Live Vinyl Room Pt 18 - Flashing back to Party 1990 - 1991
A journey through Acid, House, Techno & Breaks from the Warehouse generation! :)

Flashback 1990 - 1991 * Live Vinyl Room Pt 18 * April 2021

March 1990 came. Word had got around there would be a march/rally against the Conservative Party's decision to ban our raves, they proposed The Criminal Justice Bill and were inforcing it, this meant that everything we had ever know was about to be gone.

We caught the tube up from Plaistow and met with our friends and heading down to Trafalgar Square. 

I have never seen so many people there, it was amazing, all young people of all colours and creeds were there, I can remember looking across a rainy sky at all the ravers wearing all brightly coloured clothing.

I can remember the singer Debbie Malone started to sing on a stage which had been erected, then a beatboxer started to back her on the mic, it was absolutely amazing. I was so proud to be part of it,

We all said our peice and decided to leave but word had it that there was a free party somewhere in Slough or Herts, from memory it was Hertfordshire and had been funded by Jarvis from Biology and a few of the others.

From memory it was a weird one for me, I can remember people laying all over the floor and just sitting about, I saw a few people that I knew from the 1989 parties, The Twins Sarah & sara ( very well known on the scene for dressing in costumes) and Micky & Michelle two girls I'm sure that were from Reigate, I often wondered what became of them and everyone else,

After a weird end to a good but weird day, we knew we were defeated and just waited out for rave to go in to clubs, legally...


We could only play it by ear and see what happens.

SKIE - FREEDOM TO PARTY 1990-30 YEARS OF SKIE-MY RAVING YEARS***VINYL***

Tracklist

QBass - Hardcore Will Never Die (E Type Version) [Suburban Base]
Urban Shakedown - Assassinator [Urban Shakedown]
O.D Posse - We Begin [Radioactive Lamb]
Bass Construction - Dance With Power [Elicit]
Bizarre Inc - Raise Me (Eon's Ascension Mix) [Vinyl Solution]
2 Boasters, A Digestive & A Jammy Dodger - We Are About To Take LSD [Reel 2 Reel Productions]
New Era - New Era [Great Asset]
Kaotic Chemistry - Drumtrip [Moving Shadow]
Rhythm Section - Feel The Rhythm [Rhythm Section]
>> 2 Boasters, A Digestive & A Jammy Dodger - It's Not Over [Reel 2 Reel Productions]
Tech Man 1 - Changes Part 1 (Rave Mix) [Nitebeat]
Waveform - Bitches & Money [Not On Label - WA 1]
Hardcore Rhythm Team - Ragga Clash [Furious]
Dragon Fly - Visions Of Rage [BTB]
Project One - Smokin' [Rising High]
Project XYZ - Its Just An Ecstasy [More Music]
Chemical Company - Tronic Equator (Mix 2) [Not On Label - DUG 1]

Early 1992

DJ Sketch - Defection 89.4 FM - Early 1992

Tracklist

Unknown DJ

Kid Unknown - Nightmare [Warp]

Ratty

Sonic Experience - Protien (Revamp 92) [Strictly Underground]
DJ’s U-Nite – Untitled (Vol.1 Side A) [Liquid Wax]
Tronikhouse - Spark Plug [KMS]
Urban Shakedown - Do It Now! [Urban Shakedown]
Sub-Love - Hyper Active [Earth]
Tango - Factor 5 [Formation]
K.W.S. - Game Boy [Network]
Tronikhouse - Up Tempo (Original Mix) [KMS]
The Clepto-Maniacs - Positive Feedback (Climax Mix) [Fokus U.K.]
Isotonik - Let's Get Down [Ffrreedom]
2 Da Core - Rub A Dub [Paranoia]
Sound Corp - Security Overload [Tone Def]
SMF - Guillotine [Rugged Vinyl]
M.S.Six - Fabulous Works II [Absolute 2]
Justice & Mercy - Fake Lobsters [RBR]
The Brothers Grimm - Exodus (The Lion Awakes) [Production House]
DJ Phantasy & DJ Gemini - Switch To 33 [Liquid Wax]
Blame - Music Takes You (2 Bad Mice Remix) [Moving Shadow]
Luxury - The Silencer [Spare Beat]
The Criminal Minds - Baptised By Dub [World Beat Corporation]
Noise Factory - We Can [Tam Tam]
Noise Overload - The Biscuit Invasion (The Vapour Rub Mix) [Global Dance]
Force Mass Motion - Reach Up [Rabbit City]
C.M.C. - Release The Energy [Limited E Edition]
SL2 - On A Ragga Tip [XL]
Noise Factory - My Mind [3rd Party]
DJ Phantasy + DJ Gemini - Never Try The Hippodrome [Liquid Wax]
Bad Influence - F.U.B.A.R EP (B2) [Bad Influence]
Funky Junky - Rushin (Officer Dibble Mix) [Funky Junky]
Pain Of Dance - Hear No Evil (Mix 1) [Tone Def]
Mental & Dangerous - Nations (Come Hold My Hand) [Renk]
Is That It? - Ulterior Motives [D-Zone]
One II One - I Want You (Manix Remix) [Reinforced]
Noise Factory - Be Free [3rd Party]

Ned Ryder

Unknown Artist - Bass Culture EP (A2) [Strangeways]

4th April 1992

Ratty - Quest - 4th April 1992

I've played this so so many times.  It was never about the mixing ; always about the music and the chat.  Enjoy !

Centreforce 88.3 FM - side A - D-90 DJ Randall 1989

a big shout out to the Sheffield crews! 
the night DJ Doc Scott dropped in again with MC Man Parris at Techno City at Occasions night club in Sheffield.
its hard to imagine it was 1991, but it was, when the sweat was dripping down the walls & off the celling, the floor was rumbling & the cheers could be heard as you stomped the night away, with the duo that are these 2 masters.

