Big up the old crew...they dont make em like this anymore....XTC.....

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. During the latter half of 1993 in the UK there was a distinctive split in rave scene where many of the top jocks began playing more darker, sinister tracks after a good few years of more uplifting vibes. Included are typically what you could have expected to hear from the likes of Top Buzz, Grooverider and Ratty. Have included some more recent productions.

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


1 - DJ Trace & Ed Rush - Clean Gun
2 - Enforcer - Dam Tuff
3 - DJ Crystl - Warp Drive
4 - FBD Project - Terminate (HWND Remix)
5 - Darkside Weapon 1 (Unknown)
6 - Wax Doctor & Jack Smooth - Unfriendly
7 - International Rude Boyz - Drum Programme
8 - Darkside Weapon 2 (Unknown)
9 - Rotating Heads - Dark Secrets (Wishdokta Mix)
10 - Boogie Times Tribe - The Dark Stranger (Origin Unknown Mix)
11 - Pascal & Sponge - Raw Basics
12 - The Skeleton Krew - Luv To Luv Ya (Remix)
13 - DJ Solo - Darkage
14 - Dope - When I Was Young
15 - Bounty Killaz - Silent Voices
16 - Warped Kore - The Power
17 - DJ Trace - Never Felt This Way
18 - Scott & Keith - Deranged 
19 - Andy C - Slip n Slide
20 - Invisible Man - Twisted
21 - Q Project - Champion Sound (Alliance Mix)
22 - Tango & Ratty - The Killer
23 - Andy C - Something New (Part 2)
24 - Elevation - Take Your Mind
25 - Human Being - The Box Opened
26 - DJ Trace - Lost Entity (London Mix)
27 - Top Buzz - Maintain Her
28 - Ironik - The Calling
29 - FX - The Devil’s Work (Boizo Edit)
30 - Torchman - Tell Me (Remix)
31 - Peshay - Gangster
32 - Kev Bird & The Wax Doctor - Dark Matter
33 - Mad Dog - Monged Out
34 - Out Of Order - Right Guard (Dub Mix)
35 - FBD Project - The Core
36 - Lewi Cifer - Heat
37 - Wots My Code - Dubplate
38 - Origin Unknown - Valley Of The Shadows (Boizo Edit)
39 - Studio Pressure - Presha III
40 - D-Cruze - Want You Now
41 - Johnny Jungle - Flammable (Tango Mix)
42 - Jack n Phil - Unity (Boizo Edit)
43 - Jim Polo & Neil Vass - Underground Feeling
44 - Tango - Future Followers (VIP Mix)
45 - Matrix - So Ruff
46 - Dub Two - Bad Man (Tuffness Mix) 
47 - Swift & Zinc - 2 Warm
48 - Andy C - Bass Constructor
49 - Lemon D - Pursuit Thru The Darkness
50 - Smith & Brown - Life’s Just So
51 - DJ Excel - Just When You Thought It Was Safe (Remix)
52 - The Untouchables - Don’t Be Afraid
53 - DJ Hype - Weird Energy
54 - MC Lethal - Prince Of Darkness (Nex Mix)
55 - DJ Fokus - Chill Out
56 - International Rude Boyz - Paragone
57 - Drum & Bass - Lowdown & Funky
58 - The Anthill Mob - Black Rushin
59 - Acen - Close Your Eyes (Unknown Remix)
60 - Bizzy B - Twisted Mentazm
61 - Potential Bad Boy - Work The Box (Boizo Edit)
62 - DJ Trace & Ed Rush - Don Bad Man 
63 - Nicky Allen - NAD 45 (Welcome To Hell)
64 - Skanna - Night Stalker EP
65 - Goldie & Rufige Kru - Terminator
66 - Red Alert & Mike Slammer - F@ckin Hardcore
67 - Cloud 9 - You Got Me Burning Up (Ray Keith Mix)
68 - Shades Of Rhythm - Sweet Sensation (Ray Keith Mix)

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Oldskool Hardcore Rave (10/10) - 12-03-22 (The Darkside)

