THREAT#1: Osiris – Hooligan Rufftapez Vol. I (side B)

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Inauguriamo il canale mixcloud e la serie THREATS con i 40 minuti di Hooligan Rufftapez Vol. I (side B), scelti dal giovanissimo dj milanese Osiris. Per ascoltare altro rimandiamo qui, ovvero l’ultima cosa che abbia rilasciato prima di questo mix. Osiris ha abbracciato l’idea di compilare un podcast fatto di tracce old-school hardcore – o, meglio, ‘ardkcore – in modo così entusiastico da far uscire un mix vorticoso e sfrenato. In chiusura troverete la tracklist con il link delle release discogs e relativa release date. Parlando di informazioni generali riguardanti Osiris, se ne possono trovare alcune direttamente sulla pagina facebook.

L’immediata apertura del podcast è riservata al tipico richiamo di pericolo rave (più videogame-like che airhorn hip-hop). Suona l’alzate la guardia. L’hoover sound tarda di poco. Da qui, 40 minuti di sunto inarrestabile e senza tregua di musica hardcore, sia a livello storiografico (le tracce utilizzate partono dal ’91 ed arrivano al ’97-’99, verso la fine) che a livello di mood. La sensazione in ascolto è realmente quella di trovarsi in un rave. In particolare, di trovarsi in quel mondo bubblegum early-days, pre-jungle, pre-deriva black, pre-intelligentizzazione, pre-tutto. Quel limbo edonistico-inconsapevole di musica libera da catalogazione di genere, prima di boom di vendite e classifiche. Scena di voci infantili/femminili sireniche, breakbeat terroristi, citazioni a LFO e 808 State; realtà di totale mix-up culturale; sample hip-hop e ragga e videogame-sounds; pantaloni baggy iper-colorati, mitsubishi, e facce ancora sorridenti. Qualcosa di simile:

[resta ancora del tutto oscuro il passaggio da Cavity Job a Incunabula, ma questa è un’altra storia]

Col passare di minuti i pezzi scelti vanno a coprire periodi più propriamente jungle, spostandosi verso la ricercatezza e velocizzazione del break. Il risultato finale complessivo è un breve ma denso sguardo sulla Dubplate Culture (quella UK, ovviamente, trascuriamo gli avi Jamaicani per il momento). Una Culture totalmente spersonalizzata e senza barriere. In altre parole, una tra le più hardcore (nel senso ‘punk’, e nel senso ‘dancefloor’) ed entusiasmanti che si siano mai contestualizzate nel mondo occidentale. Ringraziamo Filippo per la disponibilità e l’entusiamo con cui ha deciso di lanciarsi nel mixaggio di questo podcast. Enjoy. Support Osiris.


“Non sei più quel giovane folle di un tempo. È triste ammetterlo, ma è così. Non vivrai più quelle esperienze, mai più quelle emozioni. Affondi le mani nello scatolone pieno di roba e ognuno di quegli oggetti porta con sé ricordi bellissimi. I più begli anni della tua vita. I più liberi, i più spensierati. Flyers, magliette, posters, inviti, membership cards, dischi (così tanti dischi) e le cassette. Ci uscivi matto per le cassette. La cosa migliore era quando il sabato pomeriggio ti chiudevi in casa coi ragazzi a fumare e metter due dischi. In quei pomeriggi capitava spesso che la sessione venisse registrata, pronta per essere la colonna sonora dei vostri viaggi in macchina per raggiungere la festa. Ti ritrovi questa tra le mani e sei catapultato indietro di vent’anni: metà degli anni ’90, l’Eclipse tutta scassata di T.P. e quella notte infinita di fine estate. Sembra ieri: eravate in 4 su quel bolide, la polizia aveva bloccato tutte le strade che portavano alla location e voi con le tasche piene di roba decideste di evitare i posti di blocco, prendendo strade secondarie nelle campagne. Non vedeste mai i palchi giganti e la folla, ma la più stupefacente alba. Sui campi, voi pazzi che ballate nell’erba al suono di questa cassetta, celebrando la vita nel nome di una leggerezza che non ritrovasti mai negli anni che seguirono.” [words by Filippo (Osiris)]


ENGLISH VERSION


We launch the Mixcloud channel through the ‘THREATS’ series. THREAT #1 is a powerful 40-minutes-long mix by Osiris, called Hooligan Rufftapez Vol. I (side B). Here you can find the lastest stuff the young dj from Milan put out. Osiris did welcome our proposal to mix up different old-school hardcore / rave tracks so good that the output to that is a vorticose and loose selection of music. Actually, that’s ‘ardkore music we’re talking about (see the name: Hooligan Rufftapez). Below you will find the tracklist. Everything has been tracked down and hyperlinked to the matching discogs release, together with the release date. Talking about personal infos about him, it’s possible to find some checking at his FB page.

