What's all this then?

Hey you! This blog is mainly a way of protecting my precious music against electronic loss, but you are most welcome to take anything you like.

In all cases, I'd urge you to track down the original, where possible, and purchase it, but I do understand a lot of posts on here are rare and next to impossile to find anymore.

Anyway, if you download from me, all I ask is that you leave a comment before you leave rather than just taking anonymously and disappearing.

Peace & luvizm

Kymba xx

Saturday, 31 January 2009

The Scientist - The Excorcist - 12"

Kickin’ Records
KICK01
1990 160kbps

Back in 1990-91, Kickin’ Records were on a roll, blazing trail for the UK’s breakbeat dance scene, and nobody was more influential in this period than Phil Sebastiane and DJ Hype, here recording under the monicker The Scientist (not to be confused with the professor of dub reggae, of course).

The scene was just developing back then, and on the back of Todd Terry’s Royal House and Black Riot releases a couple of years prior, tracks like Soundclash, The Excorcist and The Bee set the stage for what would become Old Skool/Ardcore and, later, Jungle and Drum & bass.

The Excorcist is, for many, a stand-out classic, and, like all true classics, still sounds great today.

It’s a heady mix of slamming breakbeats, Malcolm X quotes, crazy bleeps and excellent synth work. It’s such a classic, in fact, that I really don’t need to write anymore about it. If you know it, you don’t need telling. If you don’t, then you need to check it ASAP.

“…Our religion teaches us to be intelligent, be peaceful, be courteous, ... but if someone puts his hand on you, then send him to the cemetery!”

Enjoy!









http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CJKOVUO7

Kick Squad - Soundclash (Champion Sound) – 12”

Kickin’ Records
KICK02
1990

160kbps

What we're gonna do right here is go back.... way back... back into 1990...

Breakbeat House, the foundations for what would become Old Skool/Ardcore and eventually Jungle and Drum & Bass, had been pioneered by Todd Terry back in 1988, but it wasn't until the UK scene took off that it really became the monster that we remember.

Step Forward Phil Sebastiane and DJ Hype, also recording for Kickin’ under the name The Scientist (not to be confused with the also excellent dub reggae artist) and released such classics as The Excorcist and The Bee, who carried the breakbeat torch and added some wonderfully complex synth programming to create some truly amazing tracks.

Soundclash is probably a little more basic than The Excorcist and The Bee (and their respective remixes), but no less brilliant for it. Its clever use of the bongo’s from Denis Coffey’s awesome funk track Scorpio, the haunting “whooooo” hook, wicked bleeps, reggae vocals and general all-round dopeness ensure Soundclash is a bona-fide classic.


“My Sound which is a Champion Sound… Hear Dis!”

Enjoy!


A - Soundclash (Champion Sound) (Hypermix)
B1 - Soundclash (Champion Sound) (Scientific Mix)
B2 - Soundclash (Champion Sound) (DJ Mix)

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Friday, 30 January 2009

Coming Soon...

Here are the first releases I'm gonna put up, most like this weekend (31st Jan-1st Feb 2009)

Reggae
Super Cat - Scalp Dem/ South Central Promo CDS (inc the Wu-Tang remix of Scalp Dem)

Old Skool
Kick Squad - Sound Clash (Champion Sound) 12"
The Scientist - The Excorcist 12"
The Scientist - The Excorcist (remix) 12"
The Scientist - The Bee 12"
The Scientist - The Bee (remix) 12"

R&B
SWV - I'm So Into You (remixes) CDS
SWV - Right Here (Human nature) CDS