DJ Step One - Bagleys Flex [96-99 drum n bass mix]

Some more non-rap stuff. About once or twice a year I pull out my drum & bass records and bounce around mixing them for an hour. This is the stuff I learned to mix with, and the soundtrack to my first years of clubs and raves so there's a lot of memories attached to some of these tracks. That jump-up style of the late 90s had a certain energy to it and although like any dance music it could be a bit formulaic at times, 18 year old me was perfectly happy with a half speed intro, hip hop samples, a big ol' snare roll and some hoover bass.

tracklist

Shy FX - The Message (Ebony)

Special K - Knowledge (Proper Talent)

DJ Die - Special Treat (V Recordings)

EPS & 2Vibe - Hype The Funk (Urban Takeover)

Omni Trio - Trippin On Broken Beats (Moving Shadow)

DJ Hype & MC Fats - Peace Love & Unity (True Playaz)

Peshay - Miles From Home (Mo Wax)

Firefox & Suvivor - Back Out Of Dis (Philly Blunt)

DJ Zinc - On Fire Tonight (Ganja)

DJ Rap - Hardstep (Proper Talent)

Evil II - Cops Ain't Shit (Evil)

Origin Unknown -Valley Of The Shadows (awake 96 mix) (Ram)

Roni Size - Brut Force (Full Cycle)

Love Nation - Positive (Cru L T remix) (JAL)

Shimon & Andy C - Nightflight (Ram)

Step One & Mystery - Verbal Assault (Direct Drive)

Ray Keith - Do It (V Recordings)

Mystical Influence - Dub Plate Pressure (Vinyl Syndicate)

Swoosh - Ya Rockin (Back2Basics)

Trend - Tune Your Bass (Live)

Jungle Brothers - Jungle Brothers (Urban Takeover remix) (Gee St)

Adam F - Circles (remix) (Section 5)

theres more to life than rap music....

I'm sure I'm not the only person who occasionally needs a break from all that Rap stuff so in the interests of displaying my versatility as a DJ and providing an outlet for my non-Hip Hop mixes, here's a few things you might want to check out when your Karl Kanis and Jansport are in the wash...

Those of you old enough to remember the early days of House music might enjoy this...
88-89 CLASSIC HOUSE MIX

Old school UK Garage, 97-98 style. No 2-Step, more on that Tuff Jam/MJ Cole/Grant Nelson tip...
CLASSIC UKG MIX

One for all the Original Junglists! Taking it back to the days of AWOL, World Dance and Dreamscape. All the anthems on this....
MORE FIRE: JUNGLE CLASSICS 93-95

Some funky/vocal/liquid Drum & Bass from the early 00s. If you're into stuff like High Contrast, Nu Tone and DJ Zinc you'll probably enjoy this...
VIBEZ N STUFF VOL 3

And last up a mix of some of my favorite Funky/Soulful House music, inspired by my time at Suncebeat in Croatia this past Summer...
NOW THATS WHAT I CALL SUNCEBEAT 2011

All these are also available to stream on Mixcloud

Now that I've alienated half of the subscribers to this blog I'll invite those remaining to follow me on Twitter. I only signed up yesterday and haven't really got my head around it all yet so I might lose interest. It depends on how successful my initial attempts at harrassing DJs for untagged, full length versions of mixtape-only tracks go.