One of my favourite mixes I've put together over the years. This shows the diversity of Rupert Parkes mid 90s work. This mix touches on his many aliases and remix work, as well as a couple of rarities.

Article: http://drumtrip.co.uk/mixes/exclusive-biography-of-photek-mix/

Tracklist:
1.) Photek – Third Sequence – Astralwerks
2.) Studio Pressure – Jump Mk II – Cert 18
3.) Goldie – Still Life (Photek Remix) – Razors Edge
4.) Studio Pressure – First Sequence – Photek
5.) The Truper – Vol 1 A – Street Beats
6.) System X – Mind Games (Dub Mix) – Entity
7.) Photek – Consciousness – Metalheadz
8.) Photek – Hidden Camera (Static Mix) – Science
9.) Photek – Ni Ten Ichi Ryu – Science
10.) Studio Pressure – The Water Margin – Photek
11.) Photek – One Nation – Sanctury
12.) Phaze 1 – Natural – Timeless
13.) Aquarius – Drift To The Centre – Looking Good
14.) Code Of Practice – Infiltrate – Cert 18
15.) The Truper – Vol 2 B – Street Beats
16.) The Sentinel – Pulse Of Life – Basement
17.) Therapy? – Loose (Photek Remix) – A&M
18.) EZ Rollers – Rolled Into One (Photek Remix) – Shadow
19.) Everything But The Girl – Single (Photek Remix) – Virgin
20.) Photek – Rings Around Saturn – Photek

Law - The Biography Of Photek Mix

This part 1 of a a very special two mix set dedicated to classic drum n' bass sounds, reimagining nights at two of the most influential London clubs of all time: Speed and Metalheadz. This mix focuses on imagining a night at Speed at the Mars Bar, Soho ... a night I never went to!

From the blog post:

Taking place on a Thursday as well as being located right in the heart of London instead of a massive warehouse on the outskirts meant that Speed attracted a different, more mature crowd, including curious fans of other styles of electronic music as well as people from the music industry. It’s hard to overstate the importance of this night to the development of the lighter side of drum n’ bass – it was a testing ground for new sounds that could then be taken on the road around the UK (and the world!) on the weekends. It was a place where people from the scene – producers, dj’s, a&r’s, hangers-on – could connect, interact and plan collaborations. It was somewhere that this sound could take root and grow, away from the pressure cooker environment of the big raves, where thousands of teenagers wanted the latest mental sounds. It was also a crucial venue for spreading the sound beyond the existing scene, a place where people who would never dream of going to a One Nation or AWOL or Roast could be turned on to high-speed breakbeats.

Read more: https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2023/01/pearsall-presents-i-never-went-to-speed-i-did-go-to-metalheadz-special-2-part-90s-drum-n-bass-mix-from-light-to-dark/

Mixed in Berlin, November 2022
100% Vinyl
(87:05, 200 MB, 320 KBPS MP3)

Tracklisting:

01. DJ Pulse - New York [Creative Wax]
02. Wax Doctor - Kid Caprice [Metalheadz]
03. Axis - Dusted [Good Looking]
04. Intense - Streams of Thought [Creative Source]
05. Eddie - Intelligent Drummer (Steve Gurley Remix) [One Touch]
06. Sounds of Life - A Spice Of Jazz [Certificate 18]
07. Hidden Agenda - The Wedge [Metalheadz]
08. DJ Krush - Yeah (Alex Reece Remix) [Mo'Wax]
09. DJ Krust - Jazz Note II [V Recordings]
10. Nookie - The Blues [Reinforced]
11. Intense - The Sax Lick [Way Out]
12. PFM - Danny's Song [Good Looking]
13. Shogun - Together [Renegade]
14. Mouly & Lucida - The Abyss [Timeless]
15. LTJ Bukem - Music (Peshay Remix) [Nexus]
16. DJ Trace - By Any Means Necessary (Promised Land VIP Mix) [Higher Limits]
17. Ken Ishii - Stretch (Shogun Remix) [R&S]
18. Grace - If I Could Fly (LTJ Bukem Remix) [Perfecto]
19. Forme - New Element [OKBRON]
20. PFM - For All Of Us [Good Looking]
21. Essence of Aura - So This is Love ('96 Remix) [Moving Shadow]
22. PFM & Tayla - Submarine Tune [OKBRON]
23. The Invisible Man - Spiritual Awareness [Looking Good]
24. Jonny L - Tychonic Cycle [XL Recordings]
25. DJ Crystl - Mind Games [Earth]

www.sonicrampage.org/blog

Blog

I Never Went to Speed ... [Special 90's Atmospheric Drum n' Bass Mix]

