This is my take on early 90s rave/house. Tracks from 1988 - 1996 (with the exception of a Shadow Acid track from last year).

I’m pretty late to 90s rave appreciation. Born in '88 (33 now) and been a DJ since 2006. Got into it just last year, 2020. Got me through the first of a few lockdowns and I can't seem to shift back to what I listened to before. This stuff is still shifting souls as far as I'm concerned.

Making this mix has given me a lot of hope. Itching to share these sounds behind the decks.

Enjoy and much love,
ELA (chris)

Track IDs / timestamps:

0:00 Orbital - Chime Full Club Mix (1992)
3:20 King Bee - Feel The Flow (1990)
4:22 Reese & Santonio - Rock To The Beat (1988)
6:39 Robert Owens - I’ll Be Your Friend (Glamorous Mix) (1991)
9:53 The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (1992)
13:20 Thursday Club - A Place Called Acid (Rennie's Acid Indigestion Mix) (1995)
15:30 Mental Cube - So This Is Love (1991)
17:39 Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy (Paul Oakenfold Mix) (1991)
21:34 Fiction - Fantasy World (Mellow Approach) (1991)
24:10 Andronicus - Make You Whole (1992)
28:16 Virtualmismo - Cosmonautica (Lunar Lander Mix) (1994)
30:19 Tronik House - Up Tempo (Original Reese Mix) (1992)
32:08 Lost - The Gonzo (1990)
33:09 2 Bad Mice - Bombscare ('94 US Mix) (1994)
34:13 Soundcraft - This Some Bad Weed (1993)
37:33 Project 86 - Industrial Bass (Backroom Mix) (1990)
38:37 Awesome 3 - Hard up (1990) 
42:24 Free Force - M.I.R.C.O. (Mono Tone Mix) (1990)
43:56 Rhythm Invention - Can't Take It (Cold Cellar mix) (1993)
46:03 Mr. Peach - Let's Dance (1993)
48:18 Solitaire Gee - Slumberland (Rhythm Invention remix) (1993)
50:19 Gat Decor - Passion (1992)
55:33 Second Chance - In Paradise (1990) 
57:32 Moby - Go (Woodtick Mix) (1991)
1:00:03 Sasha & John Digweed - Virtualmismo / Mismoplastico (1994)
1:01:43 Vision Masters - Keep On Pumpin' It Up (Angelic Remix) (1991)
1:06:35 True Faith, Final Cut,  Bridgett Grace - Take Me Away (A-Cappella) (1991)
1:07:25 Deskee - Let There Be House (West Bam Mix) (1989)
1:09:17 Tony Lionni - Found A Place
1:10:10 Friends Of Matthew - Out There (1991)
1:11:38 Shadow Acid - Another Chance (2020)
1:13:14 KMA Productions - Cape Fear (1996)
1:15:38 Digital Excitation - Pure Pleasure (Rave Mix) (1991)
1:19:07 Love Revolution - Give It To Me Baby (1991)
1:23:35 Grace - Orange (1996)
1:26:38 The QT Quartet - Hold That Sucker Down (Skyscraper) (1994)
1:29:31 Taiko - Echo Drop (Hard) (1994)
1:34:07 anticapella - 2√231 (Extended Mix) (1991)
1:35:05 Overnite - The Time Has Come (1991)
1:37:14 HNO3 - Doughnut Dollies (1988)
1:39:12 Sonic Solution - Get On The Move (1995)
1:42:07 Nightwriters - Let The Music Use You (92 Hardcore) (1992)
1:45:08 Rachel Wallace - Tell me Why (M+M full Vocal) (1992)
1:47:18 Brainstorm - Help Me To Believe (1990)
1:49:58 Solution - What Can I Do (1995)
1:53.04 Primal Scream - Come Together (1991)

Back 2 the 90s DJ mix

Back 2 the 90s - DJ mix - Rave, House, Acid, Techno - Oldskool, New Beat

Something I made using Ableton live, a midi keyboard and fragmented audio recordings on my phone.

Composed, produced, vocals by Chris Durnford (ELA)

ELA 001 - Dystopian Diagnosis (in progress, unmastered)

A quick mess around on Ableton, with vocals from a voice recording of my friend Tamy.

Composed, produced by Chris Durnford (ELA). Vocals by Tamy.

ELA 002 - Tempo Tamy (unmastered)

Just a demo version, unfinished and still a long way to go, but you can get a bit of a feel for it.

ELA 003 - Electron (unmastered, demo)

Draft demo of a track I'm working on at the moment. 

Composed / produced on Ableton Live by Chris Durnford (ELA)

ELA 004 - Jody (first draft, demo)

90s Rave/House/Acid/Oldskool/New Beat are my current release. Itching to play this kind of set out (back to the 90s mix).

DJing since 2006, organising nights from 2016 - @wearefruite @supvsn (ig). Learning to produce since the beginning of this year (2021), with a few demos uploaded. 

Lean more towards eerie, ambient, electro in terms of production. 

Studied lighting design, got into my meterological light installations. Responsive to environment, mood & energy. 

A lot of my earlier mixes span across minimal, house, techno, with a noticeable ambient uplift - or downward spiral.

https://linktr.ee/chrisdurnford

Fruité Chris

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