The podcast opens with an immediate siren-like sound (mainly videogame-derived, not the typical airhorn hip-hop). It’s the big gathering. Won’t take long till the Hoover sound comes up. Since here, the mix does an unstoppable recap about hardcore music, both considering the history – he’s been using tracks from ’91-’92 in the first minutes, than we went back to ’97-’99 through the end of the mix – and the mood of those years. We really feel we’re in a rave. We’re living back in that early-days bubblegum-rave reality, before the black-genre diaspora, before junglism, before ‘intelligent’ productions. A hedonistic and unawarely-happy world in which music is free from any kind of labeling, far away from some rave-hits hitting the chart. Here rule mermaid-like feminine voices, terrorizing breakbeats, frequent LFO / 808 State and hip-hop / ragga tributes paid through sampling. Here it’s possible to live in a total human and cultural mix-up, wearing dazzling and baggy pants, taking some Eeeees… And your face still smiling.

As the times goes by the choosen tracks are from a later period which could eventually be as labelled jungle, as the breaks go faster and mental-er. At the end, the mix is some of an intense look at the UK Dubplate Culture, which used to be a completely de-individualized culture, free of barriers. In other words, that’s one of the most hardcore (both in the punk and in the dancefloor sense) and most exciting culture / music ever revealed to happen in the Industrialized world. We wish to thank Filippo for being so kind and enthusiastic in mixing this podcast for us. Please enjoy it. Support Osiris.

“You’re not that crazy lad you were before. Sad to admit, but so it is. You’ll never experience those sensation, those emotions again. You sink your hands in the cardbox full of stuff and every single item carries the most beautiful memories. The best days of your life. The freest, you never had worries nor responsabilities. Flyers, tees, porsters, invitations, membership cards, records (so many records!) and tapes. You went mad for tapes. Best thing ever were those Saturdays in which you and your posse used to lock yourself at your place, smoking and spinnin’ records. In those afternoons, it ofted happened that you recorded the session, ready to become the soundtrack for those long car trips to the parties. You find yourself looking at this tape and you’re immediatly teleported twenty years in the past: mid-nineties, T.P.’s banged up Eclipse and never ending late summer night. You remeber it all: four of you on that car, cops had blocked every road to the location and you with your pockets full of stuff decided to avoid police checkpoints by taking secondary roads in the countryside. That night you didn’t see the massive stages nor the huge crowd dancing, but the most stunning dawn ever. In the fields, you crazy guys raving on the grass at the sound of this tape, celebrating life in the name of a carelessnes you never had again in the next years.” words by Filippo (Osiris)


TRACKLIST


  1. The Return Of The Donut – Cloud Nine (1992)
  2. Dub War (Chapter One) – Dance Conspiracy (1992)
  3. Surgery (Ordinary Mix) – Dj Doc Scott (1991)
  4. Euphony (Just For U London) – Bodysnatch (1992)
  5. Hardcore Helmet – Cosmic Brian (1992)
  6. Knowledge – Metalheads (1992)
  7. Close Your Eyes (Optikonfusion!) – Acen (1992)
  8. Every Body E – 3 Rude Bwoy (1992)
  9. Rave On The Nile – The Bab’e’lon Crew (1992)
  10. Ware Mouse – 2 Bad Mice (1991)
  11. Atheama – Nebula II (1991)
  12. Sunday Raver – Son Of God (1992) (?)
  13. Breakage 4 (I Bring You The Future) – Noise Factory (1992)
  14. So Tight – The Man With No Name (1993)
  15. Lord Of Null Lines (Foul Play Remix) – Hyper On Experience (1994)
  16. Bells Of Dawn (Jumping Jack Frost Remix) – Ratty (1994)
  17. A Touch of Darkness – DJ Lee (1993)
  18. The Execution – Gwange & Spinback (1994)
  19. Bastards – Blackman (1994)
  20. Darkrider – Rufige Cru (1992)
  21. Black Rose – Hokusai (1996)
  22. Dred Bass (Original Mix) – Dead Dred (1994)
  23. Clint – Area 39 (1994)
  24. Other Side Of Town – Elementz Of Noize (1996)
  25. Ruffest Gun Ark (DJ Rap Mix) – Top Cat (1995)
  26. Greetings Jungle – Half Pint (1994)
  27. Phat & Phuturistic (Part. 2) – Little Matt (1994)
  28. Complete Control – Cool Hand Flex (1993)
  29. High Tech – Dj DD Hass & Extensive (1992)
  30. Johnny (Original ’92 Mix) – Johnny Jungle (1995)
  31. A1 – Suburbia (1993)
  32. High Tek Dreams – Ed Rush & Optical (1997)
  33. Wanton Conduct – Source Direct (1999)
  34. Chill Out – DJ Fokus (1993)
  35. Dubplate Culture (Original Mix) – Soundscape (1997)

 


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