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Releasing jungle records for over 2 decades, DJ K is a well-known name when it comes to upfront jungle music. Combining the energy of drum & bass but maintaining the organic original oldschool vibe, K's signature style which originated in the North American jungle movement of the early 2000's is unmistakable on dancefloors in Europe and across the world. From anthems to steppers to tearout rollers, his sharp-cut amens and forward-moving bass lines always get the crowd moving. Which makes having a DJ K record an essential tool in every DJ's crate.

Out Of Romford continues its run of classic remasters and remixes with this amazing proto-jungle EP. Featuring new remixes from New Decade and Liftin Spirits, its an unmissable slice of the original sound. Rolling beats and heavy bass laced with potent atmospherics are the name of the game, and it is played at its finest here….

Sometimes words to describe artists are overused, not in this case, the original Junglists are back with some conscious dancefloor heat, with an E.P. that is both thought provoking while making you to dance.

4 tracks deep of Jungle, D&B, Breakbeat, Bass music pressure, that looks forward while looking back.

* Hectic is one of the greatest old skool labels and after the success of the represses, new remixes were inevitable. We have pulled out all the stops here with remixers such as Luna-C, Pete Cannon, Beeno and Nicky Allen all showing how to do new mixes of classic tunes without compromising the sound or integrity of the original huge choons! A big release!

From Bristol to Singapore via Leipzig: Defrostatica present ‘Nightingale’, a lifesaving EP from two total dons of the craft – Kiat & Digital.

Metalheadz alumni, friends since early 2000s, both crazy respected for
their commitment, contributions and refusal to compromise; these kindred spirits have collaborated on all kinds of projects, including Kiat doing the artwork for Digital’s Headz release the ‘In The Lurch’ EP. Here we find them nursing their deepest creative state to date.

Coco Bryce has carved out a big legacy in a short time, with his epic jungle workouts, varied styles and multiple releases over the last few years smashing every style out of the park. A combination of Coco and Kniteforce was a no brainer, and this EP is guaranteed to bend what brains you have left into shape…or out of shape. Who can say?

Legendary artist Isotonik steps back to the front with this HUGE ep of classic rave sounds. Hitting the slower, piano led and summery vibe had always been his strong point, and it remains so with these three future classics, each containing more soul and style than the majority of rave releases from then or now.

NRGs return to the scene has been phenomenal, and this EP only serves to underscore why his mighty talent for incredible music deserves the legendary status it inevitably gets. Inside is 4 thunderous rave tracks, with the lead tune, Inside, destined to be a classic. Meanwhile NRG takes things forward with “Ive Been Waiting” and lets the beats speak for themselves in Dancefloor Rockin, leaving only “Yeah” to make you agree you just listened to both the future and the past…


Club / DJ Support
Billy Bunter, the Fat Controller, Glowkid, Slipmatt, Dj Jedi, Dj Luna-C, Dj Brisk, Clayfighter, Jimni Cricket, Bustin, Sc@r, Doughboy, Saiyan, Dave Skywalker, Ponder and many others

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Influential was a Kniteforce owned jungle / d’n’b label that ran for nearly 20 releases back in the late 90’s, before coming to a halt as KFA took off. But now it is returning, revamped into an old skool styled jungle label, complete with irreverent samples and deep jungle bass and dancehall vibes. All four tracks on this EP lean in slightly different directions, but all are forwards in reverse, proper jungle for those who know the original sound…

Rua Sound's sought after "Foxy Jangle" series returns for its seventh installment with a double-A side from Law & Wheeler and Mister Shifter, backed as always with hand-drawn artwork by Dublin graffiti artist CISTO.

Law & Wheeler roll out the hypnotic jungle vibes on Visions of Apparitions on one side, while Mister Shifter revisits his Dreada track on the other, raining down a peak time amen apocalypse in fine style.

Premeried in DJ Mag, print and online.

Ibiza Records brings you Archives Vol 11 EP with those flavours of the early 90s when the scene was emerging from hardcore into Junglism thus the creation of Jungle...

This 4 track of gems from Potential Bad Boy n Noise Factory taken from Ibiza's vast back catalogue showcases their musical talent...

