Categories by Orbr – Free Jungle / Drum & Bass Sample Pack!

Check out this free sample pack for my 2021 drum & bass single Categories! All sounds are 100% copyright-free. Go remix that shit!

You can hear the original version of Categories at Orbr’s Bandcamp page. Click here for instructions on how to download audio files from this site.

Enjoy!

Music Alert: Orbr – Ultra Aeon

Orbr’s long-awaited full-length album is finally here!

Ultra Aeon contains a whopping 20 essential jungle / drum & bass bangers including remixes, previously unreleased versions, a collaboration with the legendary Ragga Twins, and the world premier of Orbr’s brand new jungle slammer Congo Menace VIP.

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Music Alert: Jeweler’s Dive (Remastered)

Recently I had the opportunity to remaster some of my old drum & bass tracks from the mid 90s. (See the Oak St Bluesman remasters.)

Here are 4 more songs from the same era, clarified through the power of modern audio magic. Hope you enjoy!

Music Alert: Oak St Bluesman EP (Remastered)

In 1998 I had the insanely exciting opportunity to get signed to an independent record label in San Francisco. The label, Cosmic Flux Musiq, released a handful of my songs before closing up shop a few years later.

I remastered some of those old songs, starting with the Oak St Bluesman EP from 2000. Here are those remastered tracks. I hope you enjoy! (Also see the Jeweler’s Dive remasters.)

Throwback Thursday: Jeweler’s Dive

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In 1998 I recorded a song called Jeweler’s Dive. It was one of only a few jazz-inspired drum and bass tracks I made during my loungy, loungy period of the late ’90s. An edited version enjoyed a mini-celebrity on Terminal Beats, a compilation released by indie jungle Chicago outfit Forte Recordings. (Old school ruffians will remember Midwest legends 3D and Snuggles.)

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From the Archives: My Millennial Lounge Phase

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Around the year 1997 I graduated from my awkward ’90s electronica phase and started producing truly polished, professional sounding dance music.

Between 1997 and 2004 I recorded tracks for a few national record labels, and even heard a few of my own songs on internet radio stations and once, unbelievably, in a department store!

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Mixtape Alert: 95 Jungle Bizness

Check out this quick and dirty collection of ruff riders from the crucial ’93 – ’95 jungle era!

Track list:

  1. Shabba Ranks – Lets Get It On (Shy FX Dub)
  2. Bay B Kane – Wake Up
  3. Tom & Jerry & DJ Stretch – Maximum Style (Dubplate Mix)
  4. Omni Trio – Renegade Snares
  5. Scientist – New Style
  6. Cris B – The Storm
  7. Moody Boys – Destination Africa
  8. Shabba Ranks – Lets Get It On (Shy FX Vocal Remix)
  9. Dillinja – Deep Love
  10. DJ Rap & Austin – More Time
  11. L Double & Younghead – New Style

Mixtape Alert: Class of ’93 – Hyper on Hardcore Breakbeat

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If you’ve ever loved jungle, drum and bass, or happy hardcore, you’ve loved hardcore breakbeat. Hardcore is the solid trunk of early 90’s British electronica that spawned literally dozens of sub-genres, including 2-step garage, dubstep, and fidget.

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