00:00:00 1 Pet Shop Boys – My October Symphony (Live – Performance) 00:05:50 2 808 State – Spanish Heart 00:09:24 3 400 Blows – Let The Drums Speak (Live Mix) 00:12:11 4 Bomb The Bass – Understand This 00:16:59 5 Black Radical MKII – Sign Of The Beast 00:20:54 6 HardNoise – Mice in the Presence of the Lion, Pt. 1 00:24:53 7 Gunshot – Interception Squad 00:28:11 8 Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy (Instrumental) 00:32:07 9 Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy 00:36:39 10 Wolfman – Consciousness (Rob Davis Mix) 00:41:02 11 Electronic – The Patience Of A Saint 00:45:05 12 Chapter & The Verse – Stealth (Fixed Wing Mix) 00:49:17 13 Pet Shop Boys – DJ Culture (Extended Mix) 00:55:44 14 Caveman – You Can’t Take It 01:00:33 15 Rebel MC – Afrikan 01:02:40 16 Mark Samson featuring Sharon – Love Come Down (Big Beat Mix) 01:07:54 17 Chapter & The Verse – Miss You 01:11:48 18 Gunshot – No Sell Out 01:16:22 19 Silver Bullet – Guns of Mind Alone 01:22:42 20 Nation 12 – Electrofear (Shemsijo Mix) 01:26:02 21 Altern 8 – Real Time Status (Hand Of God Remix) 01:30:13 22 Shut Up And Dance – On A Street Level 01:34:20 23 The Sindecut – Panic Stricken 01:37:03 24 Shut Up And Dance – Rest In Peace (Rap Will Never) 01:40:35 25 Metronome – In My Mind (Vocal mix) 01:47:05 26 Cabaret Voltaire – Alright 01:52:03 27 Raphel – Latino 01:55:51 28 Jesus Loves You – After The Love (Prophets Of Doom Mix) 02:01:20 29 Orbital – Midnight (Original 12″ Mix) 02:07:32 30 Shoot The Moon – Sax Machine (Mix One) 02:13:48 31 Primal Scream – Don’t Fight It, Feel It (Scat Mix) 02:20:46 32 Primal Scream – Don’t Fight It, Feel It 02:26:53 33 Hijack – The Contract (ft. Shaka Shazam, The Icepick & Huntkillbury Finn) 02:31:13 34 Plaid – Scoobs in Columbia 02:36:05 35 Rebel MC – Rebel Music (From The Soul Mix)
00:00:00 1 Eon – B Cool #1 (8AM Mix) 00:04:03 2 Andromeda – Dance Everybody Dance 00:08:48 3 Julie Stapleton – Where’s Your Love Gone (Remix) 00:13:56 4 808 State – Ooops (Mellow Birds Mix) 00:17:29 5 House Fusion – Ceaseless Motion (6am mix) 00:23:18 6 Rebel MC – Soul Sister 00:26:55 7 The Ragga Twins – Tan So Back 00:30:40 8 Automation – Eat The Bee 00:33:59 9 Mr Selfish – Gonna Make It 00:39:16 10 Holy Ghost Inc. – Stealth 00:43:26 11 MC Buzz B – Never Change (Sparse) 00:49:26 12 Language – Tranquility Bass 00:54:04 13 The Ultimate Dance Banger – Untitled 00:59:27 14 Ministers Of Dance – Tiny’s First Journey 01:02:22 15 Euphoria – I’m Going To Explode 01:05:39 16 Cabaret Voltaire – No Resistance 01:10:44 17 Return Of The Living Acid – Twin Tub 01:16:03 18 The Step – Yeah You (Robert’s Dub #2) 01:19:57 19 The Step – Yeah You (Robert’s Remix) 01:25:04 20 The Step – Yeah You 01:30:27 21 Subsonic 2 – Addicted To Music (The Nightmares On Wax Mix) 01:34:19 22 XON – Midnight Express 01:40:11 23 The Wolfgang Press – Time 01:46:18 24 Phuture Assassins – Africans Must Be Free 01:50:16 25 A Guy Called Gerald – Wonderful World 01:54:53 26 Satin Storm – Chill Out 02:00:51 27 2001 – Weighless Condition 02:07:46 28 Animal Magic – Animal Magic – Turn To West Ham 02:11:43 29 Epitome Of Hype – Let The Freak (Vital Remix) 02:17:02 30 Watt Noize – Baby Be Good to Me 02:21:08 31 Parralax – Deep Frieze 02:25:16 32 Gems For Jem – We’re On The Move (Peak Energy Mix) 02:29:51 33 The Sindecut – Simple Jealousy (12 Mix) 02:36:07 34 WBI Red Ninja – Bad Piece (A Short Tune About Killing) 02:40:51 35 Carl Cox – Let The Bass Kick
