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One of the true legends of our scene takes it back to the roots for his debut EP on Kode 5, 2 tracks of timeless uplifting piano/rave breaks and some quality dubbed out Future Jungle (Timewarp/Don't Wanna Be A Star) and some upfront DnB (Runs Over Me) thats all bases covered for your bangers!!!!
We have something rather special for you this time, a exclusive free track by Eddie VoyagerAND A remix comp to boot, download the stems and masters in the link and send your remix in to futurejungleblog@hotmail.co.uk, the winner will get their remix pro mastered for free and featured on our soundcloud, please send your submissions in as 320 mp3s and label them as 'Eddie Voyager-Deeper Love (----- Remix) (Insert your name in the remix in brackets), 140-150BPM is preferable, not a hard and fast rule, be creative!!!, deadline for submissions is 1st November 2014
Touching down in the Held II Ransom studios we present the Label King Pins solo EP, Yes its Eddies first Solo EP of 2013 and boy does this ROCK!
Robotics on 140 steroids would be a mild assessment by the Bass doctor.
Large slices of every vibe and Genre going within the 140 spectrum, we have Breaks, Dubstep, Dub & Breakstep u name it Eddies covered all bases
First up on the EP we have Hey Mr DJ which rips your heart out straight from the off with a devastating lead, combining intricate Dubstep Beats, the amen slips through this like butter, a serious audio orgy of sounds bless this track ready to kill the dance floor
Second on the menu we have Let Me See Ur Hands! , lazy Dub vibes leads you onto the floor ready to get down and dirty then he hits up with a RAID Alarm!!!! Let me See Ur Hands......you heard the man
Third installment doesn't get any less damaging with Mashup, this time Eddie gets his Piano hands out and provides a soothing melody to get any seasoned ravers lighter in the air, sweet vocals provide the sugar untill some dude crashes the party and tells u how it really is!
Last but by no means least Shake Shake, razor sharp bass action gets you shaking that booty before the Amen drops and we're right in the groove
This EP doesn't take any prisoners its straight up IN YOUR FACE!
Released by: Held II Ransom Release/catalogue number: H2R036 Release date: May 25, 2013
Top Drawer Digital : Future Jungle Expeditions Volume 3
To celebrate the full release of their latest album The Future Jungle Blog have got an exclusive Future Jungle Expeditions mix for you to download , free tracks ,a full review and Interviews with some of the artists involved .
Future Jungle Expeditions Volume 3 - Future Jungle Blog Set by Top Drawer Digital
This, the 3rd instalment of Top Drawer Digital's compilation series 'Future Jungle Expeditions' showcase the versatility of 140-150bpm Future Jungle, continuing in the spirit of its 90's precursor, an array of styles are here for your listening pleasure.
We start thing's off with Lucas' remix of E Lab Rat-Rat Hustle which has strong techno and hip hop leanings as per Lucas' inimitable style, a great half tempo drop with beat boxing samples leads into this continually building atmospheric roller.
Next up is a TDD favourite, Netherlands original Junglist, Bojcot Selectah with ' Winston Tribute ', neatly chopped up breaks with a heavy, hypnotic bassline and intricate pads. A track that will apeal to dubstep and breaks fans alike.
Schoco's 'Sunrise' is ethereal trance like future jungle that will send shivers down your spine and give you goosebumps, a slow burning, driving tune that builds up to an immense finale
RadioKillaZ 'Leatherface' takes a few samples from a well-known horror cult classic and marries it to a bassline reminiscent of seminal DnB anthem 'The Nine' for a dancefloor smasher par excellence, good tongue in cheek fun never sounded so good.
The Rumblist ' Forever Sleep ' is a musical masterpiece, intricate tearout breaks with so many subtle elements that make it a brilliant tune, constant key changes throughout keep this fresh and the basslines are huge, watch your bassbins!!
Perennial favourite of all discerning DJs and fans of future jungle alike, Electrux offers up ' Tau Ceti ', a wonderful combo of bleepy pads and a grimey bassline with skippy amen breaks, more of his consistent greatness.
Lucas & Strange Rollers''100% Pure(Digitally Mashed)' kicks off with a classic speaker rumbling reese bassline before a Irvine Welsh sample kicks in extolling the virtues of the raver's choice of mood enhancement, this track is full of vibes and extremely infectious, it seems that as the track title suggests, tireless veteran DJ of the scene, Digitally Mashed has had a hand in this great tune!!!
