Shut Up & Dance. A label i feel a large part of our scene(s) are seriously endebbted too, but never get half the credit they deserve, One of the first full blown Breakbeat based rave labels with direct influences of reggae, ragga & Hardcore hip hop, SUAD were well ahead of the curve, and there dont give a fuck attitude towards sampling is something to be applauded, but ultimately landed them in hotwater…….which all adds to the mystery…..From the 1st officially BANNED rave track of Rum & Blacks “Fuck The Legal Stations”, to SUAD’S “Raving im raving” which was withdrawn on day of release due to uncleared samples, SUAD paved the way for a 1000 renegade bedroom producers just to go ahead and do as they did………..THIS IS HARDCORE………….show some respect, & DANCE BEFORE THE POLICE COME!!!…..History Lessons continued……..
THE DJ PRODUCER – ACTUAL SONZ OF RAVE – THE DANCE BASS & BOGWOPPA LEGACY
The Dj Producer says
“Dance Bass (later to become Bogwoppa Records)…….Hard to know where to start really……A label that literally took the baton from where labels like Shut up & Dance left off…….High velocity sped up Hip Hop breaks, over weighted sub bass — Bedroom style ruff, rugged and raw uk breakbeat hardcore……..the 1st few releases were pressed on white labels and literally “sold out of the boot of a car round the record shops like drug dealers” (i quote)…….These records were pretty mysterious, and with artist names like Secret Squirrell, Undercover Elephant, AJ Flex….we still were really none the wiser, but those records were almost veiwed as “dj weapons” — the breaks to be pulled when you wanted to murderize other dj’s (thats how me & my freinds veiwed them anyway…)………Funny how things come to pass……..as years later (about 4 to be precise)……it turns ouyt the label was run by a Julian Cobb……..better known to you lot as Hellfish………….so….it seems our link was intrinsic before we had even ever met………..True Creators??? Definitly…………..”You Say Your style’s hardcore???”…………well…….for 22 years this year……….goddamned right 
HISTORY LESSONS CONTINUED!!!!”
TRACKLISTING
1.SECRET SQUIRREL INTRO
2. SECRET SQUIRRELL II – GO CRAZY
3. SECRET SQUIRREL II – HECTIC CONFUSION
4. UNDERCOVER ELEPHANT – PSYCHO SOUNDS
5. ZOOKEEPERS REVENGE – KEYS TO THE CAGE EP A2
6. ZOOKEEPERS REVENGE – KEYS TO THE CAGE EP B1
7. ZOOKEEPERS REVENGE – CHARGED UP
8. ZOOKEEPERS REVENGE – KEYS TO THE CAGE EP B2
9. UNDERCOVER ELEPHANT – PSYCHO SOUNDS A1
10. ACID BEARD MASSIVE – TWELVE BEAT
11. SECRET SQUIRRELL – THE X MEN
12. SECRET SQUIRRELL & AJ FLEX – COME RUDEBOY
13. SECRET SQUIRRELL & AJ FLEX – TIME FLIES
14. UNDERCOVER ELEPHANT – COMMENCE WITH THE B-LINE
15 – MINISTER SO SINISTER – GOOD VIBRATIONS
16. ACID BEARD MASSIVE – PUNCH OUT
17. DJ DIPLOMAT – HERE COMES MUNGO
18. NARC – FUTURE WORLD
19. ACID BEARD MASSIVE – IN LOVE WITH YOU
20. NARC – EQUATORIAL BASS
21. DIPLOMAT – CHANNEL TUNNEL (POSS WRONG TITLE DUE TO BADLY STAMPED WHITE LABEL)
22. ACID BEARD MASSIVE – QUANTUM LEAP
23. DJ DIPLOMAT – MOVE & GROOVE
24. UNDERCOVER ELEPHANT – PSYCHO SOUNDS B1
25. ACID BEARD MASSIVE – SWEETEST FEELING
26. SECRET SQUIRRELL – SPACED OUT
27. UNDERCOVER ELEPHANT – YOUR GONNA BE
28. SECRET SQUIRRELL – ILLEGAL BUSINESS
29. SECRET SQUIRRELL – EXODUS
Good’ol Gem of the Darkside nation : 1
Hi darksider !
i haven’t post for some days cause i’ve quited my flat to a new one. you know the deal : no internet, lots of carton box everywhere, really tired now. but enough talking about me let’s talk about music
I’ve seen a lots of new people interested by darkstep because of crossbreed. that what lead me to introduce industrial hardcore into this blog (for more info about this check my post about The Darkside Nation) but there have been some rant about the evolution of darkstep. I’ve think quite a bit about this and i think some people really made a point. lot’s of people are missing the point of Crossbreed i think. In my first post about crossbreed (called brokencore at that time because of the lack of a real name) I talk about a wrong turn where people would make crossbreed mix.
