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What Evil Lurks 0:00
We're Gonna Rock 4:19
Manic 8:53
Drop The Bass 12:39
Android II 16:30
Your Love (EP) 21:22
Pandemonia 27:23
Charlie I 31:37
Charlie II 36:49
Dr Zupan 40:26
The Beat 44:08
Android I 46:45
Drop The Bass 51:42
Manic (Spacehopper) 55:26
Everybody In The Place 58:46
Charlie I 1:02:11


Liam Howlett (The Prodigy) - demo 1990 with tracklist

1 Electro Shock - Mysterious - Unlimited/Flying Italy
2 I Need Walking - David X - Zig Zag/Jocks Italy
3 Atmosphere - Lee Lewis - BCR, Italy
4 Sit On The Bass - Autonation - R&S Belgium
5 Ladies With An Attitude - Epitome Of Hype - Blapps U.K.
6 Where Are They Hiding - Mental Mayhem - Atmosphere U.S.
7 Al-Naa-Fysh (Bones 90 Remix) - Hashim - Injection, Holland
8 Synth It - Revelation - Atmosphere U.S.
9 The Question - Noel - Cutting
10 Free Your Mind - Fozbee & Cooz - Another Sphere U.K.
11 Jump - Michael Kidd Gomez - More Music U.S
12 She Aint Nothing But A Hoe - Mark Imperial - House Nation
13 Bang Bang - Bang The Party - Warrior Dance U,K,
14 Death Of A Kamakaze - Genecide II - Jumpin & Pumpin U.K
15 Technoir (Quartz) - Nato - B Tech, Sweden
16 Time 2 Feel The Rhythm - How II House - Bigshot, Canada
17 Make Noise - Only In The Dark - Profile U.S.
18 Force DInquisition - Voltage Control - Antler Subway, Belg.
19 Play It Again - Out Of The Ordinary - Abfahrt
20 System - Force Legato - Abfahrt
21 Technoid - Technoid - New Zone, Germany
22 I Fear The Night - Tyree - Underground, U.S.
23 The Bass Girl - Hardhouse/Todd Terry - Easy Street U.S.
24 Can You Feel The Beat - Nexus 21 (Altern8) - Smokin Beat
25 Faces Of Horror - Liasons D w/ Can You Feel It - Mr. Fingers

Frankie Bones was the original and first DJ coming out of the Brooklyn Underground during the mid 80's with the vision of what was yet to come on the global front of Electronic Dance Music culture. His early mission came in the many releases of Fourth Floor Records and Nugroove Records. In a time when timing meant everything, the buzz of his early works caught the attention of the rapidly growing scenesters in the London Orbital M25 raves during the Summer Of Love in 1988.

Those early "Bonesbreaks" vinyls led Frankie to playing at a rave called "Energy" which had 25,000 people. With the scene already reaching critical mass, Bones had set off a fierce bidding war between XL Recordings and Deconstruction, which led to two albums by Musto & Bones.

The U.K. was very impressed by Frankie's unique Brooklyn style which was a raw-freestylish-bass-in-your-bass-bins-but-electro-bass style that was raw enough to keep the entire scene and industry at bay, waiting for the underground to bubble over. With gigs, remixing and production work pouring in by the truckload, Frankie ventured out into the early European scene playing key breaking parties in France, Holland, Italy, Denmark and Germany. Each country taking note of his style and wanting to license music.

From all the success in Europe, a booking would follow in Los Angeles based strictly on his success in Europe. In fact the L.A. promoters did not understand where the Brooklyn accent was coming from? But the West Coast scene had just started and Frankie held down Bi-Monthly events in London, L.A. and in NYC.

His vision of STORMrave made history. As did the Sonic Groove shop where he sold vinyl to the masses.

Comments, hints and suggestions are always welcome!

Frankie Bones @ Quadrant Park, Liverpool, U.K.  20.09.1990

All of a sudden, like a clap of thunder in a clear sky, house music exploded in Amsterdam. It was September 1988, the end of the summer that the British had already dubbed "The Summer Of Love," and the birth of a new era in the capital.

