Jazzy Noises Fusion Beats (DnB Mix 1995)

Legendary Jazzstep Mix - Tribute to DJ Fabio of Kiss 100 FM. (1995)

From 1994-1997 Fabio hosted a seminal radio show on Kiss FM. He would alternate each show with Grooverider and it was the first time jungle was played on legal radio. It was essential listening for music that wouldn't normally get played out, or even heard again! These shows were a window into another world and fresh 90-minute TDKs on hot standby was standard procedure. For the second hour of the show, Fabio would announce "The Jazzstep coming up next...", and after a few months it became "The Legendary Jazzstep..." - this was big!

The music was jazz-influenced and driven by funk breaks, which tended to be quite loose with the patterns. It was a golden era before things got stripped back to more surgical timings seen with liquid, it also made the sound feel more organic and musical.

This mix attempts to recreate the feeling of these shows with dreamy sax, epic keyboard solos, cool double bass and the funkiest of breakbeat grooves. Featuring music from Carlito, Subject 13, Hidden Agenda, Primary Motive and early Creative Source - some of the finest drum and bass ever made. It was recorded from a mixture of both vinyl and digital, and it wouldn't be right for the Jazzstep show if there wasn't a couple of dubplates in there as well: a very jazzy something forthcoming on Make or Break from Deeptropix, and an unreleased collab track from Sekl ‪@sekl‬ and Rough Territory.

A special mention to Deep Inside The Oldskool for hosting archives of these Kiss FM shows..

Tracklist
Carlito - Fall Down
G Force & Seiji - Sex in Space (Remix)
New Jazz Hustlers - Bombay
The Architex - Escape
Tekniq - Razzmatazz
Hidden Agenda - Vindicator (2020 Remaster)
Primary Motive - S
Deeptropix - Dervish Funk
Source Direct - Bliss
Accelio - Sanctuary
Rough Territory & Sekl - Funk Liberator
DJ Pulse and The Jazz Cartel - Destiny (Flytronix Remix)
The Quartet - Nevada
Lemon D - Submorphic
The Architex - Altitude
Subject 13 - Can U Feel The Vibez
Matrix - Slow Drift
DJ Pulse and The Jazz Cartel - Street Player
EZ Rollers - Retro
Hidden Agenda - The Sun

Resources:-
https://archive.org/details/Kiss100FMLondon-1996-05-24-Fabio

https://drumtrip.co.uk/mixes/fabio-grooverider-debut-kiss-fm-show-1992/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabio_(DJ)

https://bassblog.pro/oldschool/fabio-kiss-100-fm-nov-1996