Tracklist

Mosaic III Feat. Zion - E-Gasm (Overdose Mix) [Logic]
R. El Lungo - Exposure [Stealth]
Northern Lights - Jet Lag (Central Station Dub) [Next Plateau Records Inc.]
Eon - Spice (Mordib Vs The Baron Mix) [Vinyl Solution]
Destroyer - Senses (Converter Mix) [Target]
Beltram - My Sound [R & S]
Friends Of Matthew - Out There (Technomix) [Pulse-8]
D.J. Seduction - Bleep Bleep Mash Mash [C.T.]
Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives (Quadrant Mix) [Vinyl Solution]
Matrix - Forgotten Realms (Eternity Mix) [80 Aum]
Fierce Ruling Diva - Atomix (909 Rises) [Lower East Side]
The Prodigy - What Evil Lurks [XL]
Defcon - Technotime [Dance Records Attack]
The Prodigy - Everybody In The Place [XL]
Joey Beltram - The Melody [R & S]
Cold Sensation - Liquid Empire [Beat Box]
Apollo 440 - Lolita [Stealth Sonic]
Autonation - Sit On The Bass [R & S]
E-Dancer - Power Bass (Marty Hardy Mix) [Incognito]
Sonic Experience - Protien (Get Stuck In Mix) [Strictly Underground]
N-Joi - Malfunction [RCA]
T99 - Anasthasia (Out Of History Mix) [Who's That Beat?]
DJ Seduction - Smile Bass [C.T.]
All In 1 - Precious Silence [Mid-Town] 
The B. Sistem Group - Space Line (Sound Buster House Mix) [BBB]
Nicolette - Waking Up [Shut Up And Dance]
N-Joi - Anthem (The Six Day Nightmare Mix) [RCA]
P.W.M. - Get Yourself Together (Instrumental) [Underground]
Detia Harris - Got To Have House (Mix 2) [Hip Street]
>> Carl Orff - O Fortuna
DJ Casanova - Untitled (A2) [R & S Records]
Trigger - Wisdom (Uproar Mix) [Target]

March 1991

Dr S Gachet - Audiomaze Studio Mix - March 1991

One of my favourite Ratty mixes of all time here recorded at Quest - The Final Countdown - Live From The Que Club - Recorded on 31st December 1993.

A rarity for Ratty's sets this one is also 90 % MC free.

Unknown DJ

A1) Krome & Time - The Slammer [Suburban Base]
A2) Naughty Naughty - Volume 3 (Green Side) [Naughty Naughty]

Ratty

A3) DJ Wax - Moments So Dark Remix (Side A) [CMC]
A4) ?? Jack Smooth/Basement Records Dubplate [Unreleased]
A5) Hyper On Experience - Disturbance (Tango Remix) [Moving Shadow]
A6) International Rude Boyz - Drum Programme (Remix) [Formation]
A7) The Full SP - S-Capaid [Face]
A8) Gwange - Adrenalin [Legend]
A9) Spinback & Gwange - The Execution [Legend]
A10) Foul Play - Being With You [Moving Shadow]
A11) Jumping Jack Frost - Osmosis [Formation]
A12) Frantic & Impulse - Volume 1 Side AA [Homegrown]
A13) Scott-Free - Street Fighting (Martial Arts Mix) [Basement]
A14) Tango & Fallout - Positive Chaos (Side B Mix) [Tango & Fallout]

B1) Tango & Fallout - Positive Chaos (Side B Mix) [Tango & Fallout]
B2) Q Project - Champion Sound (The Alliance Remix) [Legend]
B3) Gwange - Motionless [Legend]
B4) Wise Ones - Unknown Title [Unreleased]
B5) DJ Ratty - Source Of All Evil [Formation]
B6) Q Project - Night Moves (The Alliance Mix) [Legend]
B7) Fast Floor - Mind Sweeper [Smooth]
B8) Cloud 9 - Mr Logic (Remix) [Moving Shadow]
B9) The Anthill Mob - Black Rushin' (Anthill Remix) [Anthill]
B10) Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (Foul Play Remix) [Moving Shadow]
B11) JMJ & Richie - Case Re-Opened (Deep Blue Brought To Trial Mix) [Moving Shadow]
B12) Mad Dog - Out (Jack n Phil Remix) [Basement]

DJ Ratty - Quest - The Final Countdown - NYE 1994 - Live From The Que Club, Birmingham

Paranoid Trip to the Garage for Rizlas (Strictly No Eye Contact Mix)

Tracklist

Automation - Espionage (Remix) [Triple Helix]
Isotonik - Hasta La Vista [Ffrreedom]
Circa '91 - Can You Feel Me [Debut]
Band Of Gypsies - Take Me Higher [Pulse-8]
Desired State - Dance The Dream [Dance Wax]
Liquid - Sweet Harmony [XL]
MI 7 - Rockin' Down The House [Chill]
Manix - Special Request [Reinforced]
Noise Factory - Feel The Music [Ibiza]
Hackney Hardcore - Dancehall Dangerous! (Don't Mess With Us! Mix) [Strictly Underground]
Dragon Fly - Visions Of Rage (Original Mix) [BTB]
Strategy & DJ Freshtrax - The Dreamaster (I Am Eternal Mix) [Strategy]
Dave Charlesworth - The Energizer Side A [Energizer]
Manix - Feel Real Good [Reinforced]
Kicks Like A Mule - The Bouncer (Housequake Mix) [Tribal Bass]
After Dark - Cardiac (Sonic Mix) [Hardcore]
X-Static - Free [Production House]
Flex - Programe Part 2 (A2) [i.e Records]
Interface - Do It [Rising High]
Master Techno - Capone Stage [S.T.D.]
Cold Sensation - Control The Universe (Space Mix) [Dance Opera]
Mid 29 - Mig 29 (Love Mix) [Champion]
Techman - Changes Part 1 (Rave Mix) [Nitebeat]
DJ Seduction - Hardcore Heaven (The Heaven Mix) [Ffrreedom]
Convert - Nightbird [Big Time International]
The Prodigy - Everybody In The Place (Fairground Remix) [XL]
Sound Corp. - Dream Finder Remix [Tone Def]
M-D-Emm - Get Down (Hands In The Air Mix) [Detroit House]

Slipmatt - Total Kaos - 24th January 1992

The Hype and MC MC set is a personal favourite of mine and one that I battered in 1994.

