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For anyone who has been living in a cave for the last three
decades, could you briefly tell us a bit about yourself?
Started DJing in
1991. Played at the first Tribal Gathering, main arena 1993. Started Producing
in around 1995. Started Warehouse Wax in 2003… For more info see my website: www.djvinyljunkie.com
Your roots are in the rave scene of the early 90s, long
after the supposed demise of this scene, you formed Warehouse Wax in 2003, the
first release by yourself and Darkus was a full on 150BPM hardcore tune that
sounded like it came straight out of 1992. What was the reaction at the time to
the label and this first tune?
At first it was
really only the Old Skool crowd from the B2VOS website that really knew about
it. They all loved it and it sparked something off and lots of labels started
to emerge soon after that. Sales wise, it was a gradual thing. Sales were
really slow at first but then picked up and we ended up getting rid of the
first batch and doing a repress.
Fast forward to the present and the label is now known for
supporting the 140/Future Jungle sound, comparatively speaking, how does the
140 sound stand up to the much loved Old Skool?
Well. I love the
Oldskool as you know…. But I love the new stuff equally. The production has
moved on massively but the vibe is different now. There was just something
really raw about the music back then and as the music has evolved and the
production got better, that raw edge has kind of been lost. But I think in this
day and age, the standard of the production has to be of a certain level and
that’s not a bad thing.
Your new release is out now, it’s a who’s who of old skool
legends with Austin & Rachel Wallace on board, the video has reached over
3500 views on you tube, we understand it was a labour of love for you, how did
it all come about?
LOL. Yeah… Well I’ve
been working with Austin on and off for about 17 years so we basically just got
in the studio one day and made a rough backing track. I vaguely knew Rachel as
my mate Sike had done a track with her a few years previous, which ended up
being released on Warehouse Wax. We sent her the track and she liked it. She
wrote the lyrics and recorded the vocal and sent it to us. Me and Austin both
loved it. It was originally just something we done for a Live PA that we were
booked for at Fantazia in Bristol but everyone loved it and lots of people were
saying to us that we should release it… So we did! It took almost a year to
sort everything out but we got there in the end. And yes, it was definitely a
labour of love…
So, do you think you will be doing more videos in the
future?
To be honest, I
really enjoyed doing the video and yes I think we will be doing more. It was a
lot of fun and I think I have got the bug for it now…
Lastly, any final words and shout outs?
I’m not going to name
anyone in particular because I always forget somebody. But would just like to
send out a massive thank you to absolutely everyone that has helped out and got
behind us with promoting this release. I am quite overwhelmed and humbled to be
honest… The amount of support that it has been getting is amazing and I really
appreciate everybody’s help. Of course a massive big up to all the remixers
involved as well. THANK YOU! x
RACHEL WALLACE INTERVIEW
Thanks for taking time to have a chat with the blog, as a
brief intro, tell us a bit about your self
Well I started
making music when I was around 14years old, singing vocals in a r&b band
called Kreuz...after a few years with the group i left then started singing
with Sub Base records...
I then moved to
Germany and recorded a lot of techno/dance music...
I then joined
Stereo Mc's and have been working with them for the last 7 years...in between
touring, recording tracks for the some of the artists you named and others, at
present I'm working on a album with various other artists including Joe nebula
and the love2love Soulsystem from Basel, Switzerland...
Most of us know you from the 2 massive tracks on the seminal
Suburban Base, ‘Tell Me Why’ & ‘I Feel This Way’, how did you link up with
the people at Suburban Base?
I was at my first
rave In lea Valley...dancing on the stage, like you do!! and I bumped into Dan
Donnelly on the stage and he said that's one of his tracks they were playing
and I think I said I'm a singer...and there you go...that's how it all
started!!
You have an amazing voice, what inspired to embark on a
singing career?
Thank you!!! I've
always loved music and singing since I can remember! I've been immersed in all
different types of music since i was very young. My dad was a keyboard player
for Marcia Griffiths and various other bands and my uncle's too, so I've been
going to festivals, gigs ect since I was 12!
Recently you have
appeared on tracks for 100Me and 2 Vinyl Junkie tracks including the current
release ‘Can’t Hold Back’ where you also appear in the highly popular you tube
video, how did you get involved with this tune?