Shrouded in steam and smoke, lit by furious, flashing strobes, Eddy de Clercq stands behind the turntables at the RoXY. Beaded with sweat, in deep concentration and completely at one with the music, he builds a compelling, hypnotising soundtrack of electronic beats and basslines. Uplifting house tracks alternate with beautiful, vocal garage and abstract, futuristic Detroit techno. Waves of energy shudder through the crowd, who whoop and cheer with each subsequent track. Football whistles blare, a siren begins to wail. Can you feeeel it? The temperature reaches boiling point as the dance floor explodes in yet another ecstatic climax. But then the DJ makes a radical change in tack. The musical rollercoaster hurtles on into the depths of the night, driven forward by an intense, biting acid track that makes the floor shake. Strange and estranging and going so deep that we seem for a moment to step into an intoxicating dreamworld where time no longer exists.

In the late summer of 1988, over the course of only a few weeks, the RoXY, a stylish, former cinema on the Singel in Amsterdam, grew into a veritable house temple: the dazzling centre of the capital's young house scene and a club whose fame in the years that followed would take on almost mythical proportions. Not only because of the music, but also due to the extravagant clientele, who knew how to create an amazing party atmosphere.

[00:00] Rhythm Is Rhythm - Strings Of Life
[03:48] Djum Djum - Difference
[05:33] Nightmares On Wax - Aftermath
[07:06] ?
[10:27] 4 For Money - Its A Moment In Time (Rising High Dub)
[13:07] Liaisons Dangereuses - Peut Etre...Pas
[18:12] Jamie Principle - Your Love
[22:25] Pete Shelley - Witness The Change
[26:31] The D.O.C. - Portrait Of A Masterpiece (Hip Hop 12" Extended Mix)
[30:45] ?
[33:50] Master C&J - Face It 
[35:55] Reese - Just Want Another Chance
[39:22] Lovechild - Sweet Ambience (Deep Dub)
[46:50] ?
[42:54] Chapter 1 - Unleash The Groove (E-Funk Mix)
[48:58] Suburban Knight - The Art Of Stalking
[51:01] Tyree - Acid Crash
[56:15] Ron Trent - Altered States

Comments, hints and suggestions are always welcome!

Derrick May @ RoXY, Amsterdam   28.09.1990

 Gino Latino - No Sorry
  K-Os - Definition Of Love
  Inner City - Do You Love What You Feel (Power 41 In Control Remix)
  Inner City - Do You Love What You Feel (Power 41 Remix)
  Royal House - Get Funky
  Raven Maize - Forever Together
  White Knight - Keep It Movin (Cause The Crowd Says So) (Insane Mix)
  Sound Factory - Cuban Gigolo
  Dionne - Come Get My Lovin
  28th Street Crew - I Need A Rhythm (Vocal Club Mix)
  Adeva - Warning
  The Bass Boyz - Lost In The Bass (Mike - Hitman - Wilson Mix)
  Julian - Jumpin - Perez & Kool Rock Steady - Aint We Funky Now
  Monie Love - Grandpa's Party (Love II Love Mix)
  Tony Scott - That's How I'm Living
  Chubb Rock - Ya Bad Chubbs (Crib Mix)
  Akasa - One Night In My Life
  Kid 'n' Play - 2 Hype (House Inst.)
  Kenny - Jammin - Jason & Fast Eddie - Can U Dance
  Jungle Crew - Elektric Dance
  NWA - Express Yourself
  Big Daddy Kane - Warm It Up, Kane
  Queen Latifah - Dance 4 Me (Ultimatum Mix - Vocal)
  MC's Logik - Get Involved (In It To Win It Mix)
  Reese - Rock To The Beat (Mike Wilsons Hitman Mix)
  Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings Of Life (Unreleased Remix)
  R-Tyme - R-Theme
  Doug Lazy - Let It Roll
  Frankie Bones - We Call It Techno
  Seduction - You're My One & Only True Love (C & C New York House Mix 1)
  Sandee - Notice Me
  Forgemasters - Track With No Name
  Diskonexion - Love Rush (Put On Mix)
  Black Box - Ride On Time
  Sterling Void - Runaway Girl
  Annette - Dream 17
  Phase II - Reachin
  T-R-P - Let There Be House - Untitled
  Orange Lemon - Dreams Of Santa Anna
  Shannon - Let The Music Play (1989 European Remix)
  + Film Clip Sample Poss From Donna Rouge - Sad Song - 12?
  Carly Simon - Why / Donna Rouge - Sad Song (Acapella)
  + Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream - Speech Excerpt
  Imagination - Just An Illusion (Park & Pickering Mix)
  Company 2 - Tell It As It Is
 Roberta Flack - Uh Uh Ooh Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) (Steve - Silk - Hurley Mix)
  2 In A Room - Somebody In The House Say Yeah
  T-R-P - Let There Be House - Untitled
  Richie Rich - Salsa House
  Redhead Kingpin & The FBI - Do The Right Thing (Happiness Remix)
  Digital Underground - Doowutchalike (Playhowyalike Mix)
  Kariya - Let Me Love You For Tonight
  Nocera - Summertime Summertime (House - 89)
  Lil' Louis - French Kiss / Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Acca)
  808 State - Pacific
  Sueno Latino - Sueno Latino
  Dynamic Duo - In The Pocket (Hip House Dub)
  Da Posse - It's My Life (Aluh Mix)
  Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam
  ?
  Mix N - Tel - Feel The Beat (Pierre's Mix)
  Gary Jackmaster Wallace - House Has Taken Over Me (The House Every Night Oh Yeah Mix) 

