From the Annex

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

FTA Music: From the Annex with The Librarian #125

From the Annex with The Librarian playing the Ragga Jungle / Drum & Bass for you live on Twitch. Now you too get a piece of the action here on YouTube. Jungle / Drum & Bass Show 9pm-Midnight EST [10.24.2020]

PLAYLIST:

7 Army Ed Solo Dubplate Remix Remix - The White Stripes

Our Time - Phantom

Jungle Brother - Jungle Brothers

Everyday Remix - Kenny Ken

Shake UR Body - Shy FX & T-Power

Brighter Day (Jungle VIP Mix) - Ricky Tuff VS Raff Mac Bean

World of Jungle Music - Unknown Artist

Magnificent - Defkline

Jam Rock - Damion Marley

Armed & Dangerous - Pixel

Danger - Special K

Wedding March (The Librarian VIP) - The Librarian

Come Together - Urban Dawn

Big , Bad & Heavy (Logistic Remix) - Delano

President - Aphrodite

A Friend in Need - Top Cat & DJ Panik & M Rode

Pass the Kouchie - Benny Page & Mr Williamz

Original Ses - Rebel MC

Junglist (DJ Zinc Remix) - Tribe of Isscar

Ra (G Dub Mix) - Ebony Dubsters

Ganja Man (serial Killaz Remix) - Krome & Time

The Groundbreaker (Shy FX & T-Power) - Fallacy & Fusion

Weh Demdid Deh - Java

Lighter (Blade Runner Remix) - DJ SS

Step in to My world - Twisted Minds

Intergalactic (Prisoners of Technology Remix) - Beastie Boys

Wikki Wikki (Private Dub Plate) - Aphrodite

Trick of Technology - The Prisoners of Technology

Stalker (Benny Page Remix) - Aphrodite

Light Lock Off - Mickey Finn & Erb n Dub

Styles From The Dark Side - Aphrodite

Shadow Boxing - Nasty Habits

Enter Da Dragon - DJ Red

Everyday - Marvellous Cane

Tribal Natty (Aphrodite Remix) - Tribe of Issachar

Reggae Warrior (Ed Solo & Sticky Buds Remix) - House of David

Soundclash - Unknown

Murder Da Beat - Family of Intelligence

Inequality Worker (Code Red Remix) - Navigator

Badman Shoes (Serial Killaz) - EZ Rollers

Mash You Down - Serial Killaz

Bumbaclot - capital J

Fire Remix - The DSC

Like This - The Riddlers Revenge

8Ball - Adam F

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FTA MUSIC: [Jungle / Drum & Bass ] From The Annex with The Librarian #124

PLAYLIST:

001) Don't Smoke (Deekline & Ed Solo vs System Mix) - Deekline

002) Junglist (Original Mix) - Ed Solo, Deekline, General Levy

003) Uptown Tricks feat. Mustafa Akbar (Shimon's Trix Mix) - Fort Knox Five

004) Not Necessarily A Man (L-Side Remix) - DJ Krust

005) Sitargazer (Mo' Horizons Freestyle Remix) - International Velvet

006) Funky Child (Original Mix) - Deekline

007) Everyday Junglist (Original mix) - DJ L.A.B.

