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Ha ha, couldn't resist - no that's not a version of "Set It" I've heard before, it's different to the release from early 1999 (which DJ Kane has disclaimed knowledge of) and also got vocals from "Let Jah Be Praised" interspliced so definitely a unreleased vip. I don't think it's two tunes there either but just the one Set's also running at around 175-176bpm there, pushing to 178 though drops to 173 for "Set Speed"... and hmmm gets even slower for "Reality" / "Roll On" (~170bpm). Interesting

That Saturday line-up - of Pressure X & Times Two, into Easy D (with MC Stingray?) and then DJ Kane looks familiar. I think that was in place from at least spring 1993. For some reason I used to listen in a lot on that Sat morning time slot

There were no timetables that I saw, but Kool FM did start a column in Atmosphere mid 1998 onwards The Ron/SL 'Supreme Team' show was tradionally always a Friday if I remember but always seemed to miss that one for some reason

James St. Bass 'Hard Drive', CIUT 89.5FM (Toronto) - Sun 22nd Nov 1992 - with guests DJ Phantasy / Rufige Kru (Goldie, DJ Freebase) / N.R.G. / MC Reality Listen: Goldie [71m29s] Sigma 7 (original source) [71m29s] Kaotic Chemistry - Illegal Subs [Moving Shadow] DJ Phantasy – Lets Get It On [Phantasy Recordings] Metalheads - Kemistry [Synthetic Hardcore Phonography] DJ Phantasy - Gonna Rock Your Body [Phantasy Recordings] Metalheads - Knowledge [Synthetic Hardcore Phonography] - cut - DJ Phantasy & DJ Gemini - Everybody Is Under the influence [Phantasy Recordings] N.R.G. - He Never Lost His Hardcore (Remix) [Chill] N.R.G. - Get Funky In The Place (Mozart Remix) [Chill] DJ Phantasy & DJ Gemini - Never Try The Hippodrome (Remix) [Spooky Tunes] N.R.G. - I Need Your Love (Real Hardcore Mix) [Chill] Bodysnatch - Euphony [Big City] - cut - Black 'Ash – Cosmology [Chill] Doc Scott - N.H.S. (Grooverider Remix) [Absolute 2] Nasty Habits - Let's Go (Cold Remix) {Reinforced] Manix - When You Hold Me Close (92 Mix) [Reinforced] Kid Twist / Phantasy – Do Or Die [Spooky Tunes] 4 Hero - The Element (High Noon) [Reinforced] Metalheads - Sinister [Synthetic Hardcore Phonography] - END - Broadcast following the night of Loon-EE-Tunes at Cinespace Film Studios, approximately between 4:40-6pm EST. There is also a write-up on Phantasy's experience in Canada in Blaze magazine #12 'June '93' (p: 19/5/93)

I can't seem to find a tracklist for that DJ Phantasy & Goldie radio broadcast in Canada anywhere so I'm going to post one here.

R.A.W. & MC ? (MC Question Mark) - Live @ Audio Impact 4/13/1998 - 13.04.1998 Listen: mrmarcanthony1 [76m51s] Mixtape Magic [77m01s] [previous dj] Dillinja - Hard Noize >Mary J Blige - Real Love (Hip Hop Mix) [Uptown] >??? >Gang Starr - You Know My Steez [Noo Trybe] >Original Concept - Can You Feel It [Def Jam] Potential Bad Boy – The Warning (Remix) [Third Eye] Fate - Random [Eastside] Fat Beats - "Battle" [Fat Beats, FAT001] Majistrate – What's Up? [Splash] Soul Controller - Clones [Preponderance] ??? Ambisonics - Project 5 [Flex] ??? Sappo - Go On Bad (Remix) [Flex] Danny Breaks – Step Off (Splash Remix) [Droppin Science] Stakka & K.Tee - Dream World [Liftin' Spirits] Source Direct - The Cult [Metaheadz] Firefox & Suvivor - Back Out Of Dis [Philly Blunt] Splash Collective - Tremble [Splash] DJ Die - Reincarnated [Full Cycle] ??? David Byrne - You Don't Know Me (Painful Mix / B-Boy 3000 Remix) [Luaka Bop] Peshay - On The War Path [Street Beats] Lion Of Judah - Set It (DJ Kane Remix) [Congo Natty] DJ Zinc - What Is It [Ganja] Gang Related & Mask - Sky [Dope Dragon] DJ Stretch - Take It Slow [A-KO] Tonic - 24 Break Shit [K Power] Elementz Of Noise - Hit The Deck [S.O.U.R.] The Specialist – Garbage DJ [Dread] Fate - Step On (A-Sides Mix) [Splash] Marvellous Cain & Bizzy B - side B [Evolution, EV 01] Recorded at Audio Impact in San Francisco, possibly from a 'True Playaz' night

This isn't quite right, adverts were on the top of the odd hours on Kool FM - so for instance Brockie's show was traditionally always ~11:25pm - 1am on a Sunday night, with a final set of adverts right after When Remadee says that it must mean they've been called to do an additional hour for some reason. So, a ~9:25pm - 12am slot essentially. The other thing I didn't mention was my recording from (I think) 10.02.1996 also has Photek - UFO played, but is not this instance. So one of the other february dates, basically. They also play this as the final tune which I haven't yet been able to identify, any ideas? (unknown - poss. a Tonic special) - ''...we can all get by if we want now...''.mp3

Right, so I think they changed their slot to Saturday nights at this time, I previously mentioned about a Trace & Ryme Tyme set that was on a Saturday, and I have some bits of what I think was the following week being Tonic & Remadee - that is, the 10.02.1996 I see also Remadee at 36:44 mentions "Right, midnight we a cruise to? Ok..." so looking at a 10:25pm-12am slot here?

