Name: Trace: The Origins of Techstep pt.3 - Kool FM (19.12.23) by DSCI4
Duration: 2 h

Ah some tech step loveliness, just what I need on a Saturday morning - thank you brother 🔥🔥🔥

One of the best sets I’ve heard. It’s had so many listens. Can’t get enough of it.

The Origins of Techstep Part 3

1. Dylan - The Eyes - Renegade Hardware
2. Technical Itch - Deception - Tech Itch Recordings 
3. Hive – Ultrasonic Sound (Dillinja Remix) Vortex Recordings
4. Decoder - Tension (Usual Suspects Remix) Tech Itch Recordings
5. Decoder – Back @ Mine - Moving Shadow
6. Acetate – Cold Steel Pressure - Flex Records
7. Acetate – Spirit (Ambisonics '98 Remix) Labello Blanco Recordings 
8. Twisted Anger – Woodsnake - Penny Black
9. Absolute Zero & Subphonics - The Code (Usual Suspects Remix) RH
10. Bad Company – Seizure - Virus
11. Capone - The Growler - Hardleaders
12. Alpha Proxima - 20th Century - Autoi
13. Alpha Proxima - Future Voices - Autoi
14. Dieselboy - Invid (E-Sassin VIP) Palm Pictures
15. A Sides – Confliction - Fuze Recordings
16. Peshay - Amazon - V Recordings
17. Codename John Feat. Grooverider – Warned - Prototype
18. Future Cut feat DJ Kontrol - Bloodline - Renegade Hardware
19. Arkane – Fever - Underfire
20. Epsilon - Black Hole - Sound Sphere Recordings
21. B L I M - Filterzon (Acetate Remix) Emotif Recordings 
22. Trace & Optical - Sphere - Prototype
23. Ed Rush & Nico - Torque - No U-Turn
24. E-Sassin - Future Shock - Pneuma Recordings
25. Arcon 2 - The Beckoning - Reinforced Records


Techstep developed from jungle music and hardstep around 1995. The name of the genre was coined by Ed Rush and Trace.

https://rinse.fm/episodes/trace-19-12-2023-2300/

Trace: The Origins of Techstep pt.3 - Kool FM (19.12.23)

Calibre And DRS - Sun And Bass 2012

Carbon Music: Fierce - 21 December 2024

A bank holiday mix for our Intabeats family from our mates SCAR; exceptional DJs and producers of heavy grooves.

Intabeats Mix 003 - SCAR

Step into a defining moment in techstep history.
Straight from the source — Trace on the decks with a live DJ set from Subtronix, recorded November 20th, 1999. No polish, no compromise — just heavy vibes, deep cuts, and the uncompromising sound of a scene in full flight.
🎧 Listen to the archived show on Rinse FM:
https://www.rinse.fm/episodes/trace-15-04-2025-2300/

Tracklist:
- 1. Ryme Tyme – Frogger – 1210
- 2. Bad Company – Sentient – BC
- 3. Dieselboy – The Descent (Decoder Remix) – Palm Pictures
- 4. Drum Kru – Rigmasher – Dub
- 5. Bad Company – Oxygen – BC
- 6. Ed Rush & Optical – Socom
- 7. Maldini & DJ Fresh feat. Trace – Sneakers – BC
- 8. Bad Company – Brain-Scan – BC
- 9. Ray Keith – Something Out There (BC Remix) – Dread
- 10. Matrix – Six – Virus
- 11. Trace & Ryme Tyme – Move – DSCI4
- 12. Bad Company – 4 Days – BC
- 13. BC & Trace – Nitrous – BC
- 14. Trace – Sonar (Optical & Trace Remix) – Prototype
- 15. DJ Die – Drop Bear – V
- 16. DJ Reality – Cobra – Trouble On Vinyl
- 17. Bad Company – Splint (Unreleased)
- 18. Digital & Spirit – Crash
- 19. Ryme Tyme – T-Minus – Moving Shadow
- 20. Optical & Trace – Kridian – Virus
- 21. Transit – Machine Power – Pleroma Inc
- 22. DJ Ink & J.W. – Syndicate Zone – Architecture
- 23. Jonny L – Selecta – Piranha Records
- 24. Dred Bass – Morpheus – Back 2 Basics
- 25. Ryme Tyme & Optical – Shape Charge – 1210
- 26. Trace & Optical – Mercury Switch – Virus
- 27. Dred Bass – New Destiny (Part 2) – Back 2 Basics
- 28. Bad Company – Silicon Dawn – BC
- 29. E-Sassin – Malfunction – Sound Sphere
- 30. Jonny L – Change – Piranha Records
- 31. Bad Company – Forgotten – BC
- 32. Ed Rush & Optical – Crash – Virus
- 33. Bad Company – Beacon – BC
- 34. Matrix – Fallen (Remix) – Idioma
- 35. Bad Company – Deadside – BC
- 36. Bad Company – Skin Tag – Virus
- 37. Ryme Tyme – Judgement Day – Moving Shadow
- 38. Bad Company – Colonies – BC
- 39. Everything But The Girl – Blame (Grooverider Dub) – Virgin
- 40. Matrix – Airhead – Virus

