Flame Kru 1996-2001

Bits and pieces from the random archives of London junglist chancers. Big in Eastern Europe :oD Callin' on the meek and the poor to FIGHT BACK. Gunshot gangsta biziniss, seen?

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A ton of old mixes up on Mixcloud

A ton of old mixes up on the mixcloud now... feat. radio shows, live at Triology, Dial8 in Washington DC, Bo!ne + Eksman studio mixes + loads more, go listen now!

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Dial8 & Bo!ne Feb 98

Dial8 & Bo!ne Feb 98

Everything is finally freed from Bo!ne and Vlad's loft, bare mixtapes and junglistical piccies to follow... starting with this 90 minutes of phatness!

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Dial8s back behind the dex. Get them white cans!

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Dial8 special for his 40th Bday Bash tonight :oD

B&W photos from Lifeline, Bremen, Germany, March 2000; colour ones from Ham Rd Party HQ, date unknown

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More on InterFace - by Flame Kru mate and ace pro photographer Tom White - www.tomwhitephotography.com.  The photo was taken at the original (arguably best) InterFace studio at 55 Farringdon Road

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SPY-SEED JAHNGLE : RE:TOUCH THE FLAME : (30.04.2004) ragga jungle and liquid beats at Depo, Valnu str., Riga  paying respect to flame kru, visited latvia back on May 1st 1999... To remind that historical moment in latvian drum+bass life, when FIRST EVER REPERSENTATIVE of London underground scene, DJ BO!NE (Flame kru) and MC TUNDA played their remarcable set in Riga' club Metro, we name our next party RE:TOUCH THE FLAME... because that party was called TOUCH THE FLAME. That gig, organized by Varka Kru, changed latvian drum+bass scene in many ways. Local DJs changed their way of playing and selecting records, while whole movement of drum+bass MC-ing has born here with help of TUNDA.

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Interface - one of the UK if not the world's first internet radio stations, all run inna pirate radio style.  Meant we could play to an audience each and every Saturday night for about 3 years, sometimes from midnight thru til 6 or 8am Sunday!  Led to nearly all our international bookings.  Big up Ash, Jr Buzz, Patrick + the rest of the gang - legendary job, happy days! http://www.pirate-radio.org/

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The last demo mixtape Bo!ne & Eksman did, before life took over and Eks went onto bigger things! Recorded at Flame HQ in Peckham, south London, on Fishboy's phat Pioneer DJM-600 mixer hence lots of random filter, flanging etc :0)

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All Kru - Bremen, March 2000. We took a minibus of 13 to this all the way from London (with a stop-off at the 'Dam of course).  Wicked packed rave courtesy of Lifeline Promotions - Bo!ne/Dial8/Kryptonite/Smokin J/Vlad & Dushka/Jason X all played, with MCs Eksman/Herbsie/Sugars and German DJs like E-Decay.  Funkcutter & DK1 did visuals.

(L-R): Back/middle: Unknown, Jason X, Dushka, Lifeline promoter, Eksman, Sugars(?), Vlad. Dial8, Bo!ne, Smokin J, Hendriks (host with the most), Drak, unknown peeps from Lifeline...

Front: Kryptonite, VJ Funkcutter

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Flame Kru SE Asia tour Dec 99 - DJ Dial8, MC Breaker Jay, DJ Bo!ne

Clockwise from top: Hong Kong Harbour / Taipei hotel room / Hong Kong club booth / Taipei sushi bar / backstage @ Hong Kong club gig / HK rave