Slipstream Prototype
By gify on January 18, 2026 10:49 pm
Last year, I discovered Jungletapes.com, which has a collection of jungle mixes that were originally broadcast from Toronto and recorded off the airwaves on tape by a handful of listeners. It's both an amazing snapshot of Jungle circa the year 2000, and also of what DJs were doing with it during that time period.
Listening to these tapes made me appreciate how freaking good stuff on cassettes can sound. I think the combination of these mixes originally being broadcast (and processed through a broadcast processor), then recorded to tape, and finally restored digitally, gives them some amazing saturation. It motivated me to learn about how to use saturation properly.
In this track, I threw all that learning out the window and used saturation very improperly, but the mix is kinda an ode to those jungle tapes. I just love a weird mixing job and I can't help myself sometimes, especially if the creative juices aren't flowing super well. So this week, allow me to indulge in a weird sound. Enjoy!
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