The Criminal Minds – Ghetto E.P

Label:	Outlan U.K. – OL-001
Format:	Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, White Label, Brown sticker
Country:	UK
Released:	1993
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Breakbeat, Hardcore, Jungle

Tracklist

A1		Ghetto Theme (Drive-By Mix)
A2		Out There.... ..Is There Anybody?
AA1		Drums Of Doom (Slipmatt Remix) Remix – DJ Slipmatt*
AA2		Ghetto Theme (B Boy Trip Mix)

Companies, etc.

Lacquer Cut At – The Exchange
Produced At – The Hill
Produced For – T.C.M. Productions

Credits

Lacquer Cut By – Nilz*
Written-By, Mixed By, Producer – Halo*, Spatts*

Notes

Produced for TCM Productions.

The record itself is a blank white label, all information is given on a sticker affixed to the sleeve. On some copies the release sticker is brown, on others it is red.

From sticker:
"Shout to Jerry, Michelle, Willy, Natasha, Norwegian
Kelly B, Rise, all Labello Crew & The Prodigy."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): OL-001-A1 NEWCASTLE UP THE EXCHANGE - NiLZ
Matrix / Runout (Side AA runout, etched): OL-001-AA NICE ONE WILLY, AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. THE EXCHANGE - NiLZ

Reviews

traffic_cone Feb 28, 2020
Slipmatt's remix here is one of his best, IMO. I think it probably works because Slipmatt's remixes tend to be a more streamlined, dancefloor focused version of the original track - whereas TCM's original is (like many of their tracks), full of different elements and riffs. So the remix is as efficient as you'd expect, but without being too simple, as all those parts are still there - and it manages to be both faithful, but also quite different to, the original.

Rest of the EP is great too - full of ideas, and a little left-of-centre from most other hardcore of the time. I particularly like "Out There.... ..Is There Anybody?" which has a lot of synth elements that are almost hard trance...reminding me a little bit of New Decade's tunes on Out of Romford.