DJ Hype set recorded live at One Nation event 'The Payback, Part4', recorded live at the Stratford Rex, on 8 May 1999. Hosted by MCs Fearless and Skibadee (RIP).

One Nation 'The Payback, Part 4' on 8 May 1999

DJ Hype @ One Nation 'The Payback, Part 4' on 8 May 1999, with MCs Fearless & Skibadee (RIP)

Chris Unknown - Bonkers - The Original Hardcore (2009)

Sy @ Helter Skelter - Human Traffic - Volume 2 (09/11/2002)

Hixxy & MC Smiley @ Helter Skelter - Human Traffic (08/02/2003)

Sy @ Helter Skelter - Human Traffic (04/02/2003)

HTID 17 - Sy B2B Seduction ''Kick Off Set'' - Side 2.mp3

Sy B2B Unknown @ HTID - Weekender '12 (March 2012)

Something a bit different from me! A label that I've been meaning to do a deep dive on for some time, finally got the chance to sort my records and CDs and start a 2 part look at the awesome, forward thinking and downright jazzy New Identity Records! A Formation label started in 1996 by DJ SS, the label is still going today with a look at the deeper, jazzier, off the wall style of D&B. 

Here's a look at the jazzier 96/97 stuff. Will do a part 2 looking at more 97-2002 and the darker, techier sounds at some point...

01. Matrix - The Chase
02. Matrix - Slow Drift
03. Matrix - The Junk
04. Matrix - The Message
05. Matrix - Fluid Motion
06. Tango & Ratty - Time And Space
07. Allude 8 - Deep Minds
07. Mental Power - I Want
08. Allude 8 - Trumpets
09. The New Jazz Phenomeon - Harlem Shuffle
10. Barcode - Let The Music Be (SS Revamp)
11. Tekniq - Awakening 96
12. Allude 8 - The Gallery
13. Matrix - Snake Skin
14. Bassline Generation - Black Polished Chrome
15. DJ SS - Mediterranean Falls
16. DJ SS - White (Technical Itch Remix)

Thumpa - The Sound Of New Identity Part 1 (Formation sub label)

A mix I've been meaning to do for YEARS! 

My tribute to (I think) the 2nd rave I ever went to back in 1998, as a 16 year old white kid I was absolutely terrified being inside Starlight 2001 in Leicester with all the shady characters, guns, drugs and people getting robbed but the music was amazing. The DJs always played a bit harder and the resident MCs always went in with their lyrics too; legends like Hyper D, Trigga, Bassman and Spyda would control the crowd whilst DJs like Randall, Sappo, APB & DJ SS rolled out the beats. There was no rave like Hysteria, moody, dark and the best tunes.

Here's my 2 hour tribute to the music played at Hysteria, I have dug a bit deeper than usual and picked a selection of tunes across the 97-00 period with a few different styles repped! I hope you enjoy...HEAVY LIKE A WAH!

01. Just Jungle - Sky 97
02. Majistrate - Step On (VIP)
03. Decoder - Fuse
04. DJ Zinc - Stretched
05. Jonny L - Piper
06. DJ Red - Dynamics
07. Adam F - Metropolis 
08. DJ Die - Special Treat
09. Concept 2 - Cause n Effect
10. Shimon & Andy C - Mutation (Remix)
11. Mask - Square Off
12. Goodfellas - Radar
13. Scorpio - Li-Li
14. DJ Zinc - Play The Game
15. Keen - Return
16. Dillinja - Acid Trak
17. Future Forces Inc & Fierce - Constant
18. Nasty Habits - Shadow Boxing (The Remix)
19. Concept 2 - Unlock the Secrets
20. DJ Kane - System 
21. Sappo - Ding Dong Bass (Remix)
22. Roni Size - Windrush
23. Roni Size - It's Jazzy
24. Peshay - Miles From Home
25. Origin Unknown - Sound in Motion 
26. Ed Rush & Optical - Mystery Machine
27. Undercover Agent - Slaughter
28. The Chemical Pilot - Anti-American (Swift Remix)
29. Mask - Mad Professor
30. Scorpio - Samewayz
31. DJ Kane - Konga
32. Acetate - Freestyle
33. DJ SS - Dual Voltage 99
34. Undercover Agent - Five Tones
35. Bad Company UK - Skin Tag
36. Notorious J - Rupture
37. Nasty Habits - 4 Da Cause
38. Ram Trilogy - Mind Overload
39. Brockie & Ed Solo - Lost Bass
40. Pascal - Serious Sounds (VIP)
41. Sappo - Fuzz
42. Sappo - Daywalker
43. Twisted Individual - Robotix (Remix)
44. Sappo ft MC Trigga - Tick A Tock Bass
45. Twisted Individual - Fire Ant
46. DJ SS - Where My Dogs At
47. Future Tech - Discotech

Thumpa - This Is The Sound Of Hysteria Drum & Bass 97 - 2000!

Anfisa Letyago - 26 July 2025

More from the Hysteria vaults, another 90 mins of 97-00 bangers played at Hysteria events!

HTID 17 - Sy B2B Seduction ''Kick Off Set'' - Side 2.mp3

Matt Roe

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