Right so I've just turned up my brief notes I'd made on this: Is this the correct date, yeah? I had realised it was October, but hadn't narrowed the precise day for it. They're playing tracks from the Enforcers - Above The Law album throughout, and did note that Funky Flirt in it mentions about Kool Skool being at the Lazerdrome "yesterday", and also with the next show being moved to a new slot of Wednesdays starting from the 5th Nov.

Seems to be, although some of the Bryan Gee recordings posted here are faster due to the Cassette deck playback speed i think, you can hear the voices are slightly too fast also. I have a few of my own 1996 mix tapes & they are being played way faster than i play them now! There is a serious point to this, in of trying to ascertain median tempos for that period. 182bpm is faster than any of the djs on Kiss FM, for instance. It is faster than what Tonic & Remadee were doing, which from a brief check was maybe around 172-174 If we look at the Pressure Krew from Brighton, who very much made 'jump up' their thing and promoted as a sound in 1997, their label was 175 Records which points to their target being 175bpm I had been intending to do a very broad, but timestamped, summary of this. I may still do this.

One I was working on earlier. Say, this recording is at an unbelievable speed - breaking 180bpm throughout most of it. Is this normal for sets of that time? When I was spinning back then, personally I was trying not to exceed 170bpm because I was wanting still to incorporate tunes in from 1994. But even at that tempo it was a stretch Thanks for that!

DJ SL & MC Skibadee - 13.12.1996 Listen: Uncle Dugs [69m11s] Take Me Back: Pirate Radio Archives [65m21s] Liftin' Sprits – Creation [Liftin' Spirits] Origin Unknown – Truly One [Ram Records] DJ Die – Something Special [V Records] Mental Power – 'Purple' (side A) [Formation Colours] DJ Die – Special Treat [V Recordings] Origin Unknown – Lunar Bass [Ram Records] Potential Bad Boy – The Calling [Third Eye] ??? bristol / dope dragon / full cycle - 'The Jeep Ride' [Unreleased] D Bridge – Bring Da Flava [Trouble On Vinyl] Swift – Slam [SOUR] Stakka & K.Tee – Ya Don't Stop [Liftin' Spirits] Firefox & Suvivor – Who Is It [Philly Blunt] Lemon D – Going Gets Tough [Prototype Records] No Fear – Pac Man [Here Comes Trouble Vol. 5] 45 Roller – Killer Bee (T.Power Remix) [The Formula LP] Aphrodite & Micky Finn – Bad Ass [Urban Takeover] Skool Of Hard Knocks - Get Down [Area 51 Records] Keen – 1,2,3 (DJ SS Remix) [Formation Records] ref: https://www.phatmedia.co.uk/flyers/event/kool-club

Wow, remixed in 1998 you say? Are there any clips floating around of the other side, "Dedicated", would be interested to hear that So, in all - going through the above, it seems there were details of three others that didn't come out: "Stretched", "Siesta", "Change". I see there's a number of dubplates listed on discogs giving details of a few more, like "Wonder", or "Nook" I see also there is a thread here listing a number of unreleased clips. I wonder how many of these match the titles we have: https://www.rolldabeats.com/forum/index.php?/topic/74585-unreleased-mampi-swift/ Mampi Swift had quite a bit of a distinctive sound back then, didn't he. I was interested to see his 'studio tips' feature in Atmosphere #43 'May · June' 1998 talking about his use of the Soundcraft Spirit mixing desk, and saying: "one of my personal faves but not so recognised tunes "The Journey"." That was definitely a stand-out track for me also, for sure when I bought that 12" it was for "The 1" (it was a flip-up at the time of going either for that or "Hi Tek"!) but on getting home found myself very satisfied with what was on the b-side. Probably all in all preferred it to the main track. There's one other unreleased track of his I've been very eager to find out more on... and it's this from DJ Hype's Kiss FM show on 10.04.1996 http://www.classifiedlistening.com/tarzanstuff/Mampi Swift - 'sounds like that'.mp3 It's such a slammer that, I don't know why it never saw light of day. It's also funny because, going through his back catalogue it's almost like there's echoes of it heard throughout a number of his other tracks such as "Old Song", or "Thase", but not quite of the same calibre! Do you think it might be a Swift & Pascal production also? There was a little more I was able to find on it, in that either an earlier or alternate mix of it turned up on a dubplate here (given there as dnbc25 / Swift - Sound Like That) with apparently a different version of "Kick Dat Flava" on the flip. Another of my very faves of his has to be "Synthetic" from 1998, really such a stand-out track... Would be interested to hear your thoughts.

Are we sure this information is correct for this tune? I'm looking at his column / top tracks feature in The Informer magazine #9, May 1997, and he's got this stated: "ON THE BEAT VIP - SOUNDCRAFT - CHARGE THIS IS A RELICK OF MY FIRST RELEASE ON SUB BASE AND HAS BEEN REMIXED BY NEW PRODUCERS SOUNDCRAFT. THE TRACK HAS A SLIGHT TECHNO INFLUENCE AND A PHAT 808 BASS LINE, STILL KEEPING THAT ON AND ON VOCAL FOR THE LADIES. BIG UP THE SOUNDCRAFT CREW." It seems to suggest 'Soundcraft' is an artist - presumably then what later reduced to The Kraft, and if so what we're really seeing in that advert is a muddled ref to Soundcraft's remix of Mampi Swift's "Just Roll" https://www.discogs.com/release/11800-The-Kraft-Feel-Good-Just-Roll-VIP

That has to be considered a remix of some sort, of "Load" But not "Reload" from the year after, i.e. https://www.discogs.com/release/60217-DJ-Swift-Reload-Space