I have just been given the funniest look from my daughter grandson today at this point onwards when I jumped up onto the cupboard to dance

what an opening record wiped my head out first time I heard this 😳

With well over 30 years of mixing experience; this genre of mix means the most to me as it includes many tracks from my first few crates of vinyl. I knew I had discovered something special between mid 1989 & early 1991 when I became aware of this new raw music. For me 1990 is where the fusion in the production became interesting. Hardcore rave had arrived and it was unlike anything I had ever heard. Laced with bleeps, bass, break beats, stomping techno and acid it would pave the way for generations of genres to come. This was my musical epiphany. This was my sound. This was my era!

This is my hardcore mix. There are many like it but this one is mine!

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1 - Earth Leakage Trip - No Idea
2 - Genaside II - Death Of The Kamikazee (Brixton Mix)
3 - Tekno 2 - Jet-Star
4 - Manic - I’m Comin Hardcore
5 - Skin Up - A Juicy Red Apple
6 - Space Opera - Space 3001
7 - Cybersonik - Technarchy
8 - Frankie Bones & Lenny Dee - Another Place Another Time
9 - Super Ragga Gabba - One Mo Rave
10 - A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funky Dredd - Total Confusion 
11 - Lost - The Gonzo
12 - Carl Cox - Let The Bass Kick (Success n Effect)
13 - Overnite - The Time Has Come
14 - Mental Cube - Q
15 - Claudia Chin - Roller Coaster Passion
16 - The Blapps Posse - Egyptian Tune
17 - Out Phaze - Re-Activate
18 - Altern-8 - Move My Body
19 - Da Juice - Cmon Cmon
20 - The Beat Club - Security
21 - N-R-G Posse - Themes
22 - Hardnoise - Untitled
23 - TNG - Basskick
24 - 4 Hero - The Scorcher
25 - Luca Lozano - Outer Space
26 - Frankie Bones & Lenny Dee - Inject The Beat
27 - Skin Up - Make Me Scream
28 - The Hypnotist - Rainbows In The Sky
29 - N-Joi - Malfunction
30 - The Break Boys - My House Is Your House
31 - Fuse - Substance Abuse
32 - Incubus - The Spirit
33 - Kicksquad - Soundclash
34 - KA22 - Metamorphism
35 - The Prodigy - Android
36 - Sykosis 451 - This Town
37 - Total Groove - Reanimator
38 - The Hacker - Shockwave
39 - Voodoo Child - Voodoo Child
40 - Skin Up - Ivory
41 - N-Joi - Adrenalin
42 - The Prodigy - What Evil Lurks
43 - The Ragga Twins - Hooligan 69 (Boizo Edit)
44 - N-Joi - Century Masters
45 - Major Malfunction - Positive Nuisance
46 - The Scientist - The Bee
47 - Bitin Back - She’s Breakin Up
48 - 2HD - Go Bang Go
49 - N-Joi - Anthem
50 - Bizarre Inc - X-Static
51 - Terra Incognito - Alien Element
52 - Little Little - Tickle Me
53 - Genaside II - Narramine
54 - 4 Hero - Mr Kirks Nightmare
55 - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Nightmare Mix)
56 - Sonic Solution - Get On The Move
57 - Indo Tribe - Owl
58 - The Scientist - Exorcist
59 - DMS - Exterminate
60 - Maximize - Let The Beat Control Your Body
61 - The MD Connection - Magic Feet (Remix)
62 - N-Joi - Acid Machine
63 - Steve Poindexter - Work That Mutha F@cka
64 - Lee Botix - Up on Techno Beat
65 - LTJ Bukem - Delitefol
66 - Dream Frequency - Euphoria
67 - Zero Zero - Zeroxed
68 - Aircut - Visual Attack (Humanoid Mix)
69 - Quadrophonia - This Is Quadrophonia
70 - Trax - Let’s Rock
71 - Nitrous - Moonwalk
72 - Problem House - Party People
73 - N-Joi - Feelings Inside My Mind
74 - 1st Prodject - Right Before
75 - The Ultimate Seduction - Nightmare Walking
76 - Project 86 - Industrial Bass
77 - LA Style - James Brown Is Dead (Remix)
78 - Up On High - Away
79 - Tigers In Space - Revolution
80 - Spectrum - Brazil
81 - The Hypnotist - Modern Prometheus
82 - Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives (Quadrant Mix)
83 - Lords Of Acid - Let’s Get High
84 - Carl Cox - I Want You
85 - Supermatic - Open Your Mind
86 - Turntable Hype - Turntable Nation (Amsterdam Mix)
87 - The Hypnotist - Hardcore U Know The Score
89 - T99 - Anastasia
90 - Moby - Go (Rainforest Mix)
91 - Mystery Productions Inc - Tainted Cash

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Oldskool Hardcore Rave (1/10) - 13-08-22

If you're feeling these mixes with full track lists primarily focused on the 90's U.K dance music scene feel free to follow and share!

The idea behind my page is to log and showcase the music that has influenced me over the last 35+ years so that my daughter, Ebony, can listen to ‘olden day’ music and hopefully appreciate how good we had it. 

Having learnt my craft in the late 80’s at the age of 12 and teaching myself how to beat match on 1200’s within a week, I felt I had a knack for this DJ’ing thing way before it became fashionable. I would class myself as quite a versatile DJ able to lend my hand to most genres. Hopefully all those years of bedroom mixing and house parties have paid off…but that’s up to you to decide. 

I attempt to capture a constant energy in my mixes regardless of genre and am always a firm believer that the mix is as important as the track itself. I endeavour to create seamless transitions whilst maintaining the energy. During longer mixes a welcome switch in style is sometimes required. In fact different genres warrant different styles of mixing, in my opinion. And monotonous sets do nothing for me. Up and down, peaks and troughs, it’s all about building the listener up and letting them down gently.

Never one to choose tracks based on their popularity or current chart position, I hand pick the tunes I mix because I think they’ll stand the test of time. The idea being that during any of my sets I can pick a point and know I’ll dig that track or mix. Although digitally digging isn’t as rewarding as finding physical vinyl records for me, it is a whole lot easier. That said there are a lot of below par tunes out there to sift through before finding worthy tracks. Then the set process begins…I just approach it as a musical jigsaw.

Anyway, enough about me. Whether you’re getting ready to go out for the night, cleaning the kitchen or in the car, turn it up, get in the groove and I hope you enjoy the vibes  😎

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Chris Dickie

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Acidm4n

yes real jump over block of flats into another