I think back, in the summer of 2004 a similar PROSLACKERS set was played at a party near Winkleigh through Skinners 10K rig.... Anyway, fast forward 20 years and a CD has emerged that just had to be shared. It needed a bit of clean up though, cos of all the TRAKTOR pops & crackles. To do it justice, this is a remastered version - an anniversary edition!

Gotta give a huge shout to @Pro-Boy (aka Brian Pro) and @Slazy-beats (aka DJ Hell Yeah)...Big Ups...PROSLACKERS for life. x

PROSLACKERS oldskool rave mix (anniversary edition)

Originally broadcast on BBC 6 Music, Sat 13th July, this one celebrates the 40th anniversary of Sade Adu’s classic debut album ‘Diamond Life’.

A Block Party mix of tracks from across the UK soul legend’s catalogue, including edits and remixes by The Neptunes, Alex Nut, DJ Spinna, Tall Black Guy, Danny Krivit, Gang Starr’s Guru, Soul II Soul’s Nellee Hooper and the Fun Lovin’ Criminal himself, Huey Morgan.

TRACKLIST:

The Huey Show Intro

Various - 1 Minute Rap Intro*

No Ordinary Love
By Your Side (Neptunes Remix)
Feel No Pain (Nellee Hooper Remix)
Like A Tattoo (Skeptic Jungle Edit)
Cherish The Day (Alex Nut Jungle Remix)
King of Sorrow (Guru Remix / Fun Lovin’ Criminals Remix)
Is It a Crime (S!RENE Edit)
Love is Stronger Than Pride (Mad Professor Remix)
Your Love is King
The Sweetest Taboo
I Love Luv You More (Tall Black Guy Donny Hathaway Edit)
Soldier of Love (Live)
War (DJ Spinna Refreak)
When Am I Going To Make A Living
Maureen
Kiss of Doom (Jim Sharp Mix)
Paradise (Drums and Sade / Original)
Nothing Can Come Between Us (Mr. K Edit / Pomo Edit)
Give It Up
Hang On To Your Love
Spirit
Smooth Operator


*Samples include:

The Notorious B.I.G. - Just Playing (Dreams)
Outkast - West Savannah
The Roots - Break You Off
Eric B & Rakim - Keep The Beat
Nappy Roots - Light & Dark
Kendrick Lamar - Today
Black Star - Definition
Stetsasonic - My Rhyme
Nas - The Makings of a Perfect B**ch
Mos Def - Ms Fat Booty
Big Daddy Kane - Sex According To The Prince Of Darkness
Krs-One - Wannabemceez
De La Soul - Betta Listen
Wu-Tang Clan - It’s Yourz
Eric B & Rakim - Microphone Fiend
MF DOOM - Doomsday

+ Various interviews & film clips

Shouts:
Guru
Tall Black Guy
Isatta Sheriff

Curated & Mixed by BobaFatt
The Huey Show hosted by Huey Morgan
The Huey Show produced by Tom Whalley

Diamond Life Block Party | BBC 6 Music

Full tracklist - thanks to JJ/Rolldabeats :-)
Side B here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/side-b-2?in=selectabwoy/sets/ruffneck-ting-mixes-1994-1996

A1) Prizna featuring Demolition Man - Fire (Rogue Unit remix) [Labello Blanco]
A2) Urban Shakedown - Some Justice 95 (Arsonist Dub Mix) [Urban Shakedown]
A3) Origin Unknown - Valley Of The Shadows [Ram]
A4) Tom & Jerry - Maxi(mun) Style (Nasty Jungle remix) [Tom & Jerry]
A5) DJ Hype - Going Out For Da Loot [Ganja]
A6) Remarc - Ice Cream & Syrup (Hard Mix) [Suburban Base]
A7) MC Ranski - Dream Of Horns Side AA [Boom Tunes]
A8) Ganja Kru - Tiger Style (Krome & Time remix) [Ganja]
A9) Tom & Jerry - All Of My [Tom & Jerry]
A10) New Blood - Worries In The Dance (remix) [London Some'ting]
A11) Majistrate - Music Lover [Intalektive]
A12) Dillinja - Ja Know Ya Big [Metalheadz]
A13) P-Funk - P-Funk Era (dis1iz4yasoul) [Frontline]

DJ Hype at Ruffneck Ting - 'Tequila Ting' (13/01/1995) Side A

Tracklist

M-Beat - Rumble (Remix 1) [Renk]
Dillinja - Deadly Ceremonies [Deadly Vinyl]
DJ Dextrous & DJ Ren - Rapid [Suburban Base]
DJ Crystl - Untitled [Deep Jungle - DJV-001]
Desired State - Beyond Bass (remix) [Ram]
The J.B. - Stand Easy [Back 2 Basics]
Conquering Lion - Dub Plate Special (Ruff Cut) [X Project]
Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune (Rufige Kru remix) [Moving Shadow]
Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (Foul Play remix) [Moving Shadow]
QBass featuring Skeng Gee - Gun Connection (M-Beat remix) [Suburban Base]
D'Cruze - Watch Out (DJ Dextrous & Rude Boy Keith Remix) [Suburban Base]
Tek 9 - The Attack (4 Hero Remix Esq) [Reinforced]
Dexxtrous & Sudden Def - Forgotten Souls (remix) [Infrared]
Code Blue - Angels In Rhythm [Dee Jay]
Warrior Bass - Pulsar [Future Vinyl]
Family Of Intelligence - Revelation Part 2 E.P. Bonus Beat [Kemet]
Trinity - Chapter 20 [V]
Dillinja - Sovereign Melody [Deadly Vinyl]

