Finn Johannsen – Rewind Selection 1989

Another year, another mix project! This is something I wanted to do for a long time: a series of mixes that build a retrospective of UK breakbeat music from 1989 to 1999.

The series has to start in 1989. This was the year where breakbeats began to seep into the club soundtrack on a wider scale, and you could notice there was something different and new going on. It was a transitional year. The acid house boom had just waned a bit, but it had provided so much fun and change, it simply could not all be a fad, and a lot of DJs and producers where trying keep the momentum up with fresh ideas. The still nascent house sound absorbed a lot of other influences, like hip hop, techno and dub and particularly in the UK it set a sound in motion that was was both using the clues from the US and continental scene and its own pioneering achievements and its roots in sound system culture.

As you can hear, the beats were still comparatively slow to what was soon to emerge, and mostly derived from fast paced hip hop and electro. But you can also hear that this year provided blueprints and prototypes that are still being referenced, early rave signals, different usages of low and high frequencies, yet unused sample material, and generally new grooves.

00:00:00 1 Fine Young Cannibals – I’m Not the Man I Used to Be
00:04:16 2 De La Soul – Say No Go (House of Love Mix)
00:09:26 3 Stereo Mc’s – Bring It On
00:13:52 4 MC Buzz B – The Sequal
00:18:47 5 M.C. Mell’o – Bizzie Rhymin’
00:24:38 6 MC Tunes vs. 808 State – Dance Yourself To Death
00:28:54 7 A Guy Called Gerald – FX (Elevation Mix)
00:35:38 8 N.A.D. – Spheres
00:40:33 9 A.R. Kane – Love From Outer Space
00:45:30 10 The Black Dog – The Weight (Liposuction Mix)
00:49:58 11 Baby Ford – Children Of The Revolution (Full 12” Version)
00:56:23 12 Quartz – Meltdown (Original Mix)
01:01:23 13 Candy Flip – Evolution
01:06:42 14 Jesus Loves You – After the Love (Ten Glorious Years mix)
01:14:02 15 The Moody Boys – Funky Zulu (Your So Fresh) (Refreshing Extended Mix)
01:19:19 16 Renegade Soundwave – Ozone Breakdown
01:24:59 17 Renegade Soundwave – Ozone Breakdown (90 Uprising Mix)
01:29:36 18 The Dynamic Guv’nors Present: Jazzy Jason – Faster Than Fast (Hip House Ver.)
01:35:11 19 The Dynamic Guv’nors Present: Jazzy Jason – Make The Floor Burn (Bonus Dub)
01:36:59 20 No Smoke – Koro-Koro
01:40:43 21 Bang The Party – Bang Bang You’re Mine (Full Instrumental Remix)
01:47:25 22 Melancholy Man – Jealous Guy (Dub Mix)
01:52:43 23 Richie Rich – Set Yourself Free
01:56:22 24 Humanoid – Tonight
02:01:08 25 808 State – Magical Dream (Instrumental)
02:05:57 26 808 State – Magical Dream

00:00:00 1 Silver Bullet – Bring Forth The Guillotine (Darksidemix)
00:05:26 2 Silver Bullet – Bring Forth The Guillotine (DJ Beats Mix)
00:10:48 3 Unique 3 – The Theme (Unique Mix)
00:17:05 4 T.D.P. – Ladies (Lets Go) Club Mix
00:22:58 5 Adventures of Stevie V – Dirty Cash (Money Talks) (Dime & Dollar mix) (12″ edit)
00:28:02 6 Nemesis – After The Storm
00:31:56 7 Baby Ford – The World Is In Love
00:36:33 8 A Guy Called Gerald – Specific Hate
00:43:38 9 Impedance – Tainted Love (Underground Mix)
00:46:40 10 Renegade Soundwave – The Phantom
00:50:30 11 Renegade Soundwave – The Phantom (Remix)
00:54:55 12 Kiss AMC – A Bit Of.. (12” Mix)
00:59:41 13 DJ Mink – Hey! Hey! Can U Relate (Hard Rap feat. The K.I.D & Carruthers)
01:04:08 14 Stereo Mc’s – On 33
01:08:37 15 Addis Posse – Let The Warriors Dance (Funky Funky Drum Drum Mix)
01:13:48 16 SL Troopers – Movement
01:17:37 17 MC Martay & D.J. D.B.M. – Beyond Control
01:22:57 18 Jamaica Mean Time Featuring D. – I’m Not Doing It Again (Bombay Mix)
01:26:38 19 Baby Ford – Let’s Talk It Over
01:31:29 20 No Smoke – Africa
01:35:56 21 Needlework – What I Need
01:41:05 22 808 State – Pacific State
01:46:57 23 The Black Dog – Age Of Slack
01:52:56 24 Nightmares On Wax – Dextrous
01:56:08 25 Ten City – Devotion (The Voice Of Paradise Mix)
02:00:50 26 Renegade Soundwave – Probably A Robbery (12 Gauge Turbo)
02:05:42 27 Stereo Mc’s – Toe To Toe
02:10:27 28 The Beatmasters – Ska Train (12″ Mix)
02:14:38 29 Longsy D’s House Sound – This Is Ska (Skacid & Dub Mix)
02:24:12 30 Merlin – Bust Da Move
02:27:32 31 Ester B – Pleasure Of The Music (Remix)
02:32:41 32 Nexus 21 – Real Love
02:37:39 33 Sweet Exorcist – Testone
02:44:13 34 Mad Musician – Jazz Out
02:49:19 35 N.A.D. – Distant Drums

00:00:00 1 Jamaica Mean Time Featuring D. – Rock To Dis (Hip Hop Mix) (feat. DJ Maxi Jazz)
00:06:06 2 The Beatmasters – Don’t Stop The Beat
00:12:41 3 Humanoid – Stakker Humanoid (Snowman Mix)
00:16:31 4 Meat Beat Manifesto – Radio Babylon (Originally Recorded 89)
00:22:31 5 Meat Beat Manifesto – I Got the Fear (Part 1)
00:28:06 6 The Mixbuster Featuring Liaison II – Dance Floor Justice (Dance Floor Justice Inst.)
00:33:17 7 The Mixbuster Featuring Liaison II – Dance Floor Justice (Club Vocal)
00:38:30 8 Jazzy Jason Presents The Mixtress – People Of The Universe
00:43:51 9 Baby Ford – Wigan
00:49:54 10 808 State – Fire Cracker
00:53:39 11 The Orb – A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (Bucket & Spade Mix)
00:57:52 12 The Black Dog – Tactile
01:02:49 13 Yin Yang – Oh-One (Oh-Too Mix)
01:07:55 14 Exocet – Sweet Talk
01:11:09 15 Forgemasters – Track With No Name
01:15:34 16 Nightmares On Wax – Let It Roll
01:18:38 17 MC Untouchable – Cold House 3D Mix (D’s Devastating Dubbb)
01:20:51 18 Silver Bullet – 20 Seconds To Comply (The Omen Mix)
01:26:28 19 Silver Bullet – 20 Seconds To Comply (The Final Conflict)
01:32:08 20 Nexus 21 – Still Life Keeps Moving (Mental Dub Mix)
01:37:07 21 The Black Dog – Virtual
01:46:03 22 Bizarre Inc – To the Rhythm
01:50:35 23 Meat Beat Manifesto – Strap Down (Part 1)
01:55:40 24 Nexus 21 – Detroit B Boy
01:58:39 25 Cookie Crew – Got To Keep On (12inch Version)
02:03:12 26 Bisca – Learn (Suspiria Mix)
02:08:40 27 Mad Musician – Braek Out