Comments, hints and suggestions are always welcome!

Graeme Park & Mike Pickering @ The Hacienda, Manchester, U.K.  26.02.1989

One of the most well-known DJ's in the world, famous for his tireless remix and production work, as well as his long-running association with fellow top-flight Sasha. Beginning DJ'ing in the early 1990's in the company of friends like Fabio and Grooverider, he began to champion the burgeoning progressive house sound, most notably with his residency at Renaissance with Sasha. His partnership with Nick Muir as Bedrock in the early 90's yielded the club hits "For What You Dream Of" and "Set In Stone", and the runaway popularity of his Bedrock Records record label was established with its first release, "Heaven Scent", in late 1999. John continues to remix and produce music while running the Bedrock Records label and a successful weekly radio show on KISS-100 FM in the UK. 

Comments, hints and suggestions are always welcome!

John Digweed @ Renaissance, Mansfield, U.K.  28.11.1992

01. Roman - Free The Feeling (Part II)
02. Inner City - Hallelujah (Leftfield on High Vocal)
03. Mariah Carey - Make It Happen (C&C Dub)
04. Nu-World - Chrystol Dance
05. Gypsymen - Hear The Music (Tee's Freeze Mix)
06. Passion Flower - Urban Bells
07. Shawn Christopher - Don't Lose the Magic (Morales Bump Dub Mix)
08. The R.A.S.E. - Get On Up (Groovy Disco Mix)
09. Sure Is Pure feat. Aphrique - Is This Love Really Real? (Yowsah Vocal)
10. Kathy Sledge - Take Me Back to Love Again (Shelter Me Mix)
11. The Beatmasters - Dunno What It Is (About You)
12. Ann Consuelo - See the Day (StoneBridge Mix)
13. Blow - The Cutter
14. Jam & Spoon - Stella
15. The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea
16. MI7 - Rocking Down the House (Chop Mix)
17. Rusty - Everything Is Gonna Change (Sasha's Dub Mix)
18. St Etienne - Join Our Club (Billy Nasty Mix)
19. Little Louie Vega & Marc Anthony - Ride on the Rhythm
20. Bomb The Bass - You See Me in 3D (Remix)
21. D.O.P. - Groovy Beat (Part 2)
22. Gat Decor - Passion

A much renowned DJ and production figure in trance and progressive circles, Sasha was born in 1969 in North Wales UK. Became famous in the late 80's and early 90's for residencies at clubs like Shelly's, the Hacienda, and most notably Renaissance. At Renaissance, formed a now-famous DJ partnership with John Digweed which continues to the present day.

Comments, hints and suggestions are always welcome!