Doc Scott & Mc Man Parris @ Techno City - Sheffield 26.6.92

Not Only Rare As Rocking Horse Shit  But A Piece Of History To All The Labrynth Crew This One Is For You

N-joi

Adrian Age @ Club Labrynth  March 1992

Rinse FM Podcast

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The summer of love kicked off in 1989, and during the next 3 years the foundations of modern electronic music were laid down This mix is heavy on tracks that UK ravers like myself enjoyed back in the days when we believed we were part of something special. Today us ravers are still #onelove to all people all colours and creeds under one roof.

Don Carlos - Alone
Nexus 21 - Real Love (Obsession)
A Guy Called Gerald - FX (The Elevation Mix)
Fierce Ruling Fiva Featuring DJ Dano and Myrna Shakison  - Rub it in
LFO - Track 4
Man Machine featuring Zen - Denkimi Shakuhachi
Orbital - LC2 (outler limits mix)
Nightmares on Wax - Dextrous
LFO - Probe
Altern 8 - Passion Devotion
You used to Salsa (Bootleg)
Green Baize LP
Smooth & Simmonds - The Four Seasons
Dione - Come and get My Lovin
Clubland Featuring Quartz - Let's get busy
NJoi - Manic
Rhythmatic - Take Me Back
Fantasy UFO - Remix
Eon - Infinity
Doug Lazy - Let it roll (instrumental)
KMD Module 220
A Guy called Gerald - Rockin Ricki

Early Days Rave 1989 - 1991 (DJ ACE)

Ability II "Pressure"
LFO "Probe" (The Cuba Edit)
D Shake "Techno Tranced" (Feel The Space)
Lost "The Gonzo"
KLF "What Time Is Love?" (Moody Boys V. KLF Mix)
Beat In Time "Time"
GTO "Pure"
Radical Rhythms "Rikers"
Beltram Vol 1 "Energy Flash"
Pink Noise "Gimme Some More (Energy)
Dr Phibes And Teddy Jones "Waresnare"
Holy Noise "Father Forgive Them"
Genaside II "Death Of A Kamikazee" 
Blow "Cutter" (Album Mix)

586 1990 1991  Bass Bleeps And Rave Bangers Nov 2020.MP3

I begun DJing in 1990 back in the day when people were producing tracks in their bedroom and it seemed as though there were more bootlegs on the market than general releases. The labels didn’t have a clue what was going on and D-construction was a small dance label that was signing acts like N-Joi rather than Kylie. I did two years in the smoke playing sets to crowds of 2,000 party people that really knew their music.

If you were a DJ playing old records, you’d get booed off the stage, or the crowd would leave the room and go upstairs. I kept it close with my crowd, people would come up to me and ask if I had this tune, if it wasn’t in the box I’d play it next week. But it wasn’t a case of these people making jukebox requests but rather that they wanted to feel a part of the scene and know that they had some hand in making the night.

Out of the club into another, the nights were long and people just kept on going. 200 cars in convoy going down the A1 that was a real feeling of unity. You’d end up in a field with or without a generator, but someone would light a fire and, in the end, you might be dancing around a car stereo but it still sounded good, people believed that they were part of a new expression, a new movement.

Roll that musical clock forward and by 2011 what remained was a shrink wrapped corporately packaged scene that got its kicks from re-releasing and remixing tracks created from back catalogues of labels from the 70s and 80s snapped up for next to nothing. The majors took over distribution and the public channels of expression for independent producers has got even harder. Take a trip down the lane of the tracks that defined our genre and you won’t find too many happy faces. From Rappers Delight, through to Grandmaster Flash - Larry Heard, the man that gave you Fingers Inc - went off to become a programmer. LARRY HEARD!!! 

Back in the day a DJ would take two tracks and blend them to make a third with a mix that could last up to 4 minutes. That for me has always been a part of what a DJ should do. It's much easier now as all you have to do is push a button to beat sync it, whereas if you were mixing over the quartz lock crest of the 1210s you'd be moving it over and below the green light as you were mixing it up!

Music has today become much more disposable in the digital age, reducing people’s creative art to a click. Skip through it, break it down to a stem, no sleeve notes, no artwork visual dimension to the artists creation. All you get is track01 - 4.5MB! Do you want to download? That's today, but for me sleeve artwork for dance music has always been something special too.

DJ equipment is now cheap much more accessible – my Numark 1762 cost me nearly £400 back in 1990. My current Xone32 is still stupid money but you can’t beat the analogue circuitry inside.

The period 1988-1994 was to dance music what the 1960s was to free love. Either you were lucky to have been at just the right age to have been a part of it, or you missed out. We were the last generation to get a youth culture before the smartphone made the youth look inside instead of the world outside.

Music will take centre stage once again at some point in the future, but for all of use that were part of it we know we were part of something special, and this idea of one love guides us to this day. 

My thanks to the following people:
JJ Slide at St. Matthews Church in Brixton
Goa Nights at Tyssen Street Studios  in London
Global Dance 3,4 and weekly nights of Exposure at the Stour Centre in Kent
Buzzbys on a Friday night
SpiralTribe Sound
Chocki and the boys
Nicki Blackmarket
Ratpack
Fabio and Grooverider
Ellis Dee
Truelove productions
Heavenly Recordings
Blapps Posse
Break the Limits
Reinforced Recordings
K-Klass
Zoom Records (Camden)
Horace, (Camden Market)
Resistance D
P. Slaghaus (rip)
Leigh303 (for showing me the dance light)
K-Alexi Shelby....to understand means a way of life...

Keep listening.....to everything

Early Days Rave 1989 - 1991 (DJ ACE)

DJ Ace | EH

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