00:00:00 1 400 Blows – Play Like A Human (Ambient Mix) 00:03:37 2 Cabaret Voltaire – Jazz The Computer (Part 1) 00:08:08 3 Son Of Noise – Master Of Menace 00:10:56 4 Bomb The Bass – You See Me In 3D (Remix) 00:14:28 5 Fantasy UFO feat. Jay Groove – Mind, Body, Soul (24″ Melt the Speaker Mix) 00:17:46 6 Plaid – Slice of Cheese 00:23:06 7 Earth Leakage Trip – Psychotronic 00:27:50 8 Automation – Comedown (Extended) 00:32:55 9 Ultraviolet – I Wish That (Radical Mix) 00:39:39 10 Cabaret Voltaire – Shout 00:44:35 11 V.I.M. – Maggie’s Last Party (Club Mix) 00:50:12 12 Earth Leakage Trip – No Idea 00:55:33 13 Earth Leakage Trip – Over 92 00:58:44 14 Cabaret Voltaire – What is Real (Virtual Reality mix) 01:04:46 15 Cabaret Voltaire – What is Real 01:10:30 16 Kings Of Peace – 1000 (Album Mix) 01:15:05 17 4 Hero – Put Your Thinkin’ Caps On 01:16:20 18 Cabaret Voltaire – Keep On Pushin’ 01:20:35 19 Cabaret Voltaire – Don’t Walk Away 01:25:33 20 Cabaret Voltaire – Smooth 01:30:37 21 808 State – Lift (7″ Mix) 01:33:19 22 Shades Of Rhythm – Sweet Sensation 01:37:52 23 Andromeda – Simple 01:40:08 24 Tomas – Mind Song 01:45:01 25 Cabaret Voltaire – Jazz The Computer (Part 2) 01:49:44 26 Desired State – Work My Body (Over) 01:54:56 27 Andromeda – Savage 01:57:41 28 Tuff Little Unit – Join The Future 02:02:09 29 The Wizzard – Millennium (Genesis Mix) 02:09:21 30 Outrage – Religious B-Boy 02:12:35 31 Shut Up And Dance – Because Of My Vocals 02:15:59 32 Hooligan X – The Sound 02:21:46 33 Tomas – African Dream 02:26:25 34 Body Base 2 – Clan Terminology 02:31:27 35 Coco Steel And Lovebomb – Feel It (Original Mix) 02:38:10 36 Attitude – Attitude – Some You Win, Some You Lose (Instrumental) 02:42:41 37 Attitude – Attitude – Some You Win, Some You Lose 02:47:47 38 Coco, Steel And Lovebomb – Discodub (After Hours Mix) 02:53:18 39 Coco, Steel And Lovebomb – Discotechno – 1991 02:59:10 40 Andromeda – Control 03:03:34 41 Caveman – Pages and Pages 03:08:44 42 Bassix – Close Encounters (Bassix Mix) 03:12:48 43 Bassix – Close Encounters (Club Mix) 03:17:09 44 Bassix – Close Encounters (Acid Dub) 03:21:41 45 Temple Of Life – EDP 03:26:56 46 Tomas – Architecture 03:32:42 47 Beat Club – Dreams Were Made To Be Broken (Beat Mix) 03:38:13 48 R. Solution – Skinny Long Git (Mix 1) 03:42:13 49 808 State – Techno Bell 03:46:51 50 Feedback Max feat T.T. – Cheeni Ek Chammach
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 Groove 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 Baby Ford – 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 29 808 State – 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 Holy Ghost 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
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
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