Various - Partisan Volume 1 (Again)

Various - Partisan Volume 1 (Partisan, PARTCD 001, 1998) (FLAC)  upgrade!!!

I'll be honest, I bought this a long time ago.  I'm not even sure I listened to it that much.  And now listening to the cd, I'm not sure why I didn't.  It has all the elements of drum n bass that I was digging 12 years ago.   Yea, sounds great now too.

01 Justice – Mauve Flow (Matrix Mix)

02 Future Engineers – Life Support (Neil Trix Mix)

03 Banaczech – Deceptive Emotion (Total Science Mix)

04 Foul Play – Synthetic Bitch (Omni Trio Mix)

05 Perfect Combination – Remember (Technical Itch Mix)

06 Tertius – Structure (Deep Blue Mix)

07 Total Science – Espionage

08 System 4 – Black Cell

09 DJ Addiction – Live @ The Jazz Club

10 Banaczech – Ipcress File

Check it

(RE-UPPED by request, and upgraded to FLAC)

Polar - Still Moving

Polar - Still Moving (Certificate 18, cer18 cd013, 2001) (320)

I remember seeing this on the store rack used for like $8.  I quickly demo'd it at the station and immediately bought it.  It is a release that I continually go back to.  For those who liked that Partisan comp I posted a few weeks ago, this is way up your alley.  Drum n bass, done right.  But not strictly dnb.  I'd really recommend hearing it once.  The guy's production of beats and sounds are very good.

01. Bipolar Suns
02. Backlight
03. Inside The Plot
04. Nascent Dream
05. Near The Horizon
06. White Walls
07. The White Chambers
08. Still Moving
09. Red Triangles
10. Ill-Formed
11. Nightwatch
12. 5am

Good discogs review:

On his second album, STILL MOVING, Polar is still chill, but this time moves into sci-fi territory. The strange tones and disembodied voices on “Backlight” sound like a haunted space station, especially with that Vincent Price chuckle in there. The heavy drag of “Ill-Formed” sound similarly futuristic. But there are a few moments of warmth that seep through: the harmonic tones and fiddle of “Inside the Plot,” for instance, or the music box tinkling of “White Walls,” even as a freaky snippet from “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” bridges it and its companion track, “The White Chambers.” The title track certainly does keep things moving at a quick clip, and “Red Triangles” maintains the melodic tip. There are less exciting moments too, like the cliché drug-related samples on “Nascent Dream,” but the double dark dose of “Nightwatch” and “5AM” pull things through at the end. Still moving isn’t quite right, since Polar hasn’t stopped.

Discogs

Various - Quango Sport

Various - Quango Sport (Quango/Island, 1996) (320)

Compiled by Jason Bentley.  Mixed by Jun Of Umoja Hi-Fi.

Well, since the Quango comps are all the rage here download-wise, I'll post some more.  I probably have ten more or so.  This one is good.  There are some quite excellent tracks here indeed.  Listening to it now, it surprises me that this was 15 years ago.  I mean, not really, these tracks live (in my mind) from that time in the late 90's where drum n bass was so vital and interesting.  It was a fun time, all the nineties really.  Started with LTJ Bukem, then Big Bud (which I'll post at some point), Roni Size, then DJ DB on one side and Dieselboy on the other.  Hospital Records, Breakbeat Science, etc.  Maybe I should grab a bunch of those mixes and post 'em up.  I have a bunch.  It's nice to hear this, now, for me.  I'm only on track two and it is totally bringing me back.  Gonna have to throw this into the car player tomorrow for further inspection (best listening time!).

01 Cool Breeze – Can't Deal With This (Kid Loops Vocal Mix)
02 Cloud 9 – Jazzmin
03 Doc Scott – Far Away
04 Tricky – Brand New You're Retro (Alex Reece Mix)
05 Alex Reece – Feel The Sunshine (Vocal Mix)
06 Aquasky – Desires (DJ Krust Remix)
07 Kid Loops – Alien Resident
08 Adam F – Circles
09 JMJ & Richie – Universal Horn
10 Nobukazu Takemura – Searching (Roni Size Remix)

Marginal outside review:

A good introduction to the possibilities available to progressive drum n' bass, this Jungle compilation picks up where other compilations have left off, giving direction to a previously misinterpreted genre. With cohesive (smooth blend) mixing by Jun of Umoja HiFi and careful compiling done by Jason Bentley, this CD paints an audible picture of the future of dance music, bringing in soul, jazz and hip- hop influences.