From 1994-1997 Fabio hosted a seminal radio show on Kiss FM. He would alternate each show with Grooverider and it was the first time jungle was played on legal radio. It was essential listening for music that wouldn't normally get played out, or even heard again! These shows were a window into another world and fresh 90-minute TDKs on hot standby was standard procedure. 

For the second hour of the show, Fabio would announce "The Jazzstep coming up next...", and after a few months it became "The Legendary Jazzstep..." - this was big!

The music was jazz-influenced and driven by funk breaks, which tended to be quite loose with the patterns. It was a golden era before things got stripped back to more surgical timings seen with liquid, it also made the sound feel more organic and musical.

This mix attempts to recreate the feeling of these shows with dreamy sax, epic keyboard solos, cool double bass and the funkiest of breakbeat grooves. Featuring music from Carlito, Subject 13, Hidden Agenda, Primary Motive and early Creative Source - some of the finest drum and bass ever made.

It was recorded from a mixture of both vinyl and digital, and it wouldn't be right for the Jazzstep show if there wasn't a couple of dubplates in there as well: a very jazzy something forthcoming on Make or Break from Deeptropix, and an unreleased collab track from Sekl @sekldnb and Rough Territory @Rough-Territory

Even during the peak era of the jungle, this music was considered quite a niche sound, but Fabio was a pioneer with a true passion and love for the music. Big respects to Fabio for doing his own thing and giving the music a platform for all to appreciate.

Visualiser on MOB YouTube Channel 📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBakm7J-gJI

A special mention to Deep Inside The Oldskool @ethereal94 for hosting archives of these Kiss FM shows in a playlist which should be given world heritage status. Check it out here: https://soundcloud.com/ethereal94/sets/radio-1-fm-kiss-100-fm

There is also a very good blog with a cache of Fabio Kiss FM tapes and some information and background about the scene at the time. http://mikusmusik.blogspot.com/2015/02/fabio-on-kiss-100-tape-cache.html

For the remaster of Vindication and more great music check out @NosHiddenAgenda Patreon https://www.patreon.com/NosHiddenAgenda

The Legendary Jazzstep Mix - An Ode to Fabio Kiss FM Show Mixed by Sekl

Tracklist
Carlito - Fall Down
G Force & Seiji	- Sex in Space (Remix)
New Jazz Hustlers - Bombay
The Architex - Escape
Tekniq - Razzmatazz
Hidden Agenda - Vindicator (2020 Remaster)
Primary Motive - S
Deeptropix - Dervish Funk
Source Direct - Bliss
Accelio	- Sanctuary
Rough Territory & Sekl - Funk Liberator
DJ Pulse and The Jazz Cartel - Destiny (Flytronix Remix)
The Quartet - Nevada
Lemon D - Submorphic
The Architex - Altitude
Subject 13 - Can U Feel The Vibez
Matrix - Slow Drift 
DJ Pulse and The Jazz Cartel - Street Player
EZ Rollers - Retro
Hidden Agenda - The Sun

Support Make or Break

The Legendary Jazzstep Mix - An Ode To Fabio Kiss FM Show Mixed by Sekl

This one is a freestyle selection of tunes dug out of storage.
Plenty of '94 tunes, starts off with Orca - Intalect (pictured) and flows through the 94 era from there. Lots of atmospheric rollers with some ragga burners in there for good measure.

Tracks from Orca, Adam F, DJ Rap, Digital, Section 5, Timeless, white labels and some obscure labels.

This was recorded a while back but never uploaded until now.

