DJ Trace - Philly Blunt (1994)

This legendary tape has graced many Philadelphia ravers' cassette tapes throughout the mid-nineties and for good reason: it's excellent! I have gotten tons of requests for this and my good buddy Sam had luckily been sitting on a copy. Recorded right around the time breakbeat and uk 'ardcore suddenly became jungle, the tracklist is a who's who of the time periods top producers and labels - Trace storms through essential cuts from LTJ Bukem, Omni Trio, Roni Size, Q Project, Goldie, Origin Unknown, DJ Rap, Deep Blue, DJ Crystl, among many others. It was an amazing time for the genre (the golden years, imo) and this set is a crucial display. Please note: the tape I ripped this from suffered some severe warping during the beginning of the first side - not much I can do but instead of altering the mix I left it in it's entirety, as you can easily skip past it if it bothers you.

Side 1
DJ Crystl - Meditation (VIP Drumz Mix) [Unreleased]
Ed Rush - Selecta [Jet Star]
Q Project - Champion Sound (The Alliance remix) [Legend]
Roni Size & DJ Die - Music Box [Full Cycle]
Potential Bad Boy - Brown Girls [Ibiza]
Rap & Aston - Get Rushed [Suburban Base]
Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune [Moving Shadow]
Origin Unknown - Valley Of The Shadows (Long Dark remix) [Ram]
Hyper On Experience - Disturbance (Tango remix) [Moving Shadow]
Engineers Without Fears - Spiritual Aura [Dee Jay]
MA1 - Rufige [Formation]
Skanna – Heaven EP 'This Way' [Skanna]

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Side 2
Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (Foul Play remix) [Moving Shadow]
Apollo Two - Atlantis (I Need You) (LTJ Bukem remix) [Good Looking]
Dextrous & Rude Boy Keith - Wicked [Suburban Base]
DJ Sparks - Frontline [Yaw]
Omni Trio - Feel Good (Original In Demand Mix) [Moving Shadow]
D'Cruze - Watch Out [Suburban Base]
Slipmaster J - Groundhog Day [Lucky Spin]
JMJ & Richie - Hall Of Mirrors (Omni Trio Mirror Image Mix) [Moving Shadow]
Swift & Zinc - Uncontrollable Desire [Unreleased]
Ed Rush - Bludclot Artattack remix (Lick 2) [No U-Turn]
Rufige Kru - Fury [Moving Shadow]
DJ Crystl - Sweet Dreamz [Dee Jay]

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More Classic Kaos (1994)

I don't know when this flyer is from as there is no date, and the same goes for the mix it accompanies as my good friend (who, like me, also happens to be a card carrying member of the Geriatric Raver Society ;) Celestial donated to the blog. She cautioned the tape might not even play. But lucky for us it did! Judging from the track selection (Origin Unknown's "Valley Of The Shadows", "The Dark Stranger", Goldie's "Fury", and DJ Crystl's "King Of The Beats" all make appearances, among plenty more stormers), I'm guessing that the tape (and most likely flyer) hail from maybe late 1993, early 1994. The mix is a bit dark, but mixed impeccably, as expected. Enjoy. :) Brings back memories.

DJ Kaos - Untitled - 1993

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Keep in mind these are ripped from very old cassette tapes, the sound quality is not the best!

Karl K & Kaos 1994 Face-Off!

If you happened to be one of the many attendees at raves in Philadelphia during the early 1990's, the only time you heard jungle, breakbeat or UK hardcore music was most likely from these two pioneers of the local sound. Karl K & Kaos, basically a duo @ the time, (and augmented by the likes of the one and only MC Dub 2) released these two seminal mixtapes, both in late 1994, so we're posting them both up here in an attempted face off! All in good fun, of course. You be the judge!

Personally, these were the golden years of the genre. While many amazing tunes were released, and subgenres spawned after this point, so much ground was being broke at this point in terms of production and where the genre was headed.

DJ Kaos - Causin Up A Stress

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Karl K - Untitled

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More to come!