008) HEARD IT ALL B4 -

009) FALL IN LOVE RIDDIM - ARIES, GOLD & JINX

010) Our Time (The Librarian Remix) - Phantom

011) Time_And_Mind_Off_You_Fuck_b3 -

012) GET THAT - Affirmation

013) Braver (Deadline's Jungle Refix) - Alexx A-Game x Swing Ting

014) Our Time [Explicit Version] - Phantomm

015) SPAWNEEZY PLAY NO GAMES (EXPLICIT) - Wolfy, Bless , Silqe , Data & Nadia

016) Bloodclot War ft Future Fambo & Congo Natty - Jacky Murda

017) Rumble In The Jungle (Original Mix) - DJ Hybrid

018) M16 - Napes

019) Stronger (Original Mix) - Soulculture

020) Babylon (Original Mix) - Dirty Skank Beats

021) Israelites (Original Mix) - JFB, Dancefloor Outlaws

022) Lets Groove [Link DNB BOOTLEG] - Earth Wind & Fire

023) Good Looking Girl (Original Mix) - Ed Solo, Deekline

024) Funk Da Fied - E.P.S. & 2-Vibe

025) Play It Cool (Original Mix) - Lurch

026) NeverFind(Interface remix) - Jah Cure

027) Warning (Serum remix) - Firefox/4-Tree

028) Jungle Jungle (Original Mix) - Bladerunner

029) One Amen A Day (DJ Hybrid Remix) - DJ Hybrid, Bassflexx

030) Not Necessarily A Man (L-Side Remix) - DJ Krust

031) MAKE ME FEEL - 174 BPM - ARIES

032) Remember The Roller (Bladerunner Remix) - Bladerunner, DR S Gachet

033) Cannabis - Phizical & Jam Thieves

034) BLAZE UP THE FIRE - ARIES & KELVIN 373

035) Born In '94 feat. MC Conrad (Original Mix) - MC Conrad, Unglued

036) Back In The Day - 03 DJ Hybrid

037) All the Crew Big Up (95 Relick) - Roni Size, DJ Die

038) GIPSY RIDDIM - 175-140 BPM - ARIES

039) Original Nuttah (Krinjah 2008 Remix) - UK Apache, Shy FX

040) Lighter (Bladerunner Remix) - DJ SS

041) Salvador Diaspora feat. Carlos Scorpiao (Thunderball DnB Dub) - Rex Riddem

042) Soundsystem (Benny Page Remix) - Brother Culture, Reggae Roast

043) All The Way Up (Ed Solo Remix) - Deekline, Specimen A

044) Brazil (Original Mix) - JFB

045) The Dust Off (Original Mix) - Deekline, Specimen A

046) Always There (Original Mix) - Ed Solo, Skool Of Thought

047) See The Vibe (Ed Solo Remix) - Gardna, Tiffani Juno

048) Mission To The Sitars (Thunderball Remix) - Fort Knox Five

049) Here (Frankie Bass Remix) - Alessia Cara

050) Soul Hit Man (Drumagick Instrumental) - See-I

051) Sitargazer (Mo' Horizons Freestyle Remix) - International Velvet

052) Its All Love (Jazzy VIP Mix) - Ricky Tuff

053) Hearing Is Believing (Serum Remix) - MA2

054) Salute feat. MC GQ (Original Mix) - Danny Byrd

055) The Helicopter Tune (Cause 4 Concern Remix) - Deep Blue

056) Give Me a Dubplate feat. Ragga Twins & Bunny Lye Lye (Night Shift Remix) - Bunny Lye lye, Ragga Twins, Chopstick Dubplate

057) Ripgroove - Fixate v Double 99

058) Street Trends (Vip) - The Librarian Exclusive #47 - K Jah

059) SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT - Danny Byrd

060) AINTED DUB - 175 BPM - ARIES

061) host Town (Featuring DJ Concept) - Ed Solo & Deekline

062) I Shot The Sheriff (Roni Size Remix) - Bob Marley & The Wailers

063) Jungle Brothers (Urban Takeover Mix) - Jungle Brothers

064) Funky Child (Original Mix) - Deekline

065) Buss It Up (Turn Up The Bass VIP Mix) - Top Cat, Wizard, Daddy Freddy, Manoo, Lady Chann

066) The Dust Off (Original Mix) - Deekline, Specimen A

067) Active Transmission (Original Mix) - JFB

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Thank you & Keep Smiling,

The Librarian

From The Annex: DC's longest-running weekly Jungle/Drum & Bass show check out:

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or catch the live stream on Twitch every Monday night from 9pm-Midnight

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FTA MUSIC: [Jungle / Drum & Bass ] From The Annex with The Librarian #123

Apologize for the choppy video. It happens

PLAYLIST:

YEA... sorry my bad

If you want to support From The Annex there are 3 ways:

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Thank you & Keep Smiling,

The Librarian

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or catch the live stream on Twitch every Monday night from 9pm-Midnight

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FTA MUSIC: [Jungle / Drum & Bass ] From The Annex with The Librarian #122

If you like the tunes your hearing today. Support the artist, to make it easy I've created a Beatport Playlist Chart [HERE]. I don't get a cut from this I'm just doing this to share the love to the artist I love that are out of work right now. Much love and respect.

PLAYLIST:

001) Free Your Mind (Feat. MC FATS) - Break

002) Born In '94 feat. MC Conrad (Original Mix) - MC Conrad, Unglued

003) Jungle Jungle (Original Mix) - Bladerunner

004) Limb by Limb (DJ Hybrid Remix) - Cutty Ranks

005) Pass The Mic - Bill & Ed

006) Remember The Roller (Bladerunner Remix) - Bladerunner, DR S Gachet

007) Cali Weed (Dub Defense Remix) - MSDOS

008) Its All Love (Jazzy VIP Mix) - Ricky Tuff

009) IN YOUR EYES (ARIES & GOLD DUBS REMIX) - JOHNNY OSBOURNE

010) Original Junglist (Original Mix) - DJ Hybrid

011) Kill Ya Now - Sariuo

012) Bad Man (Original Mix) - Kiljoy

013) Hearing is Believing (remix) - MA2

014) Space Funk (Rufige Kru Remix) - Digital

015) BALL OF FIRE - ARIES

016) Back In The Day - 03 DJ Hybrid

017) Rastaman (Pimpsoul & Mooqee Remix) - Nappy Riddem

018) CHECK THIS OUT -

019) Power (Original Mix) - Benny Page, Congo Natty, Sweetie Irie

020) Mission To The Sitars (Thunderball Remix) - Fort Knox Five

021) Rinse Some Tune (Original Mix) - Serial Killaz

022) Soul Hit Man (Drumagick Instrumental) - See-I

023) More Dangerous - Saxxon

024) Valley of the Shadows (Chase & Status Remix) - Origin Unknown

025) The Coming Storm (Ed Solo Remix) - Freestylers, Stereo:Type, Takura

026) Sound Control (S.P.Y Remix) - Andy C, Randall

027) 70'S DUB - ARIES

028) Pow Pow (Original Mix) - Conrad Subs

029) Apache Scat (Original Mix) - Deemas J, K-Warren, Benny V

030) Israelites (Original Mix) - JFB, Dancefloor Outlaws

031) Original Nuttah 25 (feat. IRAH) (Chase & Status Remix) - Shy FX, UK Apache, Irah

032) Funky Child (Original Mix) - Deekline

033) Guns Of Brixton (DnB Bootleg) - MikkiM & DJ AKA vs. The Clash

034) This Style - Shy FX

035) Play It Cool (Original Mix) - Lurch

036) The Helicopter Tune (Cause 4 Concern Remix) - Deep Blue

037) Midnite Classic (Original Mix) - Break, Cleveland Watkiss, MC Fats

If you want to support From The Annex there are 3 ways:

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Thank you & Keep Smiling,

The Librarian

From The Annex: DC's longest-running weekly Jungle/Drum & Bass show check out:

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or catch the live stream on Twitch every Monday night from 9pm-Midnight

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Networking:

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Thursday, October 15, 2020

FTA News: Save the Vinyl - DC DnB vinyl preservation

October 10th, 2020

I got a ping from DJ Slant the other day. Slant is a founding member of DC's 2Tuff Crew, a legendary crew of DJs that really pushed the Jungle / DnB scene here in the DC area.

The reason I was getting a message was that his basement had taken on water, which affected a chunk of his vinyl collection. Roughly 4 large crates of records from 1994-2001 era of Jungle/ Drum & Bass. He was going to chuck the full lot and wanted to know if I wanted to try and save them. I think my exact words were "I'm on my way... where do you live?"

Man, these records were in bad shape. I think they had been waterlogged for about a week before I got a call. So bloody hell they were gross, with mold and funk. This is going to have to be a full restoration project.

Some quick clarifications, "Restoration"... maybe not. It is more like preservation. Meaning I'm not going to source all the sleeves or print duplicate record labels. I could give a fig about the paper. All I care about is preserving the sound. As a junglist, I cut my teeth on white labels and I'm going to be making a boatload of them.

Oh my days, these babies have seen better days.

So how am I going to do all this? How do I do it in a way that is safe for the grooves and safe for me? I bring up my safety because it's a little unclear the ratio of rainwater to sewage. However, as someone who has had his basement flooded with sewage, it is not a light-hearted topic. That stuff is dangerous and you should treat it with respect. (breathing)

DJ Slant & The Librarian
loading up the car.

Before I go any further, can I just take a moment on how stoked I am that DJ Slant thought to give me a shout to see if I could (or would want to) save these Golden Era records? Still trips me out a bit.

Alright after reaching out to some local record stores and a metric ton of internet research I think here is the plan for phase 1.

PHASE 1: CLEAN THAT !#%^ UP

1. SOAK

- Photo document the labels

- Water & Dawn solution

- Quick micro fiber wipe down

2. BLEACH BATH

- Water & Bleach solution

- soak / shock

3. PRESSURE WASHER

- Create a Framework to hold the records in a safe/controlled manner

- Clean with water

• Removing all the mold and labels

4. DRY

- Air Compressor

- Microfiber wipe down

5. STORE

- Plastic Sleeves

- Put an ID Tag on the sleeve so we can collect the photo data from step 1

Phase 2: CATALOG & CLEAN AGAIN

Because I'm unclear how good of a job this will actually do I'm assuming it will need a second round to make it playable. This step may be overkill but I want to make sure I'm crossing all the T's and dotting all the i's to save this Golden Era Sound.

1. CATALOG:

Cross-referencing all the photos and matching them up with the meta data on www.discogs.com and www.rolldabeats.com.

Creating Labels and transferring that data to these labels.

2. VINYL VAC

As it sounds it's just a shop vac with an attachment... to you guessed it vacuum these tracks.