I'm very open to all
kinds of music, if someone sends me a track and I get a vibe then usually I
will record some vocals, and this is how it worked out with the 100me
guys. With Johnny it was kind of similar
but I already knew Austin really well from the Sub base days as he was the
in-house sound engineer!
What do you make of the current 140/Future Jungle Sound?
I'll be honest
with you, there are so many different styles and types of music about, if I
feel it then I like it, it's really that simple. I've just spent 2 days at
Notting Hill carnival listening to all different sound systems.. But
I always ended up at Aba-Shanti-I, this type of dub music takes you to another
level! When you’re just open to music it will touch you and that's music to
me!!
Thanks for taking the time once again, any big ups/shouts
outs to wrap things up?
I would like to
say a big shout out to all who have supported and helped with the release of
this track...and to all music lovers...
Peace & luv,
Rach
Austin & Vinyl Junkie Ft Rachel Wallace-Can't Go Back is out now with remixes by Dom Almond, Sanxion, Cottonmouth, Maximus Baxter & Strange Rollers
Check out the official videos here, now at almost 4k views:
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I feel rather embarrassed that I have slept on this a bit, partly due to being off the radio for 7 weeks, its high time I featured this on the blog, the first ever Future Jungle tune to be signed to Marvelous Cain's Yardrock label, Sound Shifter brings the 94 vibes to this ragga style FJ bad boy, we're in for some euphoric choppage action here, loads of great vox and heavy sub bass, just what we like, go and buy a copy of this sick tune, a definite 10/10 from one of our favourite producers....
The first UK Future Jungle Tour to hit the States landed in LA, went to Las Vegas, and made a stop in San Diego's own Kava Lounge as part of DJ Arkon's birthday celebrations. The tour featured Bad Habit, Digitally Mashed and Final Conflict.
And for our 2nd new release from Avro today is this tough pure 1992 style roller, raw, punchy, energetic, this is a kick ass track for all who love their NuSkool, flashback to the future!!!!!
This is the first of 2 new releases by Avro out today, its a full on rave workout with that golden era feel, the original is great with its techno like pads and Simon Apex turns in a nice funky breaks remix but its all about the Dreamcatcher mix for us at here, injecting a amen break and rushy piano drop into the mix, this is the winner, go and buy all 3!!!!
Skanx & J5 go in hard with this heavyweight slab of darkside future jungle, grimey pads, brock out beats and hoover stabs make for some deadly dancefloor action. Backed up with some tidy footwork & footwork jungle remixes, Woofer Cooker are on point as per with this dope release, check it!!!!!
Coming soon. Grab yourself one of these stylish USB flash drives (2GB)…. Engraved with the Warehouse Wax Logo and containing the entire Warehouse Wax back catalogue IN 320 MP3 format. Over 100 tunes in total…. LIMITED EDITION. Only 50 available. Pre-order now. Will be in stock within 14 days. Only £29.99 + Postage.
Following from a series of first class releases by DJ Vapour, SR & Digbee, Skink & Jem One himself, this is the latest 2 tracker and it goes in hard!!! Old Skool fans will recognise the pads as used by Family Foundation on the slammin' 'The Bleep', mixing up up 140 Jungle & NuSkool hardcore with a sick drop halfway through the track in a true Old Skool vein, guaranteed to smash up the dance wherever its played!!! Then we have my pick of the two, 'Drop This' is classic 93/94 Amen tearout bizznizz at 140BPM, dark, brooding, minimal sounds with crunching amens. 36Hertz keeping up the pressure with2 badboy tunes from the man like jem One, you know the score, go get some!!!!
W.E. Recordings Release 077 by Odeed WE Recordings are back with 2 summery, sunshine infused, dub reggae influenced 140 rollers by Odeed & Wish & HD4000, guaranteed to get you rockin', shockin, stylin, profilin', skanin', rolex wearing...Wooooo!!!!! Get yer groove thang on and go and snap up these 2 seriously infectios future jungle bangers from trackitdown.net......Woooooooo!!!!!!
It's freeby time! This month's tune is called He Is Fat and is a rolling melodic breaks blast from the past! Hard chunky rhythms meet chuggin guitar like synths and sparkly melodies!
