Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

I don't know who these guys are, or where they came from, and I don't care.  They are my new favorite band.

They should be yours, too.

Moonlight Hits The Mirrorball EP.zip

Folder includes:

Moonlight Hits The Mirrorball
Moonlight Hits The Mirrorball (2 Bad Mice Lost '92 Mix)

Bay B Kane On CD

I fell madly in love with Bay B Kane about five minutes after jungle hit the U.S.  In 1993 I memorized every second of his Forwards In Reverse EP, and I slammed down $40 for Guardians Of Ruff in 1994, sound unheard.

Shortly thereafter I picked up two CD box sets, helpfully titled Best Of Jungle and Best Of Jungle '95.  I saw Bay B Kane's name here and there on the enclosed CDs, and was grateful to have a few digital copies of drum & bass history.

Little did I know.

Discogs.com is a dangerous place.  You know all those bands you loved as a teenager and into your early 20s?  Now you can look up everything about them.  Who was in them, where they recorded, offshoots you've never heard of, and bonus tracks hidden away on obscure compilation CDs that you now must have.  I made the mistake of looking up Bay B Kane's name there last week, and I'm only just emerging now.

Most of his early work was vinyl-only.  I was able to rip a few gems loose from YouTube, but the audio is pretty awful.  What really got my attention was his list of pseudonyms.  Bay B Kane (Mel Jalal Tanur) is known as Code K, Double T, Icon, Intelligent Jungalist, Kid Thunder, Parallel, Rinca, as well as a few group efforts.  Imagine my surprise when I learned that I've had some of his early work on CD this whole time.

Bay B Kane On CD.zip


Folder includes

* Bay B Kane - Jungle Warriors '95
* Code K - Barehedd One
* Darkenator - The Warning
* Intelligent Jungalist - Double Barrel
* Kane & The Paraquat - Addikshun
* Kid Thunder - Scorpions Theme
* Nu-Matic - Hard Times

[Edit: Found another one: In Perfection - Expression (Bay B Kane Remix).mp3]

That last one by Nu-Matic really got me, not because it was released in 1992, but because I've had it since 1992 and I never knew it was him.  No, it's not nearly as good as his peak years, but it's Bay B Kane in 1992.  Excuse me while I switch pants.

Anyway, it's a real treat to re-experience one of the most brilliant minds of the early drum & bass movement in crystal-clear CD audio.  Hope you find this collection as tasty as I do.

Rare Altern 8 B-Sides

Every aging raver worth his salt remembers Altern 8.  Their sound is immediately identifiable with early 90's rave madness, along with other crossover acts like Smart E's and Prodigy.

Here are two unforgettable and timeless b-sides from their Everybody EP.

Altern 8 - Everybody B-Sides.zip

Folder includes

* Domain 8 (Origin 8 In Detroit Mix)
* Underground (8 Till L-8 Mix)

Domain 8 finds the group on a one-way ticket to a Detroit trance party, while Underground keeps the breakbeat hysteria alive from the other side of the pond.

Two more gems from the back of the cr-8.

KLF - The White Room (Bootleg Jungle Remix)

I rediscovered KLF's The White Room while digging through the crates for my old-school jungle mixtape.  Not only did it bring back tons of memories, it scaled up nicely to 170 bpm.  I punished it with classic jungle drum loops and now it's all ready for the mix.

KLF - The White Room (Hardcore Math User Remix).mp3

KLF - The White Room (Original Version).mp3


I pulled an all-nighter for this one.  I can barely hold my eyes open, but such is the labor of love.  Sometimes the muse just won't take no for an answer. 

This is my valentine to 1991.

Calling All Jungle Heads

I am presently working on a ridiculous sugar and caffeine infused old school hardcore mix that will make your eyes water like a slice of lemon to the face.  It's going to span 1991 to 1994, and will be a minimum of 170 bpm.  I am going to ass-rape you with screaming chipmunk piano jungle on helium, and you're going to like it.

While trolling the back of my oldest crates for the mix, I noticed that I still have a copy of Bay B Kane's Pure Shot A Lick from his classic 1994 The Guardian Of Ruff release.  I tried to find a digital copy of the song online (or at least a better vinyl copy on YouTube), and don't you know, it couldn't be found.

I had stumbled upon the rarest of gems -- a song by an artist with a devoted following that is neither available for sale at the iTunes Store, nor ripe for ripping from YouTube.

Bay B Kane - Pure Shot A Lick.mp3

You're welcome.

I used to play this fucker out, so the quality is not the best.  But it's better than not having it at all.  Why they decided not to include this in The Guardian Of Ruff CD release is beyond me.  It's criminal, really.

So stay tuned, stoners.  Your old school, proto-happy hardcore, jungle-on-45 safari is on its way.  It's going to be truly sickening.

Bye Bye, Hosni

Madonna hardly seems like the appropriate artist to mark the occasion of Mubarak's ouster, but this was the first song that popped in my head.

Madonna - Bye Bye Baby.mp3

Bye bye, Hosni.  You f**ked it up.

Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms (Remix)

It's Flashback Friday!  We're going to try something completely different and post an extended version of a mid-80's pop hit!

Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms (Remix).mp3

I downloaded like 100 of these in August, and school is kicking my ass.  I'm just going to keep serving them up until I get my life back, or until I run out, whichever comes later.

Just roll with it.

The Only Dead Or Alive Song I Will Ever Post

WHY DO I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH?

Seriously, I can't stand Pete Burns.  He makes Amy Winehouse look pulled together by comparison, and if I ever hear Spin Me Round again, I will drive a butter knife through someone's knee.

And yet, for some reason...

Brand New Lover.zip

Folder includes

  * Brand New Lover (Radio Edit)
  * Brand New Lover (Extended Version)

The radio version is the better of the two, but I included the extended version just to be OCD.