Metalheads - Terminator

What can you say about this one, well... it's a legend no less. This was groundbreaking stuff when it came out in late '92, with nothing like it around, except maybe some of the Reinforced stuff. Sampling the classic Terminator movies (1 & 2) and combining the samples with some futuristic beats and sounds, delivered some of the finest hardcore action yet heard and really introduced to us what was later to be known as Jungle and Drum & Bass. The production was unbelivable, giving us probably the first taste of gradual beat pitchshifting, with the tempo of the breakbeat staying the same, and the pitch changing drastically. It was amazing to hear and really inspired the whole breakbeat production community, everybody went on and tried to emulate this, with some very mixed results. One of the best IMO being "Journey From The Light" by 4 Hero (who had tought Goldie everything he knew) and DJ SS on the brilliantly ruff "The Pulse (Darkside Mix)".

The three other tracks on this EP are no slouches either, with "Sinister" being one of my all time favorites. It's so incredibly ruff and cool and hasn't really aged a day since it came out, it's so futuristic. "Knowledge" takes the formula used for "Terminator" and basically takes it to another and more manic level, giving us more of a hardcore rave feel, but still using some of the innovative ideas such as pitchshifting. Last but by no means least we have "Kemistry", a track which soothes you and drives you mad at the same time. A very emotional track which Goldie dedicated to the late DJ Kemistry (RIP), which he was dating at the time. It has one of the longest and most ambient endings of a hardcore tune I've heard, with the vocals of Diane Charlemagne calming us down with the words "Coming down, coming, coming..."

A legendary EP which has stood the test of time incredibly well and will continue to amaze, excite and inspire in the future. "That terminator is out there..."

actually...many believe this record had timestretching in it..but really it was just manual pitch-shifting on the drums using outboard processing...people later tried to recreate the effects using timestretching in their samplers which created a whole different ethos in itself.

An original Hardcore anthem. Inspired by London's Rage club this EP features 4 excellent tunes. The lead cut Terminator was a genre defining tune and has one of the first examples of time-stretched breakbeats.