formation 100 (jungle comp)

i am especially afraid that every track is going to have a breakdown where a deep male voice announces the title of the track. actually to put an even finer point on it i'm afraid discs 3 and 4 are going to sound like a steroidal version of urban takeover.

okay, first things first: it's mixed, obv. second: ALL TRACKS ARE ON ONE TRACK. so if you hear something you like, get comfy with yr seek button. (that said, the mixing is quite good.) disc one is pretty rough and ready as befits the timeframe: "total xstacy" by eq, "the darkside" by jungle house crew, and the "breakbeat pressure" tracks are all classics, but it does get a little same-y. discs two and three are undeniably the bomb though: you can very easily hear the music go from darkcore to jungle to drum & bass to techstep, and disc three has some of the best "pure"/jump up/minimalist dnb ever (dj ss is very uncanonized for some reason but this is the guy who made "the lighter" for chrissakes). disc four is useless, but you probably guessed that...i listened to it as i was going to bed last night, and i made it about six tracks or so in before i had to turn it off. so, $45 is probably way way too much (tower in nyc had it for like $27, which i think was fair). if you find it cheap online and dont mind the all-tracks-on-one-track thing, go for it.

yeah, wayz of the dragon is mind-numbingly boring, innit?

IT'S a DICTATION and DEFINITION of HOW WE LIVIN ... HOW WE LIVIN ... HOW WE LIVIN ... (cue earthshaking breaks and whizzing noises)

i think this comp was mentioned on another thread but nobody'd heard it yet.

Off the point a bit, but how would you define each of these, Strongo (or anyone)? The British need for nomenclature seems to know no bounds and I wouldn't mind hearing someone else's take on the whole historiography.

but while i was there, i saw this compilation. remember seeing it around 95 when i was first starting to buy stuff and i passed it up then. best/worst cover art ever. now it's been reissued. any good?? (i know about five songs on there)

Haha we should do a S/D of cheap relatively available jungle comps.

we need to do a "S/D: ILX Jungle S/D" thread or "RFI: Where did that Hardcore Thread Go?". I couldn't find the original thread referencing formation 100!

it combines this tracklist with this in a 4 box set.

I much prefer that mix (split into three parts) like that than I did his "Exhibitionist" set from last year which was split by track and suffered for it (especially ripped to MP3!). When every track is truncated down to 30 seconds to two minutes in length it's fairly pointless in practice.

Of course Exhibitionist was patchy as hell to put it politely (I sold it), so maybe that isn't much of a comparison.

"CRAZY JUNGLE RHYTHMS VOL. 1" ($4.99) (mutant soundsystem)

1. in between the lines (is this ss?) - '95 rampage
2. ma2 (dj ss) - hearing is believing
3. rude & deadly - "mash them down"
4. s gachet + audiomaze - dreamer (nookie remix)
5. dynamic duo (bizzy b?) - "the shadow"
6. dj ss - rollage
7. dj nut nut - special dedication
8. trinity (dilly?) - i sellasie i

i think this one was compiled by mickey finn ... it says "mixed" but the songs aren't mixed ... there's no space between tracks.

"JUNGLE MIX" ($1.99 used) (k-tel records!!)

1. shy fx - original nuttah
2. general levy - scheming
3. phuture assassins - roots'n'future (dub)
4. general pecos - wickedest thing around
5. timmi magic + psg - tell me
6. shy fx - simple tings
7. soundman + don lloydie feat elisibaeth troy - greater love
8. a class crew (

8. a class crew (BEST NAME EVER) - ruff neck business
9. remarc - RIP
10. the dream team - stamina

(tagline: "REGGAE + TECHNO meet in ... JUNGLE MIX")

i never bought the formation comp ($45!!!) but i did pick up "king of the jungle" vols 1-2. both discs of vol 1 have been burning up the car stereo for months now.

hey vahid, i was also looking at that old "the OTHER broken beat" thread (delsin et al) that you started...you heard anything good in that vein lately?

there is a track on the new idjut boys mix purportedly by mark de clive-lowe called "slide" which is pretty brain-rearranging. listen here... but it sounds different on the guy's album, so i'm wondering if this is actually jackson's "radio ca ca" (jackson of the notorious m83 remix).

also i am still trying to find this comp ...

i like broken beat; i just wish it would be a bit more "tech."

1. brainbomb (brained out mix) - psi dimension
2. re-baptized by by dub - criminal minds
3. joy rider (badman vs babylon) - criminal minds
4. ecstasy is a science - bizzy b
5. smoke it - dragonfly
6. rhythm 93 - bay b kane
7. window in the sky (monolythikmaniak) - acen
8. let me be your fantasy - baby d
9. we are hardcore - the house crew
10. bouncer (housequake) - kicks like a mule
11. far out - sonz of de loop de loop (sic!!)
12. hardcore u know the score - hypnotist
13. psychomania (sykik mix) - psychomania
14. music takes you - blame

i have no idea who is "psi dimension" but apparently "psychomania" = one "jonathan williams" from surrey (?) ...

Those Strictly Hardcore comps are all really good.

not the comp mentioned in this thread, but this is SO GOOD
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/djmix/gachet/elite-sounds/