Finn Johannsen – Rewind Selection 1990

Posted: January 23rd, 2025 | Author: | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

1990 was still a transitional year for UK breakbeat music, but on another scale than 1989. The direct connection to acid house started to fade, yet the prototypes of the previous year were developed further. The breakbeats became more varied and complex, there were more bleeps and bass and more pianos, more rave, more techno, gradually more tempo but also generally more diversity. And as you can see with the number of mixes I recorded for this year, there were far more releases as well. And they sounded more refined, as the nights they were played at got bigger and the sounds followed suit.

00:00:00 1 The Source Featuring Candi Staton – You Got The Love (Erens Bootleg Mix)
00:07:37 2 Mr. Fingers – Mr. Fingers – What About This Love (Even Deeper Mix)
00:13:18 3 The Stone Roses – Fools Gold (A Guy Called Gerald remix)
00:20:02 4 4 Hero – Move Wid The House
00:25:00 5 The Sindecut – Demanding Cycle – Of A Word Bound Hammerhead
00:29:57 6 M.N.D.J – Stop The World (Instrumental)
00:33:11 7 Moody Boys – Jammin (Ital Mix)
00:37:40 8 A Certain Ratio – Won’t Stop Loving You (Sumner Mix)
00:41:56 9 Rebel MC – Comin’ On Strong (Ruff Neck Mix)
00:48:31 10 The James Taylor Quartet – Killing Time
00:53:05 11 Fresh Four – Compared To What (Dub) (feat. Lizz.E)
00:57:15 12 Nomad featuring MC Mikee Freed – (I Wanna Give You) Devotion (Instrumental)
01:03:11 13 Mr. Fingers vs. Rockers Revenge – Feel The Sunshine
01:08:15 14 A – L.A. Star – Wondrous Dream (Mix 1)
01:13:50 15 Psychotropic – Only For The Headstrong
01:21:00 16 – Change (Quick St. Break Mix)
01:25:56 17 Baby Ford – Change (Konrad Cadet Mix 1)
01:30:45 18 Jesus Loves You – Generations Of Love (Future Dub)
01:35:44 19 Jesus Loves You – Generations Of Love (Land Of OZ 12″ Mix)
01:41:54 20 Renegade Soundwave – Women Respond to Bass
01:45:14 21 A.R. Kane – A Love from Outer Space (Venusian dub)
01:51:42 22 A.R. Kane – A Love from Outer Space (Solar Equinox mix)
01:55:10 23 A.R. Kane – A Love from Outer Space (Lunar Eclipse mix)
02:00:47 24 The Sindecut – To The Heart
02:04:59 25 The Sindecut – Having
02:08:31 26 Psychotropic – Hypnosis
02:16:24 27 Logic Control MCs – High Pursuit
02:19:35 28 Mental Cube – Chile Of The Bass Generation
02:23:14 29 – In Yer Face (Mancunian Delight)
02:27:57 30 A Certain Ratio – Spirit Dance
02:32:04 31 Orbital – Omen (The Tower)
02:34:32 32 Shades Of Rhythm – Exorcist
02:39:07 33 Newington Heights – Reach
02:44:11 34 Hardcore – Get A Little Stupid (Backroom Mix)
02:50:39 35 The Moody Boys – Funky Zulu (You’re So Fresh) (Chapter 1)
02:55:14 36 Mc Wildski – Warrior (The Art Of Fighting Without Fighting Mix)
02:59:04 37 Renegade Soundwave – Thunder II
03:03:42 38 Jolly Roger – Music Is The Weapon Of The Future (Dub)
03:09:02 39 MC Buzz B – Never Change
03:12:22 40 Mental Cube – Q
03:16:30 41 A Man Called Adam – Barefoot In The Head

