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August 12, 2013 9:24 AM

I don't know a whole lot about dance/DJ music, but I was recently introduced to Depth Charge, and it really hits my sweet spot as far as stuff like that goes. Who else should I check out to find more music like this? New, old, it's all good.
posted by The Card Cheat to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

Best answer: There's nothing quite like Depth Charge's "Shaolin Buddha Finger."

Off the top of my head, check out David Holmes and Nightmares on Wax, though. Maybe even Funki Porcini.

You also might want to take a crawl through the Ninja Tune back catalog. (That Hexstatic track actually does a decent job scratching the Shaolin Buddha Finger itch.)
posted by snuffleupagus at 9:59 AM on August 12, 2013

snuffleupagus has it. I might add DJ Krush. Ninja Tune has a podcast named Solid Steel which is in this vein and consistently excellent.
posted by mkb at 10:07 AM on August 12, 2013 [1 favorite]

Bomb the Bass scratches a similar itch for me.
posted by jquinby at 10:41 AM on August 12, 2013 [1 favorite]

Jonathan Saul Kane, aka Depth Charge, aka Mr. Octagon was a member of Bomb The Bass:

Not a lot of people know that you were in Bomb The Bass during the peak of their late-80s fame.

I used the name Grimm Death then. I did a remix of “Beat Dis” on the first album and then did a lot of the second album. I played live with them in Europe too, which I wouldn’t say was fun. I’m glad I did it but I don’t want to be in a band again.
posted by snuffleupagus at 10:44 AM on August 12, 2013

Well I'll be damned.

Also - The Nine Deadly Venoms is available on iTunes, which is good news for those of who've lost our various and sundry CD rips from way back when.
posted by jquinby at 11:07 AM on August 12, 2013

I was introduced to "Shaolin Buddha Finger" by way The Chemical Brothers' DJ compilation Brit Hop and Amyl House which is, imho, a perfect slice of mid/late 90s dance music right before Fatboy Slim and Crystal Method turned it all into Big Beat. The song fits in perfectly with the rest of the compilation, so I'd say start there if you want other things in the same family.

If you're digging the sample heavy vibe, then definitely size up the Ninja Tune stable. Specifically, Coldcut, the founding members of the label, do samples like nobodies business.
posted by bl1nk at 12:45 PM on August 12, 2013

Best answer: Bombay the Hard Way?

Bentley Rhythm Ace?

Asian Dub Foundation?

DJ Shadow?

RJD2?

Layo and Bushwacka?
posted by bongo_x at 6:52 PM on August 12, 2013