Does DJ Zinc even need an introduction at this point?

Born Benjamin Pettit, the London-based DJ and producer has been releasing records since the mid-1990s. 1995’s ‘Super Sharp Shooter’, later re-released under the Ganja Cru banner (Zinc plus close affiliates DJ Hype and Pascal) is pretty much the definitive jungle anthem, while other releases came through labels like True Playaz and Frontline.

Then, at the turn of the noughties, Zinc switched things up, releasing a series of classic “breakbeat garage” records under his own name and aliases – the most famous being 2000’s ‘138 Trek’ – that ramped up garage, predicted grime and have basically never been beaten. And in case that wasn’t enough, the steady supply of releases since have included some of the UK underground’s greatest recent pop moments: 2009’s No Lay-featuring ‘Killa Sound’ a warning shot for the close-to-perfect ‘Wile Out’, released the next year and featuring one of Ms Dynamite’s most memorable vocal performances.

Zinc’s long-overdue FACT mix comes on the eve of Rinse FM’s imminent birthday celebrations at both London’s Brixton Academy and Manchester‘s Warehouse Project, and sees Zinc mix up plenty of his own productions – the mix comes subtitled as his “September Crack House Mix” with acapellas from Dynamite, JME and more, and loftier fare from Joy Orbison and Julio Bashmore.

Tracklist:
1 – Zinc – Untitled + JME Murking acapella
2 – A-Trak + Zinc ft Natalie Storm – Stingray (Like the Dancefloor)
3 – Joachim Garraud – Unknown
4 – Redlight – Mashed
5 – Dark Sky – ??
6 – Zinc – Family Riddim
7 – Modeselektor – Maik the Chicken
8 – Zinc – Overdrive + Ms Dynamite Boo acapella
9 – Unknown
10 – Dusky – Flo Jam
11 – Stefano Noferini – Sometimes
12 – Duke Dumont – Street Walker
13 – Zinc – Untitled
14 – Breach – Gunfinger
15 – Ramon Tapia – Wonderland
16 – Ket Riddim
17 – Brackles – Chaing you Crazy (Zinc edit)
18 – You Got Me
19 – Roman
20 – Julio Bashmore – Au Seve
21 – Preditah – Circles (Zinc rmx) + P Money acapella
22 – A-Trak and Tommy Trash – Tuna Fish
23 – TEED – Household Goods (Zinc rmx)
24 – The Past Present – Andrea di Rocco
25 – Unknown – Angry Frogs
26 – Tommy Trash – Falling
27 – Savege Skulls – Top Dog
28 – Joy Orbison – The Shrew would have Cushioned the Blow