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⚠️OFF GRID breaks the signal. Underground sound for those who reject da algorithm. Genreless, fearless music 4 curious minds🌀😈
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💿 VANGUARD VAULTS #106 💿 🎵 DUB WAR – ONE CHILL 💥 APHRODITE SMASH UP THE PLACE MIX 📀 Beastwax | BEASTWAX 5 | 1996 The mix name says it all. That unmistakable Aphrodite bounce heavy bass with a groove you can’t stand still to. 🧬 DEEP VAULT DETAIL: Aphrodite says Earache commissioned this remix. It landed on Dub War’s Soundclash EP, with DJ Rap remixing Million Dollar Love on the flip. Serious talent on one piece of wax. 🇯🇪 VANGUARD ARCHIVES: We were absolutely gassed to bring Aphrodite to Jersey for Forgotten Forest a few years back. Unbelievable set, incredible night. A true pioneer of that early jump-up sound, doing what he does best. 🖤 Big love to Aphrodite, every time. 👇 Who was there with us? 🌳 #vanguardvaults #forgottenforest #jumpup #dnb
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💿 VANGUARD VAULTS #104 💿 🎵 Apollo 69 – Mindgaterz (Peshay Remix) 📀 Creative Source | CRSE 022 | 1999 This is such a wicked tune and remix from Peshay. First heard Fabio play this on BBC Radio 1 back in the day. Absolute roller of a tune. Couldn’t wait to get it on vinyl and play it out all the time. Still one of my favorite liquid tunes of that era….Big up Fabio, big up Peshay. Absolutely banging tune 🔥 #vanguardvaults #liquidgold #vinylclassic #peshay
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💿 VANGUARD VAULTS #103 💿 🎵 B-JAM – FUNKULA 📀 No Smoking Records | SMOKE 6 | 1995 Love pulling this one out. That bassline, the groove, the little touches throughout it’s got so much character. Exactly the kind of record I want to share through these Vaults. 🧬 DEEP VAULT DETAIL: The vocal comes from Lords Of The Underground’s Tic Toc, while the melody replays Warren G’s So Many Ways. Two hip-hop records given a completely different life in jungle. 🇯🇪 VANGUARD ARCHIVES: Getting past 100 hasn’t made choosing any easier. There’s still so much in the collection I want you to hear. This had to be next. 🖤 Still a joy to put the needle on this one. 👇 Who else has a copy? #vanguardvaults #junglemusic #bjam #nosmoking🚭
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💿 VANGUARD VAULTS #102 💿 🎵 FIREFOX – BONANZA KID 📀 Philly Blunt Records | PB006 | 1995 🤠 THE WILD WEST, THROUGH A JUNGLE SOUNDSYSTEM. That strange little “boing”. The rising tension. Then the bass arrives. For me, this is jungle with its imagination running wild. Heavy enough to shake the room, playful enough to make everyone grin. 🕵️ BEHIND THE NAME: Firefox was RONI SIZE. Bonanza Kid shared its original 12-inch with Buck Rogers two classics hiding behind one alias. 🧬 DEEP VAULT DETAIL: That distinctive jaw-harp sound comes from Ennio Morricone’s For a Few Dollars More theme. The melody draws on a replay of Elmer Bernstein’s The Magnificent Seven. Two Western soundtracks repurposed for the jungle dancefloor. That’s the freedom of this music: inspiration could come from anywhere. 📜 And here’s a proper archive find: a 1995 Philly Blunt advert originally announced Bonanza Kid with Jungle A Run on the flip. The released record paired it with Buck Rogers instead. A tiny glimpse of the catalogue before it became history. Philly Blunt itself began in 1994, created by Bryan Gee and Jumpin’ Jack Frost alongside V Recordings. Frost said it was started specifically to release Leviticus and Firefox. 🇯🇪 VANGUARD ARCHIVES: We’ve welcomed Roni to Jersey countless times, through Vanguard and our early Terminology nights. Records like this remind me how much of his story lives beyond the obvious anthems. 🖤 SERIOUS BASS. A MASSIVE GRIN. 👇 BONANZA KID or BUCK ROGERS which side are you reaching for? #vanguardvaults #phillyblunt #vinylrecord #junglemusic