1. Orca - Intalect
2. Adam F - Listen
3. FX – The Sound Of FX
4. Family Of Intelligence –  Nice Time
5. Asend & Ultravibe – Thiefs Of Time
6. Roni Size – Kutt
7. DJ Rap - Spiritual Aura (Ray Kieth Remix)
8. MI5  – I Can't Understand
9. Trace – Lost Entity (Remix)
10. ??
11. Rob Andrews - Blue Lines Remix
12. DJ Ruffkutt – Dangerous
13. Harmony & Xtreme – Boo
14. Digital – Touch Me
15. Fusion – Feelings
16. ??
17. ??

LQ - Jungle Archaeology I

Opening set for CODE on 9/4/23 @ Stage & Radio Manchester..

Tracklist -

1. GY96 - Track B (Omerta Records)
2. Exclusion Principle - Ladders (Scientific Wax)
3.MTS - Inspiration (Juice Records)
4. Lavery - Mind Control (Sub Code Records)
5. Lavery - The Love You Give (Sub Code Records)
6. Dillinja - Promise (Metalheadz)
7. Holsten - Breath Of Life (UVB-76 Music)
8. Undercover Agent - Dub Plate Circles (Juice records)
9. Acid Lab - Eastman Dub
10. RUNDR/WDDS - Easterly Winds (Dub)
11. SIN - Outbreak (Architecture Recordings)
12. DJ Die - Play It For Me (V recordings)
13. Just Jungle - Told You (G Lab Recordings)
14. De Cet - Flavoured Beats (Sydonia Recordings)
15. D- Struct - Plot Twist (Onset Audio)
16. Jack South - Inner Join (Locked Up Music)
17. The Faraday - Police (Onset Audio)
18. Darsk - Subterfuge (Dark Red Records)

Cash Bailey- CODE - Warm Up Set -  9/4/23

https://www.hardscore.com/?p=9266

01. New Balance – Reflections (Looking Good LGR010)
02. ? – ? (Peshay & PFM Remix) (Unreleased)
03. JMJ & Richie – Beyond Therapy (Moving Shadow SHADOW102)
04. JDL – Blade Runner Blues (Brand Nu Musik BNM001)
05. Q-Project – Solar System (Looking Good LGR006)
06. 4 Mat 4 – Cult View (Blame Remix) (Precious Materials PM015)
07. Mystic Moods – Cosmic Fusion (Basement – BRSS065)
08. DJ Addiction – Senses (Earth EARTHLP002)
09. LTJ Bukem – Music (Peshay Re-Work) (Nexus NEXUS002)
10. Axis – Euphony (Looking Good LGR020)
11. Hieroglyphix – Destiny (Looking Good LGR012)
12. Intense – Careless Minds (Good Looking GLR18)
13. Blame – 360° Clic (Good Looking GLR019)

Big thanks to The Mighty Rabbit for supplying the Tape

LTJ Bukem – Kiss 100 FM [8th May 1996]

Prescribe da Vibe - The Heat
Dusky - Endless Sky
Forget Me Not - Big Tings
Law - Tampa Bump
Ell Murphy - Good 2 Me
Dusky & Interplanetary Criminal - Frontier
Strictly Dubz - Livin Dark
hitch.93 - What We Do
Stones Taro - So U Know (Stones Taro 4 Kicks Edit)
Dusky - Rollers
Ease Up George - Trouble
DJ Perception - Take Me Back
SP:MC - Love Hz
Pepe Elle - Sparkling Water 
Sade - Shelter Me (Mick James Remix)
Lynden David Hall - Forgive Me (Artful Dodger Dark Dub)
Dusky & El-b - Bubblin
BWK Project - Poison Dub
salute - Multiply Dub

Snakey - Swing Your Pants 7

Bunker beats 004 - An all 1993 mostly darkside ride. Dirty plates mixed on 1210s as god intended :)

01 - 4 Hero – Angry People
02 - Foul Play - Open Your Mind (Foul Play Remix)
03 - Tango – Make Me Feel 93
04 - Sound Of The Future - Fearless Wonder (Remix By Neil Vass & Jim Polo)
05 - Secret Squirrel – Coming On Dark
06 - Hopa & Bay B Kane - Hoppa
07 - Gwange & Spinback – The Execution
08 - Mad Dog - Monged Out
09 - Bizzy B - Total Amnesia
10 - Beyond The Future – Mystery Ride (Flatline Mix)
11 - Desired State – Killer Beat
12 - Double Dipped And Dr.G. – It's Emerging
13 - FBD Project – Breakin Up (B Boy Remix)
14 - Intense - The Quickening (D.O.P.E. Remix)
15 - Dj Peshay - Gangster
16 - Secret Squirrel & A.J Flex – Come Rudebwoy (Rmx)
17 - Smith Inc Featuring Simon Bassline Smith – Palomino