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Tlim Shug & DJ Playstation pair up for a split EP on newly minted label E-BEAMZ - Tlim Shug up first fresh from his debut on Greece's legendary Echovolt Records.. a slice of thugged out deep club baltimore inspired house muzak. On the flip DJ Playstation comes correct with a tape saturated jungle heater.. Headz certainly ain't ready!

Eyes to the horizon...it´s getting closer! This is the 12" sampler that will advance the 4x12" 'Message To The Parazone' album to celebrate the 5th birthday and 10th release of Parallax Recordings.

The 4-tracker gives an insight into what to expect from the album and offers a wide range of styles: It opens with the dark and mystic 170-groover 'Horizons' by ScanOne. It´s followed by the raw, dubby, Amen-led Dead Man´s Chest Remix of 'Rhodiola'. Originally part of the Subaquatic EP by Tim Reaper it was a collabo with dutch Yorobi and is turning heads in various sets at the moment. On the flip InnerCore slaps us with 'Turbo Sound', an alarming ravey Hardcore beast that will make you jump off your seat and bust shapes in your bedroom. The dark lord FX rounds off the EP in his trademark dark style that only he can do so easily. 'Dark Shadows' is a pitch-black monster with racing, relentless Amens and the evilest mentasms. You don´t want to miss this.

The black vinyl is pressed by Optimal Media and comes in a high quality reversed cardboard sleeve with illustrations and artwork by Vali NME Click. All music was mastered by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven Mastering.

Dodz Canadian based producer makes his AKO debut and what a way to introduce yourself with 2 absolute bangers.

Watercolour has already become an AKO favorite with a beautiful melody that builds and builds with the breaks that make you just close your eyes and realizes why you love jungle. Then the bass hits you with the edits of the breaks and you just want to dance and embrace the person next to you. Simple is another banger that LTJ Bukem would have been playing in the ’90s again beautiful pads and vocal that build around the breaks and just when you think it could not get any better the amen drops and take the track to another level. Welcome to the AKO Stable Mr. Dodz.

The first vinyl release from the Texas based cassette label eastdowntothesouth, run by doomshop affiliate DJ Akoza and Textasy. This compilation is the debut of the jungle producer Ksetdex, and it also features tracks from DJ Agony and Textasy

Only 200 copies pressed on clear vinyl. Super limited pressing

Brand new Drum & Bass/Jungle label set up by the original ‘Daddy Of The Dance’ and a founder of the EDM scene, Ellis Dee.
Ellis Dee was one of the most requested and revered DJ’s from the whole UK rave scene, starting out on the London Acid House circuit in the late 80’s, becoming a household name by the early 90’s for his uplifting rave sets across the whole of the UK and into Europe and the US.
Ellis Dee has now set up Academix, a new label for all his D&B and Jungle tunes, releasing dancefloor bangers alongside close friends like Marvellous Cain. He has also been releasing on Drumsound and Simon Bassline Smiths ‘Technique’ label.

Second Acid Skanking! What is this, no teebee 303 this time, but we have a transformer scratching technics main theme this time! this one drops down on the a side to 126 bpm into boom bap and hip house. Scavaged from an originated version from 1996 made with a soundtracker in 8 bit and 22khz. The flipside drops a hardcore house version running up into 150 bpm and adds some crunchy akai 950 amen flavour
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Ian K’s debut EP on Kniteforce is simply amazing. With a mature, clean sound that has echoes of The Prodigy and the heavy beats and bass of any modern producer, he somehow manages to combine an authentic, 1991 rave feel with a forward looking EP to perfect results. Not to be missed, this one is destined to be much sought after in years to come….

Club / DJ Support
Billy Bunter, the Fat Controller, Glowkid, Slipmatt, Dj Jedi, Dj Luna-C, Dj Brisk, Jimni Cricket, Bustin, Sc@r, Doughboy, Saiyan, Dave Skywalker, Ponder and many others

Ibiza Records has known the legendary artist Mc Det from 1993 n this project has been a longtime in the making to bring you Back to Det Oldskool Classics Vinyl EP. We've gone into his back catalogue n picked out some gems that 's reppin the 'Original Jungle Sound' to get you skankin n making you wanna skip, hop n jump....

