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Mixmag Live Volume 15 – Jungle Jumping Jack Frost + Randall – 1994, DMC Publishing Mixmag Live Volume 15 – Jungle is a mix album produced by Mixmag and distributed by DMC Publishing. It’s the first such jungle/dnb mix in the Mixmag Live series and features mixes by two of the most pivotal pioneers in … Read more
Dummy – Portishead – Released August 22nd, 1994, Go! Beat / London Dummy is the 1994 debut album by British group Portishead. Consisting of DJ/producer Geoff Barrow, multi-instrumentalist Adrian Utley and singer Beth Gibbons, Portishead were one of the breakout successes of that year, swiftly becoming one most influential groups of the 90s. The group’s … Read more
30 Years Ago Mixmag Declared 1994 To Be “The Summer Of Jungle” – we’ve come a long way since! Jungle is a hybrid of dance music popularised in the early to mid 90s which fuses high-speed hardcore breakbeats with elements of hiphop, ragga and dancehall. Its roots, pun fully intended, are clearly in the British … Read more
Music For The Jilted Generation – The Prodigy – Released July 4th, 1994, XL Recordings Music For The Jilted Generation is the second album from UK electronic supergroup, The Prodigy. It’s the follow-up album to 1992’s Experience and was the first Prodigy album to incorporate live instruments, including drumming and rock guitar sounds. The 1994 … Read more
Antimatters – Bandulu – Released July 17th, 1994, Infonet Antimatters is the second studio album from British techno trio Bandulu, which was released on their Infonet label in 1994. Bandulu was formed by London trio Jamie Bissmire, John O’Connell and Lucien Thompson. Their name comes from a Jamaican slang for a criminal or gangster and … Read more
The term “trip hop” turns 30 this month – but what does it mean exactly? 30 years ago Mixmag writer Andy Pemberton wrote an article on the growing phenomenon of hiphop-influenced dance music mushrooming up from the global underground. The original criteria of this new sound or style was that it was slow and (mostly) … Read more
Same As It Ever Was – House Of Pain – Released June 28th, 1994, Tommy Boy Records Same As It Ever Was is the second album by US hiphop group The House Of Pain. It was released in 1994 by Tommy Boy Records and features the singles Who’s The Man and On Point. The House … Read more
Regulate… G Funk Era – Warren G – Released June 7th 1994, Violator Records Regulate… G Funk Era is the 1994 debut album from LA-based rapper/producer, Warren G. The album enjoyed huge critical and commercial success, eventually resulting in triple platinum sales. Snoop Dogg was originally meant to appear on the album but was prevented … Read more
Café Del Mar (Volume 1) – Released 6th June, 1994, React Records Café Del Mar Volume 1 is the first release from the popular Café Del Mar compilation series, originally released on React Records and compiled by Jose Padilla. Spanish-born Jose Padilla, who passed in 2020, was previously the resident DJ at the now world-famous … Read more
76 14 – Global Communication – Released 1st June, 1994, Dedicated Records 76 14 (or 76:14) is the debut studio album by UK duo Mark Pritchard and Tom Middleton released under their Global Communications alias. It was released on Dedicated Records in the summer of 1994. Although the duo put out another Global Communications long … Read more