The DC's Monday Night Jungle / Drum & Bass Show 9pm-Midnight EST [09.6.2020] The Librarian playing the Ragga Jungle / Drum & Bass for you live on Twitch & Instagram. Now you too get a piece of the action here on YouTube.
PLAYLIST:
YEA... I was playing vinyl and did not stash the records away for later documentation... sorry. Do your best to train spot as the record is playing.
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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
Shouts to Usetheforceyoungone & Seabear for rolling out and hanging with me the other night. bummer you could not stay for the show but I understand the road calls us all.
Big Ups to Twitch DnB Team and everyone here on youTube worldwide spreading the junglist vibe. I hope this transmission finds you well. Big news on the horizon we will see what comes of it all.
Till then keep smiling.
The Librarian
001 - Blood & Fire (Selecta J-Man Remix) - Niney The Observer
002 - Serious Time feat. YT (Run Tingz Cru & Breakah Remix) - Mungo's Hi Fi
003 - Good Vibes (Ed Solo Remix) - T-Phonic, Yush, Sense(UK)
I'm taking the night off (first time in two years). However, in my place, Greilark has stepped up to takeover FromTheAnnex for the night! Boh Boh Boh! Total champion.
Give my West Coast brother and his Co-Pilot Callie (the cat) a warm welcome. Where I have "all the gear" Greilark is a master of doing everything with "nothing".
Buckle up and get ready, cause this man will take you on a journey that I can't wait to watch when I get back. Also, be sure to check out his own stream "Spoon Drift" on www.twitch.tv/greilark
I will see you on the 5th of April where we will be having another interview session with HARRY RANSOM along with a bit of a mini-mix session with myself.
Till next time, Keep Smiling!
The Librarian
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From The Annex: DC's longest-running weekly Jungle/DnB show check out:
http://www.fromtheannex.com/
or catch the live stream on Twitch every Monday night from 9pm-Midnight
The Librarian going for broke live on Twitch as a part of From the Annex. Now for you on YouTube. [03.22.2021] Big ups to the chatroom massive, mad love to the DC DnB community, and Respect to Junglist World Wide. Thank you for dealing with me troubleshooting Serato taking a headshot from Time Machine. #lessionslearned
WOW what a night! Thank you to CurlyRoller for having me out for D&B | Q&A. It was a riot digging through all those old memories. Shouts out to the chatroom massive that kept me on my toes and reminded me of some embarrassing youthful moments. Thanks Sis. BA HA.
Thank you again to Curly and the Twitch D&B community. You have made 2020 tolerable.
The Librarian, playing a full bag of new Ragga Jungle vibes live on Twitch.
Now for you on YouTube. [01.04.2021]
Big ups to the chatroom massive, mad love to the DC DnB community, and Respect to Junglist World Wide.