A.Flavour for the Ravers: This track was a released in Germany in 2000 with TC Islam (R.I.P) on the intro and alongside Mc Det, Mc Fearless and Mc Skibadee..

AA.Junglist Massives: This track remix produced by Booyaka Crew in 1996 alongside the legendary artist Mc Det bringing his dominant style n flavour on to the beats.
Produced by Booyaka Crew

AAA.Let Me Recommend: This track made in1996 n came out on the Avex Trax Japanese label. Mc Det and the Dreamteam…
Produced by Dreamteam

AAA. This track remix produced by L Double in 1996 taken from Mc Det's CD album Out of Det....
Produced by L Double

* The original sister label to Ram Records from the old Ram HQ studio in Essex, Liftin Spirit Records now celebrates it’s 25th year with a special ‘RELOADED’ limited vinyl series of remastered classics, alongside rare and previously unreleased tracks since the beginning in1992.

* DATs from artists such as Andy C, Ant Miles, Shimon, Joint Venture, Interrogator and Red One have been located in the archives. Also from the Ram & Liftin HQ came tracks for the Deep Seven label in 1993 and all these rare DAT masters have been located and now re-cut by Simon, the original Ram & Liftin vinyl masterer at ‘The Exchange’. Initially, Deep Seven remasters will present on a printed white label and unreleased tracks will have a black label.

* Expansion (Remix 1 & 2): Andy C and Ant Miles's penultimate releases prior the the inception of Ram Records were released on local label ‘Out Of Romford’. Under their usual guise as 'Desired State', ‘Expansion' was originally the B side to their Hardcore smasher ‘Dance The Dream’. Not long after, two further remixes (Remix 1 & 2) were created for the flip side to the ‘Dance The Dream’ Remix that followed. Both feature here in all their original Hardcore glory. Remastered from the original DAT for 2021, they continue as part of the Liftin Spirit Reloaded series on limited heavy weight vinyl.
Turn On: This track was Andy C and Ant Miles’s first ever collaboration together as Desired State, from what eventually became the Ram HQ studio in Hornchurch, Essex. Originally signed to Karma Records in 1991, it was oddly licensed to a label in the States and returned to the UK as an import! The track did so well, even as a higher priced import, it gave the pair the encouragement to continue on their path in the studio together and the rest is history as they say. Remastered from the original DAT once again, this one holds a special place in their heart.
Move Your Body: This particular track was never released to the masses, originally made way back in 1991, it was recently located on a DAT tape and has been brought into the the Liftin Spirit Reloaded series as a special unreleased bonus track.

Promotion across chosen internet websites and Hardcore 12” vinyl communities.

Suitman Jungle is a creation of percussionist Marc Pell. The idea behind it is a man in a suit playing jungle music. He uses his voice, plays a standing drum kit and utilises live electronics such as an SPD-SX, a clunky office keyboard and guitar pedals.

Suitman Jungle is the Director of RBS (Regional Bassline Services), a company that provides a wide variety of sub & mid-range bassline services internationally.

'Liquid Lunch' is an album influenced by the sounds of London and daily routines. It was produced in OpenOffice spreadsheet processor and mastered in a cracked version of Microsoft's Powerpoint. Track four, 'Nil Cash Option', is a recording of two gig-goers who gatecrashed Brighton's Great Escape Festival by pretending to be accountants. Track six, 'Lift Going Up', is about how some days one's mood can be better or worse than on other days.

Hardcore has survived three decades. Will it never die? Mutate to survive, as the saying goes. There were outliers back then who remain misfits now, and it’s hard to tell whether what they’re making now is so different to what they were making then. Maybe the machines are slightly smarter, but they just find ways to rough the sound up elsewhere in the signal chain. What rings true is the sound hasn’t aged – in the right hands it still jabs at the frontal lobe and tickles the pleasure receptors with ferocious precision.

* The original sister label to Ram Records from the old Ram HQ studio in Essex, Liftin Spirit Records now celebrates it’s 25th year with a special ‘RELOADED’ limited vinyl series of remastered classics, alongside rare and previously unreleased tracks since the beginning in1992.