Ben Venom makes a welcome TDD return with 'Destroyer', a punchy hardcore breaks/future jungle slammer with gnarly bass and electro/tearout influenced pads, this is seriously heavy!!!!
Eddie Voyager's'Let It Roll' is perhaps the raviest tune on the album, with hip hop vox and a 90's rave style melody running throughout over some super tight and funky drum programing, if this doesn't get you moving, check your pulse!!!
Sanxion's 'Ain't Nothing' takes modern bass music and puts it through a 140 breaks filter with a huge uplifting drop 40 seconds in before introducing some sweet pianos just before the 2 minute mark, what happens next is signature Sanxion twisted bassline madness that is simply irresistible
Final Conflict's'We R Who We R' takes us back to the mid 00's with a modern ravey take on the Nu Skool breaks sound, lovely organ pads and ragga vocals on this bad boy!!!
Vinyl Junkie concludes proceedings with 'SubTropical' which certainly has subs and is indeed very tropical!!!! again, there's just so much going on here and it sounds stunning, trippy bleepy pads, tropical jungle samples, bongos, eerie building melodies and a beastly bassline make for a banger of a tune to put the icing on the cake for Future Jungle Expeditions, an album equally suited as a selection for the clubs and raves as much as a great home listening compilation or indeed, one for your car stereo. Whatever your pleasure, if you've even heard one or two future jungle tracks and you are eager to find out more, make this your first point of call.
Lucas Interview Since the early days
of TDD up to now, what would you say have been the focal points of the label
growing and the sound of future jungle in general?
I think the progression of Top Drawer Digital so far has
been mainly down to the fact that me and Digitally Mashed make a great team.
We do things our own way, not following the pack or worrying
about conforming to what’s expected. We just want to write/play/release forward thinking bass
music within the 140-150 Bpm area unconstricted by rules. As far as Future Jungle goes, yes I’m one of the people who have
pushed to make the tag stick which it seems to have but it means different
things to different people which on a positive note should keep it diverse.
I’m not a Jungle purist myself and am happy with how things
are progressing. It’s a bastardised genre in my opinion with its roots firmly
set in the Old Skool but with no real allegiances to any particular part of it
, 140-150 Bpm Bass and Break Driven music for the current producers to do something
new with.
Personally I’m not
fussed if the term stays , we will just keep progressing and let people call it
what they like.
When putting together
this new compilation, the 3rd in a highly popular series, was there a certain
criteria you looked for?
I do love putting these albums together , My main aim is to
get a good cross section of all the styles I think sit under the Future Jungle
Umbrella within the Top Drawer Digital sound then work them into a track list
so that the album flows as a complete listen rather than just a collection of
tunes.
I’m really happy with how Volume 3 has turned out.
One of the tracks on
the album by Strange Rollers and yourself is entitled '100 Pure (Digitally
Mashed)', listening to it makes me think there must be an interesting anecdote
about how this came together?
I’d been planning a trip to the Strange Rollers Studio for a
while we’ve been involved in many projects together but never actually got
together in the studio to do something. It’s the first time I’ve ever directly
produced a track with anyone , generally I find the production process a very
personal thing. When we eventually locked down the date it turned out that DM
was DJing just down the road the night before so joined up with us for the day.
It was great to catch up properly and the 100% Pure track
came out of it too. DM definitely had some input on it so we wanted to give him
a mention in the title in someway.
Not wanting to put
you on the spot but of the more under the radar producers in this scene, who do
you see as potentially having a big impact in the near future?
I’m good at evading these sort of questions as a rule due to
the pure mass of new talent coming through all the time but if I have to name
one person I see potential in it would be Gav Ley , He has the ability to
become huge in my opinion in whatever style he chooses.
His productions are innovative, clean and powerful and he is
my big tip for the coming year.
And also, EDM is
evolving faster than ever right now, is it still possible to stick to your guns
with a sound or do you see the current 140-150bpm jungle sound also inevitably
evolving?
EDM has always evolved at speed, it’s the nature of the
beast , Do I see the current scene evolving ? it fucking better had ;) Evolve
or Die I say!
I don’t feel the sudden mass worldwide interest in
commercial EDM will really effect the likes of us , were about as underground
as it comes but the spread of The Future Jungle sound internationally does bear
well ,fingers crossed hey !
DM’s doing a tour of the USA , has had mix’s played on FM
station C89.5 in the USA and has a forthcoming mix airing on Kiss FM Australia
so things are looking good.
Lastly, what
direction would you like TDD to go in the future?