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💿 VANGUARD VAULTS #101 💿 🎵 STAKKA & K.TEE – RUBBER BULLET 📀 Underfire | UDFR017 | 2001 🔥 THE NEXT HUNDRED STARTS UNDERFIRE. After celebrating our roots with Original Nuttah, we step into another part of the collection: that turn-of-the-millennium world where Drum & Bass seemed determined to invent its own future. Rubber Bullet is my choice to open that door. There’s something about this era that keeps pulling me back. The tension, the groove, the sheer imagination. Music you could get completely lost inside. 🧬 DEEP VAULT DETAIL: Underfire and Audio Blueprint were two sides of Stakka & Skynet’s vision. Audio Blueprint gave their deeper, experimental ideas room to breathe; Underfire channelled that imagination into physical dancefloor impact. Stakka described their approach as: “making the music to a movie without having the visuals.” That thought captures this whole world beautifully. Close your eyes and the room becomes somewhere else. 🤯 And look at the other side of this particular record… Rubber Bullet shared its 12-inch with KEMAL & PAUL RESET’S Kontempt. In their April 2001 Knowledge interview, Stakka & Skynet confirmed the pairing had come out that January. Two different production partnerships on one serious piece of vinyl. 🔗 THE CONNECTION RUNS DEEPER. K.Tee is Keir Tyrer the same producer who later co-founded Shogun Audio with Friction. Before that, he and Stakka had already built a catalogue on RAM and Liftin’ Spirit, including Orange Sunshine and a collaboration with Andy C, Danger Zone. This record sits within a much bigger story: friendships and studio partnerships helping shape successive chapters of the culture. 🇯🇪 VANGUARD ARCHIVES: Reaching 100 made me appreciate how much history these shelves hold. The next hundred gives me a chance to keep sharing the records that matter to me and hopefully bring a few back into your lives too. 🖤 A NEW CHAPTER. STILL DIGGING DEEP. 👇 Which Underfire record belongs in the Vaults next? #vanguardvaults #dnb #neurofunk #vinylclub
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💯 🏆 VANGUARD VAULTS #100 💛 THE CENTURY 🏆 🔊 UK APACHI & SHY FX - ORIGINAL NUTTAH 📀 SOUR • 1994 • Vault 100 100 records. So many memories. And for this milestone, we wanted a tune that takes us straight back to the heart of it all. Before Vanguard, before Fire & Snare, before Terminal State and Terminology, there was the feeling this music gave us. The excitement of hearing something that seemed to belong entirely to our generation and culture. Original Nuttah still holds that feeling for us. The Goodfellas intro. Those warning horns. Apache’s voice. Then the amens hit then everyone knows what time it is 🔥 🗝️ SIX YEARS WAITING. TWO TAKES TO HISTORY. Apache told Wax Poetics he’d written the lyrics around six years earlier. Hearing Shy’s Gangsta Kid gave him the rhythm he’d been waiting for. They booked a studio in Victoria. After recording another idea, Apache asked them to play Gangsta Kid. Two takes later, the vocal was done. He left without listening back. That weekend, he stayed home worrying nobody would like it. The next day, his phone was ringing with news of rewinds. Shy remembered: “Everything on the tune sounded like a hook.” That’s what makes it extraordinary. The voice, the riddim, the spaces between them, every part gives the crowd something to recognise. 🧠 DEEP VAULT DETAIL Apache explained that a “nuttah” could be someone determined to achieve their goals. The video’s images of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King reflected that meaning. He remembered jungle bringing people from different backgrounds together, and feeling part of something. Behind that fierce delivery was a story about identity and belonging. 🇯🇪 VANGUARD ARCHIVES We’ve welcomed Shy FX to Jersey many times. Having someone who helped shape our love of jungle become part of the nights we built here will always be special. And to everyone who’s followed these 100 selections: thank you. Your memories, messages and conversations have made this far more than me pulling records from a shelf 🤍 💯 OUR CENTURY. OUR ROOTS. ORIGINAL NUTTAH. 👇 Where were you when you first heard this iconic tune? #vang
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🔐 VANGUARD VAULTS #099 🔐 💯 ONE MORE RECORD UNTIL THE CENTURY. BUT FIRST… THIS ONE 🌀 🎵 BREAKAGE – TRANCE 📀 Inperspective Records | INP012 | 2006 99 records from the collection. So many memories and now we’re one away from 100. Honestly, seeing you connect with this music has made the whole journey mean more than we expected 🖤 For No.99, we wanted something you could really get lost in. Those intricate Amen cuts. The little changes that keep catching your ear. That strange, hypnotic synth winding through everything. With Trance, you will find yourself following a different detail each time. You can hear someone enjoying just how far a breakbeat can be taken. 💿 THE PRESSING: Trance took the A-side of this Inperspective 12″, with Comatose and Aw Yea! on the flip. Released in 2006 but listeners were already naming it among their favourites in January 2003. Three years of anticipation before the vinyl landed. 