yeah you’re right about the music policy of DIY, though they were still (very loosely) affiliated to the circuit well into 92-93, in the same way that Dave Angel, Colin Faver were for a few years when sample-based breakbeat hardcore and techno split circa 92. I have DIY Jack tapes from Universe, castle morton etc.
As for Sasha, I’ll defer to your expertise on that! I have not taken the time to source the provenance of those Eclipse tapes — I like my house dubby, so I gravitate to NY orientated sets.
date on this is wrong, it’s spring '92 . you can hear all the constituent ingredients being drawn into the melting pot and jungle being born in realtime.
Top set from Ron.
Project 1 - Smokin’ Chalice
Longsy D - Dangerous Dub
Noise Factory - Jungle Techno
DJ’s Unite Volume 1 (A)
Unknown Artist Bass Culture EP (A2)
Urban Shakedown - Do It Now
DJ Blatant & The Master Programmer - Jinxed
Project 1 - Roughneck
Fortran 5 - J.R. Hartley
Code 071 - A London Sumtin’
C.M.C. - I’m In Ecstasy
Urban Distress - No Skank
Nick-O-D - Ruff Dub
ehh maybe a few from 91-92 before the split, he was def on the happy hardcore end of the spectrum come '93 and not really jungle/jungle techno/dnb. Great dj technically though, you’re right.
Generally the dj tapes I listen to for that sort of thing are (excluding pirate radio otherwise we could be here forever.)
Randall (for pretty much playing proto-jungle as early as 91.)
Kenny Ken - for his diversity in the 91-92 period between UK and euro, and for his ragga leaning sets in 93-94.
LTJ Bukem - For the soul.
Easygroove, for the sheer chaos of his sets, always on the verge of disintegration.
DJ Ron for sequencing and presentation.
Mix of 96/97 stuff I knocked up the other day. Possibly a bit on the “jump-up” side for the TP crowd but i had fun doing it. Very much the sound of my first experiences in raves and the records i was playing while i learned how to mix
Not jungle but dnb… early 2000s were amazing. Whatta sound! Virus, Bad Company, Dillinja (still), Ram!!! Fullcycle, Marcus Intalex, Total Science,… amazing liquid dnb, so many different original quality stuff.
Special place in my heart goes for Renegade Hardware. I still dream that vibe…
Such a nice guy <3 we had him 2 years ago (again) on a small underground party. Police came in and shut us down on his third track in the set
Fun fact Nookie and Dylan (Hardware/Freak/Therapy Sessions) shared the desk in school
We had them together on hometown festival 200y (video below; on 1:23 Nookie explains to Robun Chaos how to use camera lolol) Not a big fan of TS sound, but Dylan is da man <3 I remember I was part of the crew who wanted Bassbin Crew instead of TS but didn’t happen. Anyhow it was a great night
