MUMDANCE MUSIC TO… MAKE YOU HARDCORE
It’s perpetually misunderstood, is hardcore, so it’s refreshing to hear a mix from an artist who very clearly knows what he’s on about. That’s not to say however that nu-grime bod Mumdance has rifled through his collection picking out trainspotter classics that should get the blog botherers in a state of full arousal – he’s actually just picked out the genre’s biggest belters. These are tracks that brought him the “happiest memories,” which we’re guessing involved sitting in his bedroom with a pair of well-worn, cheap Boots headphones, surrounded by tape packs.
This nostalgic flavour is explored across a collection of tracks culled from hardcore’s transitional phase. In 1993 and 1994 the genre began to melt into jungle (and later drum ‘n’ bass) on one side and happy hardcore (a staple of small town clubs anywhere north of Gloucester) and Mumdance captures that shifting sound absolutely perfectly. On the jungle end we’ve got drops from 4 Hero, Plasmic Life and Moving Shadow’s Omni Trio, and representing the pill-chewin’ happy hardcore brigade there’s the aptly-monikered NRG’s ‘I Need Your Lovin’ and Orca’s anthemic Beverly Craven-sampling ‘4AM’. Whether you know the tracks already or not, do yourself a favour and grab this one immediately, you won’t be disappointed...FACT
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