mashing up history

check the slogan on the label of this version of the original Jem 77 tune -
"Proper Bloodclaart Pirate Radio Bizness"




this other recent Rave 2 the Grave tune is better than the Jem 77/Cubic 22 one I think



of course there were tracks that were effectively mash-ups  -  aka rip-offs - happening in real-time back in the old skool days. i can't think of any examples off the top, but there were quite a few that were composites of existing killer tunes.

This Mickeybeam75 chappie is slinging this kind of thing up there, along with a lot of high-quality uploads of original-era tunes

this one - not a mash up but a new-old tune -  is quite devastating, beats and bass-wise. really like it




Here's the whole Wetman  EP on Vivid



Funny title

This is an earlier EP by Wetman

never felt this way never felt this way never felt this way never felt this way (piano science X vocal science)

plus a little bit of guitar science



oooooooohgosh


That "Welcome to the Jungle" lick - a nice jokey reference to the emergent genre of jungle tekno? But it's not a particularly jungle-anticipating tune. I think they just liked the lick - which is wonderfully clean and airy and crisply serrated.

here's the hyper remix from The Forbidden Planet EP



and another remix from the same EP



in both cases slightly messing with the aint-broke perfection of the original

Knew that tune for years, off of some comp or other

But never knew that the same vocal lick was used by Man like Trace








and also by Naughty Naughty



well it's more or less a rewrite, a replica - naughty, naughty!

tuff little version though

But who was this Jem 77 then?

They had quite a large discography

This is a really cool tune



The other two tunes from The Forbidden Planet EP





"Eruption" particularly has a really nice crisp rolling beat and enjoy the throwback-to-bleep pulse. And then some more guitar - not as scimitar-slick thrilling as the one in "Never Felt That Way".

Was one of the group actually a budding rock guitarist?

Seemingly, judging by this tune, which has a promising synthy oscillator riff, but then slips into an almost back-to-baggy midtempo breaks groove, with not-great singing, and yes some more guitar licksmanship. i suppose not so much baggy as simply breakbeat house 90-91 style.



Apparently they fled the scene and tried to go progressive house

One day I shall return to investigate the nooks and crannies of Jem 77's hardcore discography

But for now, one more time, "Never Felt This Way", what sounds like a slightly more  echo-ey mix, or possibility just a faithful transcription from the vinyl, not sure.



Love that doubling / spasming of the diva-lick at 2.35 - pure  E-lectrocution!