My 2 hour drum & bass set rammed with classics from the jump up era typical of what you could have expected to hear at Helter Skelter, World Dance and the latter Dreamscape raves from DJ's like Hype, Zinc & Rap. Have included some more recent productions just cos they fit well. Enjoy 👍🏼

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1 - Natural Born Chillers - Rock The Funky Beat
2 - DJ Red - Mad PLO
3 - Andy C - Night Flight (Shimon Mix)
4 - Aladdin - Woman That Rolls
5 - Splash Collective - Rebels (Remix)
6 - Concept 2 - Cause n Effect
7 - Scorpio - Li Li
8 - Shapeshifter - Talkin Mad Shit
9 - City Connection - Impact
10 - 2Vibe & EPS - Hype The Funk
11 - Afro Kid - Shooks
12 - IQ Collective - Mode One
13 - Shy FX - The Message
14 - Voltage - How It Should Be Done
15 - Aphrodite - Style From The Darkside
16 - Substance - Damn Right
17 - Fugees - Ready Or Not (Zinc Mix)
18 - Easy D - Gimme Gimme
19 - Freestyles - Play The Game
20 - Congo Natty - Junglist
21 - DJ Krust - Angles
22 - Mobb Deep - Shooks One (Zinc Mix)
23 - Andy C - Roll On
24 - Zinc - Super Sharp Shooter
25 - Aphrodite - Stalker
26 - DJ Hype - Peace, Love & Unity (Remix)
27 - DJ Red - The Visit
28 - DJ Hype - True Playaz Anthem
29 - Busta Rhymes - Woo Haa (Origin Unknown Mix)
30 - Shy FX - This Style
31 - The Dream Team - Raw Dogs
32 - Barcode - New Dance
33 - DJ Hybrid - Underground Style
34 - Kings Of The Rollers - Original Bad Boy
35 - Dead Dred - Dred Bass (Bladerunner Mix)
36 - Q Project - Champion Sound (Total Science Mix)
37 - My Selecta - Get Up
38 - DJ Hybrid - Stand Up (VIP Mix)
39 - DJ Hybrid - It’s Serious
40 - Dopeskillz - 6 Million Ways (Mix 2)
41 - DJ Hybrid - Lost In The Jungle
42 - Egyption Empire - The Horn Track (Blade Mix)
43 - Aphrodite - Shine
44 - Noise Factory - The Fire (Dramatic Mix)

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Rinsers & Rollers Drum & Bass (1996-1997) 27-04-24

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  😎

Have been a long time follower of many forms of electronic music ranging from ambient drone to freaked out Warp/Rephlex techno. I have a special fondness for all things breakbeat based - oldskool hardcore, jungle, drum & bass, hardcore breaks. I have been an avid vinyl/CD collector of these genres for many years, despite being utter rubbish at mixing.

As of February 2014, I made the leap from listener to producer after a good bit of prompting from Leonized (https://soundcloud.com/leonized) to pull the finger out and give music making a bash. I have been heavily inspired by artists from the 1993-1994 darkcore jungle-hardcore period. Especially the likes of Ray Keith, Bizzy B, DJ SS, Nebula II, Jungle Buddah, Chaos & Julia Set, and DJ Mayhem. I'm still at the very early stages of stringing samples together to re-create that oldskool hardcore/jungle sound, but am looking to get better at each track I knock up. :D

Any advice and comments are most welcome, and if you enjoy my tunes, then I've done something right! :)

I also help out with reviews at the Strictly NuSkool Blog under my Breakbeatscientist username.



Rinsers & Rollers Drum & Bass (1996-1997) 27-04-24

Craig Scott