‘BTGMX013 – Intelligent Sounds 1995-1997’

Guest mix for London’s excellent Bridging The Gap. Previous contributors to the series include talented folk like Kid Kanevil and Tanya Auclair so I feel like I’m in good company. This one’s a little off topic for me – the only brief was to have fun and not try too hard to be upfront, so it seemed a good excuse to dip into a corner of the record collection that hadn’t seen much play in a while. It’s all jazz influenced drum and bass recordings released between 1995 and 1997 and which I bought at the time. It’s the stuff that was (I think regrettably) referred to as ‘intelligent’ at the time, a style of music I’ve fallen out of contact with really but that I had a fleeting love affair with during those years and so it’s a bit of a time capsule for me.

Tracklist:

1. Erykah Badu – On and On (Blu Mar Ten Remix)
2. LTJ Bukem – Horizons
3. Adam F – Circles
4. Hoover – Two Wicky (DJ Pulse Dub)
5. DJ Pulse & Jazz Cartel – Street Player
6. Jhana – Say, Say, Say (Doc Scott Remix)
7. Shifty – Jazz Ass
9. Instense – Positive Notions
10. LTJ Bukem – Orchestral Jam
11. Aquasky – Dezires
12. Hierogliphix – Rhythm Is Back
13. EZ Rollers – Subtropic
14. Hierogliphix – Destiny
15. Source Direct – Complexities
16. Source Direct – Artificial Barriers