Oldskool Thizzime

Treating you today with a batch of Oldskool UK Garage tracks, for those of you that don't know, UK Garage is a genre which developed in the mid-nineties in england, inspired by RnB, Chicago House, and Acid, Garage producers began making a unique sort of house, with a DnB like west indies sound palate at hand, that english love for breaks and wobbles, with a dark techy trance-like vibe, that would be subtle at first but the fast distinctive 2-step shuffle and sweeping wobbling basses began to come to the forefront,

As it moved further away from house, and emphasized garage's unique characteristics it would eventually evolve and divide into its subgenres of Grime, Dubstep, and Bassline, starting in the early the '00s.

As the '10s begin we have seen these forms going back to their roots, embracing the RnB/House vibe, but nonetheless are now informed by the innovative sounds of Dubstep and the like. Some Dubstep producers started trying their hand at a tribal sort of house in the late aughties using a distinctive afro/latin beat, inspiring a massive wave of producers to try their hand at this exciting new mutation of Garage, Funky. The sound is constantly evolving, and producers are constantly motivated to enter new sonic territory, as such we can see a few more subgenres on the horizon, think the J.Orbison/Joker/Guido progressive sound or Zomby&Ikonikas dark 8-bit vibes, oi, idk interesting stuff ahead under the Silly, Funky, & Soulful umbrella of Garage.

Anyways here's a taste of where it all started, beats from the '95-'02 era, thought i'd give you a history since ill be passing a few of these out over time, feel*

-Jumpman

GOLDEN BANANA BUNCH (LINK)

Zed Bias - Neighbourhood ([

Noodles - Don't Need Nobody ([

Suburban Lick - You're Mine (Zed Bias Remix) ([

Soul II Soul - Pleasure Dome (Tuff Jam Remix)

N'n'G - Skip Bop

Rachel Wallace - Feel This Way (Dub Monsters Remix)

Groove Chronicles - Shattered

MJ Cole - Flava Fever

Tuff Jam - Key Dub (Version 99)

Livin' Large - Metro Knome

N'n'G - In The Morning

Wookie - Down On Me

Wookie - Scrappy

G.O.D. - Watch Ya Bass Bins

(Whole Post w/ Bunch)

*Big up to Dahousehead.blogspot.com! If your interested he has very large collection of Oldskool Garage & House.*

Drum & Bass batch #3

Sorry for my long hiatus,again, but i'm back...again, M's post (props) has encouraged me to add some additional Drum & Bass tracks that ive been holding on to, Got alot from Logistics from Hospitality Records in this one, Check it Out>

-Jumpman

Subwave - I Need You GOLDEN BANANA

Brilliant track, Russian producer, probably being signed to Hospitality later within the year

Rockwell - Underpass

A more minimal styled DnB track

Zed Bias - Neighbourhood (Logistics Remix)

Remix of a breakbeat tune, Absolutely killer drop

Logistics - Transporter GOLDEN BANANA

Off his 2009 album Crash, Bang, Wallop, as are the next couple tracks, instantly one of my favorites, really deep stuff, love the bass/drop, 'powerful yet understated' at the same time, Uplifting

Logistics - Salvation

^High Energy^

Logistics - Jungle Music

Awesome bass, oldschool sound

Kanye West - Flashing Lights (High Contrast Remix)

Awesome, albeit conceptually simple remix/edit, heard it on BBC's essential mix, just awesome

*DNB LOVE*