‘Hot Cake's head honcho Deekline took to the mighty Arcadia Stage on Saturday night at the infamous Boomtown Fair, and we can assure you it went off! If you were unfortunate enough to have missed it or were there and want to relive the moment, Deekline has got the set up for free download, providing 49 minutes of pure filth and dirty bangers get you bouncing!’
This EP is dedicated to all Junglists. The DJ's, the producers, the Mc's, the record labels, the radio stations, the promoters, the clubs and of course the ravers.
..WE PRESENT OUR SUMMER 2013 PROMO MIX PACKED TO THE RIM WITH DANCE FLOOR DESTROYERS, BOX FRESH BASSLINE DUBPLATES AND THE USUAL PEAK TIME PARTY SHAKING ANTHEMS &rt; &rt; PLAY LOUD!
THE FLASHBACK PROJECT SUMMER 2013 PROMO MIX *****************************************************
ROCK WITH ME - SANXION (SANXION DUB)
ANTIDOTE - SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA V KNIFE PARTY (BREAKS EDIT) (DIA DUB)
MAKE ME FEEL GOOD - ACKEEJUICE ROCKERS (RAJ MARATHE RE-RUB) (RAJ MARATHE DUB)
COME WITH THE LOVE - RHYTHM RIDERS, ASWAD & RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE (MAFIA KISS & TERRY HOOLIGAN RMX) (SUB SLAYERS DUB)
MOVE GO - ZOMBIE ROBOT (ON THE RISE DUB)
FRIDAY - F-WORD (BREAKS RMX) (F-WORD DUB)
NEW LIFE FANTASY - STRANGE ROLLERS (STRANGE ROLLERS DUB)
GAME CONTROL - FREEFALL COLLECTIVE (SUPERFREQUENCY DUB)
DUB CONSPIRACY - MEN WITH NO NAME (PROPAGANDA DUB)
CAN’T HIDE IT - DEEKLINE & ED SOLO (JURASSIK RMX) (JURASSIK DUB)
JUMP YA BODY - KILL THE NOISE (601‘S ‘BETTER WITH AN AMEN’ EDIT) (601 DUB)
THE CHAMPION SOUNDS - FLASH CATS (PROPAGANDA MUSIC)
Its always great to hear some fresh Rave Breaks and this 2 tracker will definitely please your piano lovin sensibilities. 'Green Valley' has a huge old skool/Italo House/Happy Hardcore piano riff to get you rushing even if you are totally sober, works for me in a complete state of clarity, I can tell you that!!! Combined with some tough breaks and more 95 Hardcore style pads, this ones a winner!!!
'Dimensional Breakdown' is excellent too, starting off fairly minimal with some light beats and hoover snippets before unleashing some truly epic piano, bit of a 94 Ramos & Supreme vibe in a 2013 140BPM style.
2 quality tracks from a fresh producer on a label that continues to shine, first class high grade bangers!!!
2 amazing tunes from Sound Shifter & Refold here, invoking memories of the 93/94 Jungle sound brought up to date in 2013. 'An Ocean Journey' builds slowly and calmly with subtle pads and beats into a superb slice of classic intelligent Jungle with strings along a similar line to favourites like 'Atlantis' & 'Music' while remaining a unique and fresh take on the 93/94 style.
'Sunset Whispers' is sweet, vocal Balearic bliss wrapped in a breakbeat, pads that soothe the soul and ease the mind, Sound Shifter is on fire right now with this fine new EP on Digital Acetate, an EP out on Yardrock for the Jungle Crew and an amazing remix of Disrupta's 'Givin It All I Got' coming very soon on Kode 5. This EP gets a 10/10 from the blog and a deserving one, go and support it, buy, share the links to buy and give quality music a chance to shine.
Radioactive Watermelon returns to Good News Boppers with 2 mind blowingly good 140 rollers. Taking us on a journey, first up with 'Alpha' opening with an epic intro, the track builds and builds with subtle layers of warm pads and gradually increasing drum patterns. A deep and melodic number that offers a fresh take on the 140 sound swapping the big booming basslines for intricate and musical sounds. 'Blunted Purpose' has a definite feel of Bukem's 'Demons Theme' with Jazzy pads and organs over a classic 140BPM old skool style break. 2 essential tunes to add to your collection and brighten up this Monday morning.