🔬 DEEP VAULT DETAIL: This record genuinely divided opinion. In the original 2006 discussions, some loved the intricate drums; others questioned the synth. Chris Inperspective responded: “Glad to see that we can release stuff that challenges peoples views on what ‘proper’ DNB is…” I love that conviction. A label trusting its ears and giving an unusual record a place. 🇯🇪 VANGUARD ARCHIVES: After all these years playing and promoting this music in Jersey and around Europe, records like this still make us stop and listen closer. Your comments, memories and love for these tunes have become part of the series too. Thank you for coming this far with me. ⏳ 99 VAULTS OPENED. 🔐 ONE VERY SPECIAL RECORD TO GO. 👇 Before I reveal No.100… what would YOU choose? #vanguardvaults #century #dnb #junglemusic
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💿 VANGUARD VAULTS #098 💿 🎵 RONI SIZE / REPRAZENT – TRUST ME 📀 Talkin’ Loud | TLX 15 | 1996 🔊 THOSE FIRST STABS STILL DO IT FOR ME. This is the kind of record I could talk about all night. That bassline has so much personality. The drums roll, the whole thing swings, and there’s enough space to hear every little detail. I know what’s coming and still look forward to the drop. Every time. Its original commercial vinyl release was the D-side of the double-12″ Reasons For Sharing EP in 1996, before appearing on New Forms in 1997. And Roni says he made it in about an hour. 🤯 He included it as a DJ tool. Even the sample on the original is slightly out of time. That detail makes me love it more: the feel was there, and he knew when to leave it alone. 🧬 DEEP VAULT DETAIL: Around 2010, Andy C helped bring Trust Me back into circulation through his sets. Roni admitted: “I started playing it again because Andy was playing it!” A DJ reminding the producer to reach for his own record again. I love that. 🇯🇪 VANGUARD ARCHIVES: We’ve brought Roni to Jersey countless times, from our early Terminology events through to Vanguard. Having someone whose records meant so much to us come and play our own nights will always feel special. This tune belongs in that story and sharing it here brings it all back. 🖤 NEARLY 30 YEARS ON. I’M STILL TURNING THIS ONE UP. 👇 What’s the Roni Size record you could never part with? #vanguardvaults #dnb #ronisize #reprazent
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💿 VANGUARD VAULTS #094 💿 🎵 LONDON ELEKTRICITY – HANGING ROCK 📀 Hospital Records | NHS94 | 2005 🌅 SOME RECORDS TAKE YOU BACK. THIS ONE STILL TAKES YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE There’s a particular kind of beauty in music that makes you feel uplifted and homesick at the same time. Hanging Rock lives there. Released in September 2005, paired with Far From The Shadows, it also appeared on Power Ballads a record that captured Tony Colman’s gift for making drum & bass feel deeply human. Sweeping melody. Restless percussion. Emotion that unfolds rather than announces itself. The pace pulls you forward; the music gives you somewhere to disappear. 🧬 DEEP VAULT DETAIL: There’s a much older record inside this one. Hanging Rock samples Nothing We Can Do by Arthur Brown & Vincent Crane, from their 1980 album Faster Than The Speed Of Light. Both receive writing credits alongside Tony. A fragment from 25 years earlier, finding another life on a drum & bass dancefloor. That’s the beauty of sampling: music remembering its past while imagining something new. And that human energy goes beyond the sample the album credits name The Jungle Drummer on drums, with backing vocals from Liane Carroll and Tony himself. 🇯🇪 Vanguard Archives: We’ve had the pleasure of welcoming Tony to Jersey many times, including our Hospitality events at the Watersplash. Those nights made our connection to this music personal the records we loved, the artist behind them, and our island sharing the same room. 🖤 THE YEARS CHANGE WHAT WE HEAR IN IT. THE FEELING STILL FINDS US. 👇 Where does Hanging Rock take you? #vanguardvaults #drumandbass #hospitalrecords #fastsoulmusic