Top Drawer Digital will just go with the flow, we’re on a
journey that we have no idea where it’s going and are quite happy to just enjoy
the ride and see what happens.
Here's a full free mix from the host and DJ of The Top Drawer Digital Show, each Tuesday 7-9pm on http://nsbradio.co.uk showcasing tracks from the full Future Jungle Expeditions Series
Digitally Mashed Presents Future Jungle Expeditions Volumes 1-3 by Top Drawer Digital
Final Conflict Interview You've been involved in the breaks scene since 2003, tell
us a little bit about that journey...
Hailing from the Manchester area I was raised on good
music, I originally started out playing Trance but I discovered Nu-Skool breaks
through the seminal night 'Tangled' and never looked back. I promoted for a
night called 'Military Breaks' and played a host of venues including 'The
Pheonix', 'Zumbar' and 'North'. With a move to Leeds in 2004 I was involved
with events at 'Stinkeys Peephouse', 'The Fav' and 'Oceans Eleven'. I then took
a bit of a hiatus to pursue other business ideas but with a move to London in
2008 I was drawn back to the scene (should never have stayed away)
Playing at various venues across the capital I secured my
first residency playing hip hop, breakbeat, garage and dnb, a relatively commercial venue but this, combined with a move into production led to playing
regularly at Londons leading bass music night 'Supatronix' which led to playing
various events with the likes of Rennie Pilgrem, Elite Force, The Freestylers,
Jay Cunning, Pyramid, Jurassik...and even a set at Stanton Sessions with The
Stanton Warriors earlier this year.
Can you share a few thoughts on the current future jungle
sound?
I love it! I've always been a fan of clever percussion,
deep basslines and intelligent riddims and this genre has it all. I love the
diversity you get with Future Jungle, there is something for everybody in there
and means you can take the crowd on a journey through the various guises from
mellow reggae vibes to full on tear-out assaults.
You also run the Ruffneck nights which heavily promote
the 140 sound, what can we expect at a typical event?
Everything from the Future Jungle!, with a bit of Old
Skool thrown in for good measure. It was set up with 'Rennie Pilgrem', who has
always been ahead of the game with all things breakbeat, 'Jay Cunning' of Sub
Slayers who are in my eyes the leading bass music label at the moment and are
banging out some top class 140 non stop and Supatronix boss Jurassik who is one
of Londons biggest breakbeat promoters.
The whole ethos is just to have a good party, to push the
Future Jungle vibe and to showcase up and coming talent in the genre and
basically just go nuts for a few hours, we've created quite a buzz over the
past year or so and have been able to attract the likes of The Freestylers,
Pyramid and Schema to headline and have King Yoof coming up on May the 18th.
Whats the reaction been to 140 Jungle at your events?
Its a great vibe, with its infectious rhythms and deep
basslines it always makes the crowd bounce and it fits with so many genres
(Breakbeat, Dubstep) but has that fresh forward thinking sound and variation,
we've been very lucky in one sense that the Ruffneck events have always been
packed which shows that this is a genre that's going places. Even at the more
commercial venues i play at i drop some Future Jungle and the place goes nuts.
Who inspired you to get involved in breaks and who
inspires you today?
This is a difficult one to answer, I'm a massive Hybrid
fan, back in the day their DJ sets were more Nu-Skool breaks than the
orchestral immense soundscapes they do today, also I'd have to say The Stanton
Warriors and The Plump DJs brought me a lot closer to breakbeat. Nowadays I'd
say im inspired by the likes of Pyramid with there full on tear-outs, 'Toronto
Is Broken' (he's making big waves at just 20 years old) and Resin, love his Old
Skool vibe. But I'm still inspired by the likes of The Prodigy, The Freestylers
and Hybrid and think this comes out in my productions.
Tell us your favourite tune on Future Jungle Expeditions
3
The whole album is a great representation of all things
Future Jungle, they all have their place but if I was to pick one It has to be
Schoco - Sunrise. I love music that involves you and takes you on a journey and
this does just that, i think it sums up the album Future Jungle Expeditions.
Finally, whats coming up production and DJ'ing wise from
yourself and where can we hear more of your sounds?
Production wise expect some more high octane Nu-Jungle
bangers, there's a few in the pipeline im really excited about people hearing,
more to come on Top Draw Digital and Bad Habit Musik and even working with a
singer at the moment to explore the more vocal side so watch this space.
