Ringe Raja Records

I've been quite into all the wacky breakcore mashup mayhem going on over at Ringe Raja Records netlabel in Berlin for quite some time now since their first couple releases in white label mp3 format. Since then, they've put out killer tracks by sick producers like Fexomat, Wan Bushi, Randomatik Blast, and Batard Tronique to name just a few!

Make no mistake. These guys are freakin' serious about pumping out the most absurd, spazzy, gypsy insanity bangers this side of the galaxy! tooth_eye posted one of their releases on our blog in the past, but we haven't been keeping up enough since then. As a matter of fact, I just noticed a new one I hadn't even downloaded until now. So for your perusal and enjoyment here are links to all 19 of their current releases, as follows...

Ringe Raja Records 001
[RRR001-A] Fexomat & Sickhead - Juriii
[RRR001-AA] Fexomat - Moldavia Moshpit

Ringe Raja Records 002
[RRR002-A] Fexomat - Hey Hey
[RRR002-AA] Fexomat + Sumone - Boozed up Gypsy

Ringe Raja Records 003
[RRR003-A] Wan Bushi - Helmut Lotti & The Russian Dubcore Band
[RRR003-AA] Drakh - Triti Puti

Ringe Raja Records 004
[RRR004-A] Fexomat & Dub Rogers - Bella Ciao RMX
[RRR004-AA] sbeats - The Greek

Ringe Raja Records 005
[RRR005-A] sbeats - Hora
[RRR005-AA ]Randomatik Blast - Carpet Breaker (Balkan Frenchcore remix)

Ringe Raja Records 006
[RRR006-A] Al Jawala - Heymischer Bulga (Bukez Finezt Remix)
[RRR006-AA] Tribalgrooves - Puliogare

Ringe Raja Records 007
[RRR007-A] Sum_-_Rouan
[RRR007-AA] Tribalgrooves - Masmoudi

Ringe Raja Records 008
[RRR008_A] DJ Anarxx - You're Still Nini
[RRR008_AA] DJ Anarxx - Parta

Ringe Raja Records 009
[RRR009_A] Batard Tronique - hej ljuba javi mi se
[RRR009_AA] Batard Tronique - raggamuffin sestra

Ringe Raja Records 010
[RRR010 A] Jahba - Breakdown @ the Big-top
[RRR010 AA] Scamp - Mechanical Temples

Ringe Raja Records 011
[RRR011-A] Fexomat - Gypsy Goodies
[RRR011-AA] Fexomat - Gypsy Goodies [instrumental]

Ringe Raja Records 012
[RRR012-A] La Cherga - Godzilla
[RRR012-AA] Massl - Tu Cafe RMX

Ringe Raja Records 013
[RRR013-A] Maraki - Bela
[RRR013-AA] Biskits - Gypsyface

Ringe Raja Records 014
[RRR014 A] Dada Cat - Magick People
[RRR014 AA] Dada Cat - Born To Be Wild

Ringe Raja Records 015
[RRR015-A] e-coli - Amen Gypsy
[RRR015-AA] e-coli - De Naie Chuppe

Ringe Raja Records 016
[RRR016-A] Stantekk - Rabbi Jacob
[RRR016-AA] Stantekk - Rabbi Jacob (Wan Bushi Rave Remix)

Ringe Raja Records 017
[RRR017 A] Sum - Drunken Gypsy
[RRR017 AA] Sum - Lownay Partján

Ringe Raja Records 018
[RRR018-A] Bear 808 and the silly tang - Goulash
[RRR018-AA] JPRixdorfer - Amin Tigan

Ringe Raja Records 019
[RRR019-A] Kamil Jasmin - Na tu svatbu (Bullwah remix)
[RRR019-AA] Les Inedits Tziganes - Gankino Horo (Bullwah remix)

To check for any subsequent releases, just click here for their full Internet Archive catalog.

~Johan Ess~

Twin Cities Drum'N'Bass Volume Five

Big love goin' out to my home town and its sister city, Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN! All the heads that are pushing a jungle/drum'n'bass sound for the dancefloor and wall systems get together every now and again for a compilation of original tunes mixed up by one of the DJs and the result is increasingly awesome with each volume.

A big variety of dancefloor aimed numbers from some deeper and soulful rollers to hardcore dub laced skankers to some sort of newschool jump up flavors with some dubwise drops through to some upfront in your face freakouts and beyond. Personal highlights are both of Virgo's offerings; "Hardest Drummer" featuring I-shack with some future reggae jungle'n'skank jazz and the shady private intvestigator vibes on "Better Killers", Fact's "Rhinoceros" with its nod to the sparse yet intelligent chop suey drum'n'bass from the latter 90s, and Idol's alien language cyber rain forest colony d'n'b on "The Void".

MBC assembles these monster tracks, wide range of styles and vibes they each bring, incredibly well and manages to lay down some seriously deep and creative mixing between them. Brace sounds at home among the tracks and mixing, never too loud and only complimenting the music and blends. Nice mastering and sick cover art to top it all off.

The fresh flavors from several of the area's heads who were around and managed to help shape my mind musically in my formative jungleraver years, as well as a helping of younger heads I know to varying degree carrying on their idea of that framework, plus even more cats I'm not too familiar with.

Free download, CD for $5.00, and Tshirt for $15 - get it!

Twin Cities Drum'n'bass Volume Five

- DCKR