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Performer: Deep Blue
Title: The Helicopter Tune
Genre: Electronic
Cat #: SHADOW 41, UK SHADOW 41
Label: Moving Shadow
Country: UK
Date of release: Dec 1993
Style: Drum n Bass, Jungle
FLAC size 1853 mb
MP3 size: 1353 mb
Record From Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM

Deep Blue Moving Shadow Drum Bass Jungle 1993

Tracklist

1	Other Side
2	The Helicopter Tune (Fantasy #2)	6:08
3	The Helicopter Tune (Fantasy #3)	5:54
4	This Side
5	The Helicopter Tune (Fantasy #1)	5:24

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SHADOW 41R1, SHADOW 41R	Deep Blue	Helicopter (Remix 1) ‎(10")	Moving Shadow, Moving Shadow	SHADOW 41R1, SHADOW 41R	UK	1994
SHADOW 41 R1	Deep Blue	The Helicopter Tune (Remix 1) ‎(10", TP, W/Lbl, Cle)	Moving Shadow	SHADOW 41 R1	UK	1994
SHADOW 82	Deep Blue	Thursday / Helicopter '97 ‎(12", W/Lbl)	Moving Shadow	SHADOW 82	UK	1997
SHADOW 41R2	Deep Blue	Helicopter (Remix 2) ‎(10")	Moving Shadow	SHADOW 41R2	UK	1994
SHADOWXV 41	Deep Blue	The Helicopter Tune ‎(12", RE)	Moving Shadow	SHADOWXV 41	UK	2005

Credits

Lacquer Cut By – Simon
Written-By, Producer, Mixed By, Arranged By – S. O'Keeffe

Notes

Comes in a plain grey sleeve that has a long, blue sticker (stating the release information) starting on one side and going on to the other, this sticker must be cut to get the record out.

The catalogue number on the sticker says UK SHADOW 41, whereas the record label and etchings say SHADOW 41.

Made in England.

Track X samples:
808 bass sound from Hyper On Experience - Lords Of The Null Lines

Track Y2 samples:
Melody from Sueño Latino ‎– Luxuria (Cutmaster G. Techno Age Mix)
Synths from 808 State - Pacific State

Barcodes

Barcode (Text): 5 022208 000410 >
Matrix / Runout (Runout side X, etched): SHADOW 41 - X₁ SIMON THE EXCHANGE.
Matrix / Runout (Runout side Y, etched): SHADOW 41 - Y₁ SIMON THE EXCHANGE.
Label Code: LC 5681

Companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Moving Shadow
Copyright (c) – Moving Shadow Record Company
Lacquer Cut At – The Exchange

Video

Comments: (18)

Nawenadet

100% this was Deep Blues best release. DB just about released one track a year. The rest of his time i'm sure was taken up with Moving shadow duties and 2 Bad Mice. Still out and about DJ'n as 2 Bad Mice.

Nern

Up there as one of the best. 1993 and still sounds fresh. BBC 6 music drum and bass day recently and it wasn't even mentioned - just the usual (brown paper bag, inner city life, blah blah) and all the usual on 'best of' compilations... The original helicopter was never improved, although the 97 remix stands out. Shame Deep Blue never made anything of this quality although a hard act to follow.

Wenes

Cracking track bit overplayed at raves though a bit like nookie sounds of nookie got ya nerves after 1000th time :-/

Ynonno

Grooverider says this is his ultimate track alongside LTJ Music and DJ SS Lighter. High praise indeed. It's a banger!

Skiletus

I would have to agree with the Rider there! The Helicopter Tune is totally seminal. No collection is complete without it.

HyderCraft

The helicopter tune is one of the most influential records to come out of the drum and bass, jungle scene of 93-94.. It's pure class ! Unfortunately deep blue never managed to repeat or follow it up with anything of a similar standard. Firmly in my top 10 all time greats

Thoginn

This is what dance music should be. Less is more. This is a tune designed solely for rocking your body and nothing else! It is the perfect example of what a pure and intuitive response to the dancefloor is. The pretentious, competitive and cerebral Drum & Bass producers of today need to take a hard look at what they are doing and get back to basics. And this track is the perfect place to start. Why do you think it's still so popular today 22 years after it first hit the street?

Juce

breakbeat hardcore / jungle at its very finest without a doubt

Erienan

Seminal, everybody bubble to this!

Nirad

From an interview with DJ Teebone where he states that this is his favourite tune of all time."It has to be Deep Blue’s The Helicopter Tune, I still don’t think a tune has been released to this day that caused as much impact on the dancefloor as it did way back in the early 90s. I remember going to Telepathy at the Rex – the one with the old corrugated roof which shook when the bassline hit, hearing this tune for the first time and everybody in the rave going mad. It’s just a track that has so much emotion yet is so simple, I don’t really think Deep Blue had really anticipated what a groundbreaking tune he had made at the time."

Barit

This uses the Sesame Street break, among others. It is a nice, calm song with sounds of forest birds in it, and a kinda brush sound at the breakdown. his is a tune to relax to, basically! You can get a cheaper copy on 'Moving Shadow 10.04', which also included Foul Play - Finest Illusion (Legal Mix) and Omni Trio - Thru The Vibe (2 On 1 Mix), it is a must-get if you're into breakbeat hardcore :)

Pipet

You need to stay of the drugs mate - either that of get your ears cleaned -LOL...Or there is a 3rd possibility - you have this tune mixed up with something else.

Gna

Huh? I wouldn't call this an example of early hardcore at all mate. Drum and Bass was well underway by the time this came out.

Marinara

One of the first bits of wax I ever bought. Really handy piece of vinyl to learn me the ways of early hardcore :P Thank the lord for those represses.......

roternow

When this record first came out it sounded like nothing else that had come before it. Quite simply, it was ground breaking. It became and instant classic on the scene. It got rinsed on the pirate stations and in the clubs, and has since gone on to even greater notoriety. It's hard to describe the drum sounds in this track, but they're unlike any other Drum & Bass tune I've heard. And any producer of any style of music should pick up a copy just to have a listen out of sheer production and studio geekery, if not musical appreciation. I still remember how places used to erupt as soon as everyone heard the trade mark helicopter intro coming in. This is probably the sort of thing that might get featured on future TV programmes in 30 or 40 years time - tunes that changed the world or something like that. Absolute classic. A revolutionary piece of music.

mIni-Like

agreed. THis tune sounds awesome. THe bassline is just sheer belting

MegaStar

If you went out this weekend, and somebody dropped this tune, even today, the place would go mad. And that isn't just nostalgia... This tune still sounds totally fresh. A breathtaking production.

Kulabandis

Well said!

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