Saturday, 19 December 2015

[SKANNA 07/SKANNA 08] Skanna - The Greatest Thing & All You Wanted Reissues [12" Vinyl + Bonus Digital Download Available Now!!!]

For a short time in the history of hardcore, jungle and drum & bass, producer Skanna, aka John Graham was responsible for some of the most sought after, classic singles ever released between the years of 1992 and 1995. Skanna's tracks appeared on respected labels such as White House Records and the artist's own short lived Skanna label, as well as being featured on many a compilation including the 'Jungle Tekno', 'Hard Leaders' and 'Artcore' series. 
After having select back catalogue tracks remastered, re-issued to vinyl and subsequently selling out on Sublogic Recordings and more recently, Keeping Vinyl Alive, The Underground Music label in collaboration with the artist himself, have set out on a mission to fully re-master from D.A.T. and re-issue each of the Skanna label's singles to make these lost gems available to jungle DJ's and collectors once more.




SKANNA 07 - The Greatest Thing.

A - The Greatest Thing (Summertime Mix).
B1 - The Greatest Thing.
B2 - Heaven Remix.

Beginning with a veritable atmospheric jungle/drum & bass classic from 1994, SKANNA 07 features two exhilarating mixes of 'The Greatest Thing', the 'Summertime Mix' leading us in a smooth, atmospheric direction, the 'Original Mix' being featuring more hard-hitting, drum & bass elements. 
The single is concluded by the ahead-of-it's-time, highly polished jungle-tekno styled 'Heaven Remix', which fuses 4/4 kickdrums on the intro with clattering breaks, soaring pads and sci-fi sound FX to great effect.

The Skanna 'The Greatest Thing' single is available to purchase from the Underground Music Bandcamp page for £7.99 for the 12" vinyl, which includes a digital download in whichever format you could possibly ever desire. There is also the option of purchasing a Skanna 'The Greatest Thing' 12" vinyl plus an exclusive T-shirt featuring the classic Skanna record label artwork for £24.99
If you wish to further support the artist and label, you can also donate more to the purchase price for future releases.



 



SKANNA 08 - All You Wanted.

A - All You Wanted.
B - The Greatest Thing (Criminal Minds Mix)
(Remixed By Spatts At The Hill).

Accompanying the SKANNA 07 single is 1994's SKANNA 08, which features the epic, proto-intelligent jungle anthem, 'All You Wanted'. An immense Think break meets intense Amen-edit driven track steeped in dubby atmospherics and polished off with the haunting self-titled vocal. 
On the flipside we see Skanna's 'The Greatest Thing' receive a deep remix from Spatts, of the legendary oldskool hardcore and jungle outfit, The Criminal Minds. Expertly fusing frenetic amens, with gentle bass pulses and lush, Summertime R&B vibes.

The Skanna 'All You Wanted' single is available to purchase from the Underground Music Bandcamp page for £7.99 for the 12" vinyl, which includes a digital download in whichever format you could possibly ever desire.
If you wish to further support the artist and label, you can also donate more to the purchase price for future releases.

https://undergroundmusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-you-wanted






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