It’s been a bit of a slow week for news so I’ll try and fob you off with a classic set that Hatcha & Crazy D did in the Summer of 2004. It’s been grabbed from an old tape so don’t expect the sound quality to be great. At times you have to imagine the bass rather than actually hear it. But the internet isn’t exactly choc a block with mixes from this era so it’s worth having a listen to at least.

It’s the special 2 hour show that the Rinse duo did for the Xtra Garage Weekend on 1Xtra. A show of this type was pretty unprecedented on national radio back then. It was broadcast on a Sunday morning at 7:00, so it was a case of setting the alarm clock every 45 minutes to turn the cassette over. Sadly the last tape got chewed up so I don’t have the final half hour of the show.

Whenever I hear this mix I mentally picture the two of them in a massive, dark and empty club. It was the first time I heard Crazy D after reading  about him in magazines, and it was the first live set I’d heard from Hatcha after the Dubstep Allstars CD. It features a fair amount of forgotten dubplates.

The Xtra Garage weekend had some good shows on it, it’s a shame they don’t feel Garage is strong enough to do another one, almost three years later. These are temporary links but I’ll upload the files again on request in the future when they’re down.

Hatcha & Crazy D on the Xtra Garage Weekend, 18th of July 04
Download Part 1 here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/i728s4

Mala- Conference (Soul Jazz)
Mala- Give Jah Glory (Tempa)
Loefah- Twis Up (DMZ)
Loefah- Indian Dub (Big Apple Records)
Mala- Pathways (remix) (orig on Big Apple Records)
Coki- The Edit
Benga- Skank 2004 (2003 mix on Big Apple Records)
Skream- Traitor (Ital Beats)
Break
Benga- Pulse
Skream- Bad Seed
Loefah- Bombay Squad (Grime 2 compo, Rephlex)
Coki- Jah Fire
Coki- Country Man (Grime 2 compo, Rephlex)

Download Part 2 here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/3h0h4m 

Benga- Star Wars (The Hatcha VIP) (Tempa)
Benga- Untitled
Benga- Mammoth (Plasticman remix)
Benga- Blood (remix)
Estate Productions- Marchin’
Skream- Get Em
Loefah- Horror Show (DMZ)
Coki- Lowdown
Benga- The Virus (Southside Dubstars 6)
Plasticman- Deep VIP
Skream- Hallowlerd (Southside Dubstars 7)
Benga- Dreams (Southside Dubstars 6)
Possibly Skream
Benga- The Visitor (Newstep CD, Benga Beats)
Unknown- Unknown
Unknown- Unknown
Benga- The Future (Newstep CD, Benga Beats)