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GFT here. Serious ’93 darkside business this month from Dark Horse Records.
Dark Horse is somewhat of a legendary label for me. When I started collecting oldschool hardcore tunes it was one of the very first labels I set my sights on – I’m not sure why… maybe I liked the logo. The first release I picked up was ‘The Night Rider Part One’ 12″, on beautiful blue marbled vinyl, as those were tracks I had been hearing most frequently on mix sets. The rest followed suit eventually. If you’re looking to nab your own collection then DHR001 and 004 are definitely the chase records. DHR002 seems to be getting harder to come by as well.
The Label
As per Discogs “The Dark Horse label was owned by Jim Polo and Neil Vass and began in early 1993. The label only had 7 releases and closed at the end of 1994. The first 5 tunes released were all classics of the dark hardcore period of 1993 and included the Baby D sampling anthem Rolling Energy.” Not much more I can add to that as trivia is thin on the ground out in the Google-sphere, suffice to say that this is a classic label of the ’93 darkside period, with all of the tunes in that distinctive grimdark grimy style.
The mix
(Almost) All of the tunes are by Jim Polo or his aliases. The only downer was that quite a few of the 12″s suffer from poor mastering/pressing, including ‘The Night Rider Pt. 1’ and ‘Dark Horse In Full Effect’, although in their case we can probably put it down to the coloured vinyl. I wish I had the black! DHR006 and 007 are particularly affected by lo-fi buzz, I even picked up multiple copies to make sure it wasn’t just my plates – they just sound rinsed. I don’t think I’m the first to have noticed this. That shouldn’t take anything away from the tunes though… they are all fantastic.
I actually had to record this mix twice. Embarrassingly, I hadn’t properly set my anti skate, tone-arm counterweight, or had my decks levelled. The less said about this the better
Tracklist
Jim Polo and Neil Vass – Underground Feeling
Jim Polo – Voyager
Jim Polo and Neil Vass – Rolling Energy
Jim Polo – Heavyweight
Pascal and Sponge – I Got You (Ezee Boy)
Pascal and Sponge – I Got You (Ezee Boy) Remix
Jim Polo – Dark Phantasy’s
2 Sinister – Let It Roll
Jim Polo – Champion Sound
Jim Polo and Neil Vass – Rolling Energy (2 Sinister Remix)
Jim Polo – Dark Horse In Full Effect
Dynamix – Pipes
2 Sinister – Freestylin
Dynamix – Directions
2 Sinister – As We Enter
Pascal and Sponge – Just Rollin a Fat B
>> Jim Polo and Neil Vass – Rolling Energy (DJ SS Drum and Bass Remix)
Jim Polo – The Night Rider
>> Jim Polo and Neil Vass – Underground Feeling (Pascal and Sponge Remix 1)
Jim Polo and Neil Vass – Underground Feeling (Pascal and Sponge Remix 2)
Jim Polo and Neil Vass – Rolling Energy (DJ SS Techno Remix)
>> DJ Smiley and Sublime – Lost
>> DJ Smiley and Sublime – Rampage
Bonus material
So, anyway… check out the mix of every track Dark Horse Records ever put out!
Download MP3 320kbps 57mins
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By GFTGFT here. Serious ’93 darkside business this month from Dark Horse Records.
Dark Horse is somewhat of a legendary label for me. When I started collecting oldschool hardcore tunes it was one of the very first labels I set my sights on – I’m not sure why… maybe I liked the logo. The first release I picked up was ‘The Night Rider Part One’ 12″, on beautiful blue marbled vinyl, as those were tracks I had been hearing most frequently on mix sets. The rest followed suit eventually. If you’re looking to nab your own collection then DHR001 and 004 are definitely the chase records. DHR002 seems to be getting harder to come by as well.
The Label
As per Discogs “The Dark Horse label was owned by Jim Polo and Neil Vass and began in early 1993. The label only had 7 releases and closed at the end of 1994. The first 5 tunes released were all classics of the dark hardcore period of 1993 and included the Baby D sampling anthem Rolling Energy.” Not much more I can add to that as trivia is thin on the ground out in the Google-sphere, suffice to say that this is a classic label of the ’93 darkside period, with all of the tunes in that distinctive grimdark grimy style.
The mix
(Almost) All of the tunes are by Jim Polo or his aliases. The only downer was that quite a few of the 12″s suffer from poor mastering/pressing, including ‘The Night Rider Pt. 1’ and ‘Dark Horse In Full Effect’, although in their case we can probably put it down to the coloured vinyl. I wish I had the black! DHR006 and 007 are particularly affected by lo-fi buzz, I even picked up multiple copies to make sure it wasn’t just my plates – they just sound rinsed. I don’t think I’m the first to have noticed this. That shouldn’t take anything away from the tunes though… they are all fantastic.
I actually had to record this mix twice. Embarrassingly, I hadn’t properly set my anti skate, tone-arm counterweight, or had my decks levelled. The less said about this the better
Tracklist
Jim Polo and Neil Vass – Underground Feeling
Jim Polo – Voyager
Jim Polo and Neil Vass – Rolling Energy
Jim Polo – Heavyweight
Pascal and Sponge – I Got You (Ezee Boy)
Pascal and Sponge – I Got You (Ezee Boy) Remix
Jim Polo – Dark Phantasy’s
2 Sinister – Let It Roll
Jim Polo – Champion Sound
Jim Polo and Neil Vass – Rolling Energy (2 Sinister Remix)
Jim Polo – Dark Horse In Full Effect
Dynamix – Pipes
2 Sinister – Freestylin
Dynamix – Directions
2 Sinister – As We Enter
Pascal and Sponge – Just Rollin a Fat B
>> Jim Polo and Neil Vass – Rolling Energy (DJ SS Drum and Bass Remix)
Jim Polo – The Night Rider
>> Jim Polo and Neil Vass – Underground Feeling (Pascal and Sponge Remix 1)
Jim Polo and Neil Vass – Underground Feeling (Pascal and Sponge Remix 2)
Jim Polo and Neil Vass – Rolling Energy (DJ SS Techno Remix)
>> DJ Smiley and Sublime – Lost
>> DJ Smiley and Sublime – Rampage
Bonus material
So, anyway… check out the mix of every track Dark Horse Records ever put out!
Download MP3 320kbps 57mins