El Hornet Presents - The 90 Second Maximum Compilation

Throughout my entire career as a musician I have had a seemingly endless folder of short demos, lost projects files,
things I’ll get to later but never actually will and assorted other abandoned ideas.
Some of them make up the best things I’ve ever written and for reasons that only the universe can explain, they remain unfinished or forever in limbo.

Strangely so many of these ideas seem to clock in at 90 Seconds and the idea to release a compilation album of them was born. Knowing how many people had mountains of similar short tunes, I assembled a crew of 59 artists and myself, making 60 in total. Each of us has unearthed something that we hold dear, or created something especially for the project. While focusing primarily on Drum and Bass there is other genres represented like Dubstep, Jungle, Breakbeat and Hardcore.

The 90 Second Maximum was initially a project geared around showing love to the records in history that mean the most to me. The time length allowed on my favourite social media outlet is 90 Seconds, and over the last 18 months I have been creating a body of content that is pure love from the heart. Sending flowers to the music and the music makers who have touched me the most. 

Now it is time to showcase some amazing musicians and in the process set free some of the magic these people have created. I hope you like it.

Physical copies available on Cassette very soon from the Kniteforce Store.

The 90 Second Maximum Compilation THN003

El Hornet Presents - The 90 Second Maximum Compilation

Throughout my entire career as a musician I have had a seemingly endless folder of short demos, lost projects files,
things I’ll get to later but never actually will and assorted other abandoned ideas.
Some of them make up the best things I’ve ever written and for reasons that only the universe can explain, they remain unfinished or forever in limbo.

Strangely so many of these ideas seem to clock in at 90 Seconds and the idea to release a compilation album of them was born. Knowing how many people had mountains of similar short tunes, I assembled a crew of 59 artists and myself, making 60 in total. Each of us has unearthed something that we hold dear, or created something especially for the project. While focusing primarily on Drum and Bass there is other genres represented like Dubstep, Jungle, Breakbeat and Hardcore.

The 90 Second Maximum was initially a project geared around showing love to the records in history that mean the most to me. The time length allowed on my favourite social media outlet is 90 Seconds, and over the last 18 months I have been creating a body of content that is pure love from the heart. Sending flowers to the music and the music makers who have touched me the most. 

Now it is time to showcase some amazing musicians and in the process set free some of the magic these people have created. The compilation features a host of names but some notable mentions are Rusko, Ekko and Sidetrack, Zak Meow, Sadie, Physics, Armour, Kintsuku, Sample Bandit, Nixon and Pete Cannon.

Andychir - TPIO

Grim Fables - Petrichor

Galbis - Fast

Eldie - Scratchy

El Hornet - 1234

Ekko and Sidetrack - Good Love

E.M.Z - Rainforce

Dysphemic - Thanatos

DTNT - Filth

DJ WASP - Take Control

DALENN - Selektion

Contis - Bruise

Clyde Machine

Clyde Machine - The Girl At The Train Station

Cloud Disturbance - UFO In The Rain

Cherenkov Riddim - Stish

Capturelight - Hits

Bruises - REM Sleep

Bobee B and D-Finance - Tolerance

Hello, and welcome.

If this voice you’re hearing right now is recognisable to you, chances are you understand it as being the voice of Stamina MC. You’d be right, although today I’ll speak about a lesser known production alias — Armour, which was a graffiti tag I would vandalise my neighbourhood with as a teenager. Anyways, production has always been an interest of mine, and I’ve been tinkering away over the years trying to learn what I can and maybe create something I reckon is cool. I only ever had one tune actually released, north of twenty years ago now, so this 90 Second Maximum concept was pretty much a perfect fit for me as I have a healthy supply of short or incomplete ideas.   This one I’ve submitted is rare because it also features a vocal of mine — which isn’t as common as might be expected, as since I don’t work quickly I mostly listen to ideas far too much as a producer to thereafter feel inspired as a writer. But this, started from a piano loop I can longer remember the source of, just had me experimenting and layering sounds, seeing where I’d end up. I’m really into soundtracky, cinematic moods, so more than even trying for something that DJs might play, I was aiming for something that might enhance a movie scene or similar. To that end I very deliberately didn’t add any drums or bassline, just percussion… and lyrically I only really tried to let the mood of the music guide the subject matter; I hit record and those words were what came out. I may have re-recorded a phrase or two, but it’s more or less just off the cuff.   I try to be quite intentional about making things I’m confident other people likely won’t, so I hope it finds an appreciative ear out there somewhere. Thanks for listening.

Armour - Got Me Thinking

Blackley And Funsta - Gully

The 90 Second Maximum Compilation THN003

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