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If you like drum’n’bass but are tired of the soundalike compilations that have flooded the market in the wake of the breakbeat juggernaut of the mid- to late ’90s, this may be the one for you featuring this mix by Ellis Dee.

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Disc One was a continuous mix by DJ Hype, and it features his own outstanding “We Must Unite” as well as the equally fine “Ganja Man” by DJ Krome and Mr. Time. “R-Type” by Jo includes one of the better basslines of the program. Disc Two was this mix by Ellis Dee, and its tracks refer even more explicitly to the reggae-derived sounds of British Jungle.

“Everyman” is essentially a junglized remake of the reggae classic of the same name with a soundalike vocalist and a brutally propulsive breakbeat; Sound of the Future contributes the thrilling and almost impossibly complex “The Lighter (Rollers Remix).” There aren’t very many essential drum’n’bass compilations out there, but this is one of them.
 

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