The Dark Stranger mix: Darkside jungle and drum’n’bass with eerie horror vibes – from 1993 to 2024

When I immersed myself in the jungle scene in London at 19 and became instantly obsessed, the big darkside anthems were packed with (horror) movie samples, and I was completely fascinated by that. I still am. 

So: Here’s my newest mix, an hour of carefully handpicked darkside jungle and drum’n’bass with eerie horror vibes and lots of movie samples, perfect for the shocking November darkness: 

The mix includes some of the biggest darkside anthems from 1993: ‘The Dark Stranger’ (Boogie Down Productions), ‘Predator’ (Shimon) and sprinkles of an absolute favorite of mine: ‘Scottie’ by Subnation. Mixed with new and newish favorites, from ‘Fire Is Our Friend’ by @4amkrulondon (2024) to ‘Valyrian Steel’ (Congo Natty and Jaguar Paw, 2022).

Every single track in the mix is selected because of its dark and moody atmospheres and horror samples. 

The only track which is not decidedly dark is the second one, ‘Bubbled’ by @lovell.wav – BUT it’s from his album titled ‘Gasping, Dying, But Somehow Still Alive’, so it qualifies. 

Back in the 90s, it was practically a whole hobby within the hobby to figure out where certain samples came from — The Evil Dead, Gremlins, Predator, Goodfellas, and so on. These days, it’s a bit easier to track that stuff down thanks to the internet, with whole facebook groups dedicated to sample-hunting.

For the curious: ‘The Dark Stranger’ vocal is sampled from a documentary about Dracula. The voice is Gary Oldman’s. The samples in ‘Scottie’ are from The Evil Dead. And Predator… is obvious.