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💿 VANGUARD VAULTS #087 💿 🎵 DOM & ROLAND – PARASITE 📀 Moving Shadow | SHADOW131 | 1999 🦠 THE MOMENT THE BREAKBEAT BECAME SENTIENT. Parasite feels less composed than cultivated as though Dom created the conditions, then allowed the rhythm to evolve. The atmosphere creeps beneath the skin. The drums reproduce, fracture and reform. That subterranean bass doesn’t chase the break, it stalks it. By full impact, the track no longer feels mechanical. It feels alive. Released on 8 February 1999, only months after the landmark Industry album, Parasite arrived backed with Homicide and reached No.4 on the UK Dance Singles Chart. Uncompromising breakbeat science had entered the charts without surrendering its identity. 🧬 DEEP VAULT DETAIL: In 2004, Hive asked to remix Parasite. Dom no longer had every original sample, so he supplied the surviving elements alongside parts from his newer track Adrenalin. The result was Paradrenasite released on Chronology and literally a new organism grown from two different eras. Dom later said Hive had taken his “favourite elements of both” and described the reconstruction as “timeless.” The record evolved again in 2020 when Hive remastered Parasite and Homicide with greater depth and bandwidth. Dom’s reason was beautifully revealing: modern technology could finally bring the music “closer to what I heard in my head as I made them.” 🇯🇪 Vanguard Archives: Parasite represents the darker, technical Drum & Bass we carried into our sets and championed in Jersey, music designed for the body, engineered for the mind and built to reveal something new with every listen. 🖤 27 YEARS LATER… THE HOST HAS AGED. THE PARASITE HASN’T. 👇 Parasite, Homicide or Paradrenasite which organism survives? #vanguardvaults #dnb #junglemusic #rave
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💿 VANGUARD VAULTS #086 💿 🎵 SEBA & LENK FT. ROBERT MANOS – 16 STORIES 📀 Metalheadz | METH004LP | 2004 🖤 A VOICE THAT MAKES A CROWDED ROOM FEEL PERSONAL There’s something disarming about 16 Stories. The drums carry you forward while Robert Manos sounds suspended in thought. Atmosphere, bass and that unmistakable voice give the music a rare intimacy even through a towering soundsystem. Released on the C-side of the four-vinyl MDZ.04 compilation, it shared its home with Photek’s Age Of Empires and Spirit’s Dial Up. Another reminder of how much emotional range lived beneath the Metalheadz skull. 🧬 DEEP VAULT DETAIL: Lenk is Swedish producer Jesper Dahlbäck, Seba’s partner in the house project Sunday Brunch. Their connection with Manos crossed genres, too. Recalling their early studio sessions, Seba explained that Robert initially approached a D&B track with reggae vocals. His direction was beautifully simple: “Think Marvin Gaye.” That exchange says so much about the musical understanding behind this partnership. You can hear it in the space they give the singer, and the feeling he brings to it. 🇯🇪 Vanguard Archives: This one is written into our own history. A surviving tracklist places 16 Stories at the close of our Terminal State mix for Sappo’s BBC 1Xtra show on 26 November 2004. Looking back, that feels like the perfect place for it: the voice you leave people with. 🖤 THE MIX ENDS. THE FEELING STAYS. 👇 Which Drum & Bass vocal has stayed with you longest? #vanguardvaults #dnb #vinyl #undergroundmusic
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💿 VANGUARD VAULTS #085 💿 🎵 D.KAY & DJ LEE – MANIPULATE THE UNIVERSE 📀 Advanced Recordings | ADVRSK5 | 2003 🌌 THE RECORD THAT PROVED SPACE COULD CARRY MORE WEIGHT THAN NOISE. Some records dominate a room. This one changes its dimensions. Celestial pads, disembodied voices, rolling breaks and sub-bass felt more than heard. D.Kay and DJ Lee created tension without aggression allowing atmosphere, restraint and emotion to become the record’s true source of power. 🤯 Manipulate The Universe was the final track on the double-vinyl Sektor Five EP, following heavyweight contributions from Q Project, Baron and Total Science. On paper, it was the D-side. In reality, it became the record’s hidden universe. The timing was perfect: D.Kay was named Best Breakthrough Producer at the 2003 Knowledge Awards, while DJ Lee brought the instincts of a selector shaped by Speed and the legendary Metalheadz Sunday Sessions. 🧬 DEEP VAULT DETAIL: Sample detectives traced one of its ghostly fragments to Led Zeppelin’s I Can’t Quit You Baby. The pair revisited the track with a 2006 remix—but the original’s extraordinary sense of space remains impossible to reproduce. 🇯🇪 Vanguard Archives: This deeper sound travelled with us far beyond Jersey. We had the privilege of playing alongside D.Kay at Amsterdam’s legendary Cheeky Monday, a personal connection to an artist whose music proved that Drum & Bass could carry immense weight without sacrificing its soul. 🖤 MORE THAN TWO DECADES LATER… IT DOESN’T SOUND OLD. IT SOUNDS OUTSIDE TIME. 👇 What is your favourite D Kay record? #vanguarddnb #dnb #vinylclassics #junglemusic
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