DJ Ron - Ruffneck Ting 'Da Do Ron Ron!' - 18th February 1994

Tracklist

Berty B & Dillinja - Lion Heart [Lionheart]
AK 47 - Body Candone (remix) [Unreleased]
Tom And Jerry - Maxi(Mun) Style Remix [Tom & Jerry]
Tek 9 - Dem A Gwan Like Dem Know Badness [Reinforced]
X Project - Callin' [X Project]
Dillinja - South Side (Riffin Mix) [Not On Label - JA 1]
The Junglites - Cold Fresh Air [Wicked Soundz]
System Ex - Mindgames [Entity]
New Blood - Idiot Sound [London Some'ting]
Dillinja - Deadly Deep Subs [Deadly Vinyl]
Leviticus - Burial (Madamoselle Mix) [Philly Blunt]
Tom And Jerry - Maxi(Mun) Style [Tom & Jerry]
Roni Size - Time Stretch (93 Mix) [V]
Roni Size - Cool Calm Collected [Telepathy - Jungle Dons - Dub Plate Special LP]
Shy-FX & Gunsmoke - Gangsta Kid [SOUR]

DJ Ron - Ruffneck Ting 'Big 'Ting!' - 3rd June 1994

Tracklist

DJ Monk & Tico - Good Body Girl [KLP]
DJ Trax - High Time (Nookie remix) [Moving Shadow]
Back 2 Basics - Horns For 94 (Get Busy Mix) [Back 2 Basics]
Asylum - Desire [Metalheadz]
The JB - Stand Easy [Back 2 Basics]
DJ SS - Tribal Gathering [Formation]
Peshay - Piano Tune [Good Looking]
Hardware - Nightstalker (V.I.P. Mix) [Breakdown - Face Of The Future LP]
Rogue Unit - Rogue Unit Jam (Mickey Finn remix) [Labello Blanco]
Cloud 9 - Blissful Ignorance (Cloud Nine remix) [Moving Shadow]
Pro-D & Cyrus - Live & Direct (Original Mix) [Unreleased]
Da Dogz - Non Stop [Prime Time Wax]
Dead Dred - Dred Bass [Moving Shadow]



Jumping Jack Frost - Ruffneck Ting 'Big Ting' - 3rd June 1994

Tracklist

Renegade - Terrorist [Moving Shadow]
DJ Dextrous & Rude Boy Keith - Charged [Suburban Base]
DJ Trace - Inside Information [Lucky Spin / Blackmarket]
Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune (Fantasy #1) [Moving Shadow]
The Full SP - S-Capaid [Face]
Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (Foul Play remix) [Moving Shadow]
Renegade - Something I Feel [Moving Shadow]
Q Project - Night Moves (Alliance Remix) [Legend]
Noise Of Art - Rollin Deep... In The Realm Of The Purple Diamond (Danny Breaks & Andy C Remix) [Suburban Base]
DJ Mayhem - Inesse (Ray Keith Remix) [Face]
Smokey Joe - Gimmi My Gun (Desired State remix) [Labello Blanco]
D.J. Ron - Mo Musik (African Chant Mix) [Rough Tone]
Doc Scott - Rage [Reinforced]
Grooverider - Sinister (The Influence remix) [Reinforced]
Subnation - Scotties Sub [Mercyless]
Mr E, Dillinja & Clarky - Steelers Anthem [IQ]
Ratty - Source Of All Evil [Formation]
Wots My Code - Dubplate (The Terrorist Mixes Part 2) [Not On Label - RK 01]
DJ Crystl - Deep Space [Dee Jay]
Under Graduates - Into Da Future (Massive Mix) [Camden Tunes]
Codename John - (Inta) The Anthem - The Warriors [Prototype]
Engineers Without Fears - Spiritual Aura [Dee Jay]
MA1 - Motion (Bonus Mix) [Formation]
Jo - R Type [Awesome]
Codename John - Deep Inside Of Me [Prototype]

21st January 1994

Grooverider - Ruffneck Ting - 21st January 1994

New Ruffneck Ting tape rip 2/3, one of my favourite jungle eras, early 1994! Props again to the original uploader. Shout to Nebkins at Rolldabeats for the tracklisting.

Renk Crew - Passing Me By [Decibel]
Vorte-X - Self-Destruct [Grand Larceny]
DJ Nut Nut & Pure Science - The Rumble (Boom Shaka Mix) [Production House]
Hardware - Night Stalker [Face]
DJ Kane - Find The Source [Trouble On Vinyl]
Wots My Code - Dubplate (The Terrorist Mixes Part 2) [Not On Label - RK 01]
The Junglites - Murderer [Mendoza]
Dopeski & Jakes - Snowstorm (Remix) [Wardance]
Top Star & Master Flexer - New Jack In Jungle [Wicked Soundz]
Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune (Fantasy #1) [Moving Shadow]

More here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/ruffneck-ting-mixes-1994-1996

Brockie - Ruffneck Ting  'Special Kool FM (London) Ting!' (04/03/1994)

Brockie - Ruffneck Ting 'Special Kool FM (London) Ting!' (04/03/1994)

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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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