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After a bit of a break, here is a brand new mix of Autonomic style music. Some classics from the genre, interspersed with some new stuff too. Stuff from Exit, Instra:mental, dBridge - old and new (including a few from the recent Exit 100 records) and something off Coco Bryce's new album too. I barely scraped the surface of this genre, so I am already thinking of a part 2, watch this space....

Hope you enjoy! Peace, love & beats ✌️❤️🎵
R-Hawk

R Hawk Label Showcase #2

This time, taking it back to one of the most bountiful years for jungle - 1994 - and one of the best producers in the genre - Dillinja - with his label Logic Productions. This time, there are only 3 releases on the label, although there is a 4th track licenced from Logic Productions that appeared on Drum & Bass Selection, ‘Baby Your’ that unfortunately never got a standalone release.

My attention for this label started off when I heard a (now infamous) DJ set by Randall at AWOL in May 1994 https://youtu.be/A2bckbM0SLA?si=gYNrl3Mhhzq5QVZe. That was still in the days when I was hearing most new music from mixtapes or recordings from raves and one of our friends, who lived near London, had a copy of this Randall and MC GQ set. We listened to it over and over again and in particular, I was taken by one mellower track, that had a “Deep, deep, love” female vocal sample in it. When we were collecting records back then, there was no internet, if you weren’t near a big city - there was no pirate radio; and while there were DJ magazines, they didn’t really tell you where to go and when, in order to find what you wanted - and they certainly didn’t come with audio clips; so really, it was down to being in the right record shop at the right time and selecting records out of the racks to listen to. I was in Replay Records in Bath, at some point in 1994 (wish I could remember exactly when) and I pulled out a load of stuff to listen to; imagine my excitement when one of them was Dillinja - Deep Love and straight away I knew it was the same track off the Randall mix tape. I have played this record so many times in the last nearly 30 years and it never gets old. I picked up the 3rd release later in 1994, also from Replay in Bath and the 2nd release from W Sounds in Warminster from a 2nd hand collection a couple of years later.

These are all sophisticated jungle drum & bass tracks, they sounded very advanced for the time and definitely some of Dillinja’s finest work. I love how they are not all tear out tunes, but a mixture of styles. I had a couple of goes at this mini-mix, as I soon realised how tricky it was getting the different keys to work together in the mix and blend; but I think I got there in the end! Hope you enjoy…

Deep Love
Warrior
Moods
You Don’t Know Remix
You Don’t Know
Heavenly Bass

This is a re-upload of my Studio Mix of my set from Rolldabeats party, The Castle, Whitechapel, London Oct 2009. None of the sets were recorded on the night, so I remixed it the day after! Enjoy :) Big ups!!!!

Tracklist
Inta (the anthem) - Grooverider - prototype records (1994) (tease)
Dreams of Heaven ( the silence mix)- Inta Warriors - Dee Jay records (1993)
High rollers 'Ghostin out' - Goldie - Reinforced records (1993)
The Mutant Remix - Rollers Instinct (DJ Trace remix) - T-Power - SOUR records (1995)
Common Origin - Jonny L - XL records (1997)
Soul in Motion - Krust - Full Cycle records (1997)
Inner City Life - Goldie - FFFR (1994)
Truly one - Origin Unknown (Andy C) - Ram records (1995)
Urban space - Boymerang - Prototype Records (1996)
Night moves (Alliance remix) - Q Project - Legend records (1993)
This way - Skanna (1993)
Warning (powder mix) - Roni Size & DJ Die - Philly Blunt (1994)
Touch Me (agony mix) - Digital - Timeless Records (1995)
Warp drive - DJ Crystl - Dee Jay Recordings (1993)
Love Me - Unit 1 - Creative Wax (1994)
Tear into it - Parallel World - Good Looking Records (1994)
Bust That Groove - Sonz of a Loop da Loop era - Suburban Base (1993)
Monged Out - Mad Dogs - Underdog Records (1993)
Deadly deep subs - Dillinja - Deadly Vinyl (1994)
Deadly deep subs (remix) - Dillinja -Deadly Vinyl (1994)
I like it (remix) - Marcus Intalex - Intalex Records (1995)
LA Fantasy - Lemon D - Cutting Edge (1995)
P Funk Era (VIP mix) - P Funk - AWOL (1994)
Say It - System X (Photek) - Third Eye records (1994)
Kemistry (VIP mix) - Goldie - FFFR (1995)

The Jungle_List Facebook group became active again in Jan 2024, and I was reminded of this mix, which was an exclusive studio mix I did to accompany an interview I did for the group in April 2019.

