A collection of underground house tracks from the year 1998, a great year in house.

Music played at the infamous Box nightclub, Auckland in 1998.. The Box was NZ's Sound Factory, Zouk, Hacienda and Tresor> all jammed into one sweaty low-roofed basement.

1998 @ The Box (part 1)
> Intro: Green Velvet - Preacherman (acapella edited)
1. Moodymann - U Can Dance If U Want 2 (Rob's Edit)
2. Blaze - My Beat (D's Disco Circus Mix - Rob's Edit)
3. Freestyle Orchestra - Twi-Lite
4. Etienne De Crecy - Prix Choc
5. Bob Sinclar - Vision Of Paradise
6. Bjork - Alarm Call (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke mix 1)
7. Trankilou - Atom Funk
8. Atmosfear - Motivation (Dimitri's Motivated Respect)
9. Constipated Monkeys - Cro Magnon
10. Mood II Swing - Do It Your Way
11. Eddie Amador - House Music (Message mix)
12. Angel Moraes - Hairy & Big
13. Satoshi Tomiie ft Robert Owens & Cevin Fisher - Darkness (Dubness)
14. Adam F - Music In My Mind (Deep Dish Twister Dub) (Rob's Edit)
15. Love & Rockets - Resurrection Hex (Deep Dish Hex Beats/Luv N Dub mash-up)

Plus elements/acapellas:
Intro Green Velvet - Preacherman (acapella)
MAW Pres A Tribute To Fela - MAW Expensive (Acapella Pt 4)
Terra Deva - Fresh Start (Acapella elements)
Jephte Guillaume - Priyè-a (Akapele)
Satoshi Tomiie - Darkness (Cevin-A-Pella + Robert-A-Pella)
Underground Sound Of Lisbon - So Get Up (Get p-ella)
Jesus Loves You - After The Love

Rob Warner - 1998 at The Box: The Funk

Boomtown Basement Records is for underground producers and DJ's.

Founded in the satanic mills of East Lancashire during the birth of the Blackburn parties in 1989. It was Spawned originally in the basements and lock up garages of the town and grew to thousands of people illegally raving till the early hours. The people who it influenced and who have name-checked them as the reason they were inspired to get into dance music is lengthy. Our Co-Founder was the DJ who hand picked who was to play and who was not.

We publish music that evokes the spirit of those times, there were no genres, no limits, anything goes. Dropping love will tear us apart to 5,000 strong dancing souls whilst the sun was sneaking through the corrugated plastic onto warehouse walls whilst euphoria filled the room. That's the ethos of Boomtown.

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A DJ since the early 1990s playing sounds which span house, tribal and techno - a mix of forward-thinking music with a nod towards classic New York and Detroit sounds. Through the 90s Rob's sets at events and residencies were synonymous with big-room and tribal house sound and he's been a champion of these sounds for almost 30 years.

He's performed at events, clubs and festivals throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, as well as in Australasia, and has been the head of marketing since 2019 for AUM Festival which is one of the largest independent festivals in New Zealand.

Productions for TWISTED Records (Celeda/Danny Tenaglia), Ready Mix Records, and Pure Substance. Compilations mixed for Ready Mix Records and Sony BMG.

Longtime support DJ for Global Underground/Renaissance tours down-under, DJing alongside the likes of Carl Craig, Deep Dish, Steve Lawler, Sasha, Danny Howells, Nick Warren, Pete Heller, Satoshi Tomiie, Sander Kleinenberg, and also for Stacey Pullen, DJ Pierre, Mood II Swing, Terry Francis, Derrick Carter, Phil Asher (RIP) among many.