Crossbreed is not a substyle of hardcore for me. It could be much much more. It’s all about hybridization of different part of music. Crossbreed could be about industrial distorsion, dark melancholic melodies, dissonnant sound design, complex broken rythm. It could hybridize part of drum’n'bass, and hardcore but to work it need to be much more than the sum of it part. Crossbreed is also not only a style of production but also a way to make mix of music. A Crossbreed mix is based of a blend of different ambiance and texture. If you mix only crossbreed tracks with crossbreed tracks where is the hybridization ? If on the other hand you mix a roller with a hardcore track than a crossbreed then a military rolling snare thingy it’s a lot more creative.
My point is not to tell you what you should do. you should do what is good for you of course. But when i see people putting Mainstream Hardcore track into underground mix,, when i see mainstream hardcore artist jumping into the band wagon of Crossbreed, when i see mix made of nearly the same track for one hour, I just see a big risk of the whole scene selling out and becoming boring, generic and dull.
I can’t change that if that is what people want but i can do my own part to avoid this. That is why i will now from time to time have a series of post called Good Ol Gem of the Darkside Nation. I will try to dig for you some of the gem of our scene to try to showcase you what have been tryed in the scene (what work for me of course).
My little contribution to a scene that change my life. By knowing our past hopefully we can keep to move forward
So enough talking now some music :
Dj Hidden – The untouched
Label Smackdown Record 001
Release Year 2009
Why i like this track : everything is perfect in this track. Probably one of the best track of Dj Hidden. Start with a creepy intro. Lot’s of ambiance. Cool edit on the vocal. that introduce a dark stringy kind off lead. Industrial kick and lot’s of break mangled so well together. It just flow and give you the urge to dance. The break is really complex with lot’s of different melodic sound. The melodies actually evolve and grow continually. It’s not dj tool it’s just pure music.
Intense, dark, creative, complex and heavy. What i like with Dj Hidden music is just that : it’s music.
Musical ideas are not just there : they grow all along the track. Lot’s of underground music thing being underground is all about distorsion or violence but for me that is non sense. Being underground is avoiding stupid hook music without being boring. And if you have studied a bit music, the only actual solution is to develop your musical ideas.
The Dj Producer – Damage by Dj
Label Deathchant 08
Release Year 1997
This track is a gem for me. It’s not as complex as the previous one but with the limited power of creative tools of that time it’s still very fresh. This is good fun music but still intricate and musicaly engaging. in the days of crossbreed of drum’n'bass and hardcore people got to remember that crossbreed could be much more that alternate and distorted kick between a snare. This track is really funky but still hardcore as fuck. a great classic for me
The DJ Producer – Sector Events Podcast Episode 11
1. ?? Hocus Pocus intro ?
2. Lenny Dee – Silence of Eternity
3. ?? “Show me how to beat the devil” sample ??
4. English Muffin – English Muffin
5. Randy & Lukas – FSSU
6. Corosion of Conformity – King of the Rotten (stickhead remix)
7. Bass D, King Matthew & R.T.C – Lost Zehn
8. Negative burn – Gates of Heaven (or hell, can’t remember)
9. Sons of Aliens – In love
10. Speed Nova – Acid Instinct
11. R. Wagner – Listen carefully
12. ?? “give me some fcuking hardcore” sample??
13. Stunned guys & Darien Kelly – our definition of oldstyle (I think)
14. Diplomat – Mindwinder
15. Hellfish – Techno City
16. System 3 – For my mind
17. Micropoint – Hardbreak
18. Producer – Only I can do it (again I think its this)
19. Industrial Terror Squad – Unbelievable
20. Hellfish – The ripper
21. Stroid 1 (forgotten moments remix)
22. ?? sounds like hellfish
23. Hellfish – way of the homeboy pt 1 ?
24. ??Sounds like micropoint
PRSPCT XMAS COMBO
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But… shipping costs for the 4 vinyls are equal to the costs of shipping 1 vinyl.
XTRM001 – Bong-Ra vs The DJ Producer
SUB001 – Counterstrike vs COOH/Balkansky
LTD007 – Lowroller & Igneon System
PRSPCT016 – The Panacea, Gancher & Ruin and Dub Elements
KSHEEP012 Tymon / The Dj Producer – Never Look Back / The Difference Between
Label Killing Sheep records
Artist Tymon The Dj Producer
Release date Out now
Format 12″ Digital
tracklist
A1 Tymon – Never Look Back
B1 The Dj Producer – the Difference between
PRSPCT XTRM001 The DJ Producer vs. Bong-Ra – The Abominable / Bloodclot Techno
Artist The DJ Producer, Bong-Ra
Label Prspct Xtrm
Release date Out now 2′th of October 2011
Tracklist:
01. The Abominable
02. Bloodclot Techno
The DJ Producer Live @ Relentless Hardcore 2011
check this out
MANTICORE006 Mystification out now
Label Manticore Recordings
Artist Mystfication
Tracklist
A1 Mystification – Computers ( Dj Producer remix)
B1 Mystification – Lost