http://tinyurl.com/2528jx95

Tracklist

1 Stray - When It Rains
(Mixed with On the Pulse of morning speech, by Dr Maya Angelou) -
2 Fracture & Neptune - Worm Science
3 Stray - Chatterbox
4 Dead Man’s Chest - Blue Mountain
5 Sully & Kid Lib - Open Your Mind
6 J Majik - Hold You
7 Coco Bryce - Vertigo
8 World View - Homeworld
9 J Majik - Codebreaker
10 Sam Binary - Sentinel Era
11 Cartridge - Pyramid of Fear
12 Sonic - 8082devast8
13 Sam KDC - Betrayed
14 Fracture - Soundboy Get Nervous
15 Boba Fett - Lock Up
16 Programs In Memory - Nothing to be Afraid of
17 Dub One and Blatant - Combination Style
18 Coco Bryce - Wish We Didn’t
19 Marco Lazovic - Untitled 5
20 Etch - Out There
21 Kratos - Unborn
jungle, jungle_list

Broadcast as part of the Western Lore Takeover on SWU FM on Friday December 22nd 2023 at 1400 GMT

1. Nectax - Speak Friend & Enter (Over/Shadow Quadrant Box Set)(2023)
2. Sully - Stop (Uncertain Hour)(2023)
3. Basic Rhythm - Gargantua (Future Retro)(2023)
4. Unknown Soldier - Two Heads (Haters Inc)(2023)
5. Runout - Inwards (As We Enter)(2022)
6. M Beat - X Rated (Mekatune)(2022)
7. Tom & Jerry - Look to the Sky (AKO Arcade)(2023)
8. Refreshers - Make me Feel (Refreshers)(2023)
9. Monita - Luv 2 Luv Ya 95 Relick (Future Retro x Skeleton)(1995/2023)
10. Artificial Red - Mind Hunter (Dub)
11. Krugah - Meditation Redux (forthcoming Rigatoni)
12. John B - Pressure (intro tease) (Formation)(1998)
13. Paradox - Soviet (Paradox Music)(2021)
14. Dead Man’s Chest - Throwing Shades (Western Lore)(2017)
15. Pearson Sound - Down With U (Darkestral Excursions)(2010)
16. Peeb - Case 6 (forthcoming Gunns Road Music)
17. Krust - Touch (Full Cycle)(1995)
18. Voyager - Eastern Promise (Lucky Spin)(1995)

A selection of my favourite tracks that I have been sent or collected over the past few months. Enjoy!

1. Artificial Red & Voodoo Child - The Oasis (Diamond Life)
2. Model - Wish (8205)
3. Aural Imbalance - First Ascent (Okbron)
4. NonRev - Last I Heard (forthcoming Eternal Soul)
5. Aeon Four - Quantize Humanity (Silent Force)
6. Breakage - Pattern (Self Released)
7. Fushara - Paranoid Park (Constellations)
8. Gremlinz & Ink - Rise of the Deep (forthcoming Okbron)
9. Hidden Agenda - The Cruel Sea (AKO10)
10. Kosheen - Hide U (Outrage Remix)(White Label Dubs)
11. Equinox - Steppa Selection Take 2 - (Enforcers)
12. R-Hawk - I Wanna Rock (Krugah Funky Entendre Remix)(Unreleased)
13. Icon Roller - Kill Dem (forthcoming Malted Music)
14. Double O - Niaibingi (Hidden Hawaii)
15. Unknown Soldier - Two Heads (Haters Inc 4)
16. Threshold & Stretch - Pain (Hazardous) VIP (AKO Reload)
17. Roots Manuva - Witness (1 Hope) Greenleaf VIP
18. dgoHn - Untitled (Everything is Same Size) (Love Love)
19. Hyphix - Sleep Paralysis (Unreleased)
20. Krugah - Vibezey (#9ine6ixteen Volume Two)
21. Peshay - Celestial (forthcoming Okbron)
22. Artificial Red - This Time (Time Is Now)
23. Tom & Jerry - Look To The Sky (AKO Arcade)
24. Haste - Only You (Twilight)
25. Tek 9 - Killing Time (Tom & Jerry Remix)(Reinforced)
26. Dillinja - South Side (Riffin Mix)(JA 1)
27. Ruffkutt - Identity Crisis (Infra Red)
28. Deejay Endo - The Realm (Vocal Mix)(Unreleased)
29. Juxt - Discord (Unreleased)
30. Kid Drama - Auto State of Mind (CNVX)
31. Ben Kei - Aperture (Constellations)