* DATs from artists such as Andy C, Ant Miles, Shimon, Joint Venture, Interrogator and Red One have been located in the archives. Also from the Ram & Liftin HQ came tracks for the Deep Seven label in 1993 and all these rare DAT masters have been located and now re-cut by Simon, the original Ram & Liftin vinyl masterer at ‘The Exchange’. Initially, Deep Seven remasters will present on a printed white label and unreleased tracks will have a black label.

* Alive ’N’ Kickin: Red One (Scott Bourne) was a friend of Andy C’s who actually went on to manage Ram Records in its latter years. Having an open door policy to the studio back in the early 90’s, Ant Miles invited Scott to bring some samples and ideas over and helped him to create two tracks. Both ended up as the fourth release on Liftin Spirit Records in 1994. Now morphing into the Jungle / Drum and Bass genre and moving away from the older Hardcore sound, this Amen tear out featured vocals from Val Kilmer’s ‘The Doors’ movie. It was tough to follow the previous successes of the previous release on Liftin Spirit, ‘Cold Fresh Air’ , but the more musical soundscape layers were starting to cement the Liftin Spirit sound of which it became renowned. A smasher for the record box of the era that was hammered by Andy C.
Living For The Night: Two lads Shaun and Kier from Brighton, Sussex, sent in some demos to Ant on cassette which greatly impressed him back in 1994. He immediately invited 'Stakka & K-Tee' over and helped them to finish off their ideas in the studio. 'Living for the Night' was actually the second release from them on the label and again showed off their editing skills with precision tooled drum breaks and thunderous bass lines.
Rugged and Raw: Stakka & K-Tee were by now regular visitors to the studio and this track was their final release on Liftin Spirit before venturing out on their own. A favorite of Ant Miles and championed once again by Andy C, this track tore up dance floors all over the globe, eventually being remixed by ’Splash’ of ‘Babylon’ fame.
Awareness: This release from The Interrogator was a collaboration with Ant Miles that followed on from Red One’s release in 1994. The energy in the studio inspired DJ Interrogator to venture onto the 'Sudden Def’ label as DJ Inter.

* The original sister label to Ram Records from the old Ram HQ studio in Essex, Liftin Spirit Records now celebrates it’s 25th year with a special ‘RELOADED’ limited vinyl series of remastered classics, alongside rare and previously unreleased tracks since the beginning in1992.

* DATs from artists such as Andy C, Ant Miles, Shimon, Joint Venture, Interrogator and Red One have been located in the archives. Also from the Ram & Liftin HQ came tracks for the Deep Seven label in 1993 and all these rare DAT masters have been located and now re-cut by Simon, the original Ram & Liftin vinyl masterer at ‘The Exchange’. Initially, Deep Seven remasters will present on a printed white label and unreleased tracks will have a black label.

* Cup-A-Cha: In 1995-96 the tracks were flowing out of the studio and Ant Miles would often sketch out beats while waiting for Andy C to return. Cup-A-Cha literally fell out of the computer one day and Andy felt it needed to go out as was, especially with the emotion laden piano trills towards the end; reminiscent of the sound of Foul Play who Ant adored. This track actually got Moving Shadow’s attention and Ant was invited over to release various tracks as ‘Higher Sense’ as a result of the vibe of this tune.

The Futurist (Ant Miles Remix): Originally the title track on Red One’s debut Liftin Spirit release in 1994, ‘The Futurist’ was indeed a sound and rhythm ahead of its time which inspired Ant Miles to load up the track for a special remix featured here. This went on to be backed with a remix of ‘Alive ’N’ Kickin’ that Andy C and Ant created as ‘Origin Unknown’. This mix captured the sound and vibe of The AWOL raves that are cherished greatly by all of D&B/Jungle heads of the time.

Soon Come:A collaboration between Ant and Andy C that went on to inspire yet another alias for them as ‘Concept 2’ on Liftin Spirit. Ram was often swamped with releases for months to come, so this found its way to the sister label. ‘Concept 2’ smashed it out the park in later years with tracks such as ‘Cause and Effect’. A Desired State production in full effect.

