Tracklist Hide Credits
| 1 | Boogie Times Tribe – |
The Dark Stranger (Q-Bass Remix)
Producer, Written-By – D'Cruze, Q Bass* Remix – Q Bass* |
4:46 | |
| 2 | DJ Crystl – |
Warpdrive
Producer, Written-By – D.Chapman* |
4:50 | |
| 3 | Uncle 22 – |
6 Million Ways To Die (DJ Hype Remix)
Producer, Written-By – Navigator, Uncle 22 Remix – DJ Hype |
4:27 | |
| 4 | M Beat* – |
Rumble
Producer, Written-By – M Beat* |
4:07 | |
| 5 | Engineers Without Fears – |
Spiritual Aura
Producer, Written-By – DJ Rap & Aston |
4:13 | |
| 6 | D'Cruze – |
Watch Out
Producer, Written-By – J.D'Cruze* |
4:16 | |
| 7 | Gappa G & Hypa Hypa* – |
Information Centre (DJ Ron Remix)
Producer, Written-By – Gappa G & Hypa Hypa* Remix – DJ Ron |
4:34 | |
| 8 | DJ Dextrous & Rude Boy Keith – |
Lovable
Featuring – Erin Producer, Written-By – E.Francis*, K.Lawrence* |
3:54 | |
| 9 | M Beat* – |
Shuffle
Producer, Written-By – M Beat* |
5:08 | |
| 10 | Subnation – |
Scottie
Producer, Written-By – W.Wilson* |
4:13 | |
| 11 | Jo – |
R Type
Producer, Written-By – Jo, DJ Lime* |
5:17 | |
| 12 | Acro – |
Superpod
Producer, Written-By – D.Beale* |
5:08 | |
| 13 | DJ Taktix – |
The Way (VIP Remix)
Producer, Written-By – DJ Taktix |
4:48 | |
| 14 | Desired State – |
Beyond Bass
Producer, Written-By – Andy C, Ant Miles |
5:19 | |
| 15 | Q Bass* – |
Gun Connection
Producer, Written-By – Q Bass* |
5:34 | |
| 16 | Roni Size & DJ Die – |
Music Box
Producer, Written-By – Roni Size & DJ Die |
5:10 |
Notes
Track 15, is really track AA1 of this release "AA1 Gun Connection (Rewind Remix)"
Other Versions (Showing 4 of 4) View All
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drum & Bass Selection 1 (Cass, Comp) | Breakdown Records | BDR MC 001 | UK | 1994 | ||
| Drum & Bass Selection 1 (CD, Comp) | Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. | SRCS 7740 | Japan | 1995 | ||
| Drum & Bass Selection 1 (Cass, Comp, Mixed) | Breakdown Records | BDR MT 001 | UK | 1994 | ||
| Drum & Bass Selection 1 (2xLP, Comp) | Breakdown Records | BDR LP 001 | UK | 1994 |
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Various - Drum & Bass Selection 3 (2xCD, Comp)
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Various - Hardleaders 5 Presents Jungle Dub (CD, Comp)
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Reviews & Discussion
This release was the first to showcase (and name check) a new style of music that emerged from the ashes of rave and had mutated from the Darkcore subgenre. Whereas the latter eschewed the helium vocals and "toytown" samples (lovingly embraced by the nascent Happy Hardcore scene), the compliation title hints at the focus of the tracks in this compilation and where a newer style of music was moving towards. The tracklisting is chronological, with the link from Darkcore to D & B highlighted by the first three tracks - 'The Dark Stranger', the beat-driven 'Warpdrive', and the Uncle 22 remix. We are treated to the rapid machine-gun beats of Subnation's 'Scottie' and the Mad P-sampling 'The Way' along the way, but the overiding focus of the compilation is the emergence of the reggae/ragga vocal sample, showcased by at least two-thirds of the tracks here. The highlights however, are the two releases that do not rely on either the 'dark' or ragga vocal notions, namely 'Spiritual Aura' and 'Music Box'. Perhaps it is credit to the (reputation of the) producers involved, but these tracks still sound as fresh as they did back in 1993/94.
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