00:00:00 1 Orbital – Chime (JZJ Oh Ya Mix)
00:06:18 2 Plutonic – Amen
00:11:17 3 Unique 3 – Phase 3
00:15:23 4 Excel D – The Blur
00:18:52 5 Westworld – The Slam
00:24:04 6 Hypnotone – SBX
00:28:20 7 A1 – I Like Techno
00:31:25 8 Unknown Artist – Untitled
00:34:46 9 DJ Mad A & Dr. Stevie The Ambient Guru – Levitating Pharaohs (Full Frontal Spacehead Ambient mix)
00:38:38 10 Baby Ford – Let’s Talk It Over (12″ Full Version)
00:43:35 11 No Smoke – Oh Yes (Freedom)
00:48:11 12 Language – Renegade (The Energy mix)
00:52:34 13 Language – Renegade (The Cryptic mix)
00:57:01 14 Bang the Party – Rubbadubb
01:00:18 15 Turntable Overload – T T O
01:05:01 16 Unique 3 – Pattern 12
01:09:36 17 Orbital – Omen (12″ Version)
01:15:52 18 Logarhythm – Jungle (Nightmares On Wax Mix)
01:19:39 19 The Black Dog – Apt
01:23:38 20 Synchro – Synchro-Bass – Mystic Voyage
01:29:29 21 Pet Shop Boys – Being Boring (Extended Version)
01:38:50 22 Adé – Free The Soul
01:42:11 23 2 In A Rhythm – Magic Machine (Ruff Rhythm Mix)
01:45:59 24 2 In A Rhythm – Magic Machine (Time For Action Rap)
01:49:41 25 2 In A Rhythm – Bionic Boogie (Work Da Rhythm Mix)
01:53:24 26 2 In A Rhythm – Bionic Boogie (Ride The Groove Mix)
01:57:28 27 Inc – Hi-Speed (Pirate DJ Club Mix)
02:01:29 28 Freshtrax & Ace II With Pressure Zone – Destruction (War Zone Mix)
02:06:32 29 Andromeda – Control (Control of the dance floor)
02:11:01 30 Shut Up And Dance – A Change Soon Come (Instrumental)
02:14:51 31 Shut Up And Dance – A Change Soon Come
02:19:10 32 Sudden Impact – Game Of Love (Original Mix)
02:25:04 33 Sudden Impact – Game Of Love (Remix)
02:30:41 34 Adamski – Adamski – Killer (Remix)
02:36:56 35 Sike – Intrigue

00:00:00 1 Baby Ford – The World Is In Love (Dub)
00:05:00 2 Midi Rain – The Crack Train (Dub 1)
00:09:20 3 Midi Rain – The Crack Train (Vocal)
00:13:48 4 Circuit – Shelter Me (Helter Skelter Mix)
00:19:33 5 T.A.S. (The Altered State) – Make Some Noise (Def Mix)
00:22:45 6 HardNoise – Untitled (Instrumental)
00:24:56 7 HardNoise – Untitled (Vocal)
00:28:15 8 4 Hero – Rising Son (Inst.)
00:33:28 9 4 Hero – Rising Son
00:38:28 10 Genaside II – The Motiv (Who Da F@??$! You Calling Fat? Mix)
00:42:33 11 The Dynamic Guv’nors – These Guys Are Doper Than Dope
00:48:15 12 MC Duke – MC Duke – I’m Riffin’ (1990 Remix)
00:51:29 13 The V.F.T – Fenland Bass
00:56:31 14 Exocet – Shogun Assassin
01:01:58 15 Synchro-Bass – Dark Star
01:07:32 16 Unique 3 – Weight For The Bass
01:12:04 17 Marine Boy – Laura Laura
01:17:23 18 DJ Mink – Hey! Hey! Can U Relate (Sunshine Dub Instrumental)
01:23:56 19 DJ Mink – Hey! Hey! Can U Relate (Deep Space Mix)
01:28:41 20 Infamix – A Walk In The Park
01:33:41 21 Satin Storm – Satin Storm
01:38:17 22 Butcher Sam – Piano Passions
01:43:23 23 Bogus Order – Zen Bones
01:47:21 24 FXU – FXU – The Dark Side
01:51:24 25 C + M Connection – Bio Rhythms
01:57:11 26 Westworld – Dreamworld
02:03:28 27 Altern 8 – Reel Time Status
02:07:24 28 Demonik – Labyrinthe
02:12:52 29 Doggy – Dog Food
02:17:31 30 G.F.X. – Eternal (Mix 2)
02:19:37 31 Amber – X-Logic
02:26:18 32 Greed – Give Me (Bleep Mix)
02:31:52 33 KCC – Def
02:34:22 34 Confidential – Jam The Frequency
02:40:45 35 A Guy Called Gerald – Untitled

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Finn Johannsen – Rewind Selection 1989

Posted: January 5th, 2025 | Author: | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

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. – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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