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Artist:	REMARC
Title:	Sound Murderer
Label:	PLANET MU (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	ZIQ 084CD

"Planet Mu are more than proud to be releasing the first ever re-issue jungle 'artist album' -- by the legendary junglist Remarc. The '95 era 'cut-up breaks' and 'ragga' sound is making a resurgence in the scene thanks to DJs such as Bailey, Hype & others... as well as being very popular as an influence on the 'drill'n'bass' scene and artists like Squarepusher & Aphex Twin. The album compiles 12 jungle ryddims from the '93-'97 era from the labels Suburban Base, Kemet, Labello, White House & Dollar, and are now becoming increasingly hard to find in good condition. Many of these tracks are being released for the first time in digital format -- on CD."

Artist:	REMARC
Title:	Unreleased Dubs 94 - 96'
Label:	PLANET MU (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	ZIQ 085CD

"Following hot on the heels of the massive success that was SoundMurderer -- a collection of Remarc's jungle classics, Planet Mu brings you the awesome sequel -- Unreleased Dubs 94-96. The title says it all -- 11 previously unreleased stone-cold classic cuts by the ultimate don of the Amen break -- the man like Remarc. Many of these dubplates were rinsed back in the day by DJs like Hype, Shy FX and Remarc himself, but for some reason they remained unreleased until now. These tracks document a time of change in drum'n'bass -- from the last embers of hardcore's fire in the heyday of jungle to the birth of drum'n'bass and the 'jump-up' style. 1994's 'Ricky (Remarc V.I.P Mix)' cuts up and junglizes Remarc + Lewi's original hardcore classic into a jumpier more amphetamine-fuelled amen beast while still retaining the original's atmosphere between jittery funk and fear. 1995's 'Suicidal' and 'In Da Hood' anticipate jump-up's obsession with hip-hop samples, but still keep the cut-up amen funk, combing it with billowing sub bass and g-funk whines respectively. Early '95's 'Bad No Bloodclart' was intended as the follow-up to 'R.I.P.' and possesses the same dangerous ragga vibe & yard-tape atmosphere with possibly the most funked and shredded Amen sample in a jungle track ever. Other coups are the unreleased Remarc remix of Prizna & Demolition Man's classic ragga-jungle hit 'Fire' and Remarc's finest ever mellow moment -- 'Andre's Dream', written for his young son in '95. With it's stark minimal piano and string vibe it creates an atmosphere not unlike early Strictly Rhythm house 12"s, and not an Amen in earshot. This album displays Remarc's versatility as a producer within the genre, as well as the change in sound between those years, ending as it does with '96's 'Darkaworld' -- a proto-techstep monster with filtered amen and sci-fi FX, and 'Da Drumz' -- which displays Remarc's canny way with pitch bent sub-bass and breakneck jump-up breaks."

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