Rufige Cru* – Darkrider

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Label:	Reinforced Records – RIVET 1224
Format:	Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM
Country:	UK
Released:	Jul 30, 1992
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Breakbeat, Hardcore, Jungle

Tracklist

		This Side
A1		Darkrider
A2		Believe
		Other Side
AA1		Menace
AA2		Jim Skreech

Companies, etc.

Mixed At – Mekon Studios, London
Produced At – Mekon Studios, London
Pressed By – P.R. Records Limited

Credits

Co-producer – Markus Darkus*
Other [Co-pilot To The Stars] – Rutherford*
Plated By – M (91)
Written-By, Producer – DJ Freebase, Mack Daddy Goldie*

Notes

Mixed & Produced at Mekon Studios

From label:
Respec'z to 'Don' the Darkrider, Fabio, Randall, Mach III, Kemistry, Storm, T-Tec, Jo-Jo, Stu, Mom, Kris the Biscuit, Music Power Kru, Gus, Firetown Massives, Spuda, my son Jamie... All the Underground Hardcore Kru!! Hold it Down Big Yo to Massive!! AGI, & the Ice Posse.

Track A1 samples:
Dialogue from Star Wars: Episode 6: Return Of The Jedi

Track A2 samples:
Vocal from Mimmo Mix ft. Valerie Etienne - All Your Love
Vocal from Lisa Mitchell - Rescue Me

Track AA1 samples:
Vocal from Urban Soul - He's Always (FX Mix)
Bleeps from Sweet Exorcist - Clonk's Coming
Breakbeat, scratching & vocal from Dominant Force - Raptivity (Let Me Give You Some)

Track AA2 samples:
vocal edit from Coco, Steel & Lovebomb - Feel It

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 5 021260 122467 >
Matrix / Runout (Etched A side runout): RIVET 1224 - A1 PR-M CHEMISTRY STORM, TECH / MACH?
Matrix / Runout (Etched AA side runout): RIVET 1224 - AA1 PR-M

Other Versions (3)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Darkrider (CD, Single)	Reinforced Records	RIVET 1224 CD	UK	1992
Recently Edited	Darkrider (12", Promo)	Reinforced Records	RIVET 1224 DJ	UK	1992
Recently Edited	Dettra EP (Acetate, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM)	Reinforced Records	none	UK	1992

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Reviews

oldm8ty May 11, 2023
Believe was sampled from Mimmo Mix Feat. Valerie Etienne – All Your Love https://www.discogs.com/master/195177-Mimmo-Mix-Feat-Valerie-Etienne-All-Your-Love
808-MAN Jan 20, 2021
Darkrider, Bangin tune indeed. I myself love a good stab and this track does it nicely. Not going to babble on any longer just play it, buy it and thank me later.
KERFUE Aug 10, 2020
Firstly if you don’t own this then just buy it straight away SIMPLE AS! Not gonna say anything else about this EP because most people have covered that section... what I do wanna say is I just love the end of Menace with the high speed giggles and fart! I’d love to know the story behind that. Top top production still one of my all time favs.
chrisnova777 Jul 31, 2019
remember this one from joey beltram live at dreamfrequency 1992 BIG TUNE instant goosebmps
Flashlegs10 Aug 5, 2017
Massive - proper rolling hitter which still hits all the marks....
Flashlegs10 Jun 24, 2017
Proper classic - end of! Production is absolutely killer - this still stands strong and contemporary...
AskeladdenBlack Apr 3, 2017
Menace takes a LARGE chunk from Roland Clark/Urban Souls "Alright"
Fizza Nov 30, 2015
What can be said of this EP? There had been exploratory efforts into dark hardcore previous, but many were not ready for this! The thing about it is that it's not all dark, Darkrider was the obvious cut and (deservedly) got played immensely, but every other track was quality material, no duds present on this 12". But the one that seemed to have the longest legs was Menace, a Randall/AWOL favourite that had so much juice it rained from the speakers all through the rest of '92 and well into '93.. A rare distinction held by very few records.
Midasdas Mar 21, 2015
Does anyone know a good tune to mix with Menace (without spoiling the intro)? :)
Phix75 Oct 15, 2013
Edited one year ago
Darkrider is an amazing track! Dark hardcore full of style and Guts. As is the whole 12 to be fair but it's Darkrider and Menace that do it for me. I love the effortless way the tunes on this 12 switch up constantly crazy artistic composing skills. Musically 92-93 was a magical period and very much so on Reinforced records.