{"id":13,"date":"2008-08-08T16:19:02","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T15:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/?p=13"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:18:07","slug":"pearsall-mean-machine-metalheadz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/2008\/08\/pearsall-mean-machine-metalheadz\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearsall presents Mean Machine (A Metalheadz Tribute)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Metalheadz\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Pearsall presents Mean Machine<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

right-click, save as to download<\/em><\/p>\n

Mixed in London, June 2008
\n(37:16, 256 kbps vbr MP3, 69.2 MB)<\/p>\n

Back cover<\/a>
\nCue file<\/a><\/p>\n

Style: Dark drum n’ bass – a tribute to the mighty Metalheadz label<\/b><\/p>\n

direct link to the mix:
\nhttps:\/\/mixes-upload.pearsall.workers.dev\/mixes\/MeanMachine\/Pearsall-MeanMachine.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

Tracklisting:<\/strong>
\n01. Codename John – The Warning<\/a> (Metalheadz)
\n02. Ed Rush – Skylab<\/a> (Metalheadz)
\n03. J Majik – Repertoire<\/a> (Metalheadz)
\n04. Peshay – On The Nile<\/a> (Metalheadz)
\n05. Doc Scott – Drumz ’95 (Nasty Habits Remix)<\/a> (Metalheadz)
\n06. J Majik – Arabian Nights<\/a> (Metalheadz)
\n07. Adam F – Metropolis<\/a> (Metalheadz)
\n08. Rufige Kru – Dark Metal<\/a> (Metalheadz)
\n09. Dillinja – Deadly Deep Subs Remix<\/a> (Razor’s Edge)
\n10. Asylum – Da Base II Dark<\/a> (Metalheadz)
\n11. Goldie – Kemistry (Grooverider VIP Mix)<\/a> (Razor’s Edge)
\n12. Dillinja – Jah Know Ya Big<\/a> (Metalheadz)
\n13. J Majik – Your Sound<\/a> (Metalheadz)<\/p>\n

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Mean Machine (Metalheadz Tribute)<\/a> by <\/span>Pearsall<\/a> on <\/span> Mixcloud<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here’s a new(ish) mix that I recorded in June. It’s a tribute to the early years of the legendary Metalheadz label (including the short-lived sub-label Razor’s Edge), which was one of the key players in the transition (for both good and ill) of jungle into drum n’ bass. Established in the mid-1990’s by future tabloid-fodder Goldie this label, and the club night of the same name that ran on Sunday nights at the Blue Note on the (then-desolate) Hoxton Square, helped to define a new sound in drum n’ bass. This was a darker, more futuristic, more techno-influenced sound that helped move drum n’ bass away from its roots in the pop-pupilled days of the early 90’s rave scene. Eventually, sadly, this proved to be a bit of a dead end as people competed to make the darkest and heaviest tunes, and it all got a bit bleak (and hence the later turn to more tuneful, nay, cheesy elements). When drum n’ bass turned into heavy metal angst-breaks I was a bit put off, so moved over to the more cheerfully ravey silliness of the acid techno\/trance scene.<\/p>\n

For a moment, though, this sound just worked<\/i>, and this is my tribute to that moment. It’s only a short mix, since I have sold off a lot of my Metalheadz tunes over the years, and I wanted to boil this mix down to the raw essentials.<\/p>\n

This was recorded on two Technics 1210’s, with a Pioneer DJM-600 mixer, without any Ableton or editing, in one take. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A tribute to the mighty Metalheadz label, featuring 13 classic tunes from the likes of Goldie, J Majik, Dillinja, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mixes","tag-drum-n-bass"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6204,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/6204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}