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
Nobody would probably expect anything else than deep emotional music on a label run by Robert Owens, but what Mark Rogers of Hollywood Beyond fame comes up with on the sublime “Twilight For Some”, is even more. Despite the gentle tone of the music and the understated vocal delivery, not too many vocal house tracks are as touching this. The lyrics are very melancholic, offering little relief to the troubled people they address, and the music is a companion that stresses rather than distracts. Everytime I listen to this, and the track fades out to a loop of the words “identity, identity, identity…”, I can’t help wishing this experience would last much longer, and more often than not, I put the needle right back to beginning.
Cabaret Voltaire “Searchin” [Parlophone]
A track lifted from the album “Groovy, Laidback and Nasty” from 1990, that most of the fans and critics of the UK electronic pioneers dismissed as mere attempt to cash in on the increasingly fertile house sound. Worse than that, nobody was really willing to accept Cabaret Voltaire venturing into musical terrain that was nothing else than pure pop, with one of post punk’s most recognizable voices crooning blissful melodies with uplifting messages, and one of post punk’s most adventurous experimentalists gladly supplying the according tunes and harmonies. But Cabaret Voltaire enlisted Marshall Jefferson at the time of full creative swing for the production, and he made this song his very own, even bringing in Paris Brightledge, on of Chicago’s most wonderful voices, for the background vocals. So this might be not the most original Cabaret Voltaire record, but they had proven their merits enough before and after, and I am really thankful that they took the chance of doing this album. Maybe imagine this track not being sung by Stephen Mallinder, but Brightledge all alone for instance, and not being by Cabaret Voltaire, but by Marshall Jefferson, and house’s history books would treat it like a bona fide classic. I at least do, no matter what constellation.
Shades Of Rhythm “Exorcist” [ZTT]
Shades Of Rhythm were better known for their rave anthems, filled to the brim with crowd noises, joyful diva vocals and plenty of pianos. And while there is nothing really wrong with that (but admitted, on many occasions it IS really wrong), they were also capable of doing something completely different. “Exorcist” is a pitch dark beast that establishes a really intense mood on nothing more than the basis of a break beat in moderate tempo and a plethora of sinister sequences that seem to spiral into the ether. This still makes any room go boom.
I-F “Energy Vampire” [Disko B]
Now that the UK bass elite is embracing an electro tinge to their latest dubplate, it is maybe a good time to drop a reminder for the Dutchman who already seemingly could look well into the future when he released a series of relentless and uncompromising classics in the past. The moody stop-and-go groove of “Energy Vampire” would not look out of place on a post-dubstep production of 2010, yet it already appeared on I-F’s album “Fucking Consumer” in 1998. Things go in circles, as they say, and the robots shall have the last laugh. And if sometime the italo disco groundwork will seep through the bassbins of the younger bass generation as well (there are already hints that this is not as improbable as it sounds), there is a good chance that I-F will be involved in something else entirely, and equally influential.
Cybersonik “Technarchy” [Plus 8 Records]
At a time when they had no interest in minimalism, conceptualism or fine wines, Daniel Bell, John Acquaviva and Richie Hawtin released “Technarchy” in 1990, the year their imprint Plus 8 came into being, and properly illustrated that techno could embrace the sound heritage of the pioneering industrial artists, acid house, and the emerging Detroit sound at the same time. The devastating result hinted at the hoovers, cornfields, and love parades to come but back then nobody would have predicted all that. What this record confirmed, however, was that there was a potential for all that. From the introducing metal beats, building a harsh yet funky groove, to the 303 squelches, and then, of course, to one of the most bone-crushing bass breakdowns in the history of club music. Most DJs playing the record at the time when it came out even emphasized the experience by turning up the bass even louder when the kick drum came to a halt and just the bassline was rummaging around in the intestines of the floor, but then again it was already doing its work untouched by any mixing antics. In any case whoever heard the track unprepared and for the first time in a club, would possibly never ever forget it. I certainly did not.
We’re sorted out for E’s and Wizz, the stereo of the overcrowded Jensen Interceptor heading up the M25 is blasting out The Spinmasters, while the Druffalos either make guestlist calls, read the latest Morley or WSC, sort out which trainers to wear or look nervously on the fuel display. We await 20000 hardcore members in longsleeves in a disused hangar in the middle of a field. We saw the lasers a while ago but we already missed the exit three times, ran out of water and beer, got police on our back, and it’s getting pitch dark.
This is the sound of the Druffalo Hit Squad’s UK edition of the international Rave Chronicles. Now hear this!
Bassheads – Non Verbal Communication (Deconstruction) Shades Of Rhythm – Musical Freedom (Aquatic) Yin Yang – Oh One (Rumour) Dr. Baker – Kaos (Desire) Orbital – Fahrenheit 3D3 (FFRR) The Garden Of Eden – The Serpent In The Garden (Pepper) Mark Rutherford – Get Real (Fourth & Broadway) Nemesis – After The Storm (Intrigue) Break The Limits – Fire Away (Break The Limits) Hardcore – Get A Little Stupid (XL) Nicolette – Single Minded People (Shut Up And Dance) Paradox – Jailbreak (Ronin) For This II – Trak 1 (Ozone) Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (RCA) Midi Rain – Always (Vinyl Solution) N Joi – Malfunction (Deconstruction) Bizarre Inc – Technological (Blue Chip) Baby Ford – Fordtrax (Rhythm King) Altern 8 – Objective (Network) C & M Connection – Bio Rhythms (Network) The Black Dog – Erb (General Productions) Nightmares On Wax- Aftermath (Warp) Unique 3 – The Theme (Ten) Cyclone – A Place Called Bliss (Network) Fila Brazillia – Mermaids (Pork) A Guy Called Gerald – Untitled (CBS) 808 State – Pacific State (ZTT) Fine Young Cannibals – I’m Not The Man I Used To Be
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