PLAYLIST: 001 - Clap Ya Hands Now feat. KWADI (VIP Mix) - K+Lab, Stickybuds 002 - Double Barrel (Phibes Remix) - Dave & Ansel Collins 003 - Free Your Mind (Feat. MC FATS) - Break 004 - Jungle Rebel (Ed Solo Remix) - K-Warren, Deemas J, Benny V 005 - Blood & Fire (Selecta J-Man Remix) - Niney The Observer 006 - Reggae From The Ghetto (Serial Killaz & Deekline Remix) - John Holt 007 - As We Enter (Break Remix) - Breakage 008 - Reality (Fleck Remix) - Rider Shafique, Jinx In Dub, Gigante 009 - I'm Still in Love (Kleu Remix) - Marcia Aiken 010 - Kill That Sound (Original Mix) - Brian Brainstorm, Deekline, Specimen A, Killa P, Sweetie Irie 011 - What's Goin Down (Original Mix) - Dope Ammo, DJ Hybrid 012 - Started This Fire (Original Mix) - Phibes 013 - Funky Sound - AK1200 014 - LockDown (Original Mix) - L Plus 015 - Phenomenon One (Benny Page Remix) - Lady Chann, Wizard, Rebel MC 016 - Nothing But Styles (Original Mix) - Conrad Subs, Erbman 017 - Time Is Hardcore (Breakage's Hardcore Bubblers Mix) - High Contrast, Anita Blay, Kae Tempest 018 - Liquidator (Ed Solo Remix) - Harry J All Stars 019 - Run Tings (Original Mix) - Drumsound & Bassline Smith 020 - Uptown Top Ranking (Ben Snow Remix) - Althea & Donna 021 - Pigeon Funk (Original Mix) - Unglued 022 - Ganja Day VIP (Original Mix) - Fleck 023 - I Love Marijuana (Ricky Tuff Remix) - Linval Thompson 024 - Boss Riddim feat. Dark Angel (FLeCK Remix) - JStar, DJ's Choice 025 - 007(Shanty Town) (Ed Solo Remix) - The Aces, Desmond Dekker 026 - Trigger Finger (Original Mix) - Dope Ammo, DJ Hybrid 027 - Rudeboy (Original Mix) - Java 028 - The Vibe (Original Mix) - Fleck 029 - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Dope Ammo & DJ Hybrid Remix) - Dope Ammo, DJ Hybrid, Baby 030 - Distress Call (Original Mix) - GOLD Dubs 031 - Word of Jungle (Original Mix) - Benny Page, Blackout Ja, Night Shift 032 - The Jungle is Changing (Original Mix) - GOLD Dubs 033 - Israelites (Original Mix) - JFB, Dancefloor Outlaws 034 - Stranger In Town - Riddim Punks ft Exco Levi 035 - Funky Child (Original Mix) - Deekline 036 - Murder Soundboy (Original Mix) - Agro, DJ Hybrid 037 - Warning (Serum remix) - Firefox/4-Tree 038 - Lightweight (Break Remix) - Total Science 039 - Thunder & Lightning (Original Mix) - Future Prophecies, Tony Anthun, Richard Thomas 030 - I Need Your Lovin (Original Mix) - Cat Mctigue, Jukebox Jungle 041 - We Hot (Toby Ross Remix) - Charlie Chaplin 042 - Cool Out Son (Brian Brainstorm Remix) - Junior Murvin 043 - Jungle Step (Dj Hybrid Remix) - Java, DJ Hybrid 044 - Heavy Load feat. Prince Alla (Ed Solo Remix) - Stickybuds 045 - Rise Up (Original Mix) - Fleck, Cheshire Cat, GOLD Dubs 046 - Get Stronger (Nu Elementz remix) - Soulculture, Nu Elementz 047 - Hand Inna Di Air (VIP) - Brian Brainstorm 048 - Lover (Original Mix) - Fleck 049 - Israelites (JFB Remix) - The Aces, Desmond Dekker 050 - Sitting and Watching (Aries Remix) - Dennis Brown 051 - Warn Dem (Original Mix) - Benny Page, Doktor 052 - Bam Bam (Benny Page & Deekline Remix) - Ed Solo, Deekline 053 - Rolling Heart Ache (Original Mix) - Choppah 054 - Love Jah (Nick The Lot Remix) - Althea & Donna 055 - We Never Slow Down (Original Mix) - Eva Lazarus, DC Breaks 056 - Inner City Life (Roni Size 'Instant' Mix 2020 Remaster) - Goldie
Shouts to all the Labels and Producers that make the music I love. Here is the playlist on Beatport is you want to buy the tunes and support the scene.
The Librarian & The Lioness were stoked to be a part of Deck The Halls with DnB, playing the Ragga Jungle vibes live on Twitch. Now for you on YouTube. [12.18.2020]
Big ups to the chatroom massive, mad love to the DC DnB community, and Respect to Junglist World Wide.
PLAYLIST:
I will be train spotting my own video here and seeing if I can cobble the playlist together. ha
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 [10.06.2020]
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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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
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
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.
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.
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