Bad Influence: Originally a B side for Stakka & K-Tee on Liftin Spirit, being in a similar vein to ’The Futurist’. This track also became an anthem at The Awol nights back in the day with its heads down, haunting, roller vibes.

Promotion across chosen internet websites and Hardcore 12” vinyl communities.

* The original sister label to Ram Records from the old Ram HQ studio in Essex, Liftin Spirit Records now celebrates it’s 25th year with a special ‘RELOADED’ limited vinyl series of remastered classics, alongside rare and previously unreleased tracks since the beginning in1992.

* DATs from artists such as Andy C, Ant Miles, Shimon, Joint Venture, Interrogator and Red One have been located in the archives. Also from the Ram & Liftin HQ came tracks for the Deep Seven label in 1993 and all these rare DAT masters have been located and now re-cut by Simon, the original Ram & Liftin vinyl masterer at ‘The Exchange’. Initially, Deep Seven remasters will present on a printed white label and unreleased tracks will have a black label.

* Its U: This track was a collaboration with ‘Rainbow Country’ and Ant Miles from the very early years 1991-92. This track was actually released on a first label attempt starting life as ‘Etheric Records’ that Ant later morphed into ‘Liftin Spirit Records’. A Hardcore stormer of the era, smashed by DJ Randall and Grooverider back in the day.
Highlander: Again from way back in 1991, although under the guise of Desired State, this track featured on Ant’s friends label ‘Strategy Records’ which was inspiring Andy & Ant to formulate their own labels.
Turntable Overload: A remix from 1992 by Andy C and Ant Miles for Royal T & DJ XL originally released on Strategy Records. Once again encapturing that early 1990’s Hardcore sound that Strategy became well known for.
Move In Motion: The second flip side remix that Ant & Andy created for Royal T & DJ XL, once again, originally released on Strategy Records and remastered from the original DAT.

• Acen’s classic Trip To The Moon, released in three parts in 1992, hardly needs an introduction. This huge release is regarded by every raver, producer and DJ of the scene as a definitive classic. It was innovative at the time, and remains just as fresh sounding now.
• This box set contains all of the original A and B sides, gloriously remastered, as well as brand new remixes from some of the most talented people in the business old skool and new: Phuture Assassins, Coco Bryce, Pete Cannon, Danny Byrd, NRG and Scott Brown.
• It also contains revisits from the man himself, Acen, as he re-imagines Trip To The Moon, Ruffneck and Obsessed, plus a brand new track “Rings Around The Moon”!

Club / DJ Support
Billy Bunter, Jay Cunning, Hixxy, Danny Byrd, D Bridge, The Fat Controller, Glowkid, Slipmatt, Dj Jedi, Dj Luna-C, Dj Brisk, Clayfighter, Jimni Cricket, Bustin, Sc@r, Doughboy, Saiyan, Dave Skywalker, Ponder and many, many others.

Celebrating the founding 25 years ago of the legendary Drum & Bass / Jungle label - Suburban Base Records. We have chosen 1 key title for the first 5 years of the label to reissue a vinyl release for Record Store Day 2017 on clear vinyl. Not been available on vinyl since the 90s! Pick from 1994 - Early DJ Hype release: Roll The Beats , Dub Plate Fever & Floating Kill

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Dj Luna-C makes a very rare and unusual appearance on a label other than Kniteforce with his “Fucking Grateful” Ep. New label “Second Drop Records” is the brainchild of The Lowercase and Paul Bradley - two regular Kniteforce artists who also help with the running fo Knitebreed and Remix Records. Luna-C has pulled out every stop possible and decided “no, no stops” with 3 manic tracks all leaning in opposite directions. Burn Inside is a smooth, classic styled piano tune, where Atomic Landslide is much more manic and distressed, leaving Good Time Rub-A-Dub to round off the EP in a jungle stylee….

Club / DJ Support
Billy Bunter, the Fat Controller, Glowkid, Slipmatt, Dj Jedi, Dj Luna-C, Dj Brisk, Clayfighter, Jimni Cricket, Bustin, Sc@r, Doughboy, Saiyan, Dave Skywalker, Ponder and many others

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12" vinyl, hand-stamped, limited edition, no digital.