BUNKER BEATS <004> Mafs

Since streaming regularly on Twitch about this time last year I have been very bad at recording "studio" mixes, as most of my time mixing was live. Wanted to make an effort to get some mixes back on Soundcloud, so here's one! Lots of atmospheric and spacey jungle, old and new. It features Intense, Wax Doctor, Kid Drama, Tim Reaper, Damian's Ghost and MORE. Hope you enjoy it.

Trip To Triton [Atmospheric Jungle Mix]

Tracklist:

Dev/Null:
Concept 3 - Rush (Remix)
Kid Lib - Lost In Tokyo
Rolling Thunder - Such Power X-ists
Smith & Mighty - Raw Tune
Tango & Fallout - Positive Chaos (Essence Of Aura VIP)
DJ SS - Pulsation Remix
Coco Bryce - Yallah
On Remand - Assault ‘94
Abreaction - The Mind (Mix 2)
Combination 2 - Can You Reach
Goops - Listening Distance
Ricky Force - Spinning Lucky
Psycho & Mr Man - Marked Up
Equinox - Massive Sound

Equinox:
Jeep Head - voodoo too (the criminal minds remix)
Unknown Artist - Untitled
A Guy Called Gerald - Glok Track
System Ex - Mindgames Remix
Chaos & Julia Set - Fear The Future
TDK & Bizzy B -  Warp Factor One
Da Dread - Sensuory Distortion
Unknown - Roy A Dub

Equinox & Dev/Null - Drum Poetry August 3rd 2023

Reinforced Records Enforcers Volumes 1 to 16 Mix

(oldskool hardcore > jungle > drum&bass)

- TwoHungryGhosts.com : 
"It is rare that we hear a mix that encapsulates everything we like about a DJ set but when we heard this one we knew we had to have it as a Guest Module for the blog.

DJINN has managed to capture the pirate radio style of DJ’ing that helped catapult the hardcore/jungle scene so rapidly back in the early nineties and also pinpoints why Reinforced was so pivitol in transforming the music and gave dnb the cutting edge and forward thinking approach we fell in love with.
Reinforced was a leader in modern fusion and production techniques and was one of the most important labels in UK dance music.

This mix illustrates why it was at the forefront of the drum and bass scene and features tracks from some of the genres most well respected names and pioneers." 

01) Basic Rhythm - Neurosis (Bassline Smith & Special K rmx) [1992]
02) DJ Randall - The 'R' [1993]
03) Inta Warriors - What Would We Do [1993]
04) Main Source - R. Solution [1993]
05) Grooverider - Sinister (The Influence mix) [1993]
06) Covert Operations - Ice Cold [1994]
07) Peshay - Gangsta II (remix) [1994]
08) Manix - Turn Away Skull Special Request (Tek9 rmx) [1995]
09) DJ Randall - Flava's [1996]
10) Lemon D - Break It Up [1996]
11) Paradox - Venus Probe [1997]
12) Arcon 2 - No Remorse [1997]
13) Manix - Hardcore Junglism (Total Science rmx) [2001]
14) Doc Scott - Here Come The Drums (Breakage rmx) [2001]
15) S.P.Y. - Revival [2011]
16) Ulterior Motive - Frozen Sky [2011] 

all vinyl set

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Reinforced Records Enforcers mix //  Volumes 1 to 16 [vinyl only set]

Hi All

As you can see, I like to mix DnB and Garage music. All done on my trusty 1210s and 2 channel mixer - sometimes with a bit of help from Traktor, sometimes just my records.

I also have mixes available here

https://www.mixcloud.com/danwakeman90/

Thanks for reading and enjoy the mixes.

Snakey.

Cover photograph by Mitch Epstein.

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