Sasha @ Renaissance, Mansfield, U.K.  04.1992

I can't remember a time without the strains of soul music drifting through our house. With both parents coming from Barbados I was brought up very much in tune with a natural party ethos that went hand in hand with a love of good music. My earliest musical memories are of Booker T and the MGs, Aretha Franklin and, of course the great Elvis, and I used to hijack my parents collection of 70's soul 45's and get the whole family grooving round the lounge! I guess the early signs were there - my passion for music combined with an over-whelming desire to entertain as many people as possible.

By 10 I had well and truly caught the bug and was spending every bit of my pocket money on soul and funk records. I got my first pair of decks (just the 2!) by the age of 15 and I started to play as many parties as I could, discovering that I could buzz off a crowd whilst funding my habit at the same time. As the 70's became the 80's I followed the musical trend from soul to disco to hip-hop but it wasn't really until I moved to Brighton in 1986 that I discovered, along with so many others, the pure thrill of acid house.

The 'Summer Of Love' was special for me in more ways than one. It was at the Sunrise rave on the outskirts of London in 1988 that I had had my biggest breakthrough yet. I was already something of a regular on the infamous M1/Orbital rave circuit but it was at Sunrise that I had the idea to hook up a third deck. At 10.30am on a hazy Sunday morning I managed to tempt 15,000 partied out ravers back onto their weary feet and kick the party back into action - it was an amazing experience- and since then my phone has not stopped ringing with offers for 'The 3 Deck Wizard'. I was fortunate enough to participate in many of the events that have gone down in history as defining moments in the history of UK club culture, such as playing the opening night at Rampling's legendary Shoom, running The Project with Oakie as well as holding a residency at Brighton's ZAP club.

With my reputation as a DJ well and truly secured I was able to turn my attentions towards producing. Initially signing to Perfecto I had my first hit in 1992 with 'I Want You' and, believe me, no one was more surprised than me when I found myself performing on Top Of The Pops when my record peaked at number 23 in the UK charts!!

Despite the fact that the follow up 'Does It Feel Good To You' also charted in the top 40, commercial success was never what I had been aiming for, it was all somewhat too far removed from the reality and buzz of setting a dance floor alight. Whilst fellow spinners such as Grooverider and Fabio moved from raves into Jungle, choosing to focus on a very UK and London orientated sound, I couldn't escape the American and European influences that had always been there whilst I was growing up. I have always been very globally minded which comes across in my choice of music, which I use to cross physical and cultural boundaries to bring people together. Essentially my heart lies with house and techno and it was for this reason that I chose to take a back seat from my impending career as a pop star and be true to myself by going underground and re-discovering my roots. 

Comments, hints and suggestions are always welcome!

Carl Cox @ The Eclipse, Coventry, U.K.  1991

American DJ, record producer, and remixer, born 18 January 1955 in South Bronx, New York City, New York, USA, died 31 March 2014 in Chicago, Illinois, USA..
He was the Dj from 1977 to 1982 at the Warehouse. It is widely accepted that his style of DJing and his selection and the appeal of the Warehouse gave house music its name, although in the beginning, the word 'house' was used only in Chicago to denote something which was cool, hip, fresh or bad. Frankie Knuckles had been long time friends with Larry Levan, they had had their musical upbringing together from going to clubs like Loft and the Gallery.
 
01 Michael McDonald "All We Got (Shep Pettibone Remix)" (Reprise)
02 Frankie Knuckles "Workout (Original Demo)" (Virgin)
03 Alison Limerick "Where Love Lives (Red Zone Mix)" (Arista)
04 Basscut "I'm Not in Love" (Charisma)
05 Unknown "Unknown"
06 Sounds of Blackness "The Pressure (Frankie Knuckles Classic Mix)" (Perspective/AM:PM)
07 Mike Wilson feat. Shawn Christopher "Another Sleepless Night (Red Zone Mix)" (BMG)
08 Fast Eddie "Let's Go" (D.J. International)
09 Trilogy "Love Me Forever or Love Me Not" (ACTO)
10 Frankie Knuckles "The Whistle Song" (Virgin)

Comments, hints and suggestions are always welcome!

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