The first in this series of songs which somehow got lost in the sands of time is Urban Dance Squad's 3 Heights. The Squad was a Dutch crossover band who tried to blend in rap, rock, funk, punk, grunge and world music. Much like Rage Against the Machine would do a couple of years down the street.
Their first hit was A deeper shade of soul, which featured a sample of Ray Baretto's song by the same name. They released 7 cd's, including a best of released 2 years ago.
I only own their first (Mental Floss for the World) and third (Persona Non Grata, a more grungy and less funky affair) cd's, and 3 Heights is nowhere to be found on them (or on any other cd if I'm not mistaken). The song was a bonus track on their Bureaucrat Of Flaccostreet cd-single, but got a second life on the 110 Below: No Sleeve Notes Required compilation on the New Electronica label. 110 Below was a series of dub/ambient compilations in the '90s. All three of them are well-worth collecting, especially number 2 (A Trip to the cHip sHop), which contains the Carl Craig classic If Mojo was AM.
Anyway, UDS's 3 Heights is one of the stand-out tracks on the third compilation. Here's a snippet
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