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Dj X-cess, 1 half of the legendary Organ Donors, returns to his hardcore roots, with 2 slammers in the '92 breakbeat style on Return Of The Vibe.  limited run of purple  12" vinyl on sale now at www.defstar.co.uk

get Yourself Together/Heartbeat

Dj X-cess Get Yourself Together

DJ X-cess - Get Yourself Together / Heart Beat - Return of the Vibe - ROTV005 preview clips

Remix of the classic 2√231 track from Anticappella. Stabs, paino and vocal vibes with a tweak of 303 to boot.

Check out the video if you'd like a rave flashback from Sterns nightclub in the 90s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdiWuIKSywY

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Anticappella - 2√231 (HUD Remix)

Unknown Artist, Whitelabel from 1992
Samples: Phuture Assassins - Rydim Come Forward

Ragga Symphony

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MKII - Give It All

Top Buzz & Mc Mad P @ Vision - Return of the Warehouse - 12/02/93

Amen hardcore / jungle massacre.... South Central UK style!

South Central EP

KF168 'South Central EP' Out Now On Kniteforce Records Vinyl Release!

VIP Intro Mix of Si Thompson's Hardcore/Jungle track 'Cape Fear'.

Cape Fear (VIP Intro Mix)

Acen Obsessed 2. Remix Rata Sound. 2015

04 Shades Of Rhythm - Winter Science - ZTT - Vinyl EP

Remix by Judge Jules & Roy the Roach , close friends of the person responsible for our signing to ZTT Katie Ketchup..

01 Shades Of Rhythm - Sweet Sensation (Buster's Sweet Salsa Mix) - ZTT - Vinyl

10 Summer Of 89 - Shades Of Rhythm - ZTT CD

ZTT pressed up 40,000 copies of this 12" EP only to Burn the whole lot in Germany after an Ulta Magnetic MC  sample (pick em up ) couldnt get clearance. We were told the Band were not speaking and it could not get sample clearance no matter what the cost ! This EP only came out on promo , so about 500 copies out there... We were to have 3 more releases on ZTT but our trust was diminishing.... surely you wouldnt go ahead with manufacture unless sample clearance was sucessful? The band was to pay a high price for this mistake, both finanically and creatively. The relationship between the Band and record company was over, it was just a case of delivering what we owed and finding a new home for our music. This was going to prove harder than we imagined, with the rave scene dwindling  and the band burnt out from gigging non stop we were about to enter what we refere to as "the dark years"....

01 Shades Of Rhythm - Happy Feelings - ZTT - Vinyl

Talking Needle - Protection

Welcome to the Shades of Rhythm Sound Cloud. Here we hope to start uploading the history of Shades of Rhythm in the form of Vinyl releases from 1987 acetates to 2009 Remixes. We have dug deep and to start the cloud off we have found our first 2 Acetates we pressed to play in our DJ sets way back in 1987 followed by our very first release on Stevie V's label Beatbox International back in 1988. 
Shades of Rhythm are Nick Slater, Kevin Lancaster & Rayan Hepburn but on these very early releases we had a fourth member, Colin "Wildcat" Tyson who was a huge influence on the band. Cat always wanted his own label & didn't want to sign his music to a another record label and in 1988 decided to go it alone. 
Next up was the Frequency album, our first Album, pressed up by ourselves and responsible for kickstarting our musical endeavours. The Frequency Album was Naive yet fresh and will always bring back fond memories of that time. We literally sold the vinyl out the boot of our car to places like Spin Inn  Records in Manchester & Mash records in London. 
While The Frequency Album was busy getting signed we put out the Fenland Bass EP. We released it on our SOR Recordings label (SOR 002) under the artist name "Frenzied Bass". Not sure why? Probably so as not to interfere with the forthcoming ZTT releases. 
Our Records were getting played and our first Remixes came in, one from an Indie band called Habit and a track called Power. The other from 2 friends of ours from Peterborough, Dave Allen & Simon Brownlie, recording under the name Tranquillizer for Casper Pounds label Rising High.
Next up the ZTT years...


04 Shades Of Rhythm - Winter Science - ZTT - Vinyl EP

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