3. ULTRA SONIC

In recent years Ultra Sonic cleaners have become cheap enough that vinyl heads like me can afford to sonically blast their records. This currently is my last line of restoration, mainly because I don't own one yet. (I'm going to make a plug for support here in a bit. Foreshadowing ba ha)

After all that we will any love will have some clean & playable records to drop on this website and the Monday nights show.

If you think this project is awesome and want to support it. We have a variety of ways you can do that.

1. Donations though Paypal: www.PayPal.me/DjTheLibrarian

2. Subscriptions to the Twitch Channel: www.twitch.tv/fromtheannex

3. Sponsorship. If you like what you see here and want to be associated with this work hit me up. Fat chance but it's worth a shot.

Anyways keep it locked here for progress or over on the Instagram page

Till next time folks keep smiling

The Librarian

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

FTA NEWS: The Librarian (USA)* is on Beatport

So you all have been asking about this for a while. Where can I buy the music your playing. Over the years I've sent people links, and posted playlists here on the blog. But today I would like to share this bit of news. From here on out if I can find the tracks on BEATPORT I will be adding it to my weekly chart playlists.

Now, do I get a revenue share? No. But if I can help the artist get paid. It's worth it now.

Would I appreciate a cut for the time and service? Hells yeah! At least provide a discount on my monthly music bill. I say all this to be clear I'm not affiliated with Beatport currently.

From The Annex w/ The Librarian #104

https://www.beatport.com/chart/from-the-annex-w-the-librarian-number-104/643529

From The Annex w/ The Librarian #117

https://www.beatport.com/chart/from-the-annex-w-the-librarian-number-117/643895

From The Annex w/ The Librarian #120

https://www.beatport.com/chart/from-the-annex-w-the-librarian-number-117/643895

Through all this, I've also learned there is another Librarian DJ, who also plays Bass / Drum & Bass music. FREAKING WILD. Who knew?!?! I love the internet. So I guess in the future I'm "The Librarian (USA)". What a crazy world.

Till we catch each other in the chat. Keep Smiling

The Librarian (USA)

FTA Music: Rhythmic Remedies Party w/ The Librarian #120

HARDCORE JUNGLIST UNITED presents:

RHYTHMIC REMEDIES

GYPSY KID
BENTO
THE LIBRARIAN
CUTTHROAT

PLAYLIST:

001) Dr. Meaker Featuring Sian Evans - Right Back (Break Remix)

002) Aphrodite - B.M.Funkster

003) Wosh & King Tut - Throat (Remix)

004) Naaman, Cutty Ranks, Steven Kloosh - Rebel for Life

005) Unknown - Soundclash

006) Aphrodite - Stalker (Benny Page Remix)

007) JFB - Five on It

008) Capital J - Bumbaclot!

009) S.C.A.M. - Put up you Hands (Run Tingz Cru)

010) Perfect Giddimani - Smoked a Spliff (Jamie Bostron Remix)

011) DJ Fresh - All that Jazz (Mosquito Remix)

012) Rasta Vibes - Bam Bam the Alarm

013) Ed Solo & Deekline - Ghost Town (Featuring DJ Concept)

014) DJ Marky & XRS - LK (M.I.S.T. Remix)

015) Original Sin - D for Danger

016) Adam F - Original Junglist Sound (TC Remix)

017) Krome & Time - The Licence (serial Killaz Remix)

018) DJ Nut Nut - Back in the Day

019) Tribal of Issachar - Tribal Natty (Aphrodite Remix)

020) Serial Killaz - Jamaican Boy

021) Rack N Ruin - Soundclash (Deekline & Ed Solo Remix)

022) Dope Skillz - Fugee or Not

023) Calvin Harris - Ready for the Weekend (High Contrast Remix)

024) Pixel - Armed & Dangerous

025) Hive & Keaton - Bring it On

026) Serial Killaz - Killa Klash

027) Aladdin - Woman that Rolls

028) DJ Zinc - Reachout (Brookie & Ed Solo Remix)

029) Fallacy & Fusion - The Groundbreaker (Shy FX & T-PowerDJ)

030) Swoosh & The Joker - That's Played Out
031) Leviticus - Burial (Chronicles 2)

I pulled as many of the tracks as I could find on BEATPORT.
Beatport Chart: From The Annex w/ The Librarian #120

If you want to support From The Annex there are 3 ways:

1) Check out our merch store:
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3) Subscribe on Twitch:
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(You can now subscribe for free with your Amazon Prime)

Thank you & Keep Smiling,

The Librarian

From The Annex: DC's longest-running weekly Jungle/Drum & Bass show check out:
http://www.fromtheannex.com/

or catch the live stream on Twitch every Monday night from 9pm-Midnight
http://www.twitch.tv/fromtheannex

Networking:
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http://www.instagram.com/fromtheannex

http://soundcloud.com/fromtheannex
http://www.mixcloud.com/fromtheannex/