DJ Mag – 9/10 ‘Five mean and moody tracks’ BassMusicMovement.com ‘Great release as the norm from Sub Slayers’ no-rockstars.net ‘10/10 every release just oozes pure quality’
Last in the series of Sci-Fi EPs from Sub
Slayers very own wonderkid TiB and what a finale!
Deep, dark and moody is order of the day
here across varying tempos and styles - one of the sub heads!
Like
Liam Howlett, you started making music at a very young age, what inspired you
to get into the world of music production?
I come from a rock and metal background
and always tried being in bands, but never really liked the whole band set-up
and having to compromise all the time. Then I discovered the band Enter Shikari
when I was about 14 (I’m 20 now), that opened up my eyes to electronic music.
The lead singer had a solo side project know as Rout and then I realized that
you didn’t have to be in a band to make music. So I got myself a copy of FL
Studio 8 and it’s just grew from there.
Being
a Future Jungle blog we have to ask the obligatory question, how did you come
to know of the '140/Future Jungle' scene and become involved in it?
I think my first introduction to the
whole thing were the two 150bpm tunes DJ Fresh’s “Future Jungle” EP. I was
blown away and I’d never heard anything like it before. And before I knew it,
my track “Taking Over” was born, but, I had no idea what to do with it. So I
sent it to High Rankin who then forwarded it to Jay Cunning, after a few
phonecalls we’d settled on releasing the “Move It” EP and the rest is history.
Who
are your musical influences?
There are a lot that always shift from
time to time, but right about now it’d have to be guys like Calyx & Teebee,
Amon Tobin, Koven,Koan Sound,Eskmo, and Joe Ford.
What
software & Hardware occupies the TIB studio?
Basically I’m running Ableton Live 7, I’m
too scared to upgrade to a newer version as they changed the audio warping
system, but it does everything I need to do. I also do a lot of offline
processing in FL Studio 9 mainly when I’m processing some bass sounds
(Vocoding, distortions), and then dropping them back into samplers in Ableton.
Plugin wise I use a lot of Massive (like
everybody else), before dropping the bass sounds into samplers for further
processing. The Shaack Audio transient Shaper is a God send too.
I don’t use any outboard gear but I do
have a Tascam DR-55 field recorder that I use, and I recently let my 9 month
old daughter loose with the pots and pans, and recorded it, which created some
interesting results to say the least.
Of
your own productions, which is your personal favorite to date?
Ooo, this is a tough one, as I like all
of them in different ways but if I had to choose 3 it’d be these:
And
which current bangers are on repeat play on your iPod?
Two Fingers – Vengance Rhythm (Koan
Sound Remix) (Ninja Tune)
Bring Me The Horizon – Antivist (Epitaph)
Wizard – Mind Control (Sub Slayers)
Joe Ford – Behemoth (Bad Taste)
Flatmate – Hot Ball (Vexisle Remix) (Caliber Music)
Anodyne Industries – Rev (Hopskotch)
What
are your thoughts on the never ending vinyl vs. digital debate?
To be honest I don’t really have an
opinion on this as I use Ableton when I play out. But I know it’s a lot cheaper
and more cost-efficient to release digitally and not on Vinyl. Either way, if
Vinyl stops being produced there’s still programs like Serato and Traktor about
so you can still play out the latest tunes and mix it up with your classic
vinyl collection.
Game
Of Thrones or Breaking Bad?
Neither, but I’ve been watching a lot of
Phoneshop recently.
You
have a new EP out on Sub Slayers, can you tell us a bit about that?
Essentially it is a follow-up / sequel
to “The Inner Circle” EP that came out last summer, and it’s like and album
split into two sections. There are themes and musical that began in the first
EP that is continued into the second EP.
There are five tracks, a robotic Drum
& Bass “The Second Renaissance”, something that sounds like and
end-of-the-world-death-rave that is “Extraction Point”. Followed up by a deep
Drum & Bass tech-y roller collaboration with long time producer friend
Anodyne Industries, and 2 future jungle tearouts “Oceans Apart” and “Voyager”
Lastly,
what’s coming up in the near future tune wise, how can we stay updated with TIB
and any big ups/shout outs?
I’ve just wrapped up two Neurohop tunes,
“Foes & Get Funky” that’ll be out on Sub Nation later
this year, Sub Slayers’ new sub-label.
There’s also an album in the works.
The 'Outer Circle EP' is out now on all good download stores
