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. For me 1993 signified the end of 4 glorious years of oldskool hardcore and preceded happy hardcore. The tempo was fast, the vocals were screaming and the bass was pounding. Promoters like Fantazia, Universe, Dance Planet, Obsession, Dreamscape and Helter Skelter, not to mention regular club nights across the U.K all led the way…but was this the end…

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

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1 - Optical Haze - The Storyteller
2 - Urban Shakedown - Burning Passion
3 - Cool Hand Flex - Hold Back
4 - DEA - Summer Vibe
5 - DJ Seduction - Sub Dub
6 - Origin Unknown - The Touch
7 - Andy C - Something New (Part 1)
8 - Nookie - Shining In Da Darkness
9 - Sunshine Productions - Above The Clouds
10 - Nicky Allen - NAD 2 
11 - Smith & Brown - Do It Now
12 - DJ Krome - The Slammer
13 - Bass Selective - Blow Out (Part 2)
14 - The Untouchables - N-Joi This
15 - Vibes & Wishdokta - Freeaneasy
16 - DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - Ganja Man
17 - Goldseal Tribe - Your Love (Part 2)
18 - Cosmic Brain - Hardcore Helmet
19 - Overdubb - Eruption
20 - Citrus - Fascination
21 - DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - In Effect (Remix)
22 - Double Visions - My Mind Is Going
23 - Acen - Window In The Sky
24 - DJ Trax - High Time
25 - Slipmatt - Breaking Free
26 - Remarc - One 4 Da Vibes
27 - DJ Luna-C - Edge Of Madness (Sublove Mix)
28 - DJ JBL - 1000 Hertz
29 - Static Substance - Ghetto People
30 - Audaleyz Boys - Music’s So Wonderful
31 - F-Project 008 - Side A
32 - Sub Oscillator - Side A
33 - Future Primitive - We’re Flying
34 - Tango - Can’t Stop The Rush (Remix)
35 - DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - Dis One
36 - JF & E - Mystery
37 - DJ Solo - Axis
38 - DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - Hold Tight
39 - Tango & Fallout - The Final Conflict
40 - Bizzy B - Obsessions
41 - Tek 9 - Real Love
42 - Vibes & Wishdokta - Peakin Thru The Window
43 - Cool Hand Flex - Wiplash 
44 - DJ Rap & Aston - Vertigo (Q Bass Mix)
45 - Freestyle & DJR - Ten 44
46 - Gadjet - The Secret Mission
47 - Vibes & Wishdokta - Breakin Thru
48 - DJ Edge - Compnded
49 - Ramos & Supreme - Crowd Control
50 - Nookie - Gonna Be Alright (Remix)
51 - Ironik - Believe In
52 - Skanna - Night Stalker EP
53 - DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - Touch Somebody
54 - Vibes & Wishdokta - Obsession (Remix)
55 - Cloud 9 - You Got Me Burnin
56 - Electronic Experienced - No:303
57 - M-Beat - Just A Little
58 - The House Crew - The Theme (Ozomatli Mix)
59 - DJ Vibes - Sing It Loud

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Oldskool Hardcore Rave (10/10) - 12-11-22

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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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