DJ Hype Feat. MC MC - United Dance & Temptation (1994)

DJ Sy on top scratchadelic form here with his typical '93 era mix of proto-jungle and stompy hardcore (just before it all got a bit too happy for my taste), from the same tape pack as this awesome Hype set, reunited at last: https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/dj-hype-live-at-obsession-battle-of-the-scratchmasters-27111993?in=selectabwoy/sets/various-jungle-drum-bass-mixes
Bit of a cheeky one this as it's not my rip, can't remember where I found it, had the original tape pack but lost it along the way... massive big up the original ripper, and JJ/RDB once again for the tracklist. 

Unknown DJ
A1) Nookie - Gonna Be Alright (Cloud 9 Remix) [Reinforced]

DJ Sy
A2) Bass Selective - Incredible Bass Machine (Re-mix) [S.O.U.R.]
A3) Remarc - One 4 Da Vibes [Dollar]
A4) Double X-Posure - Go With The Flow [DX Vinyl]
A5) The Dubster - Lighter Shades Of Dark (Mix 1) [No Noise]
A6) Frantic & Impulse - Volume 1 Side A [Homegrown]
A7) Dark & Moody - Volume 4A [Dark & Moody]
A8) Eze G - Worlds of Confusion [Unatural Light]
A9) The Under Graduates - Into Da Future (Massive Mix) [Camden Tunes]
A10) Hyper On Experience - Lords Of The Null Lines (Foul Play Remix) [Moving Shadow]
A11) The Bombsquad - Freebase (D.O.P.E. Remix) [Rugged Vinyl]
A12) Intense - The Quickening [Rugged Vinyl]

B1) Intense - The Quickening [Rugged Vinyl]
B2) Mad Dog - Monged Out [Underdog]
B3) Metronome - Warning [Serious]
B4) International Rude Boyz - Drum Programme [Formation]
B5) DJ Trace - Lost Entity (New York Side) [Lucky Spin]
B6) Fast Floor – 1000 Phons [Smooth]
B7) Red Alert & Mike Slammer - In Effect [Slammin Vinyl]
B8) Krome & Time - The Slammer [Suburban Base]
B9) EQ - Total Xtacy (93 DJ SS Remix) [Formation]
B10) Jack N Phil - We Are Unity [Basement]
B11) Bonny & The Highlander - Summer Breeze (Micky Finn's Breeze Mix) [Pirate Club]

Live at Obsession: DJ Sy (1993)

DJ Sy - Live At Obsession 'Innovation' - Battle of the Scratchmasters (27/11/1993)

DJ Rap & Ratty--The Edge A2 Series - 1992

To play a main room set at  AMNESIA HOUSE's 30 anniversary was truly a landmark moment for me , A personal achievement that i struggle to put into words really ,It  was a very proud time in my musical journey, I remember attending their first early AH parties from 88 ,Looking up at the dj box , Hoping one day , I would be playing alongside some of those djs who we hold in high regard for helping to shape our scene  , The history of AH stretches way back to the beginning  ,And those that know ,know how much their involvement means to so many,How they dispite the obstacles , helped form a platform for the scene to grow into what we have now  ,And the struggles they faced with the authorities in the early days to get the parties on !. 

 AH brought different people together , from all walks of life,All cultures,All Areas , All colours ..together under one roof,They  changed the course of life for many people along the way .. 

Their contribution to help forge a path to where we are now is unquestionable , And there historical parties are forever eched in Rave History ..

 i'm proud to be playing a small part   🙏🏽💓....

What a nite this was at the Empire,Coventry!, It was called  'A Celebration of rave' ,And it certainly was  !!

To bang out a set out alongside one my biggest inspirations of the rave scene in Man Parris ,in my birth City , for Amnesia House,will be a cherished memory, I've been full circle ,and i'm so glad i can now share this set with you now,..feel free to share and/or leave a comment,crank it up and Enjoy! ;0)

Big respect to Nev Fivey (M.c.Loud n Nasty) + M.c. Man Parris for rockin' the Mike ! , Phil Evans, and all the Amnesia House Family,Peace and love x

AMNESIA HOUSE official facebook page.: https://www.facebook.com/amnesiahouse/

Amnesia House official site:  https://www.amnesiahouseest1988.com/

Shock C soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/shock-c

Dedicated to all the fallen soldiers of our scene , Gone but never forgotten x

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Paranoid Trip to the Garage for Rizlas (Strictly No Eye Contact Mix)

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