Dj wise there are many more Ruffnecks planned for the
rest of the year, more Supatronix events but what i'm most excited about is the
Bad Habit USA Tour where i'll be playing 'I Love LA' at The Airliner in Los
Angeles on the 21st April, 'Concrete Jungle' in Las Vegas on the 23rd and 'The
Kava Lounge' in San Diago on the 29th with a few radio appearances along the
way on KPFK RADIO Fm and deeprootedradio.com. Future Jungle Worldwide!
Schoco Interview
Hi Dan, tell us a
little about yourself for the uninitiated
Hi, I'm a producer from Fellbach near Stuttgart, South
Germany. I mainly produce future jungle at the moment, but also other styles of
breakbeat music and sometimes Techno.
My tunes and remixes have been released on Quantum
Progression Audio, Boomsha Recordings, Top Drawer Digital, Digital Acetate,
Brainfunktrax and Junglist Manifesto.
And there will shortly be more releases from me on
Boomsha Recordings and Digital Acetate, and some others are in the pipeline…
As a producer, you
have a very unique take on the future jungle sound, very minimal and euphoric,
often you produce between 130-150bpm and many of your tunes are quite techno
influenced, when making tunes, what do you aim to convey to the listener?
That’s very simple: music creates emotions, positive or
negative. If I can touch the listener with my sound and my music creates
positive emotions, I’m happy!
Music has always been very important to me, and I always
wanted to create music on my own. I personally hear a wide range of different
music. And as a producer you are always influenced by your personal taste, but
that is often a more subconscious effect in my opinion. When I start producing
I often have an idea what kind of tune I want to do, but the result is almost
always very different to my plans. Often it’s more like what the sounds make
with me, not what I make with the sounds... and I always keep my productions
very open till the end. Sometimes I change nearly everything on an almost
finished tune, when I’m not 100% happy with it. Another important thing in my
productions is that I always try to give every single sound enough room to
breathe, that’s why they often sound more minimalistic.
As you're
appearing for the 2nd time on TDD for Future Jungle Expeditions 3, whats your
favourite track on the album?
The whole Album is superb! But I Think I have to choose 2
tracks that stand out a bit in my opinion:
The first is RadioKillaz’ Leatherface. It totally sounds
like slow-downed version of Alien Girl from Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce, and
I like that, big tune!
And Forever Sleep from The Rumblist. This is such a huge
sounding and euphoric tune, perfect for the wee hours!
Lets imagine for a
second that I am an alien who's never heard of future jungle, how would you
describe it to me?
It’s very difficult and almost impossible to describe
future jungle without describing the roots of fj, plus there are so many
influences and fj has such a variety of sounds and the boundaries to other genres
are fluid… and I’m not a big fan of classifications to be honest.
But if had to make a definition, I would say it’s a
breakbeat based and bass driven sound between 130 and 150 bpm with a lot of
drums, main influences are all kind of other breakbeat music, and it’s open for
all kind of other influences.
In my opinion, this openness for different influences is
very important to develop fj further and to keep it alive! We shouldn’t start
one of those ‘true’ or ‘real’ debates again...
Lastly, where can
we hear more of your sounds and any last words and shout outs?
Massive shouts and thanx to Dan (Bright Lights), Generic
Bass, Kano (Bay B Kane), Chase (Sound Shifter), Daz Breakz, Lucas, Digitally
Mashed, Dave (Rich Tones), Ali (Visible Sound), Dave (Breakz), Jules (Time
Travel), George (Sir Charge), Ryan (RyKennon), Gav Ley, Ruined Jon, John (Vinyl
Junkie), Ritchie (Strange Rollers), Dennean, David (D-audi), Aitch, Laurence
(DJ L.A.B.), Simon Harris, Otter and everyone I forgot in this list, all others involved
in the future jungle movement and everyone who listens, plays and supports my
sounds! BIG UPZ!!!
If you want to be up to date with my latest tunes,
releases, free downloads etc. you should follow me on
The wait is finally over for this huge release from Manion, blurring the lines between Jungle, Dubstep, Breaks and all manner of good sounds that contain lots of heavy bass!!!! Backed up by some quality remixes by Kid Chameleon, Eddie Voyager & Strange Rollers plus a rather tasty electro breaks remix by Metachemical, you really can't go wrong so get some this goodness in your lives you slaaaaaaaaaags!!!!
Here's a few new 140/HCB/FJ mixes to blast out nice and loud in your car.
