This is a re-recording of the set I played at North Radical Technology's 14th Birthday @ Motion Skate Park Complex in Bristol on Feb 11th 2011. With only 45 minutes to play Hardcore Techno classics from the 95-2000 era of the infamous Steam nightclub in Rhyl & also the early 'Deathrow Techno North' nights which I played at towards the end of the last millenium, it was very difficult to choose just a handful of records from so many bangers. I tried to span across as many artists/labels/countries as possible.. if anything the selection may be weighted a little too much towards the music and labels of Lenny Dee, but this probably just reflects the enormous impact he had upon the music at that time. (The oldest track in the mix is his release on Edge 10 from 1993, a tune which is now almost 20 years old.. you may be able to hear this from the amount of crackle audible on the vinyl !) The mix was done in one take with no edits on 2 x Technics 1200s and a Rane mixer, all vinyl of course. 

DJ Dannycrash steam north classics

This is a rough edit of a track I made about 10 years ago after my return from the infamous Czechtek teknival... having spent the best part of a week living on site with thousands of people and 30 plus hard techno sound systems going for it 24/7 non stop, this was the result when I reached a computer, armed only with tinnitus and only a few hours experience of Propellerhead Reason. An edit of it appeared on a CD called 'Resistance is Fertile'.

DJ Danny Crash - Czech Da Tek

'95 - Rave baptism @ squat party, London. Begins to collect hardcore/techno vinyl from 3rd Planet records, Rhyl. Buys pair of shit belt drive decks and learns to mix. '98 - Swaps belt drives for Technics; discovers turntablism. Enters North Radical Technology DJ comp & wins. Gets bookings for various sweatboxes (clubs) North, Kinetic etc. 2000 - gets bored of clubs, returns to play exclusively on free party soundsystems inc. Daylite Robbery, Desert Storm, Manik etc. in U.K. and abroad at Euro teknivals. 2003 - All worldly possessions inc. much of record collection and mini studio go up in flames in house fire. Goes into semi/early retirement from DJing, turntablism and music production to concentrate on other stuff. 2008 - Recovers from fire trauma, 2009 - Returns to performing with live turntablism showcase. 2010 - Mini-battle with World DMC champion DJ Shiftee (US) upon invite of Tony Prince inspires return to music including live jam with DJ QBert @ Hench in The Game, 2012. Contact here or http://www.facebook.com/danny.crash

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