Ostinato / DJ Da Cut / baze.djunkiii
SPLIT EP
Rudel Records / RUDEL002
12 Inch
Limited quantities only
Stop. Rewind. To Hamburg, Germany in the mid-00s. Originally launched by Donna Maya, now head of Sound Sister Records and then operating under the now defunct guise DJ Da Cut and later run by her alongside baze.djunkiii of Intrauterin Recordings the Rudel Records label was an, albeit relatively short-lived, fully independent creative label operation based on a long lasting friendship and a shared love for all things Bass Music, Drum'n'Bass and a bit of HipHop. Self-distributed via their own website only, at gigs and a few local record shops the label ceased operations after a while, with its leading duo following different musical paths and projects over the course of the next 17 years to come - without ever losing touch or their initial connection.
Fast forward to now. 2025. With both protagonists still in the game and a few boxes of the labels second release, an experimental Drum'n'Bass / DarkJungle leaning split 12“ remix single, found x rediscovered in a dormant Berlin basement under circumstances, we're happy to make this lost record available on the circuit again for a new generation of DJs and music lovers – internationally and for the first time ever officially distributed since it was released back in January 2008.
Original Releae info:
Ostinato – Antiaircraft *Damp Silence After Summer Rain RMX by baze.djunkiii & DJ Da Cut
One for the advanced Drum’n’Bass-jocks and lovers of leftfield sounds is this remix for the American PostRock-band outfit OSTINATO provided by the labels head honchos
baze.djunkiii & DJ Da Cut, which perfectly transfers the hypnotic approach of the original tune released in 2006 on their album „Chasing The Form“ into a dancefloor fitting shape. Starting out with a halftime drum loop provided by the bands drummer Matthew Clark accompanied by dreamy, soundscape’esque chords the tune soon drops into stepping, clearlyJungle-influenced beats of the classic kind. All hands are way up when the main part unfolds a deep psychedelic, hypnotic guitar workout on top of filtered sounds that seems to run for ages until things get a bit techy. A big surprise waits in the end, which is not to be revealed here yet.
DJ Da Cut – Fake Democracy * Rattlesnake MX
DJ Da Cuts’ solo tune „Fake Democracy *Rattlesnake MX“ starts out with shuffled halftime beats plus a seductive offbeat-line until gnarling basslines and a massive amount of layered ultra-percussive elements and filtered sounds release the storm on the floor, suddenly interrupted by a short breakdown that introduces the sweet skilled melody of live bass player Kazoo to the audience right before things get even darker and the final brock-out begins.[info sheet from distr.]