Trace: Return to the Source (Live in Auckland, NZ, ’99)

INK LIVE @PHONOX METALHEADZ - A set I did awhile ago for Metalheadz Respecc MC Fokus

Many tracks can be found on Architecture Recordings : - 

https://architecturerecordings.bandcamp.com/

INK LIVE @PHONOX METALHEADZ

Archive - @formlessmcr show, live on Jungletrain.net radio 08/05/25 . 
Thursdays bi-weekly 9:30pm to 11:00pm (uk time)

Music submissions - email : beats@djdjinn.com     TL >>

Jungle / oldskool special 

Shadow Child & DJ Haus - Mystik Vortex (Unknown To The Unknown)
Sounds of Life  - Spice of Jazz (Certificate 18)
Bounty Killaz - Do It Now (DJ Pulse Remix) (Creative Wax)
Kloke - Other Worlds (Diamond Life)
Eusebeia - Optimyst (Rupture LDN)
Dillinja - Breathe (Deep Jungle)
Photek - First Sequence (Photek Productions)
Undercover Agent - Dream (Juice)
Sounds of Life  - Intellect (Certificate 18)
Orca - My Eyes (Lucky Spin) 
Trace - By Any Means Necessary (VIP) (Deep Jungle)
DJ Nut Nut - The Rumble (remix) (Production House)
Buda & Response - Float (dub)
Photek - UFO (Science)
Subjects - Feelin (Deep Jungle)
Johnny Jungle - The Devoted Drummer (Suburban Base)
Slipmaster J - Groundhog Day (remix) (Lucky Spin)
Boogie Times Tribe - My Soul (Roni Size & Krust rmx) (Suburban Base)
Source Direct - Future London (Odysee)
Dom & Roland - Sonic Shock (Moving Shadow)
Kid Lib - All That I Can Do (Scientific Wax)
ASC - Light Speed (Spatial)
Truper - 3B (Basement)
Aquarius - Aquatic (Good Looking)
Andy Odysee - Beyond Measure (Odysee)
Mirage - Deep Rage (Odysee)
Dwarde & Tim Reaper - Foliage (Creative Wax)
Wax Doctor  - Step (R & S)
Run Tings & Liftin Spirits - Come Easy (Suburban Base)
ASC - After Dark (Auxiliary)
Mies FM - Onward (FoKuz)

Live on Jungletrain.net - 8th May 2025 - [Formless] - Jungle special

Trace Presents: Nocturnal Frequencies LP To celebrate the 50th release on the legendary DSCI4 label, Trace presents the Nocturnal Frequencies LP — a deep dive into dark, futuristic drum & bass. Showcasing heavyweight tracks from both veteran and rising artists, this exclusive launch captures the raw energy and forward vision of the underground.

🛰️ OUT NOW 🛰️

📡 LP: https://dsci4.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnal-frequencies-lp
📡 Sampler: https://dsci4.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnal-frequencies-lp-sampler



Trace: Nocturnal Frequencies LP Showcase – Kool FM (20.05.25)

Klaus Veen - Fietspomp (Slowed + Reverb)

Strawberry Smints - Knowledge

🌏 Australia Dreamflow is a Drum & Bass odyssey inspired by the vast landscapes, sacred places, and wild energy of the continent.
From coral reefs at sunrise to the neon pulse of the cities and the raw fire of the Outback, each track flows like a journey through sound.
Didgeridoo drones, tribal rhythms, and atmospheric textures merge with euphoric melodies, deep sub-bass, and heavy club drops.
A fusion of nature and future – Australia in Drum & Bass.

Melbourne Pulse

DSCI4 is a pioneering Techstep label, known for its dark, futuristic soundscapes.

Trace: The Origins of Techstep pt.3 - Kool FM (19.12.23)

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