Rated003LaunchShow Rated003LaunchShow by Ruined Jon
The latest instalment of R.A.T.E.D's fortnightly show on www.nu-raveradio.com, celebrating the release of R.A.T.E.D 003, Shadow Frequency-King Kong Sound, check out the review here: http://futurejungle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/shadow-frequency-king-kong-sound-ep.html
DJ ME - New skool Ben & Eddie Mix DJ ME - New skool Ben & Eddie Mix by Lankyman-1
Check out this mix showcasing tunes by 2 of our favourite producers, Eddie Voyager & Ben Venom
OLD SKOOLIN' ....{Rykennon Prod. Tunes}
DJ-TONY D OLD SKOOLIN' ....{Rykennon Prod. Tunes} by DJ-TONY D
And here's another great mix by one of our favourite DJs showcasing another of our favourite producers.
Take a break-maz187
take a break by maz187
And here's a fresh new mix from maz187, packed to the brim with bangers!!!!
This is a very special 20th Anniversary
re-release of much loved 92' piano anthem 'Loops' by Economix, famous
for its vocal sample from The S.O.S Band. Good Times recordings have
brought together some of the best producers in 140,Rave & Hardcore
breaks who have pulled out superb remixes of this classic. Piano Junkies
and Harmonee rework 'Loops' into epic, hands in the air piano hardcore
anthems for 2012 while Nefti goes down a tougher but equally uplifting
hardcore breaks route. For the 140 heads, Eddie Voyager and Economix lay
down a nice rolling amen breaks re rub and Neurygma's remix sounds like
an authentic 92’ style anthem in itself with its old skool beats and
sub bass. To top things off, the original version is included, a rare
and hard to find gem now available in a digital format for the first
time. This is an absolutely essential release for lovers of old and new
skool rave music, GTR have set the standard for 2012 with this fantastic
release.
will be out on Good Times Recordings September 2012
available from ALL Major download stores !!!!!
Released by:
Good Times Recordings
Release/catalogue number: GTR027
The man like Eddie Voyager has very kindly put up a track for free and its a banger too, the first of a number of giveaways from Held II Ransom recs, for more details, check out: http://held2ransom.blogspot.co.uk/
So what happens when you combine 2 of the best producers on the 140 scene on one of the hottest labels and cram 4 tracks, 2 a piece by them into a E.P? The answer is you get the 'Dub Monkee' E.P, 4 lighter flicking ragga tinged amentalist bad boy tunes that fuse together old skool and new skool elements in a wicked soundclash. Watch out for this one when it hits the download stores, its going to do some major damage. Thats a 10/10 from the FJ blog, listen to the clips below to hear just how good this release is.
Eddie Voyager & Strange Rollers - Dub Monkee EP H2R028 by Held2Ransom
massive forthcoming EP from the man like Eddie Voyager, 4 tracks that show his versatility and ability to take on different styles and genres, the lead track 'Vibes Up' is a trademark Eddie Voyager anthem with huge synths and even bigger basslines whilst the remaining 3 tracks take us down the future jungle and most notably dubstep root. Whilst some hardcore breaks purists may grumble, an unbiased listen will prove that in the right producer's hands, dubstep is a great genre of music and who better than Mr Voyager to inject much needed life into said genre with a dubstep anthem that should be getting caned by every reputable dubstep DJ. On that note, be on the lookout for his excellent 'ravestep' remix of the next tune to be released by Reeson Eddie Voyager - Vibes EP Held II Ransom 027 by Held2Ransom
Hold tight !!Held II Ransom 022 hits home with lable stalwart Eddie Voyager bringing us his summer anthem "Runaway". Big bass , happy vocals , stabs galore all combine to bring u this rave breaks monster thats sure to get them feet movin an them arms a waving !!
Remix duties this time fall to the fast rising Piano Junkies , who are takin the nu - rave scene by storm with thier happy piano laden vibe , this remix is no exception allready havin mainstream radio play on kutskis radio 1 show this one is a happy hands in the air bag of goodness!!
Our 2nd remixer needs no introductions Sanxion(Sparky) has been a mainstay in the rave breaks scene since day dot , with so many releases its hard to keep track , this time turning out a massive future jungle vibe , takin this way back ,keepin the 90's alive whilst bringin us bang up 2 date !! this one been gettin rave reviews from the likes of Billy Bunter(Kool FM) , Apply the Breaks and many more dj's , expect this one to do the damage !!!
Big remix and big original from Eddie voyager one of the original 140 pioneers from before it was even called 140 remixed by another pioneer of the nu-rave sound.
Eddie runs Held II Ransom alongside Richie K (strange rollers), it has been pushing amen lead tearing breakbeat music since 2008.
weather you call it future past